A Tribute to Holden’s Golden Glow | All Grain Beer Kit

Description

Tribute to Holdens Golden Glow All Grain Beer Kit

Tribute to Holden’s Golden Glow All Grain Beer Kit gives home brewers the opportunity to brew their own interpretation of this iconic Black Country golden ale.

Tribute to Holden’s Golden Glow is a deliberately simple and traditional recipe, using just Maris Otter malt, torrefied wheat and Fuggles hops. The result is a bright golden beer with a clean, gently malty character, subtle grain notes and a balanced, refreshing bitterness.

At approximately 4.4% ABV and 25 IBU, this is an easy drinking British golden ale with enough hop character to remain refreshing without overpowering the malt. The addition of torrefied wheat helps contribute to body, head retention and a smooth mouthfeel.

Makes approximately 40 pints / 5 gallons.

WHAT IS THE DARK ROCK TRIBUTE SERIES?

The Dark Rock Tribute Series allows you to brew beers inspired by some of Britain’s best known commercial favourites.

Our brewers carefully research each recipe and select the malts, hops and yeast to reproduce the style, character and flavour profile of the beer that inspired it.

Every commercial brewery has its own unique water profile, brewing equipment, processes and house yeast. For this reason, Dark Rock Tribute beers are not intended to be exact clones. Instead, they are carefully developed interpretations that allow you to create an excellent beer inspired by the original.

Why not brew your own batch, pour a pint of the commercial beer alongside it and see how close you can get?

Brew it. Compare it. Enjoy it.

WHY CHOOSE DARK ROCK ALL GRAIN BEER KITS?

All grain brewing puts you in control of the entire brewing process, from mashing and sparging through to the boil and fermentation.

Compared with standard extract kits, all grain brewing takes a little more time and requires specialist equipment, but it gives you much greater control over the finished beer and is an excellent way to develop your brewing skills.

Dark Rock All Grain Beer Kits contain precisely weighed quantities of fresh, commercial quality malt and hops, so you receive exactly what you need for the recipe without having to buy larger quantities that may sit unused in your homebrew store.

We carefully weigh each kit to provide the exact ingredients required for the brew, while our hops are stored carefully and vacuum packed to help preserve their freshness and brewing quality.

This means you can concentrate on the brewing process while knowing that the recipe has already been professionally developed and the ingredients accurately measured.

THE COMMERCIAL BREWERY:

Holden’s Brewery has a long history of brewing traditional Black Country real ales, with the Holden family establishing its brewing heritage at the historic brewery site in the early 20th century.

The brewery is known for its traditional approach, using quality English malts, carefully selected hops, its distinctive house yeast and pure Black Country water.

Traditional brewing methods remain an important part of Holden’s character, helping to create the distinctive flavour and individuality associated with its beers.

Golden Glow is one of the brewery’s best-known beers, recognised for its golden appearance, balanced malt character, gentle bitterness and refreshing drinkability.

TRIBUTE TO HOLDEN’S GOLDEN GLOW BEER KIT CONTENTS

• 4.4Kg Malt Grains
• Hop Pellets
• Premium British Ale Yeast
• Pure Brew (water treatment and nutrient)
• Britewort clarifier
• Starbrite Beer Finings (Vegan-Friendly)
• Fermenter / keg ID sticker
• Full instructions

Allergy Advice: Includes barley and other cereals, containing gluten

TRIBUTE TO HOLDEN’S GOLDEN GLOW BEER KIT SPECIFICATIONS

• Makes: 40 pints / 5 gallons
• ABV Approx: 4.4%
• Bitterness: 25 IBU
• Colour: 10 EBC
• Target Original Gravity: 1040 (approx)
• Target Finishing Gravity: 1010 (approx)
• Fermentation time: 10-14 days approx
• Conditioning time: 4 weeks minimum (it will mature further if left longer)

TRIBUTE TO HOLDEN’S GOLDEN GLOW INGREDIENTS

Malts: Maris Otter Malt, Torrefied Wheat
Hops: Fuggles
Yeast: Premium British Ale Yeast
Extras: Britewort, Beer Finings, Pure Brew

WHAT EQUIPMENT DO YOU NEED?

As this is a full all grain recipe, you will need specialist brewing equipment capable of maintaining mash temperature, sparging and boiling the wort.

You’ll also need standard fermentation and packaging equipment, including:

• 5 gallon / 25 litre fermenter
• Airlock
• Syphon and sediment trap
• Hydrometer
• Thermometer
• No-rinse sanitiser
• Bottles or keg

You will also need an all grain brewing system such as the Keg Craft All in One Brewing System or mash tun, sparging equipment and a suitable boiler.

RECOMMENDED EQUIPMENT

We highly recommend the Keg Craft or Grainfather brewing system. You can expand this system as your skills develop, to include conical fermenters a sparge water heater. A wide range of all grain brewing equipment is available on our website and we are always available to offer advice.

TIPS

This kit includes a sachet of Pure Brew to achieve a commercial quality. Pure Brew is a professional beer enhancer. It feeds the yeast with essential nutrients, which supercharge the fermentation and support yeast development (even in limited oxygen conditions). Pure Brew treats brewing water, eliminating problems that Chlorine and Chloramine create. These problems can result in a medicinal or “homebrew” taste.

Overlooking the condition of brewing water can impact results, even though it’s critical to achieving optimum results. By using Pure Brew, you can effectively and easily condition brewing water, and maximise effective fermentation. We strongly recommend using Pure Brew with all of your beers to improve their quality.

You could consider investing in a metal hop spider to effectively manage hop additions into the boiling process. The hop spider would sit inside your boiler and allow you to drop hops into the boil in a controlled way. Hop Spiders allow hops to boil with more free flow space around them. You can easily clean them and re-use them over and over again. They also prevent hop sediment (known as trub) from clogging up pumping systems when using all in one brewing equipment.