Kev888
Regular.
Well I thought it was time to brew something malty, and I've not posted a brew day on this forum yet so took lots of pics. I've not tried this recipe before: its based on the Caledonian 80 shilling in BYOBRA, rounded a bit to make it convenient for hop pack sizes and so on, and with some pale malt swapped out for some Munich.
Pale Malt (optic) 67.5%
Munich Malt 23%
Crystal malt 6%
Wheat malt 3%
Chocolate malt 0.5%
Goldings 100g 90mins
Fuggles 100g 90mins
Goldings 100g 10mins
I have some 2nd generation US-05 slurry that I'm hoping will work out okay for this one
I estimate around 1.047 OG and 36 IBUs
I did all the water treatment andf filled the HLT last night; it came on with the immersion timer so was heated ready when I hauled myself out of bed this am.
The Ingredients:
Got the Strike temperature right without any manual adjusting, which is rare for me - normally I overdo it a bit (its the bottom left readout - the top one is the HLT heating the top-up liquor I added after filling the MT).
Here's my secret weapon for doughing in; its only chrome plated but only takes a minute or so before I can rinse it off, and so far the plating has survived a couple of brews:
A bit of headroom in the MT (it gets v tight with higher gravity recipies), mash ratio 2.5L/kg:
Mash temperature - was aiming for 66c, so not too bad - think the grain was a bit warmer than last time.
And the mash PH. Its difficult to tell exactly but i'd say about 5.6, so not terrible but a bit higher than I aimed for..
Here's the sparge underway (the block of wood under the lid was only for photographic purposes!):
The last runnings and pre-boil gravity, both at 20c. I got a bit close/far for comfort with the last runnings at 1.006 - possibly because its a malty one but it didn't seem to taste as low as that:
The hops in the kettle. I've been trying them at this stage lately rather than at the start of the boil - not sure if it makes any difference that I can taste but it hasn't made things any worse.
And the boil being reached:
Hmm, thats not as expected; I seem to have an OG of 1.057 rather than the 1.047 I'd estimated..
Theres a lot of cack floating in there so maybe its not reading accurately, or maybe I'll be short on volume.. seems unlikely that my efficiency suddenly rocketed. I'll know once its cooled and in the conical.
Heres the after-math of the boil - lots of break as well as hops, which formed an excellent filter bed as I got a fast run off from the boiler.
And in the conical; it was slightly short on volume, but only by three or four litres out of an anticipated 85..
Most odd - I'll have to go back through the volumes and gravities, but I seem to have an extra 10 points of gravity and almost the volume I expected even after it cooled/shrank... I could top up (or more to get the expected OG) but I think I'll just go with it and see what it tastes like.
Anyway, its done now - apart from hours of cleaning up :-/
Cheers
kev
Pale Malt (optic) 67.5%
Munich Malt 23%
Crystal malt 6%
Wheat malt 3%
Chocolate malt 0.5%
Goldings 100g 90mins
Fuggles 100g 90mins
Goldings 100g 10mins
I have some 2nd generation US-05 slurry that I'm hoping will work out okay for this one
I estimate around 1.047 OG and 36 IBUs
I did all the water treatment andf filled the HLT last night; it came on with the immersion timer so was heated ready when I hauled myself out of bed this am.
The Ingredients:
Got the Strike temperature right without any manual adjusting, which is rare for me - normally I overdo it a bit (its the bottom left readout - the top one is the HLT heating the top-up liquor I added after filling the MT).
Here's my secret weapon for doughing in; its only chrome plated but only takes a minute or so before I can rinse it off, and so far the plating has survived a couple of brews:
A bit of headroom in the MT (it gets v tight with higher gravity recipies), mash ratio 2.5L/kg:
Mash temperature - was aiming for 66c, so not too bad - think the grain was a bit warmer than last time.
And the mash PH. Its difficult to tell exactly but i'd say about 5.6, so not terrible but a bit higher than I aimed for..
Here's the sparge underway (the block of wood under the lid was only for photographic purposes!):
The last runnings and pre-boil gravity, both at 20c. I got a bit close/far for comfort with the last runnings at 1.006 - possibly because its a malty one but it didn't seem to taste as low as that:
The hops in the kettle. I've been trying them at this stage lately rather than at the start of the boil - not sure if it makes any difference that I can taste but it hasn't made things any worse.
And the boil being reached:
Hmm, thats not as expected; I seem to have an OG of 1.057 rather than the 1.047 I'd estimated..
Theres a lot of cack floating in there so maybe its not reading accurately, or maybe I'll be short on volume.. seems unlikely that my efficiency suddenly rocketed. I'll know once its cooled and in the conical.
Heres the after-math of the boil - lots of break as well as hops, which formed an excellent filter bed as I got a fast run off from the boiler.
And in the conical; it was slightly short on volume, but only by three or four litres out of an anticipated 85..
Most odd - I'll have to go back through the volumes and gravities, but I seem to have an extra 10 points of gravity and almost the volume I expected even after it cooled/shrank... I could top up (or more to get the expected OG) but I think I'll just go with it and see what it tastes like.
Anyway, its done now - apart from hours of cleaning up :-/
Cheers
kev