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Getting this on the go this morning. 15L (hope the tun is big enough!)

Fermentables
Ingredient Amount % MCU When
UK Pale Ale Malt 5.283 kg 83.4 % 8.0 In Mash/Steeped
UK Wheat Malt 0.374 kg 5.9 % 0.4 In Mash/Steeped
UK Chocolate Malt 0.354 kg 5.6 % 80.5 In Mash/Steeped
UK Roasted Barley 0.166 kg 2.6 % 53.9 In Mash/Steeped
UK Flaked Wheat 0.085 kg 1.3 % 0.1 In Mash/Steeped
UK Black Malt 0.071 kg 1.1 % 19.3 In Mash/Steeped

Hops
Variety Alpha Amount IBU Form When
UK Golding 5.5 % 57 g 36.3 Loose Whole Hops 90 Min From End
UK Golding 5.5 % 13 g 3.8 Loose Whole Hops 15 Min From End
US Cascade 6.0 % 13 g 4.1 Loose Whole Hops 15 Min From End
US Willamette 4.5 % 11 g 1.1 Loose Whole Hops 5 Min From End
US Cascade 6.0 % 11 g 1.5 Loose Whole Hops 5 Min From End


Yeast
White Labs WLP007-Dry English Ale

Getting the sparge water up to temp now, and weighing out the ingredients
The plan is to mature it for drinking next new year!

It is clever how dark malty ales and Stouts improve over time, my Otter dark Stout brewed back in September has really come into its own now that I only have 2 bottles left!!!!

I'm not sure I have the patience for a YEAR!! Hope its a good one

No worries about mash tun size, plenty of room left. I could have done a full 20L brew oh well I've never done a 10%ABV brew before so it's all a learning curve . I did drop the grist/liqueur ratio from 2.5L/kg to 2 so that will have helped. Just about to start sparging after a 90 min mash!

Here's the filth!


The grist

Starter of WLP007

FWH About 25g of EKG

21L bang on

Bi short on the PBG 1.063 @ 20 deg C

hops

Boil

Starter with 0.5L of cooled wort added to really get things going

Run off

This was this morning 12-13 hours in

I just don't understand why you put hops in dirty engine oil!!

Looking very good

LOL thanks matey. The efficiency was well low on this one, 67.7%, so it's only gonna be 8.1 not the 10.1ABV I was after but I recon it's gonna be a winner anyway

leedsbrew wrote:LOL thanks matey. The efficiency was well low on this one, 67.7%, so it's only gonna be 8.1 not the 10.1ABV I was after but I recon it's gonna be a winner anyway

It looks like a good one, I am sure that 8.1 abv will be more than fine. I am wondering if you ever put spray malt into your brews when you find yourself not hitting your gravity?

Cheers

thanks 6470zzy,

I haven't put any spray malt in a brew before when not hitting the gravity, to get this up to 10.1% would need a fair whack of DME and I'm not too keen on the taste of extract. I'm willing to be persuaded though if you've had some success with it?

This is sort of off topic, but i use a BURCO tea urn as my boiler and i was wondering what size tap you replaced the original one with.
Cheers CorbyBrewer

corby brewer wrote:This is sort of off topic, but i use a BURCO tea urn as my boiler and i was wondering what size tap you replaced the original one with.
Cheers CorbyBrewer

Hi, it is a 15mm tap bought from a guy on ebay
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Home-Brew-Boiler- ... 540wt_1167

I figured I could get all the parts separately, drill out the tank connector olive etc, but it would have probably cost about the same and been a ball ache as I have limited access to tools. I ordered it on a Tuesday night and it arrived Thursday morning.

Looks fantastic.

Well i've just taken a sample off to test the SG and it's down too 1.030 already 62% attenuation in just under 3 days Looks like a choose the right yeast for the job. Obviously I had a taste . Bloody hell this is gonna be good stuff It's young don't get me wrong but the hops and malt are about perfect with each other I recon. Even at 7.1%ABV you get a bit of heat from the alcohol.




Gonna have to go down to Coopers in Guiseley and get a bottle of the proper stuff to remind my self of the taste. Even if this is nowhere near it's gonna be a good one!

How I'm gonna keep this for a year I have no idea LOL

simple one wrote:Looks fantastic.

Snap - Looks good enough to drink

Love the focus on the knives and forks, it leads into the microwave and cupboards really well

You gotta love the iphone! nikon battery was dead what ya gonna do!?