Winter Royal 20/11/07

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Buzz

Winter Royal 20/11/07

Post by Buzz » Mon Nov 19, 2007 5:35 pm

This will be AG#4 for me. Still learning as I go and trying batch sparging for the first time.

5805g Pale Malt
305g Crystal Malt
Mash: 120min @ 66deg

Boil: 120min
57g Target (8%) 120 mins
5g Styrian Goldings (4.1%) 15 mins
whirlifloc 10 mins

Aiming for 23l@1054og

Not tried this one before - from Marc Ollosson's RAFTHB
Last edited by Buzz on Wed Nov 21, 2007 2:58 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Post by Buzz » Mon Nov 19, 2007 5:46 pm

I did wonder if this was the best brew to try the batch sparging on as it's the highest gravity I've aimed for. Perhaps I will fly sparge as normal on this one and save batch sparging until next time.
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Post by Horden Hillbilly » Mon Nov 19, 2007 8:48 pm

Have a good un Buzz! 8)
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Vossy1

Post by Vossy1 » Mon Nov 19, 2007 9:56 pm

Enjoy B 8)

My efficiency took a knock when first batch sparging, down to 70%, but it's back on it's way up now 8)
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roger the dog

Post by roger the dog » Mon Nov 19, 2007 10:12 pm

Have a good one Buzz :D
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Buzz

Post by Buzz » Tue Nov 20, 2007 4:17 pm

Decided to have a crack at batch sparging and upped the grain by 10% as suggested. All was going well until I got the boil started and realised I hadn't fitted the hop strainer :oops:

Had to stop the boil, quickly sanitise a collection vessel, empty the boiler and start again. Any time I saved on the sparge has now been lost but, never mind. We live and learn.

I'll put up some pics when I'm done.
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Post by iowalad » Tue Nov 20, 2007 5:13 pm

Your not homebrewing without incidents like that! Enjoy the rest of the brew day.
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Dan

Post by Dan » Tue Nov 20, 2007 5:20 pm

I still forget to put my hop strainer in sometimes :oops:

you neednt worry about sanitation if theres still 15mins or more of boiling to take place. as long as the holding vessel is reasonably clean. :wink:
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Post by Madbrewer » Tue Nov 20, 2007 6:06 pm

Buzz wrote:...All was going well until I got the boil started and realised I hadn't fitted the hop strainer :oops:
glad I'm not the only one ;-)
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Post by Buzz » Wed Nov 21, 2007 2:58 pm

Here's the pics then. Aside from the hop strainer, all went well (other than the fact my brew was running behind, my wife came home early from work and wasn't impressed with the state of the kitchen).

Anyhow, it all got cleaned up and I mopped the floor today as she was complaining this morning that her feet were sticking to it. Perhaps I should rename this brew sticky slippers :shock:

Mash
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Collecting the wort
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Boil on (but no hop strainer) :(
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Trub
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OG 1059
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Sweet wort
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Yest head
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A couple of things to note from this brew (my fourth AG).

1. I collected far more wort from the mash than ever before so had plenty to top up with during the boil. I presume this is down to the batch sparge, suggesting my attempt at fly sparging was pretty crap.

2. I added 10% more grain than the original recipe which was for 23l@ 1054 og. I ended up with 24l@1059

3. The wort is by far the clearest I have achieved after boiling. I guess the Whirlfloc did its thing (only the second time I've used - tried for 15mins this time rather than 10).

All in all, I'm pretty pleased with this one. Shame it's going to take so long to mature at a possible 5.8%
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oblivious

Post by oblivious » Wed Nov 21, 2007 3:03 pm

nice pics :D
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Buzz

Post by Buzz » Mon Nov 26, 2007 8:52 pm

Racked into the secondary today after 6 days, hydrometer shows 1018 so, already at 5.5% by my reckoning. I'll take another reading in 7 days - continuing to ferment at 18deg.
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