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I'll be brewing this one this evening, grains weighed out already to try to cut down the length of the brewday i'll be doing a 60 min mash and 60 min boil. I'm happy that the 60 min boil shouldn't be a problem but do I need to up the grain bill at all to accomodate for a shorter mash time, will there be a drop in efficiency?

Brewlength - 25L
Target OG - 1.046 (based on 75% BHE)
EBU ~30
60 min 69 degree mash
60 min boil

4600gm Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 83.33 % (Edit was 4100g)
240gm Amber Malt (22.0 SRM) Grain 4.88 %
240gm Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 4.88 %
240gm Wheat, Torrified (1.7 SRM) Grain 4.88 %
100gm Chocolate Malt (450.0 SRM) Grain 2.03 %
50gm Fuggles [5.50 %] (60 min) Hops 25.3 IBU
20gm Fuggles [5.50 %] (15 min) Hops 5.0 IBU
1.00 items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 10.0 min) Misc
Yeast - Gervin English Ale



Top Left - Amber Malt
Top Right - Crystal Malt
Bottom Left - Chocolate Malt
Bottom Right - Torrified Wheat

Have a good brew evening Wez

Sounds yummy, enjoy the day!

Can't say that I notice much, if any change in efficiency when I do 60 minute mashes Wez, I don't work out a figure as such but the gravity is plenty high enough after collecting my pre-boil volume.

Have a good one, looking forward to the pics

If your PH is in range that should help get the extraction up to the mark.
Have a good 'un.

Good luck Wez

Good luck Wez

Have a good one this evening

I'd up the grain bill a bit to be on the safe side, why take the chance for a quid or so more.
Good luck with it wez.

I have no probs with a 60 minute mash, especially since the mash temp is so high. As delboy says a couple of extra handfulls of base grain never hurts things. I usually make more wort than I need and save a few litres and freeze it for starters.

I've only got about 11 AG brews under my belt but I've noticed that my efficiency does drop when I reduce the mash time.

My early brews were 2hr mashes and the most efficient . I'm going to return to the 2hr mash for my next batch for sure. To be on the safe side I'd increase the grain bill for your 1hr mash. Have fun

Right, to be on the safe side I've upped the pale malt by 500g to 4600g (left the other grains as they were)

My normal efficiency is 75% that would mean an OG of 1.051 (~4.9%)from this grain bill. 70% would be 1.047 (~4.6%) 65% would be 1.044 (~4.2%) and 60% would be 1.041 (~3.9%) i'd be happy with all of those so we'll see what happens. Of course I can always just dilute down to whatever gravity I want It's a useful experiment.

Right I'm heating the mash liquor right now

(Best get cracking before the Mrs comes home, I'm supposed to be stripping tiles off the bathroom walls )

Looks good Wez, you remind me I've been wanting to try an 80/- myself. Let us know how it turns out

oh to be brewing and not poncing around after SWMBO for mothers day

prolix wrote:oh to be brewing and not poncing around after SWMBO for mothers day

The bad angel on my shoulder would be screaming in my ear fcuk that she's not your mother