AG#40 Summer Daze - take 2

[rickthebrew]

I brewed my original Summer Daze last year - tweaked the malt and hop a little, I find the hop combo of EKG, northdown and challenger spot on This will be low ABV with a little wheat malt and carapils with the pale malt : Some of these bottles will go to a mates birthday BBQ for his daughters 1st birthday in July, she is called Summer

46litres Summer Daze 3.7%

6200g Pale malt - m/o
700g Wheat malt
250g Carapils
300g Sugar

20g Pilot - 60mins
30g EKG - 60mins
40g Northdown - 10mins
40g Challenger - 10mins
40g EKG - 10mins
30g EKG - 5mins
30g Challenger - 30min steep at 80degrees

OG:1038 FG:1009 (may be a few points lower) IBU:37.5 SRM:4.2 Mash @68 degrees c

each FV dryhopped with 15g challenger after around a week for last 3days of fermentation, will be using last brews yeast slurry (us-05).

Happy Brewing :drink: :drink: :drink:

 

[snail59]

1st Birthday Starting them a bit young there Rick............. No wonder it is a low ABV better go easy on the hops as well till there young palate gets a little more refined :lol: :lol: :lol:

Hope it is a cracking brew day mate :thumb:

 

[Sean_Mc]

EKG and challenger looks good in any brew :thumb:

 

[rickthebrew]

Nice smooth brewday - great efficency hit 46litres at 1043 All fermenting away - next brew will be a blue moon clone and then a double IPA/APA type brew - just need to drink a load of beers in 330ml bottles for that one Just as well my sainsburys has the following offers,

brewdog punk ipa -99p
brewdog 5am saint - 98p
blue moon - £1.15
boston lager - around a quid as well!
:drink:

 

[gurtpint]

This will be nice, I should think - hoppy yet with moderate ABV, so a few can surely be hoisted without an uncontrollable urge to belt out dirty ditties.

just need to drink a load of beers in 330ml bottles for that one Just as well my sainsburys has the following offers,

The horror!

 

[Wez]

Nicely done Rick

That Brooklyn Lager is awesome :

 

[Franklin]

Looks like a good solid pint :)