AG#17 - Over-run by Yanks

[WishboneBrewery]

This should be a good whack in the mouth to the Bitterness receptors

Over-run by Yanks

Fermentables:
Golden Promise - 2350g
Wheat Malt - 260g
Caramalt - 100g


Hops:
Pacific Gem @ 60 mins 5g (FWH)
Nelson Sauvin @ 15 mins 21g
Cascade @ 15 mins 16g
Centennial @ 15 mins 16g
Nelson Sauvin @ 0 mins 21g (80c Steep for 30 mins)
Cascade @ 0 mins 10g (80c Steep for 30 mins)
Centennial @ 0 mins 10g (80c Steep for 30 mins)


Final Volume: 12 Litres
Original Gravity: 1.051
Final Gravity: 1.012
Alcohol Content: 5% ABV
Total Liquor: 18.9 Litres
Mash Liquor: 6.8 Litres
Mash Efficiency: 75 %
Bitterness: 66 EBU
Colour: 9 EBC

The Grain bill and the temp:

Mashing:

66.6c Start of Mash:

A blooming shed load of 15min and Steep Hops:

A totally poxy amount of bittering hops:

66.4c end of mash temp:

Dirty puddle water with the FWHs:

Frothy scummy boil:

The 15min hops, a mix of Cascade, Nelson Sauvin & Centennial here:

The 80c steep hops stirred in and left for 30mins:


Nottingham Yeast dry sprinkled, I wasn't as nice to my yeast today but its pretty well over pitched so should be OK
The wort was bright and straw coloured and has a good bitterness already and my OG was 1047 rather than the planned 1051 which was probably due to me over-estimating the amount of wort the hops would hold, I usually go for 3L for losses to Hops & Trub but I went for 4L today.
Mash and batch Sparge both went well though I think my extra litre didn't help my efficiency which was down to just over 70%, my liquor was treated to the GW Calc Dry Pale Ale profile so I didn't do my semi-usual 5g Gypsum in with the grist.

Just the cleaning up to do now, I'm going to be so glad when I've got a garage!

[6470zzy]

I think that I would like to have some Stilton cheese with this brew, it looks like a good one

Happy New Year

[WishboneBrewery]

all done now...
Fingers crossed it is a good one

[leedsbrew]

looking good man. Taste buds are in for a treat!

[WishboneBrewery]

aye, can't wait...
Shame I wasn't doing two brews today, I could have used all those used hops as bittering in a stout or something.

[leedsbrew]

aye, can't wait...
Shame I wasn't doing two brews today, I could have used all those used hops as bittering in a stout or something.

Now there is an idea I've never heard of before! Recession brewing

[Carpking]

Thats a nice looking brew there...

[pantsmachine]

Nice one, do you notice an improvement in quality using GP as opposesd to MO?

[WishboneBrewery]

Shame I wasn't doing two brews today, I could have used all those used hops as bittering in a stout or something.

Now there is an idea I've never heard of before! Recession brewing

Its actually a very old idea, from the past. But it would make a second beer with no extra cost on the hops

Nice one, do you notice an improvement in quality using GP as opposesd to MO?

I think you'd have to do a side by side brew-off, personally I don't think my tasting skills are that clever anyway

[bosium]

looks delicious!

[WishboneBrewery]

From a Dry sprinkle the yeast got off to a great start within 4 hours!!! I thought I'd have a bigger lag time than that.

[haz66]

That sounds bloody tasty, would love to sample it when ready

[WishboneBrewery]

I've got 8 bottles set aside for ya as it is!!

[haz66]

I've got 8 bottles set aside for ya as it is!!

Nice one
I should be popping over to Pauls fairly soon so will do an exchange, he`s moved to a unit in Silsden now.
It will probably be next weekend as he`s run out of Maris Otter until the 8th Jan.

[Invalid Stout]

aye, can't wait...
Shame I wasn't doing two brews today, I could have used all those used hops as bittering in a stout or something.

Now there is an idea I've never heard of before! Recession brewing

Aye, pdtnc says, it used to be common in the 18th/19th centuries — brewers would brew a bitter one day and use the hops again the next day for a porter.

What's to stop you freezing them till next brewday??