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BIAB number 5

Post #1 made 15 years ago
by oz11
Going to have brew day tomorrow to use up some bits and pieces.
The malt bill will be something like:
91% Pale Malt
3.5% Crystal
3.5% Munich
2% CaraAmber

Hops will be
Northdown (8.7% AA) and
Challenger (7.6%AA) 60min boil for bittering

Northdown late hops at 15 min.

Yeast S04.

The style/ingredients is based loosely on Badger Dorset best bitter (munich and caraamber not in the original recipe).

Mini-BIAB looking for about 10 or 11L into bottles, at an OG of 1041 and IBU about 28 which is a shade higher than the original. Exact quantities will depend on contents of freezer and malt store.

Given the high alkalinity of my tap water I am, for the first time, going to try out some water treatment. Addition of CRS (about 1mg/L) to the total volume of liquor before the mash, and a small addition of gypsum to the mash, and then to the boil.

And if you read this PP, the schwartzbier is still on the to do list :lol:

Wish me luck!

Post #2 made 15 years ago
by oz11
Finished and cleaned up.

Ended up with a little over 13L in the FV at 1038, so more wort, less gravity than I aimed for. looking back over my figures I see that I started off with too much liquor. Completely ignoring the figure that the calculator was telling me. Which I worked out the night before. Then ignored. :idiot:

If I'd have used what the spreadsheet was telling me to use I think I'd have been pretty much spot on. :headhit: :sneak:

Waiting for some activity in the FV now :whistle:

Post #3 made 15 years ago
by hashie
Sounds like it all went well oz. 1038 is still a good strength beer and you simply have a couple of extra litres to enjoy :)
"It's beer Jim, but not as we know it."

Post #4 made 15 years ago
by oz11
thanks Hashie, I realise it's not a huge burden to have to get through a couple more litres of beer, but I was asking myself "why did I bother to spend a bit of time running everything through the calculator/spreadsheet if I'm going to end up ignoring what it tells me?"

Never mind, just spent a bit of time calibrating a measuring stick for my boiler (not straight-sided) so if I do decide to follow the instructions in future it's going to be less hassle.

Yeast is going nicely today :party:

Post #5 made 15 years ago
by hashie
Instructions/destruction, once you got 50 brews under your belt you'll know them pretty well :)

Mistakes are for learning, your next brew will be even better.
"It's beer Jim, but not as we know it."

Post #6 made 15 years ago
by oz11
"Easy-kegged" and bottled this yesterday, was down to 1011.

For the second time I caught the bottling stick under the lip of the easy keg as I was lifting it away and detached the spring valve which once again ended up in the keg. I will learn to be more careful.

Eventually.

A cheeky sample tasted nice and clean, and very well balanced. Already it's looking to be the clearest beer I have achieved. I have high hopes for this but think it will be best drunk fairly young.

Cheers!

Post #8 made 15 years ago
by oz11
Tried a first taster of this today from a bottle...it's pretty good, very drinkable looking forward to the rest!

Also have done a 6th brew, based on Hall and Woodhouse Tanglefoot.

Grain bill was MO Pale malt(82%) and white sugar (18%).
Hops Challenger and Northdown for bittering, and Northdown at 15min.

After 4 days in FV I chucked in about 12g Northdown as a dry hop to use up the rest of the pack.

Conditioning now in bottles and an easy key. OG was 1049 and FG 1009 so pretty much what I had aimed for. Yeast S04


Number 7 on the way tomorrow, loosely based on SNPA, MO Pale (95%), Crystal (5%).
Bittering with magnum, and Cascade at 15 min and steeping after the boil. No Perle in the cupboard so won't be completely authentic.
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