AG#3 Rick`s Best Bitter

[rickthebrew]

Aimed for a 35litre brewlength to see if my tun and boiler could handle making 60pints :?

So here`s the recipe (cheers for the help with the hops bones! and advice from aleman on the wheat malt)

6300g maris otter
500g wheat malt
200g crystal malt
100g chocolate malt

50g challenger 90mins
30g northdown 90mins
20g challenger 10mins
15g first gold 10mins

1/2 protofloc last 15mins

Expected og 1046 Expected fg 1012 IBU 45 SRM 13.7 4.4%ABV

I`m going to ferment half with s-04 and half with us-05

 

[rickthebrew]

Water treatment was campden tablet, this pic is my boiler with 40litres in - will add another 10 when the mash is on,

 

[rickthebrew]

grain bill - new scales were great for this and the hops,

 

[rickthebrew]

just over 7kg of grain and 17 3/4 litres of water in the tun - perfect fit :thumb:

 

[rickthebrew]

mash temp good - found an electric thermometer when i was cleaning down - thought i had one somewhere

 

[rickthebrew]

hops weighed out, new scales and printed brewday sheet - made the day really smooth and hassle free :party:

 

[rickthebrew]

90mins later - tun loved the extra grain and held temp

 

[rickthebrew]

sparge - no problems so far

 

[rickthebrew]

ten litres in - 1050 @ 58 degrees adjusted to 1065

 

[rickthebrew]

41 litres @ 1037 went back into the boiler

 

[rickthebrew]

started to rain - so quickly did this :?
luckly it didn`t chuck it down

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edit - should be a pic!!

 

[Muddydisco]

You can't beat briming it hey!
Looks good easily coped with that amount! :thumb:
:drink:

 

[rickthebrew]

water and electric don`t mix :nono:

saftey first - so wrapped a carrier bag around the plug into the extension lead

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[rickthebrew]

filth filth filth!!!

 

[rickthebrew]

good day overall, collected around 32 litres @ 1045 so volume was a little short - should give me just under 60 550ml bottles so very happy - hope to get another brew on before xmas!!

So tucked away my brew in two FV one with s-04 and the other with us-05.

Tucking into one of my Winter Gold`s at the moment - very nice to only bottled 12 days ago so just a taster to see how it`s doing

cheers :drink: :drink: :drink:

 

[llannige]

Good work there rtb.Great pics too. :thumb:

Still loving that boiler.

 

[leondz]

new scales

Good taste in scales there :) Great minds think alike! :party:

 

[bones]

Crack on :

Interesting yeast test .... must post the result :clap:

 

[rickthebrew]

both FV`s ticking along nicely - will be sure to post any diference in the finished product!

 

[ilikerossi]

hope to get another brew on before xmas!!

Blimey! I think you must drink more than me :lol:
Looks really nice, good job! :thumb: