AG#2 - Beard Lovers Bitter (or... W.G.V IPA)

[Franklin]

My second AG brew... planning another one for next weekend but am Undecided between a Black Sheep clone or doing an all-fuggles bitter...?!

Beard Lovers Bitter (or... W.G.V IPA)

Fermentables:
Lager Malt 1040g
Maris Otter 1040g
Wheat Malt 520g
Crystal Malt, Pale 53g

Hops:
Whitbread Golding 90 mins 26g (FWH)
Whitbread Golding 30 mins 13g
Whitbread Golding 15 mins 13g
Fuggle 10 mins 10g
Saaz Whole 0 mins 10g (80 C Steep for 20 mins)

Water Treatment:
Treated using Grahams water treatment calculator for the Burton Pale Ale profile.

Final Volume: 12 Litres
Original Gravity: 1.050
Final Gravity: 1.012
Alcohol Content: 5.0% ABV
Total Liquor: 18.9 Litres
Mash Liquor: 6.7 Litres
Mash Efficiency: 75 %
Bitterness: 56 EBU
Colour: 8 EBC

The Goods:

Grain temp:

Doughing in:

The Mash:

Mash temp:

Closed lid mash temp:

Yeast Starter, Nottingham Yeast:

Hops and Protafloc:

Finished Mash Temp:

A bit of extra late hopping:

First Sparge Wort:

FWH and first batch of the sparge go on to warm up:

Second Batch of sparged wort:

Mmmm, my first Cold Break in the boiler, my new IC doing its job:

Murky wort in the FV with yeast Pitched at 22 C:

I started at 7.30am and finished about 3pm! Had lunch and breakfast in amongst.
I ended up with OG:1058 so watered down with 1.9L of ASDA Smart Price water in the boiler before collecting in the FV. The collected wort was pretty murky, try as I might I could not get it to run clear, I'm wondering if my short brew lengths of 12 litres are to blame with half the depth of hop-bed filtration in comparison to a 5 Gallon brew.

The Nottingham yeast doing its stuff :)

 

[Wez]

Great post & pics :thumb: Thats a lovely hop profile, I look forward to hearing how it turns out.

Well done on getting a starter going, it really does get it off to a flyer but most of the time, I can't be bothered I pitched onto yeast cakes today and lag time was <1hr.

Hope it turns out well :thumb:

 

[Franklin]

I had a sneaky taste yesterday (only bottled about a week!) from a half 330ml bottle... its not ready yet!!!
I knew it wouldn't be but I think the Saaz was the hop I was noticing most in the few mouthfulls I had :)

 

[Andbrew]

Great photo's, I love that cold break pic. I must build a chiller before my next brew. :

 

[Franklin]

Now I have my IC it is nice to be able to finish off, pitch and put it to bed rather than having to cool for hours in the bath or leave overnight before pitching the yeast. :)

 

[Vossy1]

Another great brew day post Franklin, I missed this first time round
The cold break looks very impressive

 

[Franklin]

yeah, my very first cold break in the boiler :)