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04/01/2009 - Boadicea's Shield

Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 9:05 pm
by coatesg
Lining this one up for tomorrow - first brew of the new year!

Based on Worthington White Shield, but using Boudicea instead of Challenger:

4.7kg MO
280g Crystal
550g Golden Syrup (replacing invert sugar)

Hops:
40g Boudicea (7.6%) - 90min
25g Northdown (7.9%) - 90min
20g Northdown - 15min

Using the harvested yeast cake from the last brew I did which has been in the fridge for a week or two - it's the Brakspear yeast from Oxford Gold.

Will sort out the water tonight using Graham's water calculator and get the mash on early tomorrow if I can :)

Re: 04/01/2009 - Boudicea's Shield

Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 11:59 pm
by prolix
not used either of those hops Graham, hope it all goes well. be interested if it resembles the white shield

Re: 04/01/2009 - Boadicea's Shield

Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 6:37 pm
by coatesg
Finished with 23L at 1058 - a little under what I planned, but I can live with that :wink:

Re: 04/01/2009 - Boadicea's Shield

Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 8:53 pm
by prolix
I make it you got nearly 80% brewhouse that is no slouch, I have had some in the low 60's

Re: 04/01/2009 - Boadicea's Shield

Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 11:06 pm
by coatesg
Hmm! Must have cacked up my calculations then! :lol: (I blame the early (well -ish) start today)

Still, with any luck, it'll drop down to give about 5.7% which is in the right ballpark.

Re: 04/01/2009 - Boadicea's Shield

Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 1:11 am
by coatesg
I bottled this one tonight, and the FG was 1008 - way lower than expected!! Which gives me a rather potent 6.6% ish!! It's exceptionally dry, strong, and very bitter. This is not a session ale... :shock: :lol:

Re: 04/01/2009 - Boadicea's Shield

Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 1:42 am
by adm
:D :D :D

Those reused yeast cakes tend to be quite aggressive as to how low they'll go. I guess all those yeasties get hungry and compete for every last molecule of sugar.