Dogbolter Beer type kit?

[Gogs17]

Hi

Thinking back to my late teens at College, getting a taste of real ale, I remember a beer in the Firkin pubs called Dogbolter. I had fond hazy memories of getting lashed on this stuff.

I remember it made me fall backwards off a bar stool once naughty beer!!

Does anyone on here know if there is a Dogbolter kit? If not, is there any kit that can have ingredients added to it to give the same taste?

Cheers
Gogs

[richc]

There is a kit for an Australian resurection of dogbolter but that is a rather different beer. There is also an AG recipe that feels about right, I mismeasured something when I made it but it was pretty good (http://www.lrp-world.org/beer/index.php ... ichc&id=16).

[Gogs17]

Cheers, AG stuff is a bit advanced for me at the mo', just getting on with Kits at the moment.

Thanks anyway

Gogs

[Tramorak]

Hi

Thinking back to my late teens at College, getting a taste of real ale, I remember a beer in the Firkin pubs called Dogbolter. I had fond hazy memories of getting lashed on this stuff.

I remember it made me fall backwards off a bar stool once naughty beer!!

Does anyone on here know if there is a Dogbolter kit? If not, is there any kit that can have ingredients added to it to give the same taste?

Cheers
Gogs

I sort of remember having similar College/Uni experiences to you. We actually put our year head off work for 2 days when we invited him out for a Wednesday afternoon session when it was only £1 a pint.

If memory serves it was about 5-5.5% and a dark, but not black ale/porter? Quite malty and not noticeably hoppy.

Assuming my memories are not clouded I would suggest a possible Coopers Dark Ale as a base, with some added malts (I will leave it to others to say what), 1kg of Dark DME and 500g of sugar/dextrose/dark sugar. Possibly short brewed to around 18l.

Just pure guesswork on my part as I can't really remember exactly how it tasted, but I have just made a 20l Dark Ale kit up to approx 5.3% ABV using a similar set of ingredients without the malt, so I know I am around the ballpark for strength.

T.

[Gogs17]

Thanks for that, I'll give it a go... Im keen to have a shot at mixing things about with kits, malts etc to get new things brewed. Always keen to experiment.

I know what you mean about the College £1 a pint thing, I used to love it. The College I went to was in Cheshire. There was always a student night at the local nightclub on a Tuesdays - £1 a pint. Coming from Scotland I would always load up on £1 notes when I was home for the holidays, I would then use them in the nightclub on the student nights and get £4 change when I handed it over for my £1 pint! They always thought it was a fiver I handed over.... Result!!

[simple one]

Ahh, Dogbolter. Used to have a blurred picture on the tap. That takes me back. That wasn't the nicest I recall, there were a few others that they did too.
Do the Firkin pubs not exist anymore?

[froggi]

Re the Firkin chain.... Went out of business some time ago (or bought out by another chain type operation).... Tried to find Dogbolter in kit form but I have been told it's not available..... However you can still buy Dogbolter in bottles.... Try a Google search for The Ramsgate Brewery.....

[Loafman]

There definately used to be a Firkin Dogbolter kit as I bought and made one up two or three years ago. I got it from 'The Happy Brewer' in Bedford. They don't stock it anymore however, so as stated, probably no longer available.

[Normski]

I remember drinking Dogbolter many years ago in the Flounder and Firkin in London. Great pint.
I saw a kit a few years ago in the Home Brew shop in Leominister, But it is no longer on there web site.
I've had a google and found that The Brew shop appears to have it on there website, But it's now Discontinued. Shame.

[alan132]

Hi,

I spoke the head brewer of The Ramsgate Brewery a couple of months ago at a food and drink fair in Canterbury about Dogbolter. He informed me that he was once a brewer at a Firkin brewpub in London and has bought the recipe/rights to Dogbolter from Bass. The Dogbolter brewed by Gadd's is same stuff as appeared in the Firkin pubs back in the '90s. As far as I know he doesn't do Dogbolter in kit form.

Alan

[Normski]

Hi Gogs
I've found an AG recipe that appears to be Gadd's, so should be very close to the original. If needed I will convert it to a 23l brew and post it.
It's a Porter, so maybe you should try to brew some of the better Kit Porters. You may find one that you like.