Archive for August 2010
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Fermentables:
Lager Malt – 2200g – 45%
Wheat Malt – 2200g – 45%
Munich Malt – 390g – 8%
Crystal Malt – 98g – 2%
Hops:
Pacific Gem @ 60 mins – 12g (First Wort Hop)
Nelson Sauvin @ 15 mins – 30g
Cascade @ 15 mins – 20g
Centennial @ 15 mins – 30g
Nelson Sauvin @ 0 mins – 46g (80c Steep for 30mins)
Cascade @ 0 mins – 30g (80c Steep for 30mins)
Centennial @ 0 mins – 30g (80c Steep for 30mins)
Final Volume: 23 Litres
Original Gravity: 1.048 (actually hit 1052)
Final Gravity: 1.011
Alcohol Content: 4.8% ABV
Total Liquor: 33.2 Litres
Mash Liquor: 12.2 Litres
Mash Efficiency: 75 %
Bitterness: 62 EBU
Colour: 11 EBC
90minute Mash @ 66c followed by a 60minute Boil.
Protafloc Tablet @ 20mins.

The malts, Temp, & water treatments for ‘Dry Pale Ale’:

Hops weighed out, a total of 198g:

FWH Pacific Gem hops & Old lager yeast as Nutrient:

Thought I’d check my pH for a change, near as damn it:

Avoiding the dreaded, Shock Horror!, Hot Side Aeration my arse bull… It actually stops the end of the pipe dangling in the wort while its heating up:

It actually managed to escape the copper just a little but some quick blowing and a bit of a stir saved it:

15min hops going into a really good rolling boil:

Believe me, this is 1052, 4 points above my target which I think is 12.8Brix www.fermsoft.com/gravbrix:

Just added some fresh wort to the skimmed yeast ready to pitch:

FV with a good bit of aeration:

The Soon to be ‘Hop Compost’:

Pictures on T.watter – https://twitter.com/pdtnc
I managed a 93.7% Mash Efficiency, I think its time to change the settings in BeerEngine from 75% to 85% or more! 🙂
*Bottled 17th Aug ’10 with 80g of White Sugar primings. Tasting marvellous 😉