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AG#6 Vulcan Bomber APA

Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 2:56 pm
by adm
Today we (myself and my assistant brewer, Mr Fritz Great-Lakes) are attempting an American style IPA:

5kg Maris Otter
250g Crystal
150g Torrefied wheat

25g Cascade 90 mins
25g Cascade 30 mins
25g Cascade 15 mins
25g Cascade 1 min

Safale US 05
Protafloc

This is called Vulcan Bomber as we have an airshow right near to the house on 24th August - complete with an appearance by the aforesaid aircraft. This beer's for that day - too short really, but it should still be drinkable. If it isn't, I've got lots of others in already! 9 days in FV then a week carbonating and conditioning in a corny?

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Here's the grain bill


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Set up ready to go. First ever outside brew, but we've got friends here and the missus needs the kitchn. I had a problem here - the extension lead on the right couldn't take the power requirements of the two kettle elements, and melted! I had to quickly wire up a spur from the ring main in the garage and a double socket box!


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The Assistant brewer begins the mash in.


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Mashed in!


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Temperature seems good.....off we go!

That's all for now.

Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 3:37 pm
by maxashton
Looks good. What a fantastic view to brew with!

Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 4:22 pm
by Horden Hillbilly
Good luck with your brew, have a good one! 8)

Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 7:49 pm
by Vossy1
Hope all's going well with the brew day 8)

So that's a barby at yours with refreshements supplied by you on the 24th....got it :lol:

Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 7:52 pm
by Bongo
great pics and top view too,these are really helpful i look forward to my first ag or mini mash when i can.

Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 11:33 pm
by ECR
Looks great. Hope it turned out well 8)

Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 9:14 am
by Garth
yeah, what a great view while you're brewing, good work adm

Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 9:56 am
by adm
Here's the rest of the pics....got a bit too "relaxed"yesterday to get them up!


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Relax, don't worry and have a homebrew.....


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First runnings


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Batch sparging. I could really use a separate HLT and boiler......


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Cascade hops. 100g in total. 4 additions.....


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Boiling away nicely


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This is the sample of the sweet wort - 1042 before boil


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More hoppiness.....


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Running off to FV

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and the sample from the finished product - now 1050 OG after the boil.


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Finished up just in time for sunset, another brew and a visiting hot air balloon. Must have been attracted to the smell....


So - as per Vossy....barbie and beers at mine on the 24th!

Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 10:29 am
by Horden Hillbilly
That's a nice looking clear wort you have there, nice one! 8)

Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 10:40 pm
by coatesg
Hmmm - good effort - US-05 in 1050OG too! :twisted: Gonna come in at about 6% if it does it's normal trick of keeping going and going in the FV!

Nowt wrong with that though :wink:

Definitely found that finings help with this yeast when I used it for a Townes - dropped bright in a keg with kieselol finings in about a week.

Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 11:12 pm
by adm
How would you recommend fining? I was thinking about it for this beer anyway as i want it ready for the 24th.

You mentioned kieselsol - do you use that alone, or in conjunction with something like gelatin or chitosan? And if so......what's the process and timing?

Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 11:34 pm
by brewzone
Wow!

What a great brewday!

Love the scenery!

Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 12:08 am
by coatesg
adm wrote:How would you recommend fining? I was thinking about it for this beer anyway as i want it ready for the 24th.

You mentioned kieselsol - do you use that alone, or in conjunction with something like gelatin or chitosan? And if so......what's the process and timing?
When I made my Townes (which is all cascade, but some wheat and no crystal) I used "Kwikclear" (which is a two part kieselol and gelatine finings) and it seemed to work well - some have said that US-05 is hard to clear, and others say it will clear given time to rest.

Waited for it to finish fermenting down (it took a week or so to finish out - you have to measure the gravity - US05 leaves a thick crust so it's not obvious when it's done...). I skimmed the head off, and added the kieselol first when racking into a keg, and then added the gelatine finings after 30 min giving it a good stir. Then I left it to sit still in a corner for a week or two (taking the odd quality control sample :wink: ). It looked crystal clear after a week to two weeks.

Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 11:32 am
by Buzz
Great shots adm, looks like one hell of a brewday. 8)

Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 12:45 pm
by Jim
Looking good! 8)