AG#2 - Beard Lovers Bitter (or... W.G.V IPA)

[WishboneBrewery]

Beard Lovers Bitter (or... W.G.V IPA)

Fermentables:
Lager Malt 1040g
Maris Otter 1040g
Wheat Malt 520g
Crystal Malt, Pale 53g

Hops:
Whitbread Golding 90 mins 26g (FWH)
Whitbread Golding 30 mins 13g
Whitbread Golding 15 mins 13g
Fuggle 10 mins 10g
Saaz Whole 0 mins 10g (80 C Steep for 20 mins)

Water Treatment:
Treated using Grahams water treatment calculator for the Burton Pale Ale profile.

Final Volume: 12 Litres
Original Gravity: 1.050
Final Gravity: 1.012
Alcohol Content: 5.0% ABV
Total Liquor: 18.9 Litres
Mash Liquor: 6.7 Litres
Mash Efficiency: 75 %
Bitterness: 56 EBU
Colour: 8 EBC

The Goods:

Grain temp:

Doughing in:

The Mash:

Mash temp:

Closed lid mash temp:

Yeast Starter, Nottingham Yeast:

Hops and Protafloc:

Finished Mash Temp:

A bit of extra late hopping:

First Sparge Wort:

FWH and first batch of the sparge go on to warm up:

Second Batch of sparged wort:

Mmmm, my first Cold Break in the boiler, my new IC doing its job:

Murky wort in the FV with yeast Pitched at 22 C:


I started at 7.30am and finished about 3pm! Had lunch and breakfast in amongst.
I ended up with OG:1058 so watered down with 1.9L of ASDA Smart Price water in the boiler before collecting in the FV. The collected wort was pretty murky, try as I might I could not get it to run clear, I'm wondering if my short brew lengths of 12 litres are to blame with half the depth of hop-bed filtration in comparison to a 5 Gallon brew.

The Nottingham yeast doing its stuff

[adm]

Good stuff- nice pics too. Love the colour of the wort, looks like that will come out beautifully pale....

[WishboneBrewery]

Thanks.
I've just had a look in the FV and its growing a nice head. I went for the Saaz for Aroma with the 80c steep which added about 30 mins to the brewday.

[Grahame]

Looking good mate, and a tasty recipe too - this is gonna be good!

G.

[OldSpeckledBadger]

Sounds goods We seem to have completely different philosophies about brewing beer. Whilst your brews seem to require lots of ingredients and complex hop additions, my aim is to produce beer using simple recipes and a hand-full of Fuggles thrown in at start of boil.

[WishboneBrewery]

My thinking at the moment is experimenting with everything.
The first AG, the Deuchars IPA, looked an interesting recipe and I had everything in stock to make it so chose that over a TT Landlord clone... I'm sure I'll brew something more minimal soon, though I might do a Black Sheep next as a bit of a Bench mark

[OldSpeckledBadger]

Experimenting is good Coming from a science background I like experiments

[WishboneBrewery]

This brew is coming into condition nicely now, not half bad for my second AG and first AG own recipe.
Clear as a bell with just a light sparkle...
I think the Saaz hops got lost in the mix, the Fuggles give it an earthy first taste and then loads of WGV to follow

[simple one]

What is the flavour of WGV like? I've never used them before, I may have some coming on the cheap.

[WishboneBrewery]

I've not really enough experience yet to give a full enough answer, so I'll say they taste OK
I'll maybe have a bottle this evening and try give you a fuller explanation.

[simple one]

Cheers, I would hazard that they taste like goldings. But I have learnt not to assume anything with hops.

[WishboneBrewery]

Tastes like beer still
If I'd stuck to totally WGV this would be easier, but as I added some fuggles in the last 10 and then Saaz as an 80C steep so its a pleasant citrusy afair.

There!! That was utterly useless for you! Soon got through the pint though!

[simple one]

No bother! I'll have a look on the hop forum. Failing that I'll have to brew one up!