Pale Ale 15l experiment with 3 x 4.5l batches

Manxnorton · Feb 20, 2017

Hi all
Carrying on with my 'small batches thread, the grains are due soon.
recipe is so far:
15l 60 min boil.
2.8kg Marris Otter
400g Crystal 10l
36g challenger @ 60 mins
12g fuggle @ 15 mins
12g fuggle @ 0 mins
English yeast
Mash at 65Ã¢â¬Â¢C
Est OG 1.048 final gravity 1.013
42.9 UBUs
Est ABV 4.6%

Experiment 4.5l hops pellets..
Dry hop 1: 25g EKG
Dry Hop 2: 25g Bramling Cross
Dry Hop 3: 25g First Gold

TBC :-)

Gerryjo · Feb 20, 2017

Sounds interesting.Keep Er lit.....

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Manxnorton · Feb 20, 2017

Gerryjo said:
Sounds interesting.Keep Er lit.....

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Well into the mash now!!
Lovely colour and going good :-)
Nip off 50g of crystal to 350g coz I was supposed to get crystal 10l...but forgot!! So just had some Cyrstal 60l
.....I'm a numpty!!! I tell ya! Lol

cheshirehomebrew · Feb 20, 2017

looks good to me, have yet to use fuggles or ekg in my brews

Manxnorton · Feb 20, 2017

The minute I gets the bairns lunch and message on here..the bloody CB tripped...about 20 mins...the temp was down to 61c...
But saved it!! I hope...got straight up to temp...and done and extra 20 mins...:-(
Now watching....now for mash out at 10 mins @ 75c....

Gerryjo · Feb 20, 2017

PITA when things go wrong.Hope it wasn't the GF that took out your circuit breaker.

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Manxnorton · Feb 20, 2017

Gerryjo said:
PITA when things go wrong.Hope it wasn't the GF that took out your circuit breaker.

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It's the extension lead..has one of them tip thingys!!! It's put away now and got a small one...perfect!
What a great boil!! First time I saw a boil over in a long time...lol
Not a lot of protein this time..
Challenger is quite nice.
Nearly into the 15min addition..fuggles.
:-)

Manxnorton · Feb 20, 2017

cheshirehomebrew said:
looks good to me, have yet to use fuggles or ekg in my brews

I've used them in brew pal..
Once the ferm is finished be time to dry hop into 3 x 4.5l batches with 3 seperate hops...

chub1 · Feb 20, 2017

Manxnorton said:
It's the extension lead..has one of them tip thingys!!! It's put away now and got a small one...perfect!
What a great boil!! First time I saw a boil over in a long time...lol
Not a lot of protein this time..
Challenger is quite nice.
Nearly into the 15min addition..fuggles.
:-)

:thumb:I does like Challenger and Fuggles, prefer Fuggles to Goldings personally

Manxnorton · Feb 20, 2017

chub1 said:
:thumb:I does like Challenger and Fuggles, prefer Fuggles to Goldings personally

Yeahhhh your right..
The rest of the brew day went ok.
Bang on 15l....a good mix and pitch the yeast...in the brewbucket

Final SG 01.055 :-)
Nice pale ale colour.

Manxnorton · Feb 21, 2017

Bubbling away like the clappers!!! :-)

Manxnorton · Feb 26, 2017

Later this evening I'll check the SG reading and if all good in a few days, ready to rack into the 3 DJ's...
NOTE TO SELF! Get the bloody hops out of the freezer in time.... :-) c

Gerryjo · Feb 26, 2017

Looking good Bri...... Keep Er lit... Like burnout doughnuts on a bike hehehe.....Ã°Å¸ËâÃ°Å¸âÂÃ°Å¸ÂÂ

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Manxnorton · Feb 26, 2017

Gerryjo said:
Looking good Bri...... Keep Er lit... Like burnout doughnuts on a bike hehehe.....Ã°Å¸ËâÃ°Å¸âÂÃ°Å¸ÂÂ

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Haha!!
I was good at doughnuts once upon a time...I'm now...just a doughnut!!
Bloody 'ell!! My favourite flask has gone BANG!!! :-( like taking cover in a fire fight!
Loved the taste of my coffee from it!
Oh well....RIP...now checking my boxers!!

Gerryjo · Feb 26, 2017

Manxnorton said:
Haha!!
I was good at doughnuts once upon a time...I'm now...just a doughnut!!
Bloody 'ell!! My favourite flask has gone BANG!!! :-( like taking cover in a fire fight!
Loved the taste of my coffee from it!
Oh well....RIP...now checking my boxers!!

Checking for coffee Ã°Å¸ËâÃ°Å¸ËâÃ°Å¸ËâÃ°Å¸Ëâ

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Manxnorton · Feb 26, 2017

Gerryjo said:
Checking for coffee Ã°Å¸ËâÃ°Å¸ËâÃ°Å¸ËâÃ°Å¸Ëâ

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Hahaha!! Checking cloth more like!!
Doon to 1.012...
Got the Dj's cleaned and sterilised..near the time the bubblers and all the guvvins will be sorted...
Trial sample lovely..but not o lot of hops aroma, bit bitterness...
Great colour :-)
Looking fwd to this...

Gerryjo · Feb 26, 2017

Looks similar to my first Pale Ale and it was pale ok but lovely Ã°Å¸ÂÂ

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Manxnorton · Feb 27, 2017

The day has arrived...
Didn't have rack the PA due a SS brewbucket.
Measuring the hops was hard...but the first goldings is leaf!!
One hand & not a wide mouth funnel is going to a PITA...the other two are pellet.
As you can see on the pics...the two pellet one were easier than the leafed one...
I forgot how long to leaf before I rack it off??
Quite exiting tbh! (Don't get out much lol)
Any probs, suggestions or something I didn't do, just shout out...ya know what I like..
Can't wait to bottle them and get the results..
Now have to research the format to review the taste etc...coz me n coms isn't my strong point! Lol

Think I couldn't get the fist golding in pellet from malt Miller...but I don't check I think...he he!

chub1 · Feb 27, 2017

Manxnorton said:
The day has arrived...
Didn't have rack the PA due a SS brewbucket.
Measuring the hops was hard...but the first goldings is leaf!!
One hand & not a wide mouth funnel is going to a PITA...the other two are pellet.
As you can see on the pics...the two pellet one were easier than the leafed one...
I forgot how long to leaf before I rack it off??
Quite exiting tbh! (Don't get out much lol)
Any probs, suggestions or something I didn't do, just shout out...ya know what I like..
Can't wait to bottle them and get the results..
Now have to research the format to review the taste etc...coz me n coms isn't my strong point! Lol

Think I couldn't get the fist golding in pellet from malt Miller...but I don't check I think...he he!

Did an all bramling X brew a while back and it turned out really good:thumb:

Manxnorton · Feb 27, 2017

chub1 said:
Did an all bramling X brew a while back and it turned out really good:thumb:

Thx chub,
Think I've used the hops b4, but in dry hops. Looking fwd how the Pale Ale changes the taste with different hops. :-)

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