3.675Kg Maris Otter malt
210g Crystal malt
210g Flaked barley
210g Torrefied wheat
Mash at 66c for 90min
Add sparge liquor at 70c
Allow 10min soak between batches
80g Fuggles (4%) hops 90min boil (4%)
40g Bobek hops 15min boil
1 Protafloc tablet 15min boil
IC in at 15min boil
Cool to below 25c
Rehydrate Safale-04
Brew Length: 23L
Percentage Loss During 90 minute boil: 15%:
Estimated loss to hops and trub: 2.5L
Total Grain Bill: 4.3Kg
Dead Space in Mash Tun: 1.5L
Water/Grain Ratio for the Mash: 3L/Kg
Wort Required for the Boil: 30L
Made up from two equal quantities of: 15L
Total Quantity of Water Required For Batch #1: 20.9L
Mash Volume: 12.9L
Top Up With: 8L
Water Required for Batch #2: 15L
I basically used fivetide's B&T recipe unchanged as I figured any differences in our setups was negligable. though I did use Bobek hops instead of styrian goldings as Barley bottom was out of styrian.
First a picture of the temporary make shift setup in the garage.
I am going to have a steel frame welded eventually and will be brewing outside my brewshed but for now this will have to do. Anyway, on to the action.
I forgot to take a picture of the doughing-in but here is a picture after the mash.
I also forgot to top up with the 8lt before taking the first runnings from the first batch so I had to add the difference to the second batch, I am not sure how much this will effect the brew but I am sure it will still taste fine.
I collected the runnings and then added them back to the boiler.
And here they are boiling away with the hops.
I added the bobek hops, the protaflock tablet and the IC to the kettle at @15 to go.
I ran into a little hitch as I had used some brass QD fittings
for garden hoses on my IC but I never tested them in situ and they appear to only allow flow one way so I had to remove one and just use a hose clamp, this worked ok but I will have to work out something better. I also noticed only half of my IC is in the wort as my pot is so wide the wort only comes about 1/3 of the way up. I guess I am either going to have to alter the IC with a dual coil configuration or start brewing 10 gallons at a time. Also my water pressure is very low and this means the water only goes through the IC at a trickle, I am not sure what I could do about this but I will figure something out, maybe I will have to get a pump to increase the pressure.
I started with 36l in the boiler and somehow wound up collecting just 16lt. I topped up the FV to 23lt and measured the gravity at 1.038 so well low on the efficency (65%?) but good enough for a nice session brew. The beer in the FV looked and smelled great so fingers crossed it will turn out well.
good job matey
