Some help please

[brumbrew]

1.5 kg muntons liquid malt extract
1.?kg MO
.5kg special w ebc 250-300
.5kg chocolate malt
.7kg smoked malt
1 kg peated malt
.5kg pale rye malt
.5kg light DME
Few hundred grams glucose and some brown sugar in the cupboard.

I think I could get 2 brews outa this. What's everyone think? How would you split this?

Hops are saaz, herstzbruker (pellets) and ahtanum cones

RE uploaded here sorry CT but I need some ideas.

 

[brumbrew]

I'm looking for ideas about possibly 2 brews. Suggestions welcome

 

[IainM]

Hey Brum,
I'm not sure if you have enough extract / base malt to get two brew out of it. If you used all the LME, MO and DME, you'd only get just over 4% for a 23L batch.

 

[brumbrew]

My local hb is bike ride away. Can get extra stuff.

 

[brumbrew]

Gone for the liquid and a partial mash using the MO chocolate and smoked. Will add the dme to the boil. 7 litre mash, just sparging with 3 or 4 litres. Boil with hops. Not decided yet. Then pop into fv top up to cool. Haven't calculated it, just guessing

 

[brumbrew]

Smells wonderful

 

[brumbrew]

Oooo I forgot about these things. Good for fresh cones. But not pellets. Few quid each from Amazon.

 

[brumbrew]

Boil done. Resting. Can of liquid heating. Any guesses for OG I always give away a bottle.

 

[LarryF]

How many litres BB?

 

[brumbrew]

Start and final gravity of course.

Was topped up to 21 litres with the liquid malt. Hops were the athan' whatever for 60 mins.

I've not even taken a reading myself yet. So get them estimations in.

 

[brumbrew]

OK so I pitched wilko gv ale yeast 36 hours or so ago and no signs of fermentation as of yet. Could that packet be out of date? I didn't check. Can I just dump another packet in when I'm back from my job interview?

 

[brumbrew]

Another pack added and moved to the warmest room in the house. I don't want my first brew in a few months to die on me!

 

[Personal91]

Start and final gravity of course.

Was topped up to 21 litres with the liquid malt. Hops were the athan' whatever for 60 mins.

I've not even taken a reading myself yet. So get them estimations in.

mmmm 1046 ?

 

[Personal91]

Another pack added and moved to the warmest room in the house. I don't want my first brew in a few months to die on me!

did you rehydrate the yeast or sprinkle it over/stir in ?

 

[Robin54]

the Wilko yeast is pretty much bullet proof. I bet its kicked off today.

 

[dad_of_jon]

Hi Brum,

og 1042
fg 1008

this is a wild stab mind!

 

[brumbrew]

Was stirred gently and just sprinkled. And yes it's going like a rocket today :-)

 

[cheapbrew]

Have you got a link for those mesh containers please Jamie?

 

[Robin54]

Was stirred gently and just sprinkled. And yes it's going like a rocket today :-)

there you go - result:thumb:

 

[brumbrew]

Have you got a link for those mesh containers please Jamie?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01BR8HR86/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

Was this guy I think. There's a few sellers on Amazon.

As I said, they're only any good at hop cones. The pellets just fall through the mesh.