AG#29 Black Sheep clone........sort off

[kev]

Righty-ho, I've got several opened bags of grains, hops, etc and only one yeast packet (Nottingham) left so to try and use them all up I re-visited my Black Sheep clone from many moons ago. Whilst brewing this I realised that I'd have to open up a new packet of Challenger hops just to get 19g's out of it so I thought I'd use an alternative of Cascade as I had some open and for some reason....they smelt nice.

Off we go, recipe is as follows :

20l batch size

3.84 kg Pale Malt (crisp)
0.46kg Torrified wheat
0.16kg Crystal
0.07kg black malt

Mashed at 65.6c for 90 mins

19g Cascade @ 90 mins
19g EKG @ 90 mins
9g Fuggles @ 90 mins

17g EKG @ 10 mins

Brew went as expected but I've somehow ended up 2.5l over my batch size?! I know I was slightly over my pre-boil volume but not by anywhere near 2.5l. The last 15 or so brews have had nearly 100g of hops in them so I've started with 30l pre-boil volume, this one has a LOT less hop material in the kettle. In addition, it wasn't a really vigorous boil so that may have impacted on boil off. As a result, I got 1043 SG and not the 1046 that I was expecting. Nevermind, will still be great beer as it smells amazing.

Here's the pics

Grains

Mash

Start and finish temps

Sparging

First addition "hop cocktail"!

Boiling

Dropped clear in 2 mins!

**** leftover

Finished 2.5 litres over my target!?

Isla checking out the "mud"....as she calls it

Colour

 

[rich27500]

Looks good. I made a black sheep clone which was different to your recipe not optimally conditioned yet but already very drinkable.

 

[kev]

Looks good. I made a black sheep clone which was different to your recipe not optimally conditioned yet but already very drinkable.

Sorry if I didn't make myself clear. I started with my original clone recipe then tweaked it because of what ingredients I am trying to use up.

My original clone attempt is here :

viewtopic.php?f=21&t=20102&p=194091&hilit=sheep#p194091

K

 

[rich27500]

No you did, I didn't read the subject properly to start with!

 

[EskiBrew]

Looks very good :thumb:

 

[Vossy1]

Cracking pics Kev, hope the brew a good'un :drink:

 

[kev]

Just had a thought - I've got about 20g of Cascade left over. I'm going to bung them in this brew as a dry hop.

No particular reason, just fancy it.

Will post pics in a day or two when ferment has died down a wee bit.

K

 

[gurtpint]

^Dry hop, why not? 20g is a very moderate amount, so no chance of ruining the brew going ott. I've only had Black Sheep once as I had to cope with the disappointment of being in Yorkshire and still not finding anyone to teach me the secrets of Ecky Thump... Remember liking it!

 

[kev]

Had more than I thought......40g of Cascade plopped in.

Nice

K

 

[kev]

One week passed since dry hops went in and now I've moved AG#27 to a keg, my glass 2ndary carboy is empty. Let's get this beer clear and ageing for taking to Dunfie's place next month.

40g of cascade getting separated from the brew

Once again, DON'T FEAR THE FOAM!

Crystal clear from fermenter

Yum

Keeping the pesky fruit flies at bay

K