Brewday 10/03/07 Lucys Brown Bear

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Brewday 10/03/07 Lucys Brown Bear

Post by Andy » Sat Mar 10, 2007 9:39 am

Recipe: Lucys Brown Bear
Brewer: AndyW
Style: English Ordinary Bitter
TYPE: All Grain


Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 23.00 L
Boil Size: 26.77 L
Estimated OG: 1.040 SG
Estimated Color: 12.1 SRM
Estimated IBU: 30.4 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 71.0 %
Boil Time: 70 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
4.00 kg Pale Malt (2 Row) UK (3.0 SRM) Grain 92.0 %
0.30 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L (80.0 SRM) Grain 6.9 %
0.05 kg Chocolate Malt (450.0 SRM) Grain 1.1 %
25.00 gm First Gold [7.50%] (70 min) Hops 20.0 IBU
22.00 gm First Gold [7.50%] (20 min) Hops 10.3 IBU
50.00 gm First Gold [7.50%] (0 min) (Aroma Hop-SteepHops -


Mash Schedule: My Mash
Total Grain Weight: 4.35 kg
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Name Description Step Temp Step Time
Step Add 11.50 L of water at 74.2 C 67.0 C 60 min



Mash underway 8)
Last edited by Andy on Sat Mar 10, 2007 6:21 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Post by bitter_dave » Sat Mar 10, 2007 9:49 am

Nice one Andy 8)

Are you getting in some practise before your bumper crop of first golds?
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Post by Andy » Sat Mar 10, 2007 10:06 am

Using some of last years supply (from a mate of mine) !!
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Post by Calum » Sat Mar 10, 2007 10:06 am

Hope all goes well Andy. I'm just behind you, mash officially timed at 8.55am. 8)
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Post by Bigster » Sat Mar 10, 2007 10:10 am

Go Andy, Go :D

Not used FG hops yet but I like the grain combination

No parallel brewing today in tenko brewery I am sorry to say

Have a good day
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Post by Western Brewer » Sat Mar 10, 2007 11:43 am

Hope you both have good days. Any pictures?
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Post by Andy » Sat Mar 10, 2007 2:02 pm

All done - 23L @ 1043 in the fermenter.

8)
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Post by tubby_shaw » Sat Mar 10, 2007 2:14 pm

Andy wrote:All done - 23L @ 1043 in the fermenter.

8)
Quick and efficient 8)
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Post by Calum » Sat Mar 10, 2007 2:34 pm

My boil has just finished. I still have no quick chilling mechanism so I'll run off and stick it in a cold bath.

Now to suffer the pain of the rugby... :cry:
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Post by Andy » Sat Mar 10, 2007 6:25 pm

Used protofloc for the second time and wow this stuff makes the break material coagulate! As I use a CFC then there's a whole load of break material floating near the top of the brew. I guess I'll be able to skim a fair bit of this when the yeast head forms.
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Post by Andy » Sat Mar 10, 2007 6:40 pm

I always rig up a recirc pump to the CFC after use and continually recirc water for 30 mins or so.
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Post by SteveD » Sat Mar 10, 2007 8:53 pm

Nice job sir. I like the recipe, with just a hint of chocolate. Protofloc? A substitute for Irish Moss/Whirlfloc?
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Post by Andy » Wed Mar 14, 2007 10:12 pm

Transferred this one to conditioning tank tonight. Gravity at 1011 from 1043 start. It would have carried on to 1008 probably but thought I'd experiment with stopping fermentation based upon SG rather than just letting it go. I'll put the tank in my beer fridge which is set to about 4 degC. Dry hopped with a generous amount of first gold.
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Post by SteveD » Wed Mar 14, 2007 10:15 pm

Are you bringing this to the meet on the 27th? Hope so ;)

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Post by Andy » Wed Mar 14, 2007 10:20 pm

Hmmm, dunno Steve. I've got so many beers available I don't want to monopolise things!

1. Durden Park Whitbread London Porter
2. American Not So Pale Ale
3. Wotnot Landlord
4. This one....

Oh what a dilemma :lol:
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