A Strong Dark Mild, I am hopeing will be fruity, with an orangy slant.
Bridestone Bard's Mild
Batch Size (L): 23.00
Anticipated OG: 1.056
Anticipated SRM: 24.5
Anticipated IBU: 29.2
Grain/Adjuncts
% Amount Name
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84.0 4.60 kg. Mild Malt
4.2 0.23 kg. Black Malt
2.7 0.15 kg. CaraMalt
2.7 0.15 kg. GOLDEN NAKED OATS
0.3 0.200 kg. Crystal 105L
1.5 0.08 kg. Torrified flaked wheat
4.6 0.30 kg. Golden Syrup
Hops
Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
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40.00 g. First Gold Whole 6.20 15.7 30 min.
40.00 g. Fuggle Whole 3.90 9.9 60 min.
50.00 g. Crystal Whole 4.90 3.7 10 min.
Yeast
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Windsor
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Here are the photos:
The Grainbill
The Hops weighed out
The Mash (mashed in at 68 deg C forgot photo too busy stirring)
End of Mash Temp (only lost 1 deg C in 90 mins)
First runnings after juging some back in
Sparging (note novel flow controler wedged behind tap)
A Silent Beast looks on from the background longing to be warmed up and abused!
Fuggles in for 60mins at start of boil
First gold in at 30 mins from end
Proto Floc in and immersion coil in at 40 Mins, (The first time I have used protofloc, fizzy little buggers aren't they)
Crystal hops go in at 55 mins ( smell is amazing at this point, wish it was scratch n Sniff)
Cooled down to 24 deg C and now areating
Windsor Yeast Pitched
Original Gravity 1056
Cold Break
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