Greenalls champion pale ale recipe

[sbond10]

Father in laws asked for an extract recipe for the above beer can't find any clues tho on internet

[seymour]

I can't find many recipe specifics for Greenall's Champion Pale Ale either. From what I can tell, most Greenall's bitters were mostly pale malt, sometimes a little wheat flour, and lots of brewer's caramel/invert syrup. Predictably, they used Fuggles and Goldings hops—but not as typically—they dry hopped most everything.

So I could be wrong, but I bet you could take any ol' English Bitter kit (Muntons, Coopers, Woodeford's, whatever…or a generic can of liquid hopped light malt extract for that matter) and follow their instructions except when you bring it to a boil, add a cup or so Lyle's Black Treacle, enough to make it a deep copper colour, and stir-in a handful of wheat flour to enlarge the body and mouthfeel (don't get all outraged, this is an old English and Belgian brewer's trick.) Chill, aerate, then pitch an estery English ale yeast. Don’t rush it: after fermentation dies down, a week before bottling/kegging, add some extra Fuggles and Goldings dry hops. As you know, the grain and hop bills for many historic English Bitters are interchangeable; much of each beer's distinction came from the brewery's proprietary yeast. The NCYC archives [insert link] offer seven original Greenalls Brewery strains, in case you wanna be really authentic.

Check out their cool old labels. http://labology.org.uk/?page_id=990

We've got a living, breathing connection though: Neil Chantrell was the head-brewer of Greenalls Whitley until their 1991 closing, after which he and his wife started Coach House Brewery along with several other former employees, some equipment from the Greenalls brewhouse, and presumably much Greenall's recipe and process know-how. Your father-in-law probably already knows all this, but if not, you might recommend he try some award-winning Coach House brews for comparison. He and I have emailed, I'll let you know if he shares anything about the Champion.

Best of luck. Happy brewing, and please keep us posted on your results!

[lord.president]

I wish I was in Greenall Whitley land!

[sbond10]

Coach house is about 2 miles from my house. I knew they had some connection to greenalls. There's a small chance that it's coach house Cheshire gold one of there significant brews