4kg mo
290g crystal
200g wheat malt
55g challenger all boil
15g challenger 15min from end
20g challenger in hopback
plus 200g demerara sugar
S-04 yeast
should be about 1.040 and 34 EBU
I had only done a few brews with my current set up and that was a while ago so I was playing it by ear a bit.
I worked out I needed 39l of water and treated that with 35ml of CRS in the hope of getting in the region of
20-50mg/l residual alkalinity, on testing I got just over 60 so added another 7.5ml and tested at 27mg/l
the only other treatment I did was to add 2.5ml 10% sodium met solution.
Here are a few pics I took;
Getting things together.
I prefer a fairly slack mash 3l/kg.
Temp and pH ok.
Temp ok for topping up for 1st batch.
My tun was initially used with a spinny, but I currently batch sparge and it is a little small
I stir and let the bed settle for 10mins then circulate.
As I use a single HLT/copper the wort is then pumped to a transfer vessel.
The tun is filled with liquor for the the 2nd batch and stirred, while that is settling the wort is
pumped from the transfer vessel to the copper.
After the boil I allow the hops to settle for about 15mins then run the wort through the
hopback and CFC.
I use a collection vessel due to the height of the FV, but the advantage is that the
wort gets two good aerations.
All in all a good day, OG 1.042 so can't be bad and I confirmed losses to evaporation (12% /hr)
hops, dead space etc that I had forgotton since the last brew
