Hobgoblin recipe which yeast?

[ECLIPSE]

Hi guys,

I've been putting a hobgoblin recipe into beersmith this evening which is bases on orfy's guide.

This will be my 2nd all grain brew to date so im still prett new to this. Would someone be able to take a look at my recipe just to confirm everything looks in order?

Also I have not added a yeast to the beersmith recipe yet as I have seen contrasting views on which strain to use for this particular brew! some say use danstar Nottingham (as in Orfy's recipe) and others say to use something like Safale S-04?

any advice would be appreciated.

here is my recipe -

Type: All Grain
Batch Size: 23.02 l
Boil Size: 33.29 l
Boil Time: 60 min
End of Boil Vol: 27.91 l
Final Bottling Vol: 21.31 l
Fermentation: Ale, Single Stage
Date: 18 Feb 2014
Brewer: Adam
Asst Brewer:
Equipment: Pot (13 Gal/50 L) - BIAB
Efficiency: 70.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 81.6 %
Taste Rating: 30.0

Taste Notes:

Prepare for Brewing

Clean and Prepare Brewing Equipment
Total Water Needed: 36.59 l

Mash or Steep Grains
Mash Ingredients Amt Name Type # %/IBU
4.80 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter (5.5 EBC) Grain 1 88.9 %
0.25 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (130.0 EBC) Grain 2 4.6 %
0.20 kg Cara-Pils/Dextrine (4.0 EBC) Grain 3 3.7 %
0.15 kg Chocolate Malt (950.0 EBC) Grain 4 2.8 %
Mash Steps Name Description Step Temperature Step Time
Saccharification Add 36.59 l of water at 68.7 C 68.9 C 90 min
Mash Out Heat to 75.6 C over 7 min 75.6 C 10 min

If steeping, remove grains, and prepare to boil wort

Add water to achieve boil volume of 33.29 l
Estimated pre-boil gravity is 1.041 SG
Boil Ingredients Amt Name Type # %/IBU
21.00 g Styrian Bobek [3.45 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 5 6.7 IBUs
15.00 g Fuggles [4.50 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 6 6.2 IBUs
21.00 g Styrian Bobek [3.45 %] - Boil 30.0 min Hop 7 5.2 IBUs
15.00 g Fuggles [4.50 %] - Boil 30.0 min Hop 8 4.8 IBUs
1.00 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins) Fining 9 -
Steeped Hops Amt Name Type # %/IBU
21.00 g Styrian Bobek [3.45 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 0.0 min Hop 10 0.0 IBUs
15.00 g Fuggles [4.50 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 10.0 min Hop 11 1.1 IBUs

Estimated Post Boil Vol: 27.91 l and Est Post Boil Gravity: 1.051 SG
Cool and Transfer Wort

Edit.
- I forgot to add that I have increased the styrian golding's additions from 15g to 21 for each stage. This is because the recipe stated they had an AA content of 5% and the ones on the malt miller are 3.45%. Is this the right thing to do?

 

[RobWalker]

Ive not made the recipe, but you will be safe with an english ale yeast at least!

 

[ECLIPSE]

Cheers Rob

Think i shall go with the Nottingham yeast then.

Can anyone tell me if using more styrian Golding's due to the AA being less than the recipe is a done thing?

 

[jonnymorris]

Adjusting for AA is correct. I've brewed this before and went with Notty. It's a truly great brew.

 

[calumscott]

I would go Notty too if I was doing something like this.

 

[RobWalker]

Adjusting for AA is correct. I've brewed this before and went with Notty. It's a truly great brew.

would you do this with the bittering hops only out of interest? I wonder how much it would affect the hop taste in the brew...

IE, what would you do if you were brewing SNPA clone and relying on a big 30 min addition of magnum for a lot of the bitterness and the AA% was way off, but this was the only time the specific hop was used in the schedule? would you increase the magnum or increase the 60 min addition?

just a thinking point...