# 🍺 Top-down Brew: Old Peculier Clone

Recipe variables
name: Old Peculiar Clone og: 1.055 malt: British pale ale, 72.7, 2.2, 83 malt: Torrified or flaked wheat, 5.7, 1.25, 78 malt: Crystal 60L, 5.4, 60, 74 malt: Crystal 150L, 1.8, 150, 74 malt: Chocolate malt, 2.3, 400, 74 malt: Black malt, 1.0, 500, 57 sugar: Lyle's Golden Syrup, 7.4, 0, 78 sugar: Black treacle, 3.7, 100, 78 ibu: 30 hop: Target, 50, 11, 60 hop: Challenger, 35, 7.5, 60 hop: Fuggle, 15, 5, 15 dry: Fuggle, .5 yeast: ale eff: 75 vol: 5.5 system: US prime: 2.5, 72

## Variations

Steeped grains plus malt extract:

- Delete the pale ale and the wheat lines.
- For liquid malt extract, add sugar: Liquid light malt extract, 77.5, 5, 76
- For dry malt extract, add sugar: Dry light malt extract, 77.5, 3.5, 96
- Set the mash efficiency variable to 55% for steeping.

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## Results

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## Notes

Theakston's Old Peculier is a well known example of a British old ale or stock ale. This clone is based on a BYO recipe, with hop changes (Challenger and Target) and OG adjustment (1.055 estimated from 5.6% ABV) based on the official web site.

Source: Brew Your Own: Big Book of Clone Recipes (2018). Quarto Publishing Group, p. 171.