New Years Day Imperial Stout 2012

[Spikesdad]

Hi all Its a while since i posted on here for a while, so here goes.



New Years Day Imperial Stout 2012

Date: 01/01/2012
Gyle Number: 25/92
Fermentable Colour lb: oz Grams Ratio
Pale Malt 5 EBC 15 lbs. 6.5 oz 6990 grams 70.6%
Imperial Malt 50 EBC 2 lbs. 3.3 oz 1000 grams 10.1%
Chocolate Malt 1050 EBC 1 lbs. 0.9 oz 475 grams 4.8%
Roasted Barley 1350 EBC 1 lbs. 0.5 oz 465 grams 4.7%
Golden Naked Oats 15 EBC 1 lbs. 0.5 oz 465 grams 4.7%
Sugar, Household White 0 EBC 1 lbs. 1.6 oz 500 grams 5%

Hop Variety Type Alpha Time lb: oz grams Ratio
Fuggle Whole 6.2% 60 mins 0 lbs. 3.5 oz 100 grams 40.9%
Target Whole 12.9 % 60 mins 0 lbs. 3.5 oz 100 grams 40.5%
Fuggle Whole 4.6 % 15 mins 0 lbs. 0.9 oz 27 grams 10.9%
Cluster Whole 5.9 % 15 mins 0 lbs. 0.7 oz 19 grams 7.7%

Final Volume: 23 Litres
Original Gravity: 1.099
Final Gravity: 1.024
Alcohol Content: 10% ABV
Total Liquor: 39.9 Litres
Mash Liquor: 23.5 Litres
Mash Efficiency: 75 %
Bitterness: 107EBU
Colour: 400 EBC



Wanted an early start for this one, but didnt happen!! No worries.

No pics of grains, head not screwed on straight this morning.

I knew mash tun was gonna be full, but was panicing for a while....



Sparge is gonna be good with this on, my sparge arm normally sits about 3 inch inside tun. will have to raise HLT.

Any way mashed in at about 10.30 at 68.5 degrees, which i wanted 68, so good enough for me,



More to follow if i remember/ can be arsed/in control enough to take pics

TTFN, Dave

[WishboneBrewery]

Nice going

[Spikesdad]

Cheers Ade... at least I now know the limit of my tun!!!

And my brewing assisant just took one look and went back to bed!!!

[WishboneBrewery]

You just can't get the staff(ordshire)!

[Spikesdad]

lol nice one!! Yeah he must be dog tired

[Spikesdad]

OK chiller on... time for a sit down and post some more piccies...


200 g of first wort hops... the aroma was fantastic even before run off



First runnings



A very full to the top mash tun, sparge went better than i expected



My set up... all gravity and lifting!!




Assistant brewer decides to make an appearance!!



Start of boil.



Chiller in, and on ..

[WishboneBrewery]

Looking good, nice bit of kit too
How did you do with your OG?

[Spikesdad]

Cheers... Og come out lower than what i wanted 1.092 .. only boiled for a hour, cos one of the elements decided to spring a leak. Will have a look at that tommorow.

Oh well it will have to do.

gonna steralise FV an run off now.

[Spikesdad]

Ok all cleaned out and sided away... yeast pitched in at 25 C... assistant brewer gone back to sleep... ive got another beer

Running into FV..



wort looks clear enough.. wouldnt have thought it was 400 EBC..



Money shot.. not too clear, but has come out at 1.092 ish..




Thats that then... hope that yeast kicks in ok, have pitched double the normal amount, and have some S0-4 on standby.

Cheers

[WishboneBrewery]

Its the waiting game now!!

[Spikesdad]

Just typed OG into Beer Engine... 71.2 % efficiency, should still be 9.5%abv, if i can get it down to FG so not too bad overall for me!!!

Yup like you say waiting game.

[WishboneBrewery]

I think you sound to have done better than me, at least it sounds like you had less messing about to do!

[Spikesdad]

Went well ish, was very concerned about fitting it in mashtun, so mashed in with 2.25L/ kilo instead of the normal 2.5L.

but apart from that, a leaky element, and breaking that Dewsbury Festval glass, as seen on your post, with still a good third of your Stout in it ,clumsy bugger that I am, all went ok.

[WishboneBrewery]

At least you have the Glass photo to look back on

[Spikesdad]

Ive got one from previous year..different dates but exactly the same design.!!