Hopeful 2nd Brewday today

[ade1865]

If not, in the wee hours of tomorrow morning then.

4kg Pale malt
500g crystal

30g Bodacea 7.8 AA at 60
15g Bodacea at 15
15g Bodacea at 1

60 min boil, 90 min mash.
Nottingham, or Winsor yeast, not sure yet what I got.

1040 OG with 23 L, I'm hopeful of 70% efficiency

What do you think?

[brewzone]

If I was using 500gms of Crystal I'd use Nottingham, as Windsor usually produces a sweeter palate and the crystal will leave quite a bit of sweetness anyway. Maybe mashing at 63-64C to get adryer finish from the pale malt.

But should be a nice beer whatever yeast You use.

[ade1865]

cheers brewzone, i'll try and do just that. I'd like to use the notts anyway cos i'll be able to cmpare it to my 1st brew then, which was notts and cascade.

[ade1865]

Ok, so I only managed to flood half the kitchen

Apart from that it all seemed to go smoothly.

I got 32L of 1024 wort at 55 degrees. I calculated this to 1033 at 20, ish. Is this right? If so that gives me, I think a mass efficiency of 79%

After boiling I got 23.6L at 1043, 76% brewhouse.

Had a taste of the wort post boil. Strong sweet and bitter tones that will hopefully meld together nicely after fermentation.

Yeast is Nottingham.

IBU apparently 32.3, i think.

My 1st brew took about an hour to run off, but for some reason this was quick as quick. Only the recipe was different.

Now all i gotta do is clean the ceiling