Red Cuillin recipe?

[djavet]

Hi!
No I can't last week-end. Will do it sadly on the 8 septembre, not before external decisions...

[djavet]

Today is the day! Let's brew a Scottish beer in a Scottish weather
Will post pictures later.

[seymour]

Good for you, happy brewing!

[jimp2003]

Hope all goes well with the brewday! Let us know how ithe beer turns out.

[djavet]

First: @Seymour: Thank you! Everything was fine.

Yeast are ready, grains bill as well:


Mash water was a little low: 67.4°, after correction it will stay for the whole mash time at 69.5°.


Pre-boild density is as excpected 1037:


A nice boiling (short video):
https://plus.google.com/photos/10823343 ... 7917230845

Ready for fermentation with a original density of 1044!


The whole album of the brew day is here: https://plus.google.com/photos/10823343 ... 9026861825

Dom

[jimp2003]

Nice pics! Thanks.

I like your method for suspending the hop bag in the boiler. What is the reason for doing this? Did you use pellet hops?

[djavet]

Yes, pellet. I was fed up to loose so much in turb. I easy gain 1 liter and half. I also didnt notice any change in the bitterness with the bag or without the bag.

[seymour]

Looks like you nailed it, nice work! I bet that boil smelled delicious.

[djavet]

Very tasty

[djavet]

Short update: after 8 days of fermentation, check of the gravity: 1017
I've expected lower, expected was 1013. I've added half of S04 on 1 kettle and give a squizz (not vigourous) to awake the yeast. Hope I will reach at least 1015.
Taste good otherwise!!!

Dom

[seymour]

Don't worry. It'll get there, slowly but surely. That McEwans strain is very high attenuating, but not necessarily super-fast, especially when churning through complex, caramelized malts.

[djavet]

Thx for the advise!
I will bottle it on 28 or 29.09

[seymour]

Thx for the advise!
I will bottle it on 28 or 29.09

I'd give it more time, actually. There should be no rush to rack it off the yeast, this is one major advantage you have over a commercial brewery where time and turnover = money.

Bulk-aging is supposedly 1.5 times more efficient than aging in the bottles. In other words, you can leave it conditioning in the carboy for 4 weeks, or else you'd have to leave it in bottles for 6 weeks to achieve the same benefits.

[djavet]

Thx. Will follow the advise.

[seymour]

Bump. How's this baby progressing?