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03.05.08 Rubal Pale Ale
Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 9:54 am
by retourrbx
Boiler is on...
5.00kg Maris Otter
0.25kg Caramalt
0.12kg Crystal
0.32kg Wheat
60g Bobek 60 mins
30g Bobek 00 mins steep at 80'
20g Bobek Dry
Yeast S-04
Feeling slightly rough...
Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 10:50 am
by prodigal2
Have fun with your Bobek stunner RTB
You know it will be worth it
Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 11:34 am
by Vossy1
Enjoy the brewday R
Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 4:28 pm
by retourrbx
Looks great!
Collected 23L at 1.054 - considerably higher than expected.
Calculated my efficiency to be 80% - usually getting around 65%. Could be that the MO was brand new yesterday so very fresh, also that I left the water overnight with a campden tablet rather than taking it from the tap the same day.
Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 9:16 pm
by roger the dog
Nice work R, should be a good 'un
Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 3:40 pm
by retourrbx
kegged today at 1.008 - looking to be 6%... perhaps I should drink it with lemonade...
Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 3:43 pm
by prodigal2
Leave it till July and enjoy.
Sod the Lemonade
Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 9:07 pm
by retourrbx
efficiency didn't improve by a lot - I added 6.0kg of MO instead of 5.0kg... knew I was feeling rough... Hey ho
Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 5:43 pm
by retourrbx
I know it hasn't had its full maturation time but tried some of this and it has a really alcoholly taste to it - not overly harsh but not incredibly desirable... Will this taste remain? and if so is there anything that can be done about it to alter it? Would it be possible to dilute the beer down a bit with sterile water - or would that mess it up...
I assume that it has this because of the grain bill - would that alone do it or may it be due to high fermentaion temps - it was a hot week when this was fermenting...
Cheers
Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 5:59 pm
by prodigal2
Taste every month and in about 8 weeks it will all of a sudden become a different beast.