Aiming to do four brews this month, starting with this one.
Recipe (30L batch)
Pale malt (MO Warminster) 6205g
Carapils 250g
Nelson Sauvin 29g start of boil
Nelson Sauvin 14g + 5g Irish Moss 15mins
Nelson Sauvin 14g 5mins
Nelson Sauvin 43g steeped at 80degrees
Pretty straightforward brewday - used my new electric HLT (viewtopic.php?f=6&t=74850) so turned on at 7:15am, up to 77 degrees by 8.45am. Not too bad for 47 litres in an uninsulated pot.
Had a nightmare with my PT100, packed up (maybe due to steam, was dangling in the HLT?) Also I really need a thermometer, had to use the meat one from the kitchen. Thinking of replacing the dial thermometers on all pots, cannot get them reading right. Vorlaufed for the longest time ever (10mins
didn't run clear)Haven't tried this hop yet so looking forward to it. Also first attempt at fly sparging today, wasn't too difficult. Still haven't fully sorted out levels in boiler so finishing up with 30L is a guestimate.
Had 1.032 pre-boil (at 60 degrees) went to about 1.040 once cooled. Boiled for 70mins, ended up at 1.050 once cooled (WHICH MEANS I HAVE HIT MY NUMBERS GRAVITY-WISE FOR THE FIRST TIME!!!) well chuffed! also new hop filter worked an absolute charm!!
Sprinkled on Safale 05 once I had lifted fermenter into keezer (trying using keezer + heater for fermentation, won't be doing so again, lifting 30L into that damn thing was difficult!!)
A few photos:
Untitled by Ben, on Flickr
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Untitled by Ben, on Flickr - light refreshment of AG#05 - SNPA copyHope you enjoy - off to clean up (maybe)
