2-up! AG#13/14 - Bloody Nelson & Black Promise

[Franklin]

Yesterdays two Batch day, I'm doing 12 litres a piece and actually taking my time over it. I decided to Mash then Sparge and collect, then Mash then Sparge and collect followed by 2 boils.

AG#13 - Bloody Nelson

Fermentables:
Golden Promise 2090g
Wheat Malt 260g
German Cara Red 260g

Hops:
Nelson Sauvin 60 mins 0 lbs. 0.4 oz 10g (FWH)
Nelson Sauvin 15 mins 0 lbs. 0.4 oz 10g
Nelson Sauvin 0 mins 0 lbs. 0.4 oz 20g (I've doubled this from 10g as the hops were smelling good)

Final Volume: 12 Litres
Original Gravity: 1.048
Final Gravity: 1.012
Alcohol Content: 4.7% ABV
Total Liquor: 18.8 Litres
Mash Liquor: 6.5 Litres
Mash Efficiency: 75 %
Bitterness: 34 EBU
Colour: 15 EBC

The Grains, golden promise pale malt, wheat malt, carared malt, 1 tsp gypsum:

New toy with little Brewing calculator on it, mashed in @ 67.7c:

FWH & 1 Tsp Gypsum:

Floaters:

12g of Nottingham Yeast:

20min steep of flame Out hops:

Rehydrated Notts yeast within 1 degree of my wort temp:

All put to bed now, lots of yeast for the 12L length, should get going pretty quick.
I'm not too sure if the CaraRed Malt has done its stuff, looked a bit straw-like in the boiler, will see better at bottling.
Near as damn it hit my OG just a point or two out. :)

AG#14 - Black Promise

Fermentables:
Golden Promise 1880g
Wheat Malt 260g
Black Malt 100g
Crystal Malt 100g

Hops:
Northdown 60 mins 5g (FWH)
Whitbread Golding 60 mins 5g (FWH)
Fuggle 60 mins 5g (FWH)
Whitbread Golding 20g
Home Grown Fuggle 10 mins 21g

Final Volume: 12 Litres
Original Gravity: 1.044
Final Gravity: 1.012
Alcohol Content: 4.1% ABV
Total Liquor: 18.5 Litres
Mash Liquor: 5.9 Litres
Mash Efficiency: 75 %
Bitterness: 36 EBU
Colour: 86 EBC

Grain weighed out, golden promise pale malt, black malt, crystal malt, wheat malt, 1 tsp gypsum, 1/2 tsp Calcium Chloride:

New toy with little Brewing calculator on it, mashed in @ 66c:

Good deep colour, though tastes a bit mild I was hoping for more of the Black malt flavours:

FWH:

WGV going in!:

Home grown Fuggles going in:

Near enough for me:

All done, I just hope the Black malt comes through with the flavour as well as the colour. :)

**The Notts yeast in one was off like a rocket within hours of pitching, but the Whitelabs Edinburgh ale yeast I pitched to the Black Promise I'm still waiting to see life.

 

[evanvine]

Nice double brew day Franklin, great pics.

 

[Franklin]

:)

 

[tubby_shaw]

Looking good :thumb:

 

[A T]

Very productive day, i like the look of the first brew :thumb:

 

[Franklin]

The hops were smelling lovely :)

 

[Wez]

Nice post, those Nelsons are lovely :

 

[Franklin]

Hope so, the FV smells lovely :)

 

[A T]

I'm actually attending a twice weekly meeting that i'm told will deal with my Nelson Sauvin addiction, i'm not sure it will work

 

[Wez]

:lol:

My Name is A T, i've not had Nelsons for 4 hours now.

 

[evanvine]

I find any good beer addictive, be it "Nelsons" or not!

 

[Franklin]

Its not Nelsons, Its Mine!!!