brew 15 - xmas 2016
05/12/2015
Strike water 2 litres water 72 deg C
Grains:
250g aromatic malt
250 choco malt
250 dark crystal grains in 2 litres for 1 hour at 64 deg
poured into brewpot via fine sieve added 1.7 litres water at 65 deg C to rinse grains.
boiled 50g of simcoe pellets in separate pan of 500ml water and boil for 15 mins at same time as the brewpot boil
(to get more hop extraction than boiling in 'thick wort')
Brewpot:
in addition to the wort from the grains added
4.3 litres chase spring water
3 kg dme
500g dwe
500g dark candi sugar
180ml clarks maple syrup.
boiled for 15 mins
added all together in FV 10 liters. into water bath for 20 mins to chill down.
topped up to 22 litre mark
1.075 og.
mangrove jacks belgian ale yeast used (re-hydrated)
pitched at 27.
pleased so far bubbling airlock about 3 hours after pitching.
krausen compact so far only got up to 24 litre mark on fv (phew) not as mental as the other belgian yeast i've used.
no overflowing airlock or mess to clean up. less than 1 sec between airlock bubbles.
liking its good manners so far could this be my go to belgian yeast?
I'm fermenting at 22-23 to start with and will raise the temp as the days go by.
Fermentis abbye recommends 15-20 deg C and Mangrove jack say 26-32deg C so I was too high for the Fermentis and I'm too low for the MJ.
28/12/2015
FG 1.004 !!!! I make that 9.32% abv
160g priming sugar in 400ml water
20.5 litres bottled.
Rich dark fruits with a sherry warmth. Going to be a real winter warmer. No need to put a brewferm abdij on, which by the way turned out superb. :-)
love the MJ's belgian ale yeast!
05/12/2015
Strike water 2 litres water 72 deg C
Grains:
250g aromatic malt
250 choco malt
250 dark crystal grains in 2 litres for 1 hour at 64 deg
poured into brewpot via fine sieve added 1.7 litres water at 65 deg C to rinse grains.
boiled 50g of simcoe pellets in separate pan of 500ml water and boil for 15 mins at same time as the brewpot boil
(to get more hop extraction than boiling in 'thick wort')
Brewpot:
in addition to the wort from the grains added
4.3 litres chase spring water
3 kg dme
500g dwe
500g dark candi sugar
180ml clarks maple syrup.
boiled for 15 mins
added all together in FV 10 liters. into water bath for 20 mins to chill down.
topped up to 22 litre mark
1.075 og.
mangrove jacks belgian ale yeast used (re-hydrated)
pitched at 27.
pleased so far bubbling airlock about 3 hours after pitching.
krausen compact so far only got up to 24 litre mark on fv (phew) not as mental as the other belgian yeast i've used.
no overflowing airlock or mess to clean up. less than 1 sec between airlock bubbles.
liking its good manners so far could this be my go to belgian yeast?
I'm fermenting at 22-23 to start with and will raise the temp as the days go by.
Fermentis abbye recommends 15-20 deg C and Mangrove jack say 26-32deg C so I was too high for the Fermentis and I'm too low for the MJ.
28/12/2015
FG 1.004 !!!! I make that 9.32% abv
160g priming sugar in 400ml water
20.5 litres bottled.
Rich dark fruits with a sherry warmth. Going to be a real winter warmer. No need to put a brewferm abdij on, which by the way turned out superb. :-)
love the MJ's belgian ale yeast!
