Istanbilly
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I had my first brew day on Friday. I am using the Grainfather G30, a Grainfather sparge water heater and a Fermzilla fermenter without the pressurisation kit. The photos show my kit and my first brew day.
I am brewing an all grain British style best bitter to my own recipe:
4 kg Maris Otter
500 g Crystal medium
Mash 1 hour @ 65 + 10 min mash out while temp raises to 75
16 g Columbus @ 60
15 g EKG @ 15
1 g protofloc @ 15
15 g EKG @ 0
10 g Mangrove Jack’s M36 Liberty Bell yeast
Ferment 7 to 12 days @ 22 C depending on how long the yeast takes to settle
Bottle condition with 80 g caster sugar dissolved in 120 ml water, 5 g per bottle
May be ready for an early try on New Year’s Eve
Have one more photo - the fermenter 17 hours in developing a nice Krausen but it hasn’t come through to my iPad from my phone yet for some reason. Fermentation seems to be going very well.
OG, as you can see is 1.050, slightly higher than expected, was expecting 1.045 so maybe I will end up with an ESB rather than a best bitter, we shall see.
Tasted the wort when I checked the OG and was pleasantly surprised, less sweet than I had imagined it would be, it actually had quite a bitter taste, I really liked it, hope that carries through to the finished product and I look forward to posting a photo of my first pint.
Cheers folks
Billy
I am brewing an all grain British style best bitter to my own recipe:
4 kg Maris Otter
500 g Crystal medium
Mash 1 hour @ 65 + 10 min mash out while temp raises to 75
16 g Columbus @ 60
15 g EKG @ 15
1 g protofloc @ 15
15 g EKG @ 0
10 g Mangrove Jack’s M36 Liberty Bell yeast
Ferment 7 to 12 days @ 22 C depending on how long the yeast takes to settle
Bottle condition with 80 g caster sugar dissolved in 120 ml water, 5 g per bottle
May be ready for an early try on New Year’s Eve
Have one more photo - the fermenter 17 hours in developing a nice Krausen but it hasn’t come through to my iPad from my phone yet for some reason. Fermentation seems to be going very well.
OG, as you can see is 1.050, slightly higher than expected, was expecting 1.045 so maybe I will end up with an ESB rather than a best bitter, we shall see.
Tasted the wort when I checked the OG and was pleasantly surprised, less sweet than I had imagined it would be, it actually had quite a bitter taste, I really liked it, hope that carries through to the finished product and I look forward to posting a photo of my first pint.
Cheers folks
Billy
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