{"id":361958,"date":"2026-08-01T15:22:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T15:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/river-dart-summer-ale-brewing-with-homegrown-calais-goldings\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T15:22:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T15:22:31","slug":"river-dart-summer-ale-brewing-with-homegrown-calais-goldings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=361958","title":{"rendered":"River Dart Summer Ale &#8211; Brewing with Homegrown Calais Goldings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>There&#8217;s something really special about growing your own hops. I&#8217;ve had a hop plant in my front garden for a couple of years now, and this summer I finally had a decent enough harvest to actually brew with. The variety is Calais Goldings &#8211; a close relative of the more widely known East Kent Goldings, but with its own quiet character. I&#8217;d been waiting for the right recipe to show them off, and a classic English-style Summer Ale felt like the perfect fit.<\/p>\n<p>I named this one River Dart &#8211; a nod to the beautiful Devon river (that I live pretty close to) and the kind of beer I&#8217;d happily drink on its banks on a warm afternoon. Light, crisp, and unmistakably British.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"the-recipe\">The Recipe<\/h2>\n<p>Let&#8217;s get brewing! The recipe below is suited for my Grainfather G30, but it can be scaled to suit your needs depending on your setup.<\/p>\n<p>Batch Size: 23 L <br \/>ABV: 4.6% <br \/>Boil Time: 60 mins <br \/>OG: 1.041 <br \/>FG: 1.006 <br \/>IBUs: 22.8<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"malt-bill\">Malt Bill<\/h2>\n<p><!--kg-card-begin: html--><\/p>\n<table class=\"min-w-full border-collapse text-sm leading-[1.7] whitespace-normal\">\n<thead class=\"text-left\">\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"col\" class=\"text-text-100 border-b-0.5 border-border-300\/60 py-2 pr-4 align-top font-bold\">Name<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\" class=\"text-text-100 border-b-0.5 border-border-300\/60 py-2 pr-4 align-top font-bold\">Amount<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"border-b-0.5 border-border-300\/30 py-2 pr-4 align-top\">Plumage Archer Heritage Malt (Crisp)<\/td>\n<td class=\"border-b-0.5 border-border-300\/30 py-2 pr-4 align-top\">4 kg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--kg-card-end: html--><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"hops\">Hops<\/h2>\n<p><!--kg-card-begin: html--><\/p>\n<table class=\"min-w-full border-collapse text-sm leading-[1.7] whitespace-normal\">\n<thead class=\"text-left\">\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"col\" class=\"text-text-100 border-b-0.5 border-border-300\/60 py-2 pr-4 align-top font-bold\">Name<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\" class=\"text-text-100 border-b-0.5 border-border-300\/60 py-2 pr-4 align-top font-bold\">Amount<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\" class=\"text-text-100 border-b-0.5 border-border-300\/60 py-2 pr-4 align-top font-bold\">Time<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\" class=\"text-text-100 border-b-0.5 border-border-300\/60 py-2 pr-4 align-top font-bold\">Use<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\" class=\"text-text-100 border-b-0.5 border-border-300\/60 py-2 pr-4 align-top font-bold\">Form<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"border-b-0.5 border-border-300\/30 py-2 pr-4 align-top\">Calais Goldings<\/td>\n<td class=\"border-b-0.5 border-border-300\/30 py-2 pr-4 align-top\">10 g<\/td>\n<td class=\"border-b-0.5 border-border-300\/30 py-2 pr-4 align-top\">Mash<\/td>\n<td class=\"border-b-0.5 border-border-300\/30 py-2 pr-4 align-top\">Mash Hop<\/td>\n<td class=\"border-b-0.5 border-border-300\/30 py-2 pr-4 align-top\">Whole Cone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"border-b-0.5 border-border-300\/30 py-2 pr-4 align-top\">Hallertau Magnum<\/td>\n<td class=\"border-b-0.5 border-border-300\/30 py-2 pr-4 align-top\">5 g<\/td>\n<td class=\"border-b-0.5 border-border-300\/30 py-2 pr-4 align-top\">Boil (60 min)<\/td>\n<td class=\"border-b-0.5 border-border-300\/30 py-2 pr-4 align-top\">Boil<\/td>\n<td class=\"border-b-0.5 border-border-300\/30 py-2 pr-4 align-top\">Pellet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"border-b-0.5 border-border-300\/30 py-2 pr-4 align-top\">Calais Goldings<\/td>\n<td class=\"border-b-0.5 border-border-300\/30 py-2 pr-4 align-top\">20 g<\/td>\n<td class=\"border-b-0.5 border-border-300\/30 py-2 pr-4 align-top\">Boil (20 min)<\/td>\n<td class=\"border-b-0.5 border-border-300\/30 py-2 pr-4 align-top\">Boil<\/td>\n<td class=\"border-b-0.5 border-border-300\/30 py-2 pr-4 align-top\">Whole