Old Peculiar

Ingredients

12lbs Brittish 2 row barley(all grain) or 9 lbs amber malt extract

8 oz. crystal malt

8 oz. roasted barley

2 lb. dark brown sugar

3 oz. blackstrap molasses

2 oz. fuggles hops

London ale yeast(liquid) or good quality dry English ale yeast(such as Whitbread) 14 grams

For all grain-mash the grains at 150 degrees for one hour.

Malt extract- steep grains for 30 minutes,remove grains, add malt extract. At the boil, add molasses, brown sugar, and hops. Boil for one hour.

When cool, add yeast,ferment, age one month.

I found this recipe for Old Peculiar in an issue of Barley Corn. My first batch is fermenting now, so I dont know how good it is(YET!!).