Low OG brew. Any tips....

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196osh

Low OG brew. Any tips....

Post by 196osh » Sun Mar 21, 2010 11:43 pm

Low Gravity number....Mild mabye....

Fermentable Colour lb: oz Grams Ratio
Pale Malt 5 EBC 5 lbs. 8.1 oz 2500 grams 73.5%
Crystal Malt 130 EBC 0 lbs. 12.3 oz 350 grams 10.3%
Flaked Barley 0 EBC 0 lbs. 7.0 oz 200 grams 5.9%
Belgian Aromatic Malt 68 EBC 0 lbs. 7.0 oz 200 grams 5.9%
Chocolate Malt 1050 EBC 0 lbs. 5.3 oz 150 grams 4.4%

Final Volume: 22 Litres
Original Gravity: 1.034
Final Gravity: 1.009
Alcohol Content: 3.2% ABV
Total Liquor: 30.6 Litres
Mash Liquor: 8.5 Litres
Mash Efficiency: 75 %
Bitterness: 0 EBU
Colour: 78 EBC

Hopped to >20IBUs-ish or something.

Mash at 68C and ferment with windsor.

Thought I would branch out.

mysterio

Re: Low OG brew. Any tips....

Post by mysterio » Sun Mar 21, 2010 11:49 pm

I think you need to triple the gravity and add a few kilos of Chinook.

Just kidding, seems like that will make a nice Mild, never tried Windsor personally.

196osh

Re: Low OG brew. Any tips....

Post by 196osh » Sun Mar 21, 2010 11:59 pm

mysterio wrote:I think you need to triple the gravity and add a few kilos of Chinook..
Had to stop myelf adding about 10 new types of hops onto my thermometer order from the homebrew shop.... #-o

The dark belgian should round out at a nice 10% abv, :twisted:.
Just kidding, seems like that will make a nice Mild, never tried Windsor personally
Good stuff.

Me either. I just figured that I would need a more "characterful" english yeast. I don't get much out of SO4 so I figured I would give this a try.

DarloDave

Re: Low OG brew. Any tips....

Post by DarloDave » Mon Mar 22, 2010 10:59 am

When your drinking it youl just be sat wishing you put more hops in it :=P . Thats what I do every time I brew something not especially hoppy. I start off with the same idea as you "oh I fancy something not especially hoppy" or "ill branch out and brew something different" , then about 5 pints in im like "hmm. bored of this.." :lol:

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