AG#59 Pa Broon Ale

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AG#59 Pa Broon Ale

Post by charliemartin » Thu Feb 16, 2017 3:29 pm

Pa Broon Ale (actual)

Date: 09th February 2017

Gyle Number: 59

Fermentable Colour lb: oz Grams Ratio
Pale Malt 5.5 EBC 7 lbs. 11.4 oz 3500 grams 86.4%
Brown Malt 150 EBC 0 lbs. 10.5 oz 300 grams 7.4%
Crystal Malt, Dark 240 EBC 0 lbs. 5.3 oz 150 grams 3.7%
Torrefied Wheat 4 EBC 0 lbs. 3.5 oz 100 grams 2.5%

Hop Variety Type Alpha Time lb: oz grams Ratio
Admiral Whole 13.9 % 60 mins 0 lbs. 0.5 oz 15 grams 35.7%
Golding Whole 5.6 % 15 mins 0 lbs. 0.9 oz 27 grams 64.3%

Final Volume: 25 Litres
Original Gravity: 1.044
Final Gravity: 1.010
Alcohol Content: 4.4% ABV
Total Liquor: 38.1 Litres
Mash Liquor: 16.2 Litres
Mash Efficiency: 89 %
Bitterness: 25.1 EBU
Colour: 36 EBC

Yeast: Safale S04

Brewed this one up on 9th Feb. Second brew in a row with higher than normal efficiency. Beer Engine states Mash Efficiency of 89%, but that is actually bewhouse efficiency. Not sure if it is the change of base malt or a switch to a sort of hybrid fly/batch sparging set up that has made the difference. Possibly a bit of both. The Minch Malt Hook Series pale malt seems to be pretty good stuff though.
However, the extra efficiency is causing me some problems with hitting my targets. This was intended to be a 23 litre brew @ 1.043, but I had to reduce the boil time from 90 to 60 minutes otherwise the OG would have been way too high. I suppose I could have liquored back, but figured I could save some time with a shorter boil. Anyway, I ended up with 25 litres @ 1.044, so no complaints there.

Rolling Boil
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Finished Wort
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Clear Wort
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OG 1.044
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Re: AG#59 Pa Broon Ale

Post by Chug » Thu Feb 16, 2017 11:19 pm

More beer for ya money sounds good Charlie, I've been using the minch pale recently and liking it too.

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Re: AG#59 Pa Broon Ale

Post by charliemartin » Fri Feb 17, 2017 11:57 am

Hi Chug
Yeah I must admit I do like the Minch Malt grain and it is cheap as chips too from the Homebrew Company. (I don't have any connection to them by the way).

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