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

Posted by: pdtnc on: July 11, 2009

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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 Yeast:

Hops and Protafloc:

Finished Mash Temp:

A bit of extra late hopping:

First Sparge Wort:

FWH and first batch of the sparge go on to warm up:

Second Batch of sparged wort:

Mmmm, my first Cold Break in the boiler, my new IC doing its job:

Murky wort in the FV with yeast Pitched at 22 C:

I started at 7.30am and finished about 3pm! Had lunch and breakfast in amongst.
I ended up with OG:1058 so watered down with 1.9L of ASDA Smart Price water in the boiler before collecting in the FV. The collected wort was pretty murky, try as I might I could not get it to run clear, I’m wondering if my short brew lengths of 12 litres are to blame with half the depth of hop-bed filtration in comparison to a 5 Gallon brew.

**Bottled 22nd July 2009**