Jims Summer Supper v2

[Birdman]

Brewed this about a month ago and it was perfect for me. So have done my first ever rebrew...

Jims Summer Supper v2 (American Pale Ale)

Original Gravity (OG): 1.045 (°P): 11.2
Colour (SRM): 10.5 (EBC): 20.7
Bitterness (IBU): 42.1 (Average)

64.07% Maris Otter Malt
30.82% Lager Malt
5.1% Crystal 20

0.7 g/L Amarillo (9.5% Alpha) @ 20 Minutes (Boil)
0.7 g/L Centennial (11.7% Alpha) @ 20 Minutes (Boil)
1.3 g/L Amarillo (9.5% Alpha) @ 10 Minutes (Boil)
1.3 g/L Centennial (11.7% Alpha) @ 10 Minutes (Boil)
1.3 g/L Amarillo (9.5% Alpha) @ 0 Minutes (Aroma)
1.4 g/L Amarillo (8.6% Alpha) @ 0 Minutes (Dry Hop)
1.3 g/L Centennial (11.7% Alpha) @ 0 Minutes (Aroma)
1.4 g/L Centennial (9.7% Alpha) @ 0 Minutes (Dry Hop)

0.1 g/L Whirlfloc Tablet @ 15 Minutes (Boil)

Single step Infusion at 67°C for 90 Minutes. Boil for 90 Minutes

Fermented at 20°C with Safale US-05

Notes: Brewday - 22/08/2010

Version 2 as Version 1 disappeared so quickly!

Strike Water = 11.2L @ 74-75oC

Mashed in and temp = 66-68oC across the mash. Mash went on at 1:50pm

First runnings 1.090 @ 28oC

Final sparge runnings = 1.010 @35oC

Absolutely full kettle as oversparged to get some wort for making starters. Took off about 2 litres of pre-boil wort to boil (concentrate) and make up a starter for next brew

Pre-Boil gravity = 1.032 @38oC

Added FO hops and started to chill. Chiller leaked about 3 or 4 times. Too much pressure from the flow to keep hosing on (really should buy some jubilee clips!)

Defo got some water into the kettle. Very worrying as I chill from an outside tap that I only ever use to rinse things pre-boil that don't matter and when cleaning things up afterwards...

Finished up with about 21.5L @ 1.042 so didn't get the 75% efficiency I was hoping for. Hardly surprising as I didn't do any water treatment (other than a campden tab) as currently have no Gypsum. Hopefully it will be as good as version 1 as there are only about 5 bottles left. It was really drinkable after 2 weeks in the bottle with an amazing fruity nose. Early doors it was a bit spicy from all the dry hop amarillo but that died down a couple of weeks ago and now its just smooth liquid gold. I've never managed to make another beer with so much hop aroma in it.

[yogester]

Looks like a cracker! Might have to brew something like this for the wife.

[WishboneBrewery]

Sounds good did you change anything from the previous brew?

[Birdman]

Just the OG. Didn't have as much lager malt and wanted to keep the percentages the same. Wish I'd bumped it up now as its gonna be about 0.7% lower ABV. This was the first sub 6% beer I've made, and it happened to turn out the best of anything else. So wanted to keep it as close as possible, so everything else was the same.

I can pretty much guarantee it will be nothing like the first!