Managed to blag myself a Valentine's Day brew session - still not too sure how... With both the missus and the little prince round the in-laws, it was time to crack on. My aim of four brews in February is looking unlikely, got two done now but not sure if I'll find the time for the other two! How long can you keep malt in an uninsulated shed in -5 degrees?!
Recipe:
Batch size = 30 Litres (ish, still haven't got round to measuring fermenter contents)
Pale malt = 7.15kg
Torrefied wheat = 0.25kg
Amarillo = 9g 60mins
Chinook = 9g 60mins
Amarillo = 11g 30mins
Chinook = 11g 30mins
Cascade = 11g 30mins
Amarillo = 11g 25mins
Chinook = 11g 25mins
Cascade = 11g 25mins
Amarillo = 11g 20mins
Chinook = 11g 20mins
Cascade = 11g 20mins
Amarillo = 11g 15mins
Chinook = 11g 15mins
Cascade = 11g 15mins
Irish Moss = 5g 15mins
Amarillo = 11g 10mins
Chinook = 11g 10mins
Cascade = 11g 10mins
Amarillo = 11g 5mins
Chinook = 11g 5mins
Cascade = 11g 5mins
Amarillo = 25g 80 degree steep for 30mins
Chinook = 25g 80 degree steep for 30mins
Cascade = 34g 80 degree steep for 30mins
Yeast is MJ West Coast
This was Greg Hughes' recipe with the addition of torrefied wheat and the hop bomb steep at the end.
Pretty happy with how the brew day went, had Liverpool v Villa on and a beer (or two) in hand. Target SG was 1.057, hit 1.055. Went back to batch sparging on this one, attempted fly sparging the last brew however I was a little under volume on batch size. Mashed at 65, after an hour was 64.7. Increased evaporation rate from 15% to 25%, which I think included some allowance for the crazy amount of hops in this brew.
One major catastrophe was avoided though, moved an old fence panel to act as a windbreak and inadvertantly the extension cable to the shed fell into the propane burner. Didn't notice right away, but investigated when I smelt the burning! Thankfully disaster was averted!!!
A few pics:
Untitled by Ben, on Flickr
Untitled by Ben, on Flickr
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Untitled by Ben, on Flickr
Untitled by Ben, on Flickr
Untitled by Ben, on Flickr
Untitled by Ben, on FlickrThis brew is fermenting away in the shed in tropical -5 Birmingham. Went for a fish tank heater in a crate of water due to having a King Keg with AG#06 in carbing in the keezer at 18 degrees target, reading 17.6 degrees at present.
