The Stroyteller Brewery Test Brew 170 litres

[bandit]

The new brewery will have its first real test tomorrow. Des is comng round to assist with the brewing and supping. So far I have worked out this variation on a previously brewed beer.

Bobo 1402 Revised

Brew Type: All Grain Date: 13/05/2008
Style: English Pale Ale/Strong Bitter
Batch Size: 140.00 L
Boil Volume: 171.57 L Boil Time: 90 min
Brewhouse Efficiency: 73.0 % Equipment: 200 Litre Stainless

The Grain Bill

22.50 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter (5.0 EBC) Grain 91.3 %
1.20 kg Crystal Malt (120.0 EBC) Grain 4.8 %
300.00 gm Bobek [3.30%] (90 min) Hops 14.8 IBU
200.00 gm Bobek [3.30%] (90 min) (First Wort Hop) Hops 11.1 IBU
150.00 gm Bobek [3.30%] (60 min) Hops 7.0 IBU
150.00 gm Bobek [3.30%] (30 min) Hops 3.7 IBU
200.00 gm Bobek [3.30%] (0 min) (Aroma Hop-Steep)
75.00 gm Bobek [3.30%] (Dry Hop 14 days) Hops
4.00 items Protofloc Tablet (Boil 10.0 min) Misc
15.00 gm Calcium Chloride (Mash 90.0 min) Misc
40.00 gm Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) (Mash 90.0 min) Misc
1.00 kg Honey (2.0 EBC) Sugar 4.0 %

Yeast SO5 American Ale Yeast Dried and rehydrated before pitching

Beer Profile Estimated

Original Gravity: 1.042 SG
Estimated Final Gravity: 1.010 SG
Estimated Color: 12.1 EBC
Bitterness: 36.5 IBU
Estimated Alcohol by Volume: 4.0%

Wish us luck

[Andy]

Go Des and Rob!

That's quite a brew

Don't forget the pics!

[bandit]

Luckily the compost bins are full of beer soaked worms already I must now go and work out my alkalinity by titrating down to 4.3pH and then calculate the acid additions for this size of brew. I must say that I think my HLT is a little small at 100 litres. I may have to heat the mash liquor, refill and then do a single batch sparge followed by a spinny sparge with an adapted phils spinny sparge arm. Pictures will be issued as the day goes on.

[roger the dog]

Good luck chaps, hope it goes well.

I take it you'll be bottling this batch ?

[bandit]

I reckon 6 cornies and a lot of bottles will see us right.

[bandit]

This is the 100 litre HLT being filled with 60 litres of carbon filtered mash liquor. This will be boiled tonight and left to cool overnight. The pH and alkalinity will be checked in the morning prior to mashing commencing.

[Martin the fish]

Excellent.

Looking forward to the next installment.

[prolix]

good luck bandit and all who s'ale in her!

[iowalad]

That is about 9 brews worth of grain and hops for me!

Enjoy

[Vossy1]

Have a gooden Bandit

nice day for a brew, even in Manchester

[Martin the fish]

Aw come on Bandit-stop teasing.

Let us know how it's going

[prodigal2]

Have fun Bandit, good to have another Award wining brewer on hand to help you bed in the new system.

[bandit]

Good morning gentlemen, here is the opening day of the Storyteller Brewery

Brewery doors closed



Brewery doors open



Pumps cleaning with soda crystal solution



Mash tun pre warming with steam



The mash liquor is now up to temp so more pictures in about 15 minutes

[Martin the fish]

I proper laughed out loud with the first two pic's. Door closed, door open-open looked not too dissimilar from closed! I was expecting a big shiny brewery and i got some timber and what appears to be a rake. I love your style. LOL.
I spat beer all over the place and some of it even came out of my nose.
Still laughing, nice one Bandit.

I should have recovered in ten mins. Just in time to see the brewery's 170ltr batch progress.

NB. I am bowing and chanting 'i'm not worthy'-170ltr batch is RIGHTEOUS

[bandit]

Grain hopper and mixer



Mixed grain and acid treated water falling into the mash tun



The technical stuff

23.5Kg of grain mixed into 58.75 litres of 76Deg water =



Mash is now resting for 1.5 hours and we will take another reading then