Kilkenny recipes - anyone have one??

[Paramidget]

Hi guys.

I want to try a Kilkennys as my next brew. Any ideas? If so does it pour the same as in the pub? Love watching the brew clear before my eyes!!

Thanks!!

[KEG]

the reason it pours and clears like that with such a fine head is that it has been gassed with nitrogen. it's possible to do at home with a kegging setup, but not cheap.

[rwh]

41. Kilkenny clone

2.3kg LDME
250g JW light crystal
70g JW roast barley
200g CSR Dark Brown Sugar
34g EKG for 60 mins
Safale S-04

Haven't tasted it yet, but TL reckons it's close. And no nitrogen head, sorry.

[heathen]

hi, you've raised a couple of points quite close to my heart, the nitrogen head and the understated hops in a brown.
we keg, it has spoilt us to the point where bottles dont cut it. we have a dozen stubbies left after kegging and have tried numerous methods to mimic the keg effect in the bottle. sucrose is useless, bubbles are thick and plentiful, very gassy. and it leaves a taste in yr beer. to illustrate , a teaspoon of sugar in coffee makes a sweet coffee, the same applies to beer. corn syrup seems to leave a harsh taste almost chemical. but we have had some success with ldme, it does not leave an unbeerlike taste, and the head is fine, all my bottles are now primed with malt, a stubbie gets half a teaspoon dissolved in hot water, longies get double. the only downside is they take 2 months to 3 months to mature. but the taste is the closest we've come to keglike. my partner carbonates her kegs with aligal 15, a nitro co2 mix. and it takes 5 days at 375 kpa to carbonate. the result is a fine head and an easier beer to scull. i have read about a counterflow product, designed to siphon beer from the keg to the bottle producing a natural style bottle, but i have read the beers only last a couple of weeks.
kilkenny, nice beer, the brewcraft kit is quite nice and several of the porters listed here are quite good. the last porter i did, was quite understated in hops and came out rather nice, not a kilkenny clone but in an understated way reminded me of it. if interested i will post the recipe. no home brew you do will taste the same, but i've found the clone alike books a real treat as the beers tend to taste better than the real thing.
regards, heathen

[FazerPete]

Hi guys.

I want to try a Kilkennys as my next brew. Any ideas? If so does it pour the same as in the pub? Love watching the brew clear before my eyes!!

Thanks!!

If you want a K&K recipe, try Morgans Royal Oak Amber Ale with 750g LDME and 250g Dex and 15g fuggles steeped for 10 minutes.

It's not exact but it's pretty close. Unfortunately it doesn't pour like a Kilk because it's not poured with a beer pump.

[Paramidget]

Some interesting recipes! As a noobie to brewing I think the K&K method is the go - for now. Kegging might have to wait awhile!!

Thanx guys for the input!

[Ash]

41. Kilkenny clone

2.3kg LDME
250g JW light crystal
70g JW roast barley
200g CSR Dark Brown Sugar
34g EKG for 60 mins
Safale S-04

Haven't tasted it yet, but TL reckons it's close. And no nitrogen head, sorry.

Similar idea I put down last night, also inspired by TL

1.5kg Extra light liquid extract
500gm Amber liquid extract
500gm Dry wheat extract
200gm Golden syrup
250gm CaraRed
100gm 145EBC Crystal
50gm Roasted Barley
25gm EKG + 12gm Fuggles @ 60min

514 yeast, I've gone off S04 of late

[ROBSKI]

Hi all, Robski here. I'm Paramidgit's little bro. I have invested in a brewcraft 2 keg system because my bro is a tight wad. Anyway will have to be nice to him, he may have to save my life some day...
We are doing a Coopers Pale Ale at the moment, thats going straight into the keg and he can bottle the rest. In the other keg is a lemonade soda stream thingo. Just to see if I can actually carbonate something. Our next effort will be a Killkenny. So keep those tips and tricks coming.

Cheers and beers Robski

[Ash]

If you're kegging, perhaps look into getting a CO2/N2 mix so you can let them "settle" like at the pub

[ROBSKI]

If you're kegging, perhaps look into getting a CO2/N2 mix so you can let them "settle" like at the pub

Good thinking Ash, when I bought my system the salesman at brewcraft asked what I would make the most, I told him mostly pale ales and kilkennys. He suggested a 55% Co2 45% N2, so thats what I purchased.

Cant wait to get the first Pale Ale in the keg...

Cheers Robski

[Paramidget]

Hi all, Robski here. I'm Paramidgit's little bro. I have invested in a brewcraft 2 keg system because my bro is a tight wad. Anyway will have to be nice to him, he may have to save my life some day...
)

If I don't save ya I get the keg system!! Win win situation for me!