Probably Due To Network Congestion

After supping some of Leedsbrew’s Smoked Stout yesterday I decided I’d better use my kilo of Rauchmalt today, then I can justify buying some Peat Smoked malt

Kartoffel-Rauch (Potato Smoke)

Fermentables:
Pale Malt - 2240g - 52%
Rauch Malt, Smoked - 1000g - 23.2%
Munich Malt - 800g - 18.6%
Wheat Malt - 200g - 4.7%
Cara Munich Type I - 70g - 1.6% (Leftovers from last a bag thrown in)

Hops:
Brewers Gold @ 60 mins - 26g (FWH)
Hallertauer Hersbrucker @ 10 mins - 25g
Hallertauer Mittlefruh @ 0 mins - 13g

Final Volume: 23 Litres
Original Gravity: 1.048
Final Gravity: 1.012
Alcohol Content: 4.6% ABV
Total Liquor: 32.6 Litres
Mash Liquor: 10.8 Litres
Mash Efficiency: 85 % – Thought I’d push the limit today and see how the Theoretical compares to the Actual.
Bitterness: 27 EBU
Colour: 14 EBC
Yeast: Safale s-04
Mash temp: 66c (Aimed for 67c, time to turn up the HLT controller)
Mash duration: 90mins
Boil Duration: 60mins
Water Treatments: General Purpose for 32L added to the Malts

Mash Efficiency figures 97.7%???!!! Surely not!!!:

Malts & Malt Temp:

Brewers Gold FWH and old Lager yeast as Nutrient:

Recycling first runnings:

10min addition of Hersbrucker Hops:

OG: 1046 / 12 Brix, 2 points lower than predicted:

Dry Sprinkle of Safale s-04:

All cleaned up a little while ago, no fuss brewday, the next couple of brewdays might be presents for people or a trial-brew for an easy Blonde Christmas present

*Bottled 11th Nov ’10 with 75g white sugar