Tried fly sparging once again, but I had difficulty getting the flow slow enough. In the end I did a sort of hybrid fly/batch sparge. Anyway it worked well enough with 32 litres in the kettle @1.043 pre-boil gravity.
Did a one hour boil instead of my usual 90 minutes which gave me 24 litres @1.048 in the FV. OG was possibly slightly over 1.048 with the refractometer indicating 12.4 Brix, but I haven't calibrated it recently so will go with the hydro reading.
Had to do a last minute adjustment to the hop schedule due to a lack of Magnum.
I have gone back to dry yeast after some infection problems which I think was due to my slightly lax yeast handling procedures when re-using liquid yeast.
Last two brews with US-05 and Nottingham have been infection free.
Next brew up will be the JBK Porter.
Pilgrim's (Lack of) Progress
Date: 30th November 2016
Gyle Number: 57
Fermentable Colour lb: oz Grams Ratio
Best Malz Pale Malt 6 EBC 9 lbs. 4.1 oz 4200 grams 87.5%
Crystal Malt 150 EBC 0 lbs. 14.0 oz 400 grams 8.3%
Flaked Oats 0 EBC 0 lbs. 7.0 oz 200 grams 4.2%
Hop Variety Type Alpha Time lb: oz grams Ratio
Magnum Whole 14.4 % 60 mins 0 lbs. 0.4 oz 10 grams 11.1%
Pilgrim Whole 9.8 % 60 mins 0 lbs. 0.4 oz 10 grams 11.1%
Pilgrim Whole 9.8 % 10 mins 0 lbs. 1.4 oz 40 grams 44.4%
Pilgrim Whole 9.8 % 0 mins 0 lbs. 1.1 oz 30 grams 33.3%
Final Volume: 24 Litres
Original Gravity: 1.047
Final Gravity: 1.011
Alcohol Content: 4.7% ABV
Total Liquor: 38.2 Litres
Mash Liquor: 19.2 Litres
Mash Efficiency: 79 %
Bitterness: 34.3 EBU
Colour: 28 EBC
Yeast: Nottingham
Cheers,
Charliemartin