Posted by: pdtnc on: October 24, 2009
Pale, Wheat and Rye – Something with Rye malt, fairly pale with just a bit of sweetness coming from the Pale Crystal Malt
Fermentables:
Maris Otter 1040g
Wheat Malt 520g
Rye Malt 520g
Crystal Malt, Pale 205g
Hops:
Target @ 60 mins 16g (FWH)
First Gold @ 15 mins 10g
First Gold @ 0 mins 10g (I ended up doubling this to 20g)
Protafloc @ 20 mins
Final Volume: 12 Litres
Original Gravity: 1.042
Final Gravity: 1.010
Alcohol Content: 4.1% ABV
Total Liquor: 18.5 Litres
Mash Liquor: 5.7 Litres
Mash Efficiency: 75 %
Bitterness: 46 EBU
Colour: 14 EBC
1tsp Gypsum to each [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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Posted by: pdtnc on: September 19, 2009
Otter Dark Stout MKII – This is basically my first Extract own recipe which I’m now going to do as an All Grain It tasted bloody fantastic as an extract brewed with Safale s-04, but this time I’m thinking of using Whitelabs Irish Ale yeast WLP004 http://www.whitelabs.com/beer/strains_wlp004.html
This is mkII because I’m rationalising my hops [...]
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Posted by: pdtnc on: September 12, 2009
Today, I shall mostly be making a Timothy Taylors Landlord www.timothytaylor.co.uk
The recipe will be coming from the Graham Wheeler book.
12 litre brew length in my 15L mash tun with just a couple of additions to the recipe:
2% Crystal
10g Bobek @ Zero Minutes
Caramelise the first 2L runnings.
Apparently the Taylors spring water comes from Limestone [...]
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