We had a very successful brewday yesterday – brewing a dark winter bitter that we plan to call Shutlingsloe.
What’s it made of? Well our usual maris otter pale ale malt, coupled with a decent helping of crystal malt (for sweetness and richness), chocolate malt and Carafa Special I (for that dark rich toasty malty flavour).
And the hops? Well we’re trying something new here: Boudicea hops. These are a less well-known English variety, said to have a light floral character. Andy quipped that we should therefore be calling the beer Colchester’s Bane.
In other news… we also labelled our Norton Priory Abbey Ale. This is a bit of a labour of love because every label has to be shaped by hand. I’ve tried to persuade Andy that we should have a rectangular label like everyone else, but he’s having none of it. Oh well, it gave us something to do whilst the wort chilled.
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