AG #06 - Mysterio's SNPA Clone

[Gricey]

Going for a SNPA today, a nice pale ale of sensible ABV. Used Mysterio's recipe so nothing special from my side.

Brew Length 23L
5450g Lager malt
450g Light crystal
30g Northern Brewer @ 60m
1tsp rehydrated protafloc @ 15m
30g Cascades @ 10m
70g Cascades @ 0m, steep for 20 mins

60m mash @ 66ºC, 60m boil (split across my 25L boiler and a 3L saucepan!)
2 batch sparges of 14.5L collected
Rehydrated US05 yeast, 19ºC Ferment

It's chilling down now, nothing gone too wrong. Noticed that there was a small ring of liquid on the floor around the base of my kettle, hopefully not bad tidings coming...

Pics:

Obligatory Grain Shot

Grain bill by The Grice is Right, on Flickr

66ºC Mash

Mash by The Grice is Right, on Flickr

First Runnings

First runnings by The Grice is Right, on Flickr

Batch 2 started, fire up the kettle

Full flow by The Grice is Right, on Flickr

60m Hops

60m Hops by The Grice is Right, on Flickr

10m Hops

10m hops by The Grice is Right, on Flickr

Missed snapping the flame-out hops!

Chilling down to pitching temp

Chilling by The Grice is Right, on Flickr

Ok, hit my OG minus 1 point. 1.052 and a very blurry hydrometer shot

Turbid 1.052 by The Grice is Right, on Flickr


Aerated much? by The Grice is Right, on Flickr

130g of spent hops...

Faith, hop and glory by The Grice is Right, on Flickr

Sent in the yeast through a hole in the clouds

Fire in the hole! by The Grice is Right, on Flickr


Right colour by The Grice is Right, on Flickr


Neutral background by The Grice is Right, on Flickr

[Naich]

Looking good. That's a professional looking setup you've got there - especially the chiller. I thought my eyes were going funny with the shape of that bucket though

[mysterio]

Great stuff. Hope the recipe works well for you. Plenty of cascade, hard to go wrong.

[Gricey]

Great stuff. Hope the recipe works well for you. Plenty of cascade, hard to go wrong.

Looked good, wanted a SNPA, so away I went.

Hit 1.052 OG, only one point off yours.

Gricey

[Manx Guy]

Looks great!

Deffinately one for my 'to do' list... Need to order some more Cascades tho' hopefully themaltmiller.co.uk site will be back up soon...



Where is the Mysterios original recipe?

Cheers!



Guy

[mysterio]

Here it is:

viewtopic.php?f=24&t=30813

Obviously it doesn't use Perle or Magnum as the brewery does but the result was so close I don't feel any need to change it. Also I recommend using WLP001 and keeping it cool during the ferment.

[Manx Guy]

Hi Mysterio!

Quick response there - much appreciated!

Your comments are noted... I may use a little of the Centennial that I have in the freezer I know it will turn out different, but by using the same grain bill I should get the colour right

Many thanks!

Guy

[Manx Guy]

Gricey
I see you like your Hendersons relish!

I buy a few bottles everytime I go back to see the folks in Sheffield...

Fish & Chips (with Mushy peas) just aren't the same without it!



Keep us posted on how your brew ferments/turns out...



Guy

[Gricey]

Hendy's = best condiment ever!

Mysterio, I've gone for a 19°C ferment, normally do 20 for US05/WLP001. That do?

Gricey

[mysterio]

Yeah, that's fine. The ferment temp and liquid vs dried is just fine tuning.

[leedsbrew]

looks good man. What fittings are you using to attach the copper pipe to your SS chiller?

LB

[booldawg]

A Mys recipe is likely to work out well! Has for me in the past.

[Gricey]

looks good man. What fittings are you using to attach the copper pipe to your SS chiller?

LB

What a ball ache that chiller was.

Love the chiller but it let a lot of water into my wort the first few times (didnt like hoseclips on 10mm braided pvc hose), I might move this to a HERMS coil later and make a copper one for my wort chiller. The SS one is from Hamstead Brewing.

SS chiller fittings by The Grice is Right, on Flickr

It's 10mm SS pipe, the fitting goes:

10mm SS -> 10 to 15mm compression reducer->smallest bit of 15mm pipe i could get away with->15mm compression elbow->15mm pipe (to clear the rim of my boiler!)->15mm compression to 1/2" tap connector->brass hose fitting (screwfix website).

Lessons learned, I should buy a blowtorch and learn to solder!

Gricey.

[SiHoltye]

Buy solder ready fittings and learn to aim a cheapo torch can B&Q

[Gricey]

Yeah, I'll do that next. But it'll do for now(tm)