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Fledgling 2 - Brewday Sun 03/06/07
Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 6:01 pm
by Wez
I'm really pleased with how the first batch seems to be turning out, i have just had a taste and it is wonderful, loads of deep malt flavour and a nice complex taste with a really long lovely aftertaste.
Scaled down to a 23L batch for tomorrow. Going to put both elements on in the boiler when the IM goes in to give a good rolling boil in an attempt to get rid of the dreaded HAZE.
4050gm Marrs Otter Grain 94.6%
230gm Crystal Malt Grain 5.4 %
50gm Challenger [aa 6.80%] (90 min) 37.6 IBU
23gm Styrian Goldings [aa 2.00%] (15 min) 2.4 IBU
9gm Oregon Fuggles [4.90%] (15 min) 2.3 IBU
1.00 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 15.0 min)
66 degree mash for 90 mins
The usual 6am start!
Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 8:29 pm
by Garth
good work Wez, looking great
where d'ya get the O Fuggles from? they sound interesting
Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 9:03 pm
by Wez
Garth wrote:good work Wez, looking great
where d'ya get the O Fuggles from? they sound interesting
I get them from my local Micro Brewery, they are really friendly. Get charged £1.50 per 100g for any hops and £17.50 for a 25kg sack of crushed MO.
Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 9:23 pm
by Vossy1
Good luck with the brew Wez
I may be joining you in doing a brew....starting to become a habit....a good one though
Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 9:26 pm
by Wez
Vossy1 wrote:Good luck with the brew Wez
I may be joining you in doing a brew....starting to become a habit....a good one though
Easy is!
Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 11:30 am
by Wez
Just pitched the yeast starter.
Collected 23L at 1048 which is a new record for me, beersmith tells me
that thats an 86.3% brewhouse efficiency!
A few things that I did differently today:
I actually weighted out 5g of IM rather than going with 1tsp so I used about twice what I normally would.
I turned the 2nd element on for the last 15 mins for a vigorous boil. (DaaB suggestion)
I added 2L water to the boiler as I was draining it to dilute what was going to be left in the hops (DaaB suggestion)
Not sure if this is the reason for the improved efficiency or not?
I seemed to have more break material in the boiler than normal so fingers crossed this one might not have the dreaded haze
Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 11:33 am
by Vossy1
Nice one Wez
keep us updated on the haze, between us we should be able to crack it....shouldn't we
Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 11:38 am
by Wez
Vossy1 wrote:keep us updated on the haze, between us we should be able to crack it....shouldn't we
I'm sure we will, it's a PITA
