Highwayman Red Ale

[toojays]

G'day from a long time reader but first-time poster.

I was recently in Sydney where I enjoyed a Highwayman Red Ale from the James Squire Brewhouse. I'd love to know how to make something similar.

This thrice hopped ale uses a blend of choice English, European and New Zealand hops resulting in a fruity aroma with hints of citrus, gooseberry and blackcurrant. The use of six premium grains results in a rich malt complexity.

I've only brewed K&K before but I'm keen to try something a bit more complex (i.e. starting with malt extracts and boiling hops, but not AG). And six different grains sounds like it would be expensive for a small brew. So obviously I'm willing to cut some corners.

Could someone suggest how to brew something with a similar colour and aroma?

[cliffo]

Hop-wise, you're going to need some Nelson Sauvin hops for flavour and aroma.

I'd go with your hop of choice for bittering, NS & Fuggles for flavour and a solid whack of NS for aroma.

Look at a combo of LDM and maybe something like Morgans Caramalt blend to get you in the ball park.

Note that I'm just guessing with the malts, I haven't done this myself (I've been trialling various AG versions off and on for a while).

cliffo

[toojays]

Ah, I just placed an order for ingredients for my next brew before I saw your post. I didn't know it was Nelson Sauvin.

I figure since this is my first all-extract brew, I'll just make a slight tweak to an existing recipe I found. (Not a recipe for the Highwayman, just a decent sounding all-extract recipe.) So I'm going to try and get a nice red colour by steeping 100g of Caraaroma and 200g of Caraamber, with 3kg of LDME as the base, hopping with Centenial and Amarillo.

So Nelson Sauvin will have to wait for another batch. It'll be another year or so before I'm in Sydney and can taste the real Highwayman again, so I won't really know the difference for a bit.

[drsmurto]

Blackcurrant suggests bramling cross to me as the UK hop.

Not trying to be harsh but your original post had a quote, presumably from the JS website, that stated it contains english, european and new zealand hops.

So why are you using 2 in your face american hops (centennial, amarillo) and no english, european and new zealand hops.

That makes about as much sense as scientology.

[warra48]

That makes about as much sense as scientology.

Amen to that one !!!

I agree with Bramling Cross as the likely hop for the Blackcurrant character.

[Bum]

(Not a recipe for the Highwayman, just a decent sounding all-extract recipe.)

I would have thought he was blatantly not trying to do a clone on this one yet, DrSmurto.

[toojays]

(Not a recipe for the Highwayman, just a decent sounding all-extract recipe.)

I would have thought he was blatantly not trying to do a clone on this one yet, DrSmurto.

Thanks Bum.

Yeah, since this is my first shot at all-extract I decided against trying to clone this beer off my own bat.

Not trying to be harsh but your original post had a quote, presumably from the JS website, that stated it contains english, european and new zealand hops.

Fair point, I should have at least gone for some more appropriate hops to get an idea of the flavours and build up some stock. It's been a bit of a hectic week though and I wanted to make sure I ordered some ingredients in time to get them before the long weekend. I'd rather brew something than get a perfect clone now.

Enough with the excuses, lets talk about beer.