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dedken

Gey home from work.. knock up a brew

Post by dedken » Wed Mar 23, 2011 9:00 pm

I had a few ideas at lunch time so I whack them into Beer Engine. Settled on my first attempt at an extremely hoppy beer, with hop additions all over the shop. With a working title of 'crazy hops' (A bit like 'Crazy horse' as in Neil Young and... yeah, it's shite, I know) here goes...

Crazy Hops
Fermentable Colour lb: oz Grams Ratio
Pale Malt 5 EBC 5 lbs. 8.1 oz 2500 grams 50%
Munich Malt 20 EBC 1 lbs. 10.4 oz 750 grams 15%
Lager Malt 2.5 EBC 1 lbs. 10.4 oz 750 grams 15%
Flaked Maize 0 EBC 1 lbs. 1.6 oz 500 grams 10%
Caramalt 30 EBC 1 lbs. 1.6 oz 500 grams 10%

Hop Variety Type Alpha Time lb: oz grams Ratio Liberty Whole 3.4 % 0 mins 0 lbs. 1.1 oz 30 grams 13.9%
Bobek Whole 4.5 % 5 mins 0 lbs. 1.1 oz 30 grams 13.9%
Willamette Whole 5.5 % 5 mins 0 lbs. 1.9 oz 53 grams 24.5%
Cascade Whole 5.5 % 5 mins 0 lbs. 1.5 oz 43 grams 19.9%
Amarillo Whole 9.4 % 5 mins 0 lbs. 0.3 oz 8 grams 3.7%
Willamette Whole 5.5 % 30 mins 0 lbs. 0.5 oz 13 grams 6%
Cascade Whole 5.5 % 30 mins 0 lbs. 0.5 oz 13 grams 6%
Amarillo Whole 9.4 % 30 mins 0 lbs. 0.4 oz 12 grams 5.6%
Willamette Whole 5.5 % 60 mins 0 lbs. 0.2 oz 5 grams 2.3%
Cascade Whole 5.5 % 60 mins 0 lbs. 0.2 oz 5 grams 2.3%
Amarillo Whole 9.4 % 60 mins 0 lbs. 0.1 oz 4 grams 1.9%
Oh, and there are 30g Liberty in the mash as well!

Final Volume: 10 Litres
Original Gravity: 1.111
Final Gravity: 1.027
Alcohol Content: 11.3% ABV
Total Liquor: 19 Litres
Mash Liquor: 10 Litres
Mash Efficiency: 75 %
Bitterness: 71.58 EBU
Colour: 33 EBC

1hr mash, 1hr boil.
Yeast: saflager W34/70

Before you ask, I'm diluting this up to 20l - should give me an SG of 1.056 and IBU of 59 in theory (I'm using only a 10l pot). Had to use the Bobek as I had run out of Amarillo and couldn't be arsed to go to the shed and find another packet of Cascade.

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