Old Speckled Hen clone.....

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Old Speckled Hen clone.....

Post by WalesAles » Mon Feb 22, 2016 12:00 pm

Hello Everyone,
Brewed this Yesterday from GW book page 174.
Everything went well up until the point of adding water to get to my target OG 1050 at 22deg.
I ended up with 17Lts at 1050 instead of the expected 19Lts. #-o
Why is this?
All help greatly appreciated.

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Re: Old Speckled Hen clone.....

Post by rpt » Mon Feb 22, 2016 2:08 pm

Your efficiency will be different to that assumed in the book. Also, his volumes are not for BIAB. I always enter recipes into the BIABacus so that it is tailored for my setup.
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Re: Old Speckled Hen clone.....

Post by Monkeybrew » Mon Feb 22, 2016 2:15 pm

WalesAles wrote:Hello Everyone,
Brewed this Yesterday from GW book page 174.
Everything went well up until the point of adding water to get to my target OG 1050 at 22deg.
I ended up with 17Lts at 1050 instead of the expected 19Lts. #-o
Why is this?
All help greatly appreciated.

WA
Cheers for the page number reference of the recipe, it will save me getting it confused with the other OSH recipe in the book :wink:

Cheers

MB
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Conditioning:
AG#41 - Vienna Lager - 5.6%
AG#42 - Heritage Double Ale - 10.5%

On Tap:
AG#44 - Harvest ESB - 5.4%
AG#45 - Amarillo Gold APA - 5.2%
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Re: Old Speckled Hen clone.....

Post by sbond10 » Mon Feb 22, 2016 4:46 pm

I've never got on with biabacus now I just fly blind
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Re: Old Speckled Hen clone.....

Post by WalesAles » Mon Feb 22, 2016 6:31 pm

sbond10 wrote:I've never got on with biabacus now I just fly blind
HeHeHe! :D
You must be a member of the ELC? =D>

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Re: Old Speckled Hen clone.....

Post by sbond10 » Mon Feb 22, 2016 7:28 pm

I've always been a member just foraging into 2 finger approach of flying against normal wisdom.
I'm also a founding member of shopb assisted by the elc
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Re: Old Speckled Hen clone.....

Post by WalesAles » Mon Feb 22, 2016 9:35 pm

Monkeybrew wrote:
Cheers for the page number reference of the recipe, it will save me getting it confused with the other OSH recipe in the book :wink:

Cheers

MB
Monkey,
I just read through the book looking for the other OSH recipe! :D #-o #-o
You had me there! #-o

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Re: Old Speckled Hen clone.....

Post by WalesAles » Thu Mar 03, 2016 9:59 pm

Hello Everyone,
Little help with this Brew please................
I am bottling this Beer on Sunday, GW`s book doesn`t give the amount of priming sugar to use. #-o
Should I just go with 42.5gr for the 17Lts?
All help greatly appreciated! :D

WA
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Re: Old Speckled Hen clone.....

Post by orlando » Fri Mar 04, 2016 8:31 am

Using table sugar that would give you a fraction under 1.5 volumes of CO2 (.86 of CO2 in beer at 20c), so that would suit me what about you?
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Re: Old Speckled Hen clone.....

Post by WalesAles » Fri Mar 04, 2016 10:32 am

orlando wrote:Using table sugar that would give you a fraction under 1.5 volumes of CO2 (.86 of CO2 in beer at 20c), so that would suit me what about you?
orlando,
That suits me! :D
Thanks!

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Re: Old Speckled Hen clone.....

Post by WalesAles » Sun Apr 17, 2016 8:43 pm

This brew is `Bloody Awful Mun`! #-o
Flat, Tasteless, Lifeless, Awful! #-o #-o

:x :x :x :x :x :x :x

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Re: Old Speckled Hen clone.....

Post by stevej383 » Sun Apr 17, 2016 8:47 pm

WalesAles wrote:This brew is `Bloody Awful Mun`! #-o
Flat, Tasteless, Lifeless, Awful! #-o #-o

:x :x :x :x :x :x :x

WA
LMFAO i brewed this when i first started it was my 2nd ag and it was sh~te never again im so glad it didnt stop me from carrying on :evil:
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Re: Old Speckled Hen clone.....

Post by Monkeybrew » Sun Apr 17, 2016 10:23 pm

stevej383 wrote:
WalesAles wrote:This brew is `Bloody Awful Mun`! #-o
Flat, Tasteless, Lifeless, Awful! #-o #-o

:x :x :x :x :x :x :x

WA
LMFAO i brewed this when i first started it was my 2nd ag and it was sh~te never again im so glad it didnt stop me from carrying on :evil:
Wise words Steve :)

Cheers

MB
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Conditioning:
AG#41 - Vienna Lager - 5.6%
AG#42 - Heritage Double Ale - 10.5%

On Tap:
AG#44 - Harvest ESB - 5.4%
AG#45 - Amarillo Gold APA - 5.2%
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Re: Old Speckled Hen clone.....

Post by stevej383 » Sun Apr 17, 2016 10:26 pm

Monkeybrew wrote:
stevej383 wrote:
WalesAles wrote:This brew is `Bloody Awful Mun`! #-o
Flat, Tasteless, Lifeless, Awful! #-o #-o

:x :x :x :x :x :x :x

WA
LMFAO i brewed this when i first started it was my 2nd ag and it was sh~te never again im so glad it didnt stop me from carrying on :evil:
Wise words Steve :)

Cheers

MB
oops sorry Monkey got a bit carried away :D
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Re: Old Speckled Hen clone.....

Post by WalesAles » Fri Apr 22, 2016 9:52 pm

Changed my mind on this brew! :D
It is `Bloody Lovely Mun` :D
Yes, it`s flat, but so is the Bass from the keg from my local!
It`s got a beery / sherry smell, tastes OK now, strong alcohol taste.
Super clear, a good looking beer! :D

WA

LMFAO when I googled LMFAO! :D =D> =D>
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