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Black Sheep ale clone

Post by wushurichard » Wed Jul 06, 2011 8:05 pm

Hi

Has anyone tried this beer Black Sheep ale?

Any idea what the best way to clone it or get close to it would be ? :)

Simon7

Re: Black Sheep ale clone

Post by Simon7 » Wed Jul 06, 2011 8:18 pm

A search of the forum threw this up - it was in the 'Adapted Kit Recipe' thread.

by niallac » Sun May 01, 2011 9:58 am

Black Sheep Bitter Clone

Alright,

Just thought I'd share this recipe with you, as it turned out very nicely. I was expecting something akin to a commercial IPA or pale ale, but it's a lot darker, and the final flavour is very similar to Black Sheep bitter, which is a good result as far as I'm concerned!

1 x can Thomas Coopers Selection IPA Kit (1.7kg)
1kg light DME
100g light brown sugar
12g Fuggles
33g East Kent Goldings
75g Brewing sugar (to prime)

Stand 23L water overnight to get rid of chlorine etc.
Empty can contents into FV. Rinse can with 2 x kettles of boiled water (see above) and add to big stockpot.
Bring to boil, add fuggles, boil for 10 minutes.
Meanwhile rehydrate the kit yeast in about half a pint of boiled water, cooled to 25-30C.
Remove heat, add 12g EKG, steep for 20m.
Strain hop liquor into the FV.
Add the brown sugar, the DME, and half of the water.
Dissolve everything, then top up to 23L with remaining water.
Check that the FV temperature is under 30C and not too different to the yeast mixture, then pitch the yeast.
Ferment at about 22C, should take around 4-5 days to reach an FG of 1.010 (from an OG of about 1.038).
After another couple of days, siphon to secondary FV with 14g EKG and a tablespoon of brewing sugar.
After ten days, prime with 75g brewing sugar, stir settled yeast back in, and bottle.

Note: This should be ready to drink at about 2 weeks in the bottle, and at its best after about 4 weeks. My primary fermentation started on the high side, at about 23.5C, and resulted in a huge mess in my brewing cabinet...


Never tried it myself so can't comment further :)

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Re: Black Sheep ale clone

Post by floydmeddler » Wed Jul 06, 2011 8:37 pm

Or if you're an all grain brewer, buy this ready made kit. It's the recipe form Graham Wheeler's BYOBRA:

http://www.worcesterhopshop.co.uk/produ ... ucts_id=62

;-)

wushurichard

Re: Black Sheep ale clone

Post by wushurichard » Wed Jul 06, 2011 9:10 pm

Simon7 wrote:A search of the forum threw this up - it was in the 'Adapted Kit Recipe' thread.

by niallac » Sun May 01, 2011 9:58 am

Black Sheep Bitter Clone

Alright,

Just thought I'd share this recipe with you, as it turned out very nicely. I was expecting something akin to a commercial IPA or pale ale, but it's a lot darker, and the final flavour is very similar to Black Sheep bitter, which is a good result as far as I'm concerned!

1 x can Thomas Coopers Selection IPA Kit (1.7kg)
1kg light DME
100g light brown sugar
12g Fuggles
33g East Kent Goldings
75g Brewing sugar (to prime)

Stand 23L water overnight to get rid of chlorine etc.
Empty can contents into FV. Rinse can with 2 x kettles of boiled water (see above) and add to big stockpot.
Bring to boil, add fuggles, boil for 10 minutes.
Meanwhile rehydrate the kit yeast in about half a pint of boiled water, cooled to 25-30C.
Remove heat, add 12g EKG, steep for 20m.
Strain hop liquor into the FV.
Add the brown sugar, the DME, and half of the water.
Dissolve everything, then top up to 23L with remaining water.
Check that the FV temperature is under 30C and not too different to the yeast mixture, then pitch the yeast.
Ferment at about 22C, should take around 4-5 days to reach an FG of 1.010 (from an OG of about 1.038).
After another couple of days, siphon to secondary FV with 14g EKG and a tablespoon of brewing sugar.
After ten days, prime with 75g brewing sugar, stir settled yeast back in, and bottle.

Note: This should be ready to drink at about 2 weeks in the bottle, and at its best after about 4 weeks. My primary fermentation started on the high side, at about 23.5C, and resulted in a huge mess in my brewing cabinet...


Never tried it myself so can't comment further :)

How close to the real thing is that likely to be would you think?

Simon7

Re: Black Sheep ale clone

Post by Simon7 » Wed Jul 06, 2011 9:46 pm

wushurichard wrote:How close to the real thing is that likely to be would you think?
Dunno mate, with a bit of luck the guy who posted that will see your thread and come along to advise!

Failing that, you could PM him :)

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Re: Black Sheep ale clone

Post by fego » Wed Jul 06, 2011 11:02 pm

We had a pissy night on this brew which made me promise to brew it the following day. It turned out as probably the best of my beers to date. Brewed out in a week and was all drunk within 10 days.
Bloody perfect.
If you trust your brewing methods, I'd say give it a go. It's very close to the original.
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Re: Black Sheep ale clone

Post by Kev888 » Wed Jul 06, 2011 11:35 pm

I did the grain BYORA version of this and it seemed similar to me; not 'truly' identical, but close enough that I couldn't say if the difference was my brewing or the recipe. Either way though, myself and a couple of real-ale type mates were happy enough to drink it all night in spite of other alternatives freely available, so I was happy.

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Re: Black Sheep ale clone

Post by Dr. Dextrin » Thu Jul 07, 2011 1:21 pm

I don't like to nit-pick, but I suppose you do all know that Black Sheep Ale and Black Sheep Bitter are two different beers?

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Re: Black Sheep ale clone

Post by Kev888 » Thu Jul 07, 2011 2:13 pm

hmm - good point. The one I made was in BYORA, I 'thought' it was the ale but my memory may be flawed..

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Re: Black Sheep ale clone

Post by floydmeddler » Thu Jul 07, 2011 9:06 pm

Kev888 wrote:hmm - good point. The one I made was in BYORA, I 'thought' it was the ale but my memory may be flawed..

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It was ale Kev. Double checked.

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Re: Black Sheep ale clone

Post by fego » Thu Jul 07, 2011 10:36 pm

Now I'm gonna have to check...
Tea is for mugs...

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Re: Black Sheep ale clone

Post by Kev888 » Fri Jul 08, 2011 11:06 am

floydmeddler wrote:It was ale Kev. Double checked.
Thanks! thats kind of you - I forgot to check last night.

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Re: Black Sheep ale clone

Post by wushurichard » Fri Jul 08, 2011 8:13 pm

Kev888 wrote:
floydmeddler wrote:It was ale Kev. Double checked.
Thanks! thats kind of you - I forgot to check last night.

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was it similar to the recipe posted?

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Re: Black Sheep ale clone

Post by Kev888 » Thu Jul 14, 2011 10:31 am

Its not really the same, though thats not to say it wouldn't make a nice pint too. There were some progress hops, crystal malt and no brown sugar in the BYOBRA recipe (for the ale) that I used - and it was the grain version I did, so pale malt rather than DME too. I don't really want to rip Graham off and transcribe the exact recipe though..

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Re: Black Sheep ale clone

Post by Rich O'York » Fri Sep 03, 2021 11:31 pm

Found this thread lurking in the archives, so decided to give the kit recipe a crack. It's only been in the bottle a week, but already looking and tasting pretty good. I'm expecting some improvement over the next couple of weeks, so thinking this will become a regular brew. Any other clone kit recipes that regularly deliver the goods?

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