Another random ale

[Spud395]

I remember reading Brewdays before I started AG and thinking to myself 'these guys are disasters, I wont make feck ups like that'

I started by not pre-heating the mash tun in my panic and missing my temp's by a long shot.
This was quickly sorted out by a few kettles of boiling water, only thing is I had decided to go for a thicker mash in the hope of lowering the pH, we'll try again next time.
All went well untill 2 minutes from the end of the boil when the dang boiler decided to quit.
No worries I reckon 2 minutes isnt going to make a difference so I hook up the hose to the immersion chiller.
Well I guess it was all the frost but when I turned on the hose it was like a sprinkler system.
Fecking holes everywhere in it, quick patch up with insulating tape and got her all cooled down anyway.

Eventfull enough, but got a full FV in the fridge going like a steam train


Pale Malt 5 EBC 9 lbs. 14.6 oz 4500 grams 83.3%
Wheat Malt 3.5 EBC 0 lbs. 8.8 oz 250 grams 4.6%
Crystal Malt 130 EBC 0 lbs. 3.5 oz 100 grams 1.9%
Crystal Malt, Dark 300 EBC 0 lbs. 3.5 oz 100 grams 1.9%
Caramalt 30 EBC 0 lbs. 3.5 oz 100 grams 1.9%
Munich Malt 20 EBC 0 lbs. 3.5 oz 100 grams 1.9%
Chocolate Malt 1050 EBC 0 lbs. 5.3 oz 150 grams 2.8%
Crystal Malt, Pale 60 EBC 0 lbs. 3.5 oz 100 grams 1.9%

Hop Variety Type Alpha Time lb: oz grams Ratio
Challenger Whole 6.8 % 60 mins 0 lbs. 1.1 oz 31 grams 33.3%
Challenger Whole 6.8 % 20 mins 0 lbs. 0.7 oz 20 grams 22.2%
Fuggle Whole 4.8 % 20 mins 0 lbs. 0.7 oz 20 grams 22.2%
Challenger Whole 6.8 % 0 mins 0 lbs. 0.4 oz 10 grams 11.1%
Fuggle Whole 4.8 % 0 mins 0 lbs. 0.4 oz 10 grams 11.1%

Final Volume: 23 Litres
Original Gravity: 1.052
Final Gravity: 1.013
Alcohol Content: 5.1% ABV
Total Liquor: 33.7 Litres
Mash Liquor: 13.5 Litres
Mash Efficiency: 75 %
Bitterness: 35 EBU
Colour: 77 EBC


OG 1058

Looking for a deep malty flavoursome bitter, I reckon I wont be to far off that

[prolix]

Spud some dyas are born for disasters, don't mean the beer will be though.

[Taf]

Hey Spud. Is there any gunk on the elements of your boiler? This is one thing I am anal about, and make sure I clean them constantly, as the longer you leave it the harder it is to get off. This is the only thing that has caused mine to cut out. I look forward to tasting this ale at a future meet up hopefully. Any notions of coming down for the Franciscan Well Cask Festival next week?

Cheers,
Billy.

[monkeyboy]

+1 on the boiler element gunk suggestion. Mine cut out mid boil a few brews ago, and i had to decant 26l very hot wort, scrub the element clean, and it all worked again. Lesson learned

[Spud395]

You nailed it lads, both elements were mankey.
When I cleaned them up, they're grand.
Would love to make it down next weekend Billy but a whole conspiracy of events is keeping me away:(
Will bring a few bottles down to the next meet up for sure, on a bit of a brewing mission at the minute, to build up stocks so should have a bit of variety

[Spud395]

Bottled this evening, earlier than normal for me but it just suited to do it.
It had more or less fermented out in 2 days, and went to 1010.
With the high OG and the low FG it's comming in at 6.3%, oops this was ment to be a session bitter

This whole re-pitching yeast is un real, 3rd gen nottingham and I think it'll be going again.
Beer tasting very good on bottling, looking forward to this in a few weeks.

[Spud395]

Having a taster of this now, using Floyds ( http://jimsbeerkit.co.uk/forum/viewtopi ... 24&t=39661 ) syringe method.
Malt, malt and more malt, very good and can only imagine what it will be like in a months time, complex as feck!

[MAF]

Had a sample of this one this evening; got a nice caramel aroma (no surprise there!), with an initial toffee flavour (superb!), and surprisingly I got a coffee/roasty flavour too. Although when I looked at yer recipe, it was obvious that the Choc Malt brought that to the table.