Cone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"border-b-0.5 border-border-300\/30 py-2 pr-4 align-top\">Calais Goldings<\/td>\n<td class=\"border-b-0.5 border-border-300\/30 py-2 pr-4 align-top\">20 g<\/td>\n<td class=\"border-b-0.5 border-border-300\/30 py-2 pr-4 align-top\">Boil (10 min)<\/td>\n<td class=\"border-b-0.5 border-border-300\/30 py-2 pr-4 align-top\">Boil<\/td>\n<td class=\"border-b-0.5 border-border-300\/30 py-2 pr-4 align-top\">Whole Cone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"border-b-0.5 border-border-300\/30 py-2 pr-4 align-top\">Calais Goldings<\/td>\n<td class=\"border-b-0.5 border-border-300\/30 py-2 pr-4 align-top\">30 g<\/td>\n<td class=\"border-b-0.5 border-border-300\/30 py-2 pr-4 align-top\">Boil (5 min)<\/td>\n<td class=\"border-b-0.5 border-border-300\/30 py-2 pr-4 align-top\">Boil<\/td>\n<td class=\"border-b-0.5 border-border-300\/30 py-2 pr-4 align-top\">Whole Cone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--kg-card-end: html--><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"yeast\">Yeast<\/h2>\n<p><!--kg-card-begin: html--><\/p>\n<table class=\"min-w-full border-collapse text-sm leading-[1.7] whitespace-normal\">\n<thead class=\"text-left\">\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"col\" class=\"text-text-100 border-b-0.5 border-border-300\/60 py-2 pr-4 align-top font-bold\">Name<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\" class=\"text-text-100 border-b-0.5 border-border-300\/60 py-2 pr-4 align-top font-bold\">Lab<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\" class=\"text-text-100 border-b-0.5 border-border-300\/60 py-2 pr-4 align-top font-bold\">Temperature<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"border-b-0.5 border-border-300\/30 py-2 pr-4 align-top\">Blitz Lager (Fast Lager)<\/td>\n<td class=\"border-b-0.5 border-border-300\/30 py-2 pr-4 align-top\">WHC Lab<\/td>\n<td class=\"border-b-0.5 border-border-300\/30 py-2 pr-4 align-top\">16-20\u00b0C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--kg-card-end: html--><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"a-note-on-the-malt\">A note on the malt<\/h3>\n<p>I went with Crisp&#8217;s Plumage Archer Heritage Malt as the sole base malt, and I think it&#8217;s a brilliant choice for a beer like this. Plumage Archer is one of the oldest British barley varieties &#8211; it fell out of commercial use for decades before being revived by heritage grain enthusiasts. It has a delicate, biscuity sweetness that feels right at home in a traditional English ale. Using a single malt also lets the hops do the talking, which is exactly what I wanted here.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"a-note-on-the-hops\">A note on the hops<\/h3>\n<p>Calais Goldings are part of the wider Goldings family, sharing that classic English hop character &#8211; earthy, floral, with a gentle spice and a soft, rounded bitterness. They&#8217;re not as widely written about as East Kent Goldings, but they&#8217;re a lovely hop to brew with, especially when you&#8217;ve grown them yourself. There&#8217;s something deeply satisfying about dropping hops you&#8217;ve picked from your own garden into the kettle.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-gallery-card kg-width-wide kg-card-hascaption\"><figcaption>Homegrown Calais Goldings Hops<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I used a mash hop addition as well as multiple boil additions, building up the hop character in layers rather than relying on a big late addition. With homegrown hops, the alpha acid content can be a bit of a mystery &#8211; I estimated around 5% based on the EKG baseline in Brewfather, which seemed sensible. The Magnum is just there to provide clean bittering in the background.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"lets-get-brewing\">Let&#8217;s get brewing<\/h2>\n<p>The night before brew day I measured out and filtered my water, adding calcium chloride and phosphoric acid to both the mash and sparge water &#8211; something I&#8217;ve written about recently if you want the detail on why I do this the night before.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-bookmark-card\"><a class=\"kg-bookmark-container\" href=\"https:\/\/humebrew.com\/preparing-water-for-homebrewing\/\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-content\">\n<p>How I prepare my water for Homebrewing<\/p>\n<p>In this article, I wanted to share with you some of the ways that I prepare my local water for homebrewing. I live in Surrey in the U.K. Our water isn\u2019t too bad, but much like London water it is quite hard and more suited to styles like Porters and Stouts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/humebrew.com\/content\/images\/2020\/07\/homebrew-water-prepare.