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AG#9 – Amber Otter

Posted by: pdtnc on: October 10, 2009

Part 1 of a 3 Part Malt and hops experiment ‘Mild Otter’ and ‘Brown Otter’ to follow in future brewdays.
Amber Otter – an Amber beer with Celeia hops
Fermentables:
Maris Otter 1800g
Amber Malt 520g
Torrefied Wheat 100g
Hops:
Celeia 60 mins 27g
Celeia 15 mins 16g
Celeia 0 mins 11g
Protafloc Tablet 20 mins
Final Volume: 12 Litres
Original Gravity: 1.044
Final Gravity: 1.010
Alcohol Content: 4.4% ABV
Mash Efficiency: 75 %
Bitterness: 36 EBU
Colour: 38 EBC
Going to Pitch Safale us-05 so I get a full appreciation of the malt [...]

AG#8 – JBK Anniversary Brew 09

Posted by: pdtnc on: October 2, 2009

AG#8 – JBK Anniversary Brew 09 – www.jimsbeerkit.co.uk
The instructions:

Jim wrote:I would look for something around a maximum of 55 OG, with crystal malt to give it body and a bit of darkness from roast barley and good old English hops – plenty of fuggle with a bit of golding for aroma and around 45 to [...]

AG#7 – Munich Blauer Vogel

Posted by: pdtnc on: September 26, 2009

Munich Blauer Vogel
This is basically a Coniston Bluebird Bitter with 500g of Munich Malt (and about 80g too much Crystal as it seemed a shame to leave such a small bag full!) and a little extra hopping. I’ll be pitching a split Whitelabs Edinburgh Ale yeast.
Fermentables:
Maris Otter 3600g
Munich Malt 500g
Crystal Malt 170g
Hops:
Boadicea 60 mins 27g (FWH)
Challenger 30 mins 30g
Challenger 20 [...]

Extract#8 – Booble Beer (aka Nasty Barsteward IPA)

Posted by: pdtnc on: August 22, 2009

Extract#8 – Booble Beer – Named by Emma, renamed by me aka Nasty Barsteward IPA
A pretty random little Extract Brew, Hopping to blow your socks off, this will probably take some months to be drinkable
Fermentables:
Dried Malt Extract Medium 1000g
Crystal Malt, Pale 60 EBC 100g
Sugar, Household White 100g
Belgian Aromatic Malt 100g
German Cara Red 100g
Hops:
Herkules 60 mins 30g
Boadicea 20 mins 20g
Boadicea 10 mins 20g
Boadicea 0 mins 10g
Final Volume: 8 Litres [...]

AG#4 – Black Sheep Ale

Posted by: pdtnc on: August 15, 2009

AG#4 – Black Sheep Ale
I wasn’t going to brew today, I was meant to be taking a garage roof off but feeling a bit crappy and its raining anyway… Sooo!!!
Recipe to 23L from the Graham Wheeler book
Final Volume: 23 Litres
Original Gravity: 1.046
Final Gravity: 1.011
Bitterness: 40 EBU
Colour: 27 EBC
I’m going to split the wort between 2 FVs and pitch Nottingham or US-05 [...]

AG#3 – Fuggles Bitter

Posted by: pdtnc on: August 1, 2009

AG#3 – Fuggles Bitter, H.Hillbilly’s House Bitter Grain bill
Thanks to Horden Hillbilly for answering my questions, I’ve used his grain bill for this recipe and just replaced the Goldings Hops with Fuggles.
Fermentable   Colour   lb: oz   Grams   Ratio
Maris Otter   4.25 EBC   4 lbs. 9.2 oz   2080 grams   90%
Crystal Malt   120 EBC   0 lbs. 4.9 oz   135 [...]

AG#2 – Beard Lovers Bitter – W.G.V IPA

Posted by: pdtnc on: July 11, 2009

Beard Lovers Bitter -  W.G.V IPA
Fermentables:
Lager Malt 1040g
Maris Otter 1040g
Wheat Malt 520g
Crystal Malt, Pale 53g
Hops:
Whitbread Golding 90 mins 26g (FWH)
Whitbread Golding 30 mins 13g
Whitbread Golding 15 mins 13g
Fuggle 10 mins 10g
Saaz Whole 0 mins 10g (80 C Steep for 20 mins)
Water Treatment:
Treated using Grahams water treatment calculator for the Burton Pale Ale profile.
Final Volume: 12 Litres
Original Gravity: 1.050
Final Gravity: 1.012
Alcohol Content: 5.0% ABV
Total Liquor: 18.9 Litres
Mash Liquor: 6.7 Litres
Mash Efficiency: 75 %
Bitterness: 56 EBU
Colour: 8 EBC
The Goods:

Grain temp:

Doughing in:

The Mash:

Mash temp:

Closed lid mash temp:

Yeast Starter, Nottingham [...]

All Grain Brew #1 – Deuchars IPA

Posted by: pdtnc on: June 28, 2009

Deuchars IPA – www.caledonian-brewery.co.uk
Time to pop my Cherry, Started at 8.30am, the Mash is now on at 9.20am I’m going to do a 90 minute Mash and a Boil of 60 mins… which should hopefully time well with the Bacon & Egg butties for breakfast with the other half *so we [...]


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