I'd have preferred to have more Bramling Cross in the 80c steep but hopefully it will be adequate to give some of the characteristics I'm after.
Fermentables:
Lager Malt - 50%
Wheat Malt - 35%
Flaked Oats - 10%
Crystal Wheat Malt - 5%
Hops:
WGV @ 60 mins - 35g - (First Wort Hop)
Pilot @ 60 mins - 45g - (First Wort Hop)
First Gold @ 15 mins - 28g
Bramling Cross @ 0 mins - 39g - (80c Steep for 20mins)
Final Volume: 21 Litres
Original Gravity: 1.056
Final Gravity: 1.013
Alcohol Content: 5.6% ABV
Total Liquor: 31.2 Litres
Mash Liquor: 12.3 Litres
Mash Efficiency: 80 %
Bitterness: 68 EBU
Colour: 17 EBC
Mashed at 66c and lost 2c of 60min period, achieving 86% Mash efficiency.
Boiled for 60minutes, old Lager yeast added as nutrient and Protafloc tablet added for the last 20mins.
Yeast is Safale us-05 pitched at 20c, dry sprinkled.
First Wort Hops in the copper:
80c Steep hops in along with the cooler:
Must be 1054 with a couple of divisions in the meniscus, Refractometer said 14.2 Brix (1055), so about a point lower than Target:
Pretty Seedy these hops:
Only 4 shots and not that exciting!
