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Planning this one for tomorrow - using up some open hops and grain.
I'll also be trying out a bodge-job false bottom coolbox mashtun for the 1st time - hope it works...

Grain Extract(kg/l) Weight(g) % Grist Gravity
Pale Ale Malt (2 row) 308 2600 75.36 50.05
Munich malt (Belgian/German) 308 500 14.49 9.62
Torrefied Wheat 300 150 4.35 2.81
Cara-pils (Belgian) 283 150 4.35 2.65
Crystal Malt 283 50 1.45 0.88

The total Grain Bill weighs 3450g.
The target OG for 16 litres at 65% efficiency is 1042.91

Hop Schedule
Hop AA(%) Weight(g) Boil (mins) IBUs % Util
Centennial 9.5 20 75 32.06 27
Centennial 9.5 15 5 4.45 5
Mount Hood 4.8 15 5 2.25 5
Mount Hood 5.5 20 0 0 0
Centennial 9.5 20 0 0 0

Total IBUs: 38.76
BU:GU Ratio: 0.9

Pics tomorrow I hope

Good luck with it!

Worst brewday I've ever had. Took about 9 hours to finish... A set mash led to me eventually straining ladles of mash through a sieve. Not fun.

Ended up with 15l at 1050 though so could have been worse. It was also one of the clearest worts I've ever achieved (after the cloudiest preboil wort I've ever seen!). Protofloc Power!