Nanarillo - 17/07/11

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Nanarillo - 17/07/11

Post by Birdman » Sun Jul 17, 2011 12:11 pm

Made as a summer session beer (though its bucketing down at the moment). Inspiration comes from a lady at work called Nan who really likes Oppigårds Amarillo (a decent swedish APA/IPA).
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Recipe tweaked slightly to be 1:1 / MO:Lager Malt. Just because I have a couple of lagers planned soon and didnt have quite as much lager malt as I thought (only 3kgs + 3kgs bohemian pislner left #-o ) and I thought the carapils would stop it drying out too much / add a hint of body, and the wheat for head/body.

Nanarillo (American Pale Ale)

Original Gravity (OG): 1.050 (°P): 12.4
Colour (SRM): 7.1 (EBC): 14.0
Bitterness (IBU): 47.9 (Average)

44.44% Lager Malt (2kg)
44.44% Maris Otter Malt (2kg)
5.56% Carapils (Dextrine) (0.25kg)
5.56% Wheat Malt (0.25kg)

25g Amarillo (9.4% Alpha) @ 10 Minutes (Boil)
25g Centennial (11% Alpha) @ 10 Minutes (Boil)
50g Amarillo (9.4% Alpha) @ 5 Minutes (Boil)
50g Centennial (11% Alpha) @ 5 Minutes (Boil)
25g Amarillo (9.4% Alpha) @ 0 Minutes (Dry Hop)
25g Centennial (11% Alpha) @ 0 Minutes (Dry Hop)

Protofloc Tablet @ 15 Minutes (Boil)
Servomyces cap @ 10 Minutes (Boil)

Single step Infusion at 66°C for 90 Minutes. Boil for 75 Minutes

Fermented at 19°C with WLP001 - California Ale

Notes: Brewday 17/07/2011

Mashed in at 8:30am (90 minutes)

Strike Temp = 74oC (grain temp = 23oC)
Mash temp = 66oC
Mash vol = 11.3L (and top up)
Mash pH = 5-5.5 at start

Final temp = 64oC (back to 67oC with top up)
Top up volume = 8.5L
First runnings pH = 4.5-5
First runnings = 1.058 @ 36oC (1.063).

20 minute sparge
Sparge vol = 13.4L
Sparge Stike Temp = 77oC
Sparge Temp = 70oC
Final Temp = 69oC

Sparge runnings = 1.017@ 35oC (1.021). pH = 4.5/5.

Pre-Boil volume = approx 26.2L.
Pre-Boil Gravity = 1.031 @ 44oC (1.039). So need to concentrate this up a little bit :( ...

Pics to follow

Birdman

Re: Nanarillo - 17/07/11

Post by Birdman » Sun Jul 17, 2011 1:29 pm

Grain Bill
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Grain bed
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First runnings
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Conversion looks good, pH is low though
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First runnings again
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Brekkie during sparge (pancakes, smoked salmon and scrambled egg)
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Boil on the go
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First hop addition
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Final hop addition (Centennial on the left, Amarillo on the right. The hops were both really resiny, ummm...)
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Hop Soup
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Birdman

Re: Nanarillo - 17/07/11

Post by Birdman » Sun Jul 17, 2011 1:34 pm

Cooling
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Lots of hops / trub / break
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Transferring to FV
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1.6L Starter (top cropped the Stensjön Stout and fermented this out over 2/3 days)
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Piss poor efficiency again, but the smells coming from the hop soup whilst cooling mean I'm happy overall. Should turn out nicely...
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Re: Nanarillo - 17/07/11

Post by Birdman » Sun Jul 17, 2011 1:36 pm

Also lost a lot more to the hops than I'd anticipated, so ended up with 18.5L @ 1.046

sllimeel

Re: Nanarillo - 17/07/11

Post by sllimeel » Sun Jul 17, 2011 7:33 pm

Good brewday, as to the breakfast.... :shock:

Birdman

Re: Nanarillo - 17/07/11

Post by Birdman » Sun Jul 17, 2011 7:41 pm

Cheers mate

Shame I had to wolf the brekkie down as I ran out of time to enjoy it during the mash

The FV is a plastic bucket with no airlock today (as I still havent got around to putting a hole into a lid). But nice to see it partially 'domed' already...

sllimeel

Re: Nanarillo - 17/07/11

Post by sllimeel » Sun Jul 17, 2011 7:48 pm

Don't use an airlock myself. Once it's fermenting, i just crack the lid and let it be. Ok, i may peak in a few times...!

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Re: Nanarillo - 17/07/11

Post by jmc » Mon Jul 18, 2011 12:42 am

Hi Bridman
I'm sure this will be lovely. =D>
Keep us in the picture.
ATB
John

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Re: Nanarillo - 17/07/11

Post by Birdman » Mon Jul 18, 2011 7:10 am

jmc wrote:Hi Bridman
I'm sure this will be lovely. =D>
Keep us in the picture.
ATB
John
Thanks mate. Will do. Hopefully be ready to drink nice and young, as my Dad is over on 19th August.

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Re: Nanarillo - 17/07/11

Post by Birdman » Mon Jul 18, 2011 7:11 am

sllimeel wrote:Don't use an airlock myself. Once it's fermenting, i just crack the lid and let it be. Ok, i may peak in a few times...!
Nice Krausen this morning, so know exactly what you mean about peeking....

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Re: Nanarillo - 17/07/11

Post by Birdman » Wed Jul 20, 2011 7:50 pm

Just dry hopped this in primary. The temp here has gone up in the last few days and my room has gone from 19 to 22oC so its over attenuated and is 1.009 already :(

Will leave the hops at room temp overnight and then crash it in the morning as still looked to be quite a bit of yeast in solution...

Im off over to ebay to buy a temp controller (finally). Any advice?

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Re: Nanarillo - 17/07/11

Post by jmc » Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:11 am

Hi Birdman

As you know, there are lots of eBay sellers that can provide temperature controllers.

I used an STC-1000 from eBay seller techex_online

eg current one for sale
Mini Digital Temperature Controller Thermostat Aquarium

Takes a while to arrive (3-5 weeks) but last 2 have worked well.

I'm sure others can recommend UK sellers, some that sell controllers ready made with sockets for fridge & heater, but they will probably cost a bit more.

Sorry for being obvious, but for more info on making a temperature controller search on 'temperature controller' in Jims :wink:
eg
13A/3kw temperature controller?
ATB John

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Re: Nanarillo - 17/07/11

Post by Birdman » Thu Jul 21, 2011 2:49 pm

Cheers JMC

I'm a complete tool at doing most practical DIY type things... So an out of the box style system is the way I prefer to go. The cost has stopped me in the past, but I need to get this sorted as I want more control.

The place I'm at is pretty warm all year round, so I only need something that cools. Will do some proper research and sort something out. Will let you know what I go for.

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Re: Nanarillo - 17/07/11

Post by jmc » Thu Jul 21, 2011 5:42 pm

Hi Birdman

Link to an 'off-the-shelf' controller
Forttex - ATC-800+ Package 3

ATB
John

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Re: Nanarillo - 17/07/11

Post by picket » Thu Jul 21, 2011 6:57 pm

I'm interested in this because I also want to start to get some proper temperature control. I've bought a couple of second hand fridges from Gumtree (a very good place for second hand stuff) on the way for cooling. But what's the best heat source to use? A belt? Or can I make it work with an aquarium heater, which I currently use to ferment Belgian beers and all beers in winter?

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