AHA Big brew Day 2012

[bellebouche]

As mentioned elsewhere I pitched in again on a 'Big Brew Day' - in common with thousands of other brewers I hosted a little bash at our place.

15 people turned up - weather was a big ropey but stayed pleasant enough to eat outdoors. I did my brewing demo under a big brolly in the end.

Pics, recipe etc. etc...


Grains before the grind. 8.8Kg for 40 litres of a Brown Ale.



grains for big brew day by adrianfoden, on Flickr


Big brew Day 2012


Recipe Specs
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Batch Size (L): 40.0
Total Grain (kg): 8.773
Total Hops (g): 81.00
Original Gravity (OG): 1.055 (°P): 13.6
Final Gravity (FG): 1.014 (°P): 3.6
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 5.40 %
Colour (SRM): 18.8 (EBC): 37.1
Bitterness (IBU): 11.4 (Tinseth)
Brewhouse Efficiency (%): 80
Boil Time (Minutes): 60

Grain Bill
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4.410 kg Maris Otter Malt (50.27%)
2.630 kg Munich I (29.98%)
1.000 kg Amber Malt (11.4%)
0.500 kg Caramunich II (5.7%)
0.145 kg Chocolate (1.65%)
0.088 kg Black Malt (1%)

Hop Bill
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18.0 g Aurora (Syrian Super Goldings) from Slovenia Leaf (6.9% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes (Boil) (0.4 g/L)
18.0 g Aurora (Syrian Super Goldings) from Slovenia Leaf (6.9% Alpha) @ 15 Minutes (Boil) (0.4 g/L)
10.0 g Aurora (Syrian Super Goldings) from Slovenia Leaf (6.9% Alpha) @ 5 Minutes (Boil) (0.2 g/L)
35.0 g Aurora (Syrian Super Goldings) from Slovenia Leaf (6.9% Alpha) @ 0 Minutes (Aroma) (0.9 g/L)

Feeding the crowd.


sitting down for BBQ by adrianfoden, on Flickr

46 litres going into the boil... and I was still drawing a 1.020 wort - efficiency was well up


marmite by adrianfoden, on Flickr

How cool is this - one couple rocked up on a 1960 Vintage motorcycle

1960 bsa goldstar by adrianfoden

We were rained off the tasting outdoors so I managed to shoehorn everyone into my kitchen for a little lecture. I gave them a spiel about brewing in general, different beer styles and we had tasters of seven different beers. A first outing for my recent Russian Imperial Stout was the highlight for me


inky black by adrianfoden, on Flickr

... and the brown Ale? Hit 1056 after the boil and the wort has good clarity and a great red shine to it.

I struck out for a lowish IBU with a lot of late hops. Should be malty with an interesting aroma kick at the end.


wort by adrianfoden, on Flickr

[WishboneBrewery]

Nice going, I think this is a harder thing to do in Britain... I'm lazy, people are lazy, I wouldn't want to invite all the people on the street around our house

[alix101]

Looks lovely ....a nice idea what did everybody think of it?

[bellebouche]

It went down really well. I think that the first reaction of anyone who is invited to a homebrew tasting/event is naturally cautious because I think that a great many people have all tasted nasty kit beers in the past.

But, a little sunshine, some BBQ and then a leisurely afternoon eases things along.

The key payoff though was the tasting. The French participants have never tasted anything like it as French beer is largely bland. The English get a bit Dewey eyed as its a long lost flavour of home!

I had some lovely feedback and it's a pleasure to get some honest opinions about the beers Is make.