Fuggled Wallop

[jimp2003]

I am bit late starting today and was not able to get anything prepared yesterday but will shortly make a start on this:


Fuggled Wallop (Mild)

Original Gravity (OG): 1.040 (°P): 10.0
Final Gravity (FG): 1.011 (°P): 2.8
Alcohol (ABV): 3.74 %
Colour (SRM): 12.2 (EBC): 24.1
Bitterness (IBU): 20.8 (Tinseth)

81.08% Mild Ale Malt
s8.11% Crystal 60
5.41% Flaked Barley
2.7% Brown Sugar, Dark
2.7% Chocolate, Pale

30g Fuggles (5.2% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes (Boil)
22g Fuggles (5.2% Alpha) @ 5 Minutes (Boil)


Single step Infusion at 70°C for 75 Minutes. Boil for 60 Minutes

Fermented at 18°C with WLP002 - English Ale (1litre starter)


Decided to go with the BIAB method as my mash tun is 45l capacity and with a relatively small grainbill it probably would not hold the high mash temp that I want. With BIAB I can add direct heat to the mash so hopefully it should be better.

Will try to take some pics as I go.

Cheers!

Jim

[jimp2003]

Mash is on so thought I would upload some pics...


I only had to crush a bit of crystal 60 for this one as the rest came ready crushed:

Crystal before:





Ready to crush:




Crystal after:




Obligatory grain shot:




I was a bit short of dark brown sugar so made up the difference with some Billingtons molasses sugar. This goes in toward the end of the boil:




Heating up the water for the mash and heating the mash cover while I was at it:




Bag in:




You can just about see the temp is 70.2 after doughing in. The probe is in the mash honest!




Mash covered up. The hole for the tap gets lagged with a towel:





Thats all for now folks. I am off the check the mash temp....

[jimp2003]

I'm back.

Mash only lost 1 degree over the 75 mins so I am very happy with that. I decided to break out the ph strips and found that the level was a bit high (towards 5.9) so I think that I should have paid more attention to watertreatment on this one. Think I might send a sample off to Murphys as in the past I have just used CRS and gypsum after testing with a salifert kit and consulting the water company reports...

Anyway more pics:


First wort hops weighed out. UK hops always seem to have plenty of twigage in them so I picked them out before launching the hops in.




End of the mash - nice clear wort at the top...




Pulled the bag and then rested it in a basket over the kettle. I had pulled 3l of the strike water to use in a rudimentary sparge. The first wort hops were added after the bag was pulled.




I drew off some of the wort to dissolve the sugar. This way I would not have to worry as much about it catching on the bottom of the kettle - just stir it in.




Chiller and end of boil hops in.




It did not seem to take long to chill down which surprised me as it is quite mild here at the moment. Nice looking wort in the pot ready to run off.




Running off to the FV. Nice and clear.




Spot on the 1.040 OG that was predicted with 21 litres volume. This magical process has worked again!!




Thats the last pic. The WLP002 starter was pitched in at about 20 degrees and tucked up in the fridge set to 18 degrees.

All in all a very easy and laidback brewday which is appropriate for a mild I think.

Will report back with any progress.

Cheers!

Jim

[Hanglow]

Looks like it'll be a tasty brew!

[jimp2003]

Took a sample of this and it is down to 1.013 so I think that its done. The aroma and flavour was lovely malty caramel with a hint of fuggles. Very clear already and a beautiful deep amber colour.

The plan is the bottle this at the weekend and use some of the yeast on this year's christmas beer.

[Hanglow]

Same FG as mine, same start date, similar OG, same yeast, flaked barley, fuggles , sugar, medium crystal


Be they taste completely different though

[jimp2003]

Same FG as mine, same start date, similar OG, same yeast, flaked barley, fuggles , sugar, medium crystal


Be they taste completely different though

It would be interesting to do a side by side taste test wouldn't it?

[jimp2003]

Bottled today with 50g of molasses sugar. It dropped a couple more points to 1.011 as originally forecast.

Can't wait to start drinking this...

[jimp2003]

Its nearly exactly a month since brewing this mild and it is really coming together.

I tried a bottle about a week after bottling and it tasted quite sharp and lemony - in fact it tasted just as the yeast smelt when I opened the vial - so I put that down to yeast in suspension during the carbonation process.

Another bottle a few days ago was probably a bit too cold when I drank it and the chocolate malt was a bit too upfront. Today's bottle is full of malty goodness and that characteristic fuller yeast flavour -Very pleased indeed!

[WishboneBrewery]

surely a tasty brew