Cascade Ale (finally)

[retourrbx]

Finally got my finger out to brew in my new system

For 23 Litres

4kg MO
500g Munich
200g Crystal
200g Wheat Malt
S-04 (Had some proper job yeast but wasn't 100% about it - good excuse to drink more and make another culture)

assuming 68% efficiency from my old system - batch sparging

Mashed with 12.5L Water
1/4tsp Gypsum

Mashed in at 1 o'clock

64'C - bit low but $hit happens with a new system - can't be arsed adding hot water,interested to see how a dry beer tastes

Hops

Cascade at 6.3%

60mins - 40g
15mins - 15g
Steep at 80' - 35g
Dry after a week into fermenter - 10g

32 IBU

Pix taken - will post when they're online :

 

[retourrbx]

Grain Bill

Hops

Mash 64 deg C

Mash tun didn't perform well - need to do a better false bottom

Boiler

Start of hot break - had to skim there was so much

Cooler

 

[corby_brewer]

Nice one mate. :thumb:

 

[retourrbx]

Cheers - I see you like a tea wine - had many a successful lap sang su shong tea wine - give it a try, our was always fizzy

mash tun issue discovered - need something to slightly raise the outlet off the base of the tun.

I have also found my hop strainer to be fairly lame at picking up the final wort - will have to remedy that as well

No leaks though and the mash tun held temperature throughout the mash - 3 layers of thermafoil did the trick.

 

[rickthebrew]

looking good r, gotta love those cascade hops :thumb: