A few firsts too, New boiler, it's the first time I've treated my water , it's the first time I've tried using a HLT to sort of fly sparge and the first time with hole hop and a hop stopper (I'd always used pellets with a hop bag and all the break used to go in the FV).
I wanted to make somthing darker than a standard IPA but with loads of bitterness and a fluffy head:
Type: All Grain
Date:21/10/2009
Batch Size: 23.00 L
Brewer: J
Boil Size: 26.66 L Asst Brewer:
Boil Time: 60 min Equipment: Jammys #3
Ingredients
Amount Item Type % or IBU
4.50 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 72.00 %
0.75 kg Munich Malt (9.0 SRM) Grain 12.00 %
0.25 kg Barley, Flaked (1.7 SRM) Grain 4.00 %
0.25 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) Grain 4.00 %
0.25 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L (80.0 SRM) Grain 4.00 %
0.25 kg Wheat, Torrified (1.7 SRM) Grain 4.00 %
25.00 gm Centennial - Barley Bottom - AA 11.5% [11.50 %] (60 min) Hops 25.2 IBU
5.00 gm Magnum - 12 months old [8.00 %] (60 min) Hops 3.5 IBU
10.00 gm Magnum - 12 months old [8.00 %] (60 min) (First Wort Hop) Hops 7.7 IBU
15.00 gm Centennial - Barley Bottom - AA 11.5% [11.50 %] (45 min) Hops 13.9 IBU
20.00 gm Centennial - Barley Bottom - AA 11.5% [11.50 %] (30 min) Hops 15.5 IBU
10.00 gm Centennial - Barley Bottom - AA 11.5% [11.50 %] (20 min) Hops 6.1 IBU
15.00 gm Centennial - Barley Bottom - AA 11.5% [11.50 %] (10 min) Hops 5.5 IBU
25.00 gm Centennial - Barley Bottom - AA 11.5% [11.50 %] (0 min) Hops -
1.15 items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 min) Misc
23.00 L York East WSZ Water
Safale US-05 (DCL Yeast #US-05) Yeast-Ale
Beer Profile
Est Original Gravity: 1.060 SG
Measured Original Gravity: 1.060 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.014 SG
Measured Final Gravity: TBC
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 6.00 %
Actual Alcohol by Vol: TBC %
Bitterness: 77.4 IBU Calories: 568 cal/l
Est Color: 11.1 SRM Color: Color
Mash Profile
Mash Name: Temperature Mash, 1 Step, Light Body Total Grain Weight: 6.25 kg
Sparge Water: 18.05 L Grain Temperature: 22.2 C
Sparge Temperature: 75.6 C TunTemperature: 22.2 C
Adjust Temp for Equipment: FALSE Mash PH: 5.4 PH
Temperature Mash
65.6 C Mash Temp
75.6 C Sparge Temp
The New Bathroom Brewhouse:
The new boiler with it's built in chiller.
This designe is a bit of a bugger to clean, but the chiller in the middle gives you somvhere to rest your paddle whenyour not stiring and the space around the outside lets you stir really easily; I'm really chuft with it, it's made from a cheap plastic bucket from Barley Bottom, it got a litle softer in the boil but there was no deformation at all.
Loads of finishing hops!
I hit my 1.060 OG on the nose though the sparge temp was a bit all over the place thanks to a bit of a misshap with the HLT when I ran off to answer the phone!
We'll have to see how fermentible it is!
