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Brewed on bank holiday Monday this week, still fermenting nicely and the fermenting fridge smells amazing. One of my friends had a son the same night.
No pics of the mash but same old stuff

22l brewlength

Predicted OG 1060
Actual OG 1060
Predicted FG 1015
Actual FG ?

4500g Crisp Maris Otter
500g Munich Malt
250g Carabelge
250g Wheat Malt

Mashed at 65c for 90mins with 6g gypsum

200g Carafa Special 1l kilner jar then filled to the top with water cold extract for 24 hours added to the very end of the boil
Boil
9g gypsum, 6g epsom salts
16g Magnum (14.5) @ 90 mins
20g Amarillo (6.7) @ 30 mins
40g Amarillo (6.7) @ 15 mins
40g Amarillo (6.7) @ 0 mins (steep 30 mins at 80c)

2l starter of Wyeast Thames Valley pitched at 17c then raised to 19c after 2 days

Start of the boil with 16g Magnum


30 mins 20g Amarillo


15 mins 40g Amarillo plus half a protofloc


Cold extract I prepared earlier


Cold extract ready to be added to the end of the boil


40g Amarillo Steep for 30 mins at 80c


OG bang on target at 1060 @ 20c


fermentation going better than my photography

Nice - looks like a straightforward brewday there... Time to do one of those myself soon - thinking of spiltting a pale wort taking half off after 60 minutes to steep NZ hops in while adding cold extract and US citra and chinook for extra boil as cascadian - 2 beers one wort... Could almost make an internet meme based on that one..

Looks good, its a while since I've had Amarillo, had a bottle of Mallinsons Amarillo the other day but it didn't live upto how I remembered it.

T looks great and I'm sure it'll be lovely(my lovely) when I first tasted amarillo, it was mind blowing , but since then have tasted all the new us hops, it's perhaps now a bit underwhelming but still nice

It seemed quite nice out of the trial jar, but could probably do with a bit more hop oomph. Maybe I'll order some more and dry hop it or do some kind hop extract.

Mainly it isn't as dark as I'd hoped, maybe more of a dark amber.