Hiya friends, after my recent comment on the secret weapon of Old Peculier being black treacle,
several people have asked me to post Line's recipe, so here goes.
water treatment as for stout
4 lb dried malt extract
8 oz black malt
8 oz roasted barley
2 oz Fuggles (bittering)
32 oz dark brown sugar - add to boil
Your favorite yeast
3 to 4 oz black treacle - priming
Standard extract technique--I've made it with a 2-3 gal boil then top up to 5 gal. In Line's book, he
calls for the addition of 5 saccharin tablets, but I can't bring myself to do that. Instead, I use 2 oz of
lactose added to the primary with the yeast to give a hint of residual sweetness. Line's technique is to
boil the grains, but net.wisdom says not to, and as usual the net.wisdom is right. No finishing or dry
hops, the hop nose should be low to nonexistent for this brew. After secondary, transfer to a pressure
barrel and prime it with 3 to 4 oz of black treacle.
I've made this twice, and it is actually pretty close to the real thing. I made it before discovering the
net, though, which means I used all the sugar and boiled the grains, and it *still* turned out really
good. If one should substitute one of the lbs of sugar with malt extract, I reckon it would be even
better; and steeping the grains instead of boiling will be better still. As with every other recipe I've
posted, I've used only Edme dried yeast--use what you think is appropriate. OG for the recipe as
written is about 1047, final about 1012.