So my second forays into all grain brewing is complete.
Decided to do a mix and match with the remaining 1.5kg of Maris otter grain with a can of wilko's finest one can bitter kit and to learn from my previous lessons around using a pillow case as a brew bag!
So
1.5kg maris otter
100gm rolled oats
Mash in 5l water for 60mins at 67c
Poured into 23l fv through a colander
Sparged with 4l at 80c into fv
Strain back into pan through a fine sieve to get the few bits that made it through the colander
60min boil
10gm challenger hops for 50min
12gm challenger hops for 10min
Whilst that was doing, emptied the wilko's single can of goodness in to fv and made up to 10l
Boil left 5l of AG wort
Sort of crash cooled by dumping it in the fv with the 10l wilko's special
Left it outside for 60mins and it was at 28c. Made a slight mistake at this point as I thought my thermometer said 18c.... Pitched in wilko's beer yeast that had been bubbling away in a starter for a couple of hours and then quickly put the whole lot on some Yorkshire stone slabs outside to cool when I realised the temp was too high. Oops
Took a reading when it hit 20mins - 1055
Doesn't look like I've damaged the yeast starter too much, as it's bubbling away like a good un within a couple of hours!!!
Hopefully this will be a good solid bitter and might be ready for a sample around new year Eve!!!
Decided to do a mix and match with the remaining 1.5kg of Maris otter grain with a can of wilko's finest one can bitter kit and to learn from my previous lessons around using a pillow case as a brew bag!
So
1.5kg maris otter
100gm rolled oats
Mash in 5l water for 60mins at 67c
Poured into 23l fv through a colander
Sparged with 4l at 80c into fv
Strain back into pan through a fine sieve to get the few bits that made it through the colander
60min boil
10gm challenger hops for 50min
12gm challenger hops for 10min
Whilst that was doing, emptied the wilko's single can of goodness in to fv and made up to 10l
Boil left 5l of AG wort
Sort of crash cooled by dumping it in the fv with the 10l wilko's special
Left it outside for 60mins and it was at 28c. Made a slight mistake at this point as I thought my thermometer said 18c.... Pitched in wilko's beer yeast that had been bubbling away in a starter for a couple of hours and then quickly put the whole lot on some Yorkshire stone slabs outside to cool when I realised the temp was too high. Oops
Took a reading when it hit 20mins - 1055
Doesn't look like I've damaged the yeast starter too much, as it's bubbling away like a good un within a couple of hours!!!
Hopefully this will be a good solid bitter and might be ready for a sample around new year Eve!!!
