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Right, as promised, here is AG#15, 14L of American Pale that I'm using to test the yeast I "found" in the bottom of a cask of Wickwar Breweries BOB.
As you'll see from the pictures, I'm a 3-vessel man these days (BIAB worked well for me, but I always ended up getting a shed load on the kitchen floor when lifting the bag out), although all of it is plastic to save me cash - the boiler was around £60, the mashtun was £40 and I use a basic FV to collect the wort in, so the boiler can act as HLT and boiler to save cash.
Firstly, the recipe...
Fermentable Colour Grams Ratio
Pale Malt 5 EBC 3080 grams 95%
Caramalt 30 EBC 65 grams 2%
Wheat Malt 3.5 EBC 32 grams 1%
Crystal Malt 130 EBC 65 grams 2%
Hop Variety Type Alpha Time Grams Ratio
Simcoe Whole 12 % 60 mins 9 grams 16.9%
Amarillo Whole 9.5 % 20 mins 9 grams 16.9%
Simcoe Whole 12 % 20 mins 5 grams 10.2%
Amarillo Whole 9.5 % 5 mins 9 grams 16.9%
Simcoe Whole 12 % 5 mins 11 grams 22%
Amarillo Whole 9.5 % 0 mins 4 grams 8.5%
Simcoe Whole 12 % 0 mins 4 grams 8.5%
Final Volume: 14 Litres
Original Gravity: 1.045
Final Gravity: 1.011
Alcohol Content: 4.4% ABV
Total Liquor: 21.6 Litres
Mash Liquor: 9.7 Litres
Mash Efficiency: 65 %
Bitterness: 40 EBU
Colour: 12 EBC
Here's the grain and hop shots...
My new mashtun with stainless false bottom - seems very good value for £40 from The Homebrew Shop.
Mashing in at 67C for a slightly sweeter fuller bodied ale
Tucked away for an hour and a half
Sparging pretty much over. I tend to jug the water in, but pour it onto a big spoon so it doesn't seem to upset the grain bed.
Boiling starting...
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OG comes out at 1.044. I'll take that.
As you'll see from the pictures, I'm a 3-vessel man these days (BIAB worked well for me, but I always ended up getting a shed load on the kitchen floor when lifting the bag out), although all of it is plastic to save me cash - the boiler was around £60, the mashtun was £40 and I use a basic FV to collect the wort in, so the boiler can act as HLT and boiler to save cash.
Firstly, the recipe...
Fermentable Colour Grams Ratio
Pale Malt 5 EBC 3080 grams 95%
Caramalt 30 EBC 65 grams 2%
Wheat Malt 3.5 EBC 32 grams 1%
Crystal Malt 130 EBC 65 grams 2%
Hop Variety Type Alpha Time Grams Ratio
Simcoe Whole 12 % 60 mins 9 grams 16.9%
Amarillo Whole 9.5 % 20 mins 9 grams 16.9%
Simcoe Whole 12 % 20 mins 5 grams 10.2%
Amarillo Whole 9.5 % 5 mins 9 grams 16.9%
Simcoe Whole 12 % 5 mins 11 grams 22%
Amarillo Whole 9.5 % 0 mins 4 grams 8.5%
Simcoe Whole 12 % 0 mins 4 grams 8.5%
Final Volume: 14 Litres
Original Gravity: 1.045
Final Gravity: 1.011
Alcohol Content: 4.4% ABV
Total Liquor: 21.6 Litres
Mash Liquor: 9.7 Litres
Mash Efficiency: 65 %
Bitterness: 40 EBU
Colour: 12 EBC
Here's the grain and hop shots...
My new mashtun with stainless false bottom - seems very good value for £40 from The Homebrew Shop.
Mashing in at 67C for a slightly sweeter fuller bodied ale
Tucked away for an hour and a half
Sparging pretty much over. I tend to jug the water in, but pour it onto a big spoon so it doesn't seem to upset the grain bed.
Boiling starting...
OG comes out at 1.044. I'll take that.