Benny's Brown Ale - 13/03/2010 - with comedy video goodness
Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2010 9:24 am
I had a load of Dad's Taxi duties to do yesterday, and didn't expect to be able to get a brew on, but the angels of righteousness smiled upon me and I found the time in the end. I chucked a load of stuff together and ended up with something that might be similar to a Northern Brown Ale....or not.
Anyway....here's Benny's Brown Ale (you'll know why if you watch the video - which is 4 minutes and 39 secs....far less than last week's marathon)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSnlA3X1AQ8
Grain Bill
4Kg Pale Malt
60g Torrefied Wheat (all the wheat I had - must order loads more from BB and get some Weiss on...)
250g Light Crystal (all the Crystal I had - same issue as above)
150g Chocolate Malt
Hop Schedule
15g Millenium (AUS) Pellet 14.4% AA, 22.7 IBU First Wort (Aussie hop I haven't tried before, and can't find any details on)
20g Bramling Cross Flowers 5.8% AA, 5.7 IBU 15 mins (Never tried these either)
20g Bramling Cross Flowers 5.8% Flame Out 0 IBU
Yeast was Safale S04 - just sprinkled on dry.....forgot to rehydrate, but this has never been a problem with dry yeasts before.
Water treatment - CRS to 20mg/l CaC03, 1 tsp gypsum in mash and boil
Mash Profile: Mash in at 60C, ramp to 66C and hold for 90 mins, ramp to 77C and mash out. Protafloc tab at 15 minutes.
Video is here - and only 4 mins 39 seconds this week (I'm getting the hang of it now.) Sadly, my brewery faces South West, so it's all backlit - you should still get a laugh out of it though.
All went well. Apart from me being stupid and turning the RIMS pump on full as soon as I'd mashed in - which gave me a slow recirc to start with. Sorted itself out in the end though. Another monster efficiency day too - 95% or so...
I ended up with 22L at 1048, vs target of 23L at 1046. Could have diluted it down, but didn't bother.
Seems to be kicking off already. I'm not sure I even like brown ale though....I'm more of a hophound....
Anyway....here's Benny's Brown Ale (you'll know why if you watch the video - which is 4 minutes and 39 secs....far less than last week's marathon)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSnlA3X1AQ8
Grain Bill
4Kg Pale Malt
60g Torrefied Wheat (all the wheat I had - must order loads more from BB and get some Weiss on...)
250g Light Crystal (all the Crystal I had - same issue as above)
150g Chocolate Malt
Hop Schedule
15g Millenium (AUS) Pellet 14.4% AA, 22.7 IBU First Wort (Aussie hop I haven't tried before, and can't find any details on)
20g Bramling Cross Flowers 5.8% AA, 5.7 IBU 15 mins (Never tried these either)
20g Bramling Cross Flowers 5.8% Flame Out 0 IBU
Yeast was Safale S04 - just sprinkled on dry.....forgot to rehydrate, but this has never been a problem with dry yeasts before.
Water treatment - CRS to 20mg/l CaC03, 1 tsp gypsum in mash and boil
Mash Profile: Mash in at 60C, ramp to 66C and hold for 90 mins, ramp to 77C and mash out. Protafloc tab at 15 minutes.
Video is here - and only 4 mins 39 seconds this week (I'm getting the hang of it now.) Sadly, my brewery faces South West, so it's all backlit - you should still get a laugh out of it though.
All went well. Apart from me being stupid and turning the RIMS pump on full as soon as I'd mashed in - which gave me a slow recirc to start with. Sorted itself out in the end though. Another monster efficiency day too - 95% or so...
I ended up with 22L at 1048, vs target of 23L at 1046. Could have diluted it down, but didn't bother.
Seems to be kicking off already. I'm not sure I even like brown ale though....I'm more of a hophound....
) of drinking the results?
