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02-03-2008: Landlady
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 5:04 pm
by spearmint-wino
Got a sneaky brew in this morning, hour mash and boil so no time for piccies or posting throughout the brew. All cleaned up and 24l sitting happily in the fermenter by 2.15pm, pretty smooth overall with no mishaps
. Now time for a beer
Vaguely similar malt and hops to the Landlord clone, except blonde and more floral, so I guess that makes it a...
Landlady
Original Gravity: 1.043
Alcohol: 4.3%
Bitterness: 36 IBU
Ingredients:
4300 g Maris Otter Pale
150 g Crystal Malt 30°L
35 g Challenger (8.6%) - added during boil, boiled 60 min
1 ea Whirlfloc Tablets (Irish moss) - added during boil, boiled 15 min
10 g Styrian Goldings (3.1%) - added during boil, boiled 10 min
7 g Challenger (8.6%) - added during boil, boiled 10 min
20 g Styrian Goldings (3.1%) - steeped after boil
Safale S-04
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 5:19 pm
by Wez
Nicely done SW, that looks a tasty recipe
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 5:44 pm
by subsub
Well done SW nice simple recipe
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 6:01 pm
by SiHoltye
Get in SW! Early brew and drinks on a Sunday.
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 6:02 pm
by Buzz
Indeed, nice work. Finished by 2.15pm? Nice early start then, too early for me
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 6:16 pm
by spearmint-wino
Got started about 7.30am so not much shorter than your standard brewday really, just earlier. Next time I'll go for something more adventurous, been doing a lot of 'golden ales' recently. Trouble is they go down so well...
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 6:25 pm
by roger the dog
Too true, good work SW
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 6:50 pm
by prodigal2
Nice one SW
Though I am in shock you started so early on a sunday
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 8:55 pm
by Horden Hillbilly
Looks like it went ok for you s-w, nice one!
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 9:58 pm
by ECR
Sounds good
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 1:24 am
by mixbrewery
I dont suppose it will be ready for a sample at the Wenlock on Monday night!
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 9:24 am
by Vossy1
Dedication to the cause being up that early
Nice one SW
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 10:24 am
by spearmint-wino
mixbrewery wrote:I dont suppose it will be ready for a sample at the Wenlock on Monday night!
Not even S-04 works that fast
Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 12:35 pm
by spearmint-wino
I'm notoriously bad at following up on posts so here's a go at putting that right. I had the first bottle of this on Wednesday night (to make space for kegging the 1880 bitter, honest) and this is what I found...
It poured crystal clear, but the aroma was mainly yeasty with little in the way of hops. There was good mouthfeel but it definitely felt over-carbonated. There was a light maltiness and good strong bitterness in the mouth but little in terms of hop flavour save a mellow spicyness, probaby from the challenger. I shook some of the carbonation out and it began to drink better with a slightly more pronounced hop flavour but not much. The finish was nice but where have all the hops gone?
I'll give it another couple of weeks and hopefully it will have matured some more. And I guess there's always the option of dry-hopping the keg. Probably with something powerful at this rate!
Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 1:06 pm
by fivetide
It looks exactly like the kind of pint I enjoy.
Will/can the hoppiness kick in with further conditioning, or will the yeastiness just subside to reveal the hops?