Foxhunter IPA Extract Brew

[brewin_bear]

This was my first extract brew using Liquid Malt Extract in 15Kg containers. A little experimental but went well.

The Recipe;

Recipe: Foxhunter Amarillo IPA
Brewer:
Asst Brewer:
Style: English IPA
TYPE: Extract
Taste: (35.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 23.00 L
Boil Size: 16.00 L
Estimated OG: 1.059 SG
Estimated Color: 20.6 EBC
Estimated IBU: 50.7 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: - %
Boil Time: 75 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
4.50 kg Amber Liquid Extract - Brupacks (14.0 EBC)Extract 94.74 %
0.25 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (118.2 EBC) Grain 5.26 %
15.00 gm Amarillo Gold - Brupacks [9.50 %] (75 minHops 10.5 IBU
15.00 gm Centennial - Brupacks [11.70 %] (75 min) Hops 13.0 IBU
15.00 gm Northdown [7.60 %] (75 min) Hops 8.4 IBU
10.00 gm Northdown [7.60 %] (45 min) Hops 4.9 IBU
10.00 gm Centennial - Brupacks [11.70 %] (45 min) Hops 7.6 IBU
10.00 gm Amarillo Gold - Brupacks [9.50 %] (45 minHops 6.2 IBU
40.00 gm Centennial - Brupacks [11.70 %] (30 min) Hops -
30.00 gm Amarillo Gold - Brupacks [9.50 %] (30 minHops -
40.00 gm Northdown [7.60 %] (30 min) (Aroma Hop-StHops -
1.00 gm Protafloc Powder (Boil 15.0 min) Misc
2 Pkgs Nottingham (Danstar #-) Yeast-Ale

The ingredients





Steeping the Crystal Malt at 70C





Now the LME

I used digital scales set to zero with the boiler in place...



Then poured in the LME until I reached the required amoount (aimed for 4.5Kg and was 20g over)



The Boil



And the final hops at flame out for 30 mins



All went close to plan but ended up with slightly lower OG than predicted - 1.055 instead of the 1.059 and after 12 hours is fermenting nicely

[WishboneBrewery]

looking good... I think I'd have been scared fitting elements to one of my youngs fermenters, though looks like its done the job for you
I was visualising the 15kg of LME to be much bigger than it looks in your picture.

[arturobandini]

Haha, I love the way you measured out the LME...quality. Looks like a tasty brewday mate, enjoy!

[brewin_bear]

The Young's FV conversion works really well. The 15Kg isn't huge and is manageable. If you didn't have scales to pour directly into the boiler however, I think liquid extract would be a real pain. Most kitchen scales seem to go to about 2Kg and if you need 4 kg of LME, that means measuring out probably 3 times into a pan, then pouring into the boiler.