AG#3 - 07/11/07 - Fiddlers Elbow

Buzz · Post by **Buzz** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 3:30 pm

The London Pride went so well a couple of weeks ago I feel confident enough to tackle AG #3. My current fav bottled beer is Fiddlers Elbow so I'm going to have a crack at something similar on my day off tomorrow;

3355gm pale malt
840gm wheat malt

Mash: 90min @ 65deg

Boil: 120min

80g styrian goldings 120 mins
16g styrian goldings 15 mins
whirlifloc 10 mins

yeast: either S-04 or MPG, not sure yet - feel free to advise.

louthepoo · Post by **louthepoo** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 3:56 pm

Good luck with the brew Buzz, glad to hear your brews are going well

btw i like S04

Vossy1 · Post by **Vossy1** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 6:16 pm

S04 works very well in Styrian Stunner so it should be god for this as the wheat is the only difference

Good luck and enjoy

prolix · Post by **prolix** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 8:57 pm

sounds nice. Have a good brew

Buzz · Post by **Buzz** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 12:59 pm

Water on at 10.00am and grains in at 10.30 - using the hole in the carrier bag method;

Mash temp just about spot on;

Just getting ready for the first runnings off the mash now. More pictures to follow once I'm all done. Oh, and I'm reducing the boil time to 90 mins.

CrownCap · Post by **CrownCap** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 1:11 pm

Looking good Buzz. Have a good brew day!

Buzz · Post by **Buzz** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 3:22 pm

13.40 sparging finished - running off the wort...

Boiling outside; my effort at insulation is an old single duvet tied around the boiler...

Just waiting to add the first lot of hops now

roger the dog · Post by **roger the dog** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 4:14 pm

Looking good Buzz, hope the rest of the day goes smoothly

Buzz · Post by **Buzz** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 7:01 pm

Hops in for 90mins

Used Whirfloc for the first time but not initially impressed as wort seemed clearer on my last brew with Irish Moss

Also lost a lot of volume to evaporation. Only collected about 17l @ 1044. I might collect a bit more from the sparge next time and add to the boil to make up for some of the loss. Then again, I might have boiled too hard as I really wanted those Styrian Goldings to come through.

Yeast pitched at 17.40 and now clearing up.

Vossy1 · Post by **Vossy1** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 7:20 pm

Result

Burner · Post by **Burner** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 8:48 pm

Nice report and nice pics - Hope it comes out yummy!

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AG#3 - 07/11/07 - Fiddlers Elbow

AG#3 - 07/11/07 - Fiddlers Elbow