Hillbilly brew day 28/5/07

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Hillbilly brew day 28/5/07

Post by Horden Hillbilly » Tue May 29, 2007 9:41 am

Ok, I know I am a day late in posting this :oops:, I thought I would share this recipe and post some piccies. It is a 5 gallon batch, I estimate a gravity of 1044 based on 79% effiency, mash and boil times were 90 mins.

Pale Malt 3392g
Crystal Malt 352g
Amber Malt 264g
Wheat Malt 264g
Torrified Wheat 176g
Target hops start of boil 44g (42 EBU)
Goldings hops 18g last 15 minutes.
Goldings hops 8g end of boil, soak for 30 minutes.
Gervin ale yeast.

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Grains weighed, ready for the mash tun.

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Hops weighed, ready for the boiler.

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Spinny sparge arm in action.

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PH spot on.

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Nice vigorous boil going.

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Areating the wort

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The brew first thing this morning. I achieved an OG of 1043, not going to complain about that!
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tubby_shaw

Post by tubby_shaw » Tue May 29, 2007 9:46 am

Looking good once again HH 8)
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roger the dog

Post by roger the dog » Tue May 29, 2007 10:09 am

Great pictures HH =D> , is that a 10 gallon boiler ?
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oblivious

Post by oblivious » Tue May 29, 2007 10:19 am

Nice recipe, am looking to do something similar in a couple of weeks
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Vossy1

Post by Vossy1 » Tue May 29, 2007 6:14 pm

Gr8 Pics 8)

Look at that for aeration :shock:
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Post by Horden Hillbilly » Tue May 29, 2007 6:38 pm

Thanks for the nice comments chaps.

RTD, yes it is a 10 gallon boiler, I have never done a 10 gallon brew though! I am safe in the knowledge that there is no chance of the wort spilling over the top no matter how vigorous things get inside there!
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Post by Garth » Tue May 29, 2007 8:51 pm

lovely clean yeast head there HH, do you skim it?
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Post by Frothy » Tue May 29, 2007 9:52 pm

1st class, have you thought about turning pro HH? :)
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Post by iowalad » Tue May 29, 2007 10:05 pm

Nice work and pics
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Post by Horden Hillbilly » Wed May 30, 2007 3:21 pm

Garth wrote:lovely clean yeast head there HH, do you skim it?
No need to on this one, though I normally either skim or transfer to another fv after 48 hrs, if you look at the photo you will see that there is a small brown deposit on the very top of the fv, the rest of it is on the lid, it has took off like a rocket!

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Yes, it would help if I actually posted the photo! :oops:
Frothy wrote:1st class, have you thought about turning pro HH?
Now that would be a dream come true!
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