AdrianTrace
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I've been planning a slightly higher gravity beer this week, as I wanted to reuse the Nottingham yeast cake from last weeks brew. I wanted to do an English-hopped IPA, and have read positive reviews of Pilgrim with Bramling Cross so:
Fermentables:
500g Light Caramalt steeped at 68*C
3kg Extra Light DME dissolved in 5l water and straight to FV, together with around 500ml of Nottingham yeast cake
Hops: Pilgrim 2014 10.4% AA; Bramling Cross 2012 5.34% AA
60 mins: 20g Pilgrim
10 mins: 20g Pilgrim & 20g BX + 1/2 Whirlfloc
0 mins: 15g Pilgrim & 20g BX
Dry Hop (after main fermentation): 10g Pilgrim & 20g BX
17 litres with estimated OG 1.068 (it read lower, but there were still lumps of DME floating about).
An hour after pitching and there is an inch of yeast at the top and it's happily blasting away
Fermentables:
500g Light Caramalt steeped at 68*C
3kg Extra Light DME dissolved in 5l water and straight to FV, together with around 500ml of Nottingham yeast cake
Hops: Pilgrim 2014 10.4% AA; Bramling Cross 2012 5.34% AA
60 mins: 20g Pilgrim
10 mins: 20g Pilgrim & 20g BX + 1/2 Whirlfloc
0 mins: 15g Pilgrim & 20g BX
Dry Hop (after main fermentation): 10g Pilgrim & 20g BX
17 litres with estimated OG 1.068 (it read lower, but there were still lumps of DME floating about).
An hour after pitching and there is an inch of yeast at the top and it's happily blasting away