Brew Day - 11/07/2006

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Brew Day - 11/07/2006

Post by jasonaustin » Wed Jul 12, 2006 9:29 pm

Brewed a London Pride clone last night. Experimented a little by using organic Golden Promise malt instead of my usual Maris Otter. Seems to have slightly lower yield.
Here's a few photos.

Brewery ready, HLT on
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Spinny sparger
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3 Tiers in full flow
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Boiling
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The next morning
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Post by Andy » Wed Jul 12, 2006 9:35 pm

Nice one!
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Post by jasonaustin » Thu Jul 13, 2006 9:05 am

The mash tun is a bucket in bucket job (Wheeler), so the 'manifold' is simply the perforated bottom of the inner bucket.

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The 'fermentation box' is a cooler (Ken Schwartz). Yesterday the brewery (sorry, garage!) reached 26 degrees, the cooler sits at about 17-18 and the wort is a steady 19.5.
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Post by mysterio » Thu Jul 13, 2006 12:37 pm

Much tidier set up than mine :rolleyes:

Of course I'm going for the rustic factory look...

I'll be interested to hear how the Golden Promise works out
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Post by Bigster » Thu Jul 13, 2006 11:04 pm

Very nice amd neat set up JA.

Would expect no less after viewing your kegerator ;)

Apart from the variation on the malt which LP clone recipe did you use?
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Post by Frothy » Fri Jul 14, 2006 12:41 am

das is fantastich. How are you cooling the fermentation box btw?

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Post by Andy » Fri Jul 14, 2006 8:28 am

If it's a Ken Schwartz design then fans controlled by thermostat blow air over ice and into the fermentation section of the box.

http://home.elp.rr.com/brewbeer/chiller/chiller.PDF
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Post by jasonaustin » Fri Jul 14, 2006 8:46 am

It is.
Following on from IanRMartin's thread viewtopic.php?t=745 regarding cooling fermenters, I've been keeping records during my current ferment of temperatures (ambient, chiller and wort) to demonstrate it's effectiveness. Hopefully I will be able to post a fancy graph sometime this weekend!!
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Post by Andy » Fri Jul 14, 2006 10:49 am

jason - where did you source the polystyrene sheeting from ?
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Post by jasonaustin » Fri Jul 14, 2006 11:14 am

Wickes. 2400x600x50mm. £6.49 per sheet.
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Post by jasonaustin » Fri Jul 14, 2006 1:13 pm

Bigster, the recipe was based on Wheeler/Protz (BYORAAH). Scaled up to 40L, down to account for my efficiency (80%) and then tinkered with a tiny bit.
So,
4.00kg Pale Malt, Golden Promise (Organic)
0.63kg Crystal Malt
0.63kg Flaked Maize
0.87kg Brewing Sugar
25g Target (90 min)
25g Challenger (90 min)
12g Northdown (15 min)
8g Irish Moss (15 min)
Wyeast Thames Valley 1275 yeast
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Post by Frothy » Fri Jul 14, 2006 10:22 pm

what a nifty idea that cooler is - thanks

btw is brewing sugar just glucose? Anyone know where you can get large quantities of glucose?

thanks
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Post by mysterio » Fri Jul 14, 2006 10:43 pm

Its a pound for a big bag in my homebrew shop, bout 3 kilos or thereabouts? I think most mail order shops are the same.
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