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Yesterday I knocked a batch of this ale out under the careful supervision of Wez
Another Ollosson cracker..cheers Marc

Townes IPA

Target OG 1045
Target FG 1010
ABV 4.5%
IBU 40
60 ltr brew length

In the tun

11.58kg Maris Otter
0.61kg Wheat Malt
13.17g CaCl
10.3g CaSO4
1.4g MgSO4

Mash at 65 deg c for 90 minutes
Based on 75% efficiency

In the copper

90 minute boil

192g Cascade 5%
12g CaCl
10g CaSO4
1g MgSO4
1 x whirlfloc (last 10 min)

80 deg c 100g Cascade aroma hops (15 mins)

Pretty uneventful day which went quite smoothly.
There was an issue with one of my PT100 sensors which meant I mashed at 67 falling to 65 over the 90 mins so this IPA will probably have more body than intended which isn't a bad thing...I'll struggle on

I did drop the return manifold into the mash when running off batch 1

We collected about over 60 ltr at 1048 so my efficiency has gone up again, now standing at 80% with batch sparging.

Yeast was 36g of US-05. This'll be the first time I've used this yeast and I pitched it dry for a change.
It was bubbling within 5 hours and today, 24 hours on, there's a bubble every 3 seconds and it's getting faster all the time.

I always pitch dry Vossy and i make the best beer on the forum

Any brewday pics

I always pitch dry Vossy and i make the best beer on the forum

Any brewday pics

Wez might pop along later and add some

Sounds like a grand day.

Did Wez help or just drink all your stock!?

Did Wez help or just drink all your stock!?

My stock, his stock and he even tapped one of my corny's of 12 day old beer ....which was and is going to be very nice

and you guys still found time for a few rounds at the pub.
Weel done!

Sounds like you had a great day

Sounds like a great day/night, looking forward to some brewing and guzzling pictures.

Vossy, it's great brew with all those Cascade, haven't you done this before, I seem to remember...

Townes IPA is a great brew V, looking forward to the pix.

I used US-05 in my Sunshine brew, it's been in the fv for 11 days and still looks like pea soup

I also used it in Townes IPA and when it does clear produces a clean and crisp beer

Sounds like it was a sucess, nice one!

Had a great day Learnt lots, It was like "Daniel-Son" and "Mr Miyagi" just without the age difference.

Vossy has a great set up, he was meticulous with his attention to detail throughout the brew day, and was great at explaining to me how everything works on his system.

Unfortunately I only got a couple of pics the camera sort of got forgotten about as the bottles got opened, one pic I wish i'd got was a pic of the runnings being ran back into the tun through the HERMS system, clear as crystal

Anyway these are the pics I did get:













And finally....the reason why there aren't many pictures



Thanks again V1 and MrsV1 for making me so welcome

Great pics Wez, sounds like a good day! Good luck with the brew Vossy

Thanks again V1 and MrsV1 for making me so welcome

I have been meaning to visit Manchester

I have been meaning to visit Manchester

Moved this ale onto the kitchen table tonight...not easy...60 ltr fv from the ground

The US-05 has certainly done it's job and the ales FG is 1004 and it's still glugging ...albeit very slowly.
I make that 74.2% attenuation, so pretty much spot on.
If I had a fridge for the fv to sit in, I'd crash chill it to stop the yeast...but I don't
Tomorrow I'll fine it, as it's cloudy as anything. Not too much diacetyl at the mo but maybe I should keep it in there just to balance the dryness
Smelling fab and tasting great too...even with all the yeast.

Vossy1 wrote:Moved this ale onto the kitchen table tonight...not easy...60 ltr fv from the ground

Don't let is sit the like the last stuff