Recipe Specifications
Boil Size: 27.90 l
Post Boil Volume: 23.40 l
Batch Size (fermenter): 19.00 l
Bottling Volume: 17.00 l
Estimated OG: 1.047 SG
Estimated Color: 8.3 EBC
Estimated IBU: 33.0 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 59.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 69.9 %
Boil Time: 90 Minutes
Ingredients
4.000 kg Pilsner (2 Row) Bel (3.9 EBC) Grain 1 79.2 %
0.450 kg Maize, Flaked (Thomas Fawcett) (3.9 EBC) Grain 2 8.9 %
0.300 kg Munich Malt (17.7 EBC) Grain 3 5.9 %
0.300 kg Wheat Malt, Bel (3.9 EBC) Grain 4 5.9 %
18 g Cascade [6.00 %] – Boil 60.0 min Hop 5 15.8 IBUs
0.50 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 10.0 mins) Fining 6 –
50 g Cascade [6.00 %] – Boil 10.0 min Hop 7 8.0 IBUs
75 g Cascade [6.00 %] – Steep/Whirlpool 10.0 Hop 8 9.3 IBUs
1.0 pkg Safale American (DCL/Fermentis #US-05) Yeast 9 –
50 g Cascade [6.00 %] – Dry Hop 5.0 Days Hop 10 0.0 IBUs
Mash Schedule: Bubbles’ Single Infusion, Light Body, Batch Sparge
Total Grain Weight: 5.050 kg
Mash In Add 14.14 l of water at 71.2 C 65.0 C 60 min
Sparge: Batch sparge with 2 steps (Drain mash tun , 19.32l) of 77.0 C water
07/02/2016 Brew Day – Good brew day. Got a huge amount of cold break in the boiler, but an extremely clear wort. This might explain lack of head retention in my cream ale, the last time I used the Heidelberg malt. Wort from the mash tun wasn’t much darker, but the runoff from the boiler was considerably darker, probably from all that hop material. OG was spot on, but I only got 17 litres into the fermenter. I’d completely forgotten how much wort is soaked up when using large amounts of leaf hops. Great aroma. Rehydrated a sachet of US-05 and pitched. Fermenting cool.
03/03/2016 – Bottled with 112g glucose. When I removed the bag of dry hops, I realised that I had less volume than expected. I got 30 x 500ml bottles so the carbonation is going to be livelier than intended. Taste was quite grassy and harsh, but I had just removed the bag of dry hops.
13/03/2013 – First taste and although far too young, it’s got a very promising flavour. Not quite as hoppy as I was expecting though.
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