Hello,
Having tried three kits now (Wherry, Wilko Stout and Shine On) I thought I'd try something with some grains and a bit of DME.
I only have an 11 litre stockpot so I'm pretty limited.
So I bought myself some Maris Otter, Amber and Crystal 140, a kilo of Light DME, 500g Medium DME. 100g of Fuggles and I had 50g of EKG left over.
Using Brewers Friend I cobbled together the recipe below.
Brew Method: Partial Mash
Style Name: Extra Special/Strong Bitter (ESB)
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 20 liters (fermentor volume)
Boil Size: 9 liters
Boil Gravity: 1.106
Efficiency: 70% (brew house)
STATS:
Original Gravity: 1.048
Final Gravity: 1.011
ABV (standard): 4.82%
IBU (tinseth): 34.96
SRM (morey): 13.02
FERMENTABLES:
1 kg - Dry Malt Extract - Light (28.6%)
1.5 kg - United Kingdom - Maris Otter Pale (42.9%)
0.25 kg - United Kingdom - Amber (7.1%)
0.25 kg - United Kingdom - Crystal 140L (7.1%)
0.5 kg - Dry Malt Extract - Amber (14.3%)
HOPS:
100 g - Fuggles, Type: Leaf/Whole, AA: 4.5, Use: Boil for 60 min, IBU: 31.39
20 g - East Kent Goldings, Type: Leaf/Whole, AA: 5, Use: Boil for 10 min, IBU: 2.53
15 g - East Kent Goldings, Type: Leaf/Whole, AA: 5, Use: Boil for 5 min, IBU: 1.04
15 g - East Kent Goldings, Type: Leaf/Whole, AA: 5, Use: Boil for 0 min
All went according to plan, mostly. I mashed 2kg of grain in a muslin bag in 8 litres of water in a Cool Box. Started at 67C and ended at 63C. Hmmm.
Boiled this for 60mins with the hop schedule as above.
Sparged the grain bag in another pot with 4 litres at 75C for 10mins.
Topped up the boil with some of the sparge.
Added the DME to the sparge and boiled for 5mins.
Chilled both pots of wort in an ice bath and transferred to the FV. Topped up to 20 litres with cold water and took an OG reading of 1047.
Pitched Wilko Gervin yeast at 21C.
And relax...
I'll let you know how it turns out.
Paul
Having tried three kits now (Wherry, Wilko Stout and Shine On) I thought I'd try something with some grains and a bit of DME.
I only have an 11 litre stockpot so I'm pretty limited.
So I bought myself some Maris Otter, Amber and Crystal 140, a kilo of Light DME, 500g Medium DME. 100g of Fuggles and I had 50g of EKG left over.
Using Brewers Friend I cobbled together the recipe below.
Brew Method: Partial Mash
Style Name: Extra Special/Strong Bitter (ESB)
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 20 liters (fermentor volume)
Boil Size: 9 liters
Boil Gravity: 1.106
Efficiency: 70% (brew house)
STATS:
Original Gravity: 1.048
Final Gravity: 1.011
ABV (standard): 4.82%
IBU (tinseth): 34.96
SRM (morey): 13.02
FERMENTABLES:
1 kg - Dry Malt Extract - Light (28.6%)
1.5 kg - United Kingdom - Maris Otter Pale (42.9%)
0.25 kg - United Kingdom - Amber (7.1%)
0.25 kg - United Kingdom - Crystal 140L (7.1%)
0.5 kg - Dry Malt Extract - Amber (14.3%)
HOPS:
100 g - Fuggles, Type: Leaf/Whole, AA: 4.5, Use: Boil for 60 min, IBU: 31.39
20 g - East Kent Goldings, Type: Leaf/Whole, AA: 5, Use: Boil for 10 min, IBU: 2.53
15 g - East Kent Goldings, Type: Leaf/Whole, AA: 5, Use: Boil for 5 min, IBU: 1.04
15 g - East Kent Goldings, Type: Leaf/Whole, AA: 5, Use: Boil for 0 min
All went according to plan, mostly. I mashed 2kg of grain in a muslin bag in 8 litres of water in a Cool Box. Started at 67C and ended at 63C. Hmmm.
Boiled this for 60mins with the hop schedule as above.
Sparged the grain bag in another pot with 4 litres at 75C for 10mins.
Topped up the boil with some of the sparge.
Added the DME to the sparge and boiled for 5mins.
Chilled both pots of wort in an ice bath and transferred to the FV. Topped up to 20 litres with cold water and took an OG reading of 1047.
Pitched Wilko Gervin yeast at 21C.
And relax...
I'll let you know how it turns out.
Paul