Target Gravity is 1.060 for 25L
4600g Mild Malt 71.99%
680g Pale Malt 10.64%
200g Acid Malt 3.13%
890 gm Lyle's Golden 13.93 %
40 gm Treacle 0.31%
40.00 gm Cluster [9.80 %] (90 min) Hops 24.3 IBU
57.00 gm Fuggles [4.10 %] (60 min) Hops 19.2 IBU
31.00 gm Saaz [3.1 %] (30 min) Hops 7.6 IBU
1.5L Gales Yeast Starter
Water additions, aiming for the balanced profile 2 from the brewers friend calculator:
6.5g Gypsum
5.5g Salt
1.0g Calcium Chloride
18ml CRS
Stepped mash profile to try and replicated the multiple mashes listed in the book:
Mash in 27.5L at 38C
Step 1: 60 Mins @ 64C
Step 2: 15 Mins @ 69C
Step 3: 15 Mins @ 74C
Mash Out: 10 Mins @ 78C
Sparge 8.7L @ 78C
Gain Shot:
Mashing in:
Pumps on:
PH reading:
The classic gratuitous braumeister shot:
Hoist:
Mock No.2 invert mixed with a little wort:
Cooling:
All cooled so letting the trub settle and hop bags drain:
Run off and high tech areation solution:
Off the scale again. Overshot gravity and volume.
Brewers reward Rasberry wheat beer:
Overall brewery shot
. Maxi chiller just arrived so wont be long before the big fermenter is put in action. Porter is in the fridge crash cooling and the Mild is the small fermenter on the worktop. Both temp controlled but the worktop fermenter has no cooling. Luckily its cool enough in there to get away with it:
As of this morning a nice active fermentation:
Overall a nice smooth brewday and ended up with 27L @ 1.062+. Ill let it ferment for a week and then dry hop and add the oak. With this and the porter over 1.060 its going to be a good christmas. Next brew will be down to a more session-able gravity. Plus i have 2 kegs to fill.
