03.05.08 Rubal Pale Ale

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retourrbx

03.05.08 Rubal Pale Ale

Post by retourrbx » Sat May 03, 2008 9:54 am

Boiler is on...

5.00kg Maris Otter
0.25kg Caramalt
0.12kg Crystal
0.32kg Wheat

60g Bobek 60 mins
30g Bobek 00 mins steep at 80'
20g Bobek Dry

Yeast S-04

Feeling slightly rough...
Last edited by retourrbx on Sun May 11, 2008 4:15 pm, edited 3 times in total.
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prodigal2

Post by prodigal2 » Sat May 03, 2008 10:50 am

Have fun with your Bobek stunner RTB 8)

You know it will be worth it :D
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Vossy1

Post by Vossy1 » Sat May 03, 2008 11:34 am

Enjoy the brewday R 8)
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retourrbx

Post by retourrbx » Sat May 03, 2008 4:28 pm

Looks great!

Collected 23L at 1.054 - considerably higher than expected.

Calculated my efficiency to be 80% - usually getting around 65%. Could be that the MO was brand new yesterday so very fresh, also that I left the water overnight with a campden tablet rather than taking it from the tap the same day.
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roger the dog

Post by roger the dog » Sat May 03, 2008 9:16 pm

Nice work R, should be a good 'un 8)
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retourrbx

Post by retourrbx » Sun May 11, 2008 3:40 pm

kegged today at 1.008 - looking to be 6%... perhaps I should drink it with lemonade... :wink:
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prodigal2

Post by prodigal2 » Sun May 11, 2008 3:43 pm

Leave it till July and enjoy.
Sod the Lemonade :wink: :lol:
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retourrbx

Post by retourrbx » Wed May 14, 2008 9:07 pm

:oops:

efficiency didn't improve by a lot - I added 6.0kg of MO instead of 5.0kg... knew I was feeling rough... Hey ho
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retourrbx

Post by retourrbx » Mon May 26, 2008 5:43 pm

I know it hasn't had its full maturation time but tried some of this and it has a really alcoholly taste to it - not overly harsh but not incredibly desirable... Will this taste remain? and if so is there anything that can be done about it to alter it? Would it be possible to dilute the beer down a bit with sterile water - or would that mess it up...

I assume that it has this because of the grain bill - would that alone do it or may it be due to high fermentaion temps - it was a hot week when this was fermenting...

Cheers :)
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prodigal2

Post by prodigal2 » Mon May 26, 2008 5:59 pm

Taste every month and in about 8 weeks it will all of a sudden become a different beast.
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