Fuggelite Discovered

[Bru4u]

Yesterday I made up 50 ltr of Fuggelite, I wanted somthing lite for SWMBO for crimbo, but aslo somthing I would drink, to put it in perspective, she drinks coors lite when out, what a waste of brewing liquer. so a lite flowery single malt brew with a good hoppy ballance.
So from The Coolabrew Brewery May I present Fuggelite.

The recipe

Fuggelite

Recipe Specifics
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Batch Size (L): 50.00 Wort Size (L): 50.00
Total Grain (kg): 10.50
Anticipated OG: 1.052 Plato: 12.85
Anticipated SRM: 4.7
Anticipated IBU: 32.3
Brewhouse Efficiency: 78 %
Wort Boil Time: 90 Minutes

Pre-Boil Amounts
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Evaporation Rate: 4.28 L Per Hour
Pre-Boil Wort Size: 56.42 L
Pre-Boil Gravity: 1.046 SG 11.44 Plato

Grain/Extract/Sugar

% Amount Name Origin Potential SRM
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100.0 10.50 kg. Pale Malt(2-row) Ireland 1.038 3

Potential represented as SG per pound per gallon.


Hops

Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
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70.00 g. First Gold Pellet 6.50 29.6 60 min.
40.00 g. Fuggle Whole 4.30 2.7 15 min.
20.00 g. Fuggle Whole 4.30 0.0 0 min.


Yeast
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DCL Yeast US-05 SafAle US


First, The Brewery, from right to left, HLT,Mash Tun, Kettle and Primary Fermenter, all temp controlled except the Kettle.



Milling the grain Bill



Heating the Liquer



Grains in



Mashing



Mash temp and HLT on heating for sparging



The sparge setup



The spinny sparger



Making a starter



Shoveling out the spent grain, my composter loves it but the volume is getting a bit much.



The yeast rearing to go



SG of 1052, a bit higher than recomended but it'll be grand



All went well and it should be lovely, god I love brewing, but there is no way you could do what you want if it was a full time job, it aint, so I can.

Bru

[Andy]

Great pics and a lovely setup

[edit1now]

Nice... somehow I can tell that Bru4u is an engineer

[spearmint-wino]

Shiny envy. What an awesome set-up there

[Danny]

Kit we can all aspire to ... awesome ..

[roger the dog]

Great looking set-up, looks like you could grind diamonds in that mill

[shedman]

Thats seriuos shit - great setup. Let us know how the beer tastes, fancy that one myself.

[Bru4u]

When I first got the mill I was concerned that it might crush to a flour, because it is a stone mill rather than a roller mill but after a bit of playing I have massive control, I can go from 80% flour to most of the husk in tact and mainly medium grits and about 15% flour, I had to open it to have a look inside (typical engineer) and it's two machines granite stones, one rotating and adjustable and the back one stationary, a beautiful piece of engineering, made by a scandahooligan company, (sweeden I think). It will cope with 25kg in about two mins, but I run it at a lesser rate for perfection. It was PTO driven and I converted it to 3-phase as I had a spare 4kw motor and no tractor. It needs a new shed because of it's proximity to the brewery and I have to clean the fv to the nth degree due to the dust, it gets three washes to ensure no stray yeasts from the barley.
I got a call from a friend who has a hand operated grain roller mill used for a farm and must have a look at it tomorrow, small money so a trial may be in order

[lastordersplease]

Looks as though you had a great brewday, fantastic setup as well. Thanks for sharing it with us...

[coatesg]

Great photos - and what a great setup

[Bru4u]

Just had a sneaky pint for evaluation purposes you understand
Oh My God,
It's flipping beautiful, lovely notes from the late hops and I have the bitterness just the way I like it, I'm delighted.
This is going to be a regular, come crimbo it should develop a bit more.
Long Live Fuggelite, it's fuggin fantastic.
I know self praise is no praise, but feck it, I'm happy.
Bru

[mysterio]

Great result! Nice set up too!