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>On brew day I fired up the Grainfather and aimed for a strike temperature of 63\u00b0C &#8211; a deliberately low mash temp to drive high fermentability and keep the body light and crisp, which is exactly what you want in a summer ale. After 60 minutes I stepped up to 75\u00b0C for a 10-minute mash out before sparging and collecting the wort.<\/p>\n<p>I added a Whirlfloc tablet at 10 minutes to help with clarity, along with a Servomyces capsule to keep the yeast healthy and well-nourished through fermentation.<\/p>\n<p>Once the boil was done and the wort was chilled down to pitching temperature, I pitched the WHC Blitz Lager yeast. Despite the &#8220;lager&#8221; label, this strain works beautifully at ale temperatures and ferments out clean and fast &#8211; perfect for a light, sessionable beer where you don&#8217;t want any distracting esters getting in the way.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"the-waiting-game\">The waiting game<\/h2>\n<p>With the airlock ticking away, I left it to do its thing. The <a href=\"https:\/\/humebrew.com\/tilt-hydrometer-to-a-raspberry-pi-to-brewfather\/\">Tilt Hydrometer<\/a> kept me updated on progress &#8211; always reassuring to watch that gravity line drop steadily over the first few days. Once fermentation was complete and the gravity had been stable for a couple of days, I soft crashed and transferred to keg.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/humebrew.com\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/image.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"Tilt Hydrometer - English Summer Ale\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1537\" height=\"1140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/humebrew.com\/content\/images\/size\/w600\/2026\/04\/image.png 600w, https:\/\/humebrew.com\/content\/images\/size\/w1000\/2026\/04\/image.png 1000w, https:\/\/humebrew.com\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/image.png 1537w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 720px) 720px\"\/><figcaption>Tilt Hydrometer &#8211; English Summer Ale<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"tasting\">Tasting<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/humebrew.com\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/english-summer-ale.jpeg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"Homegrown Hops - English Summer Ale\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/humebrew.com\/content\/images\/size\/w600\/2026\/04\/english-summer-ale.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/humebrew.com\/content\/images\/size\/w1000\/2026\/04\/english-summer-ale.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/humebrew.com\/content\/images\/2026\/04\/english-summer-ale.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 720px) 720px\"\/><figcaption>Homegrown Hops &#8211; English Summer Ale<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Appearance<\/strong> &#8211; Pale, golden and brilliantly clear. This is about as light in colour as I brew &#8211; a beautiful straw gold that genuinely looks like sunshine in a glass.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aroma<\/strong> &#8211; Soft and inviting. There&#8217;s a gentle earthiness and a whisper of floral character from the Calais Goldings, with the heritage malt providing a faint biscuity backdrop. It&#8217;s subtle rather than punchy, which feels right for the style.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Taste<\/strong> &#8211; Crisp, clean and refreshing. The bitterness is rounded and soft &#8211; nothing harsh, just a pleasant, lingering dryness that makes you want another sip. There&#8217;s a light grassy, herbal note mid-palate that I&#8217;m fairly sure is coming from the homegrown hops. It finishes dry and clean, exactly as intended. <\/p>\n<p>You might be wondering why I used a Lager yeast with this brew and there are a couple of reasons &#8211; firstly, it provides a clean backbone for the hops to shine on and secondly, it was the only yeast I had to hand at the time <strong>\ud83d\ude02<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Honestly, I&#8217;m really pleased with how this one came out. It&#8217;s simple, it&#8217;s honest, and it tastes like summer. Growing your own hops and watching them end up in a finished pint is one of those homebrewing experiences I&#8217;d recommend to anyone with a bit of garden space and a bit of patience.<\/p>\n<p>Happy brewing! \ud83c\udf7b<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s something really special about growing your own hops. I&#8217;ve had a hop plant in my front garden for a couple of years now, and this summer I finally had a decent enough harvest to actually brew with. 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