Hoppy Dazzler
Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2013 2:01 pm
First time I've posted a brewday here, no pictures I'm afraid but I've got another one lined up for this weekend and I'll make sure I get some.
Background to this beer is that I ordered way too many Amarillo & Cascade hops earlier in the year and I wanted to use some up.
Name: Hoppy Dazzler
Type: All-Grain
Fermentables
4.2kg Maris Otter 88%
0.2kg Wheat Malt 4%
0.2kg Biscuit Malt 4%
0.15kg Crystal Malt 3%
Hop Schedule
NAME WEIGHT TIME USE FORM AA
Amarillo 10 g 60 min Boil Pellet 10.9%
Cascade 10 g 15 min Boil Pellet 8.6%
Amarillo 10 g 15 min Boil Pellet 10.0%
Cascade 10 g 10 min Boil Pellet 8.6%
Amarillo 10 g 10 min Boil Pellet 10.9%
Amarillo 10 g 5 min Boil Pellet 10.9%
Cascade 10 g 5 min Boil Pellet 8.6%
Amarillo 10 g 0 min Aroma Pellet 9.5%
Cascade 10 g 0 min Aroma Pellet 8.6%
Cascade 100g 6 days Dry Hop Leaf 8.6%
Yeast
Safale S-05
Mash: Overnight (13 hours) starting at 68 degC, ending up at 52. Used 14 litres of water, treated with half a Campden tablet and some gypsum, epsom and CaCl calculated by Bru n' Water. No idea if this makes any difference - I would really need a control sample to check, but the water where I live is quite soft and has very little dissolved salts out the tap.
Sparge: Single batch sparge, but forgot to top up the mash with water before I drained the first runnings
. So really just drained the first runnings and then dumped all my sparge water in afterwards. Not sure if this would affect my efficiency.
Boil: A rare sunny October day in Scotland at about 22 degrees, so ended up brewing outside for the first time
. Boiled 20 litres for 70 minutes and then cooled using a copper wort chiller - took about 20-30 minutes to get down to pitching temperature.
Post-boil: Ended up with 15 litres in the FV, rehydrated the yeast and added it. Stuck the FV in the waterbath and set the thermostat to 21 degC.
Will take a gravity reading tonight and if it's the same tomorrow I'll be bottling and getting onto brewing the next batch (TT Landlord clone) at the weekend!
Background to this beer is that I ordered way too many Amarillo & Cascade hops earlier in the year and I wanted to use some up.
Name: Hoppy Dazzler
Type: All-Grain
Fermentables
4.2kg Maris Otter 88%
0.2kg Wheat Malt 4%
0.2kg Biscuit Malt 4%
0.15kg Crystal Malt 3%
Hop Schedule
NAME WEIGHT TIME USE FORM AA
Amarillo 10 g 60 min Boil Pellet 10.9%
Cascade 10 g 15 min Boil Pellet 8.6%
Amarillo 10 g 15 min Boil Pellet 10.0%
Cascade 10 g 10 min Boil Pellet 8.6%
Amarillo 10 g 10 min Boil Pellet 10.9%
Amarillo 10 g 5 min Boil Pellet 10.9%
Cascade 10 g 5 min Boil Pellet 8.6%
Amarillo 10 g 0 min Aroma Pellet 9.5%
Cascade 10 g 0 min Aroma Pellet 8.6%
Cascade 100g 6 days Dry Hop Leaf 8.6%
Yeast
Safale S-05
Mash: Overnight (13 hours) starting at 68 degC, ending up at 52. Used 14 litres of water, treated with half a Campden tablet and some gypsum, epsom and CaCl calculated by Bru n' Water. No idea if this makes any difference - I would really need a control sample to check, but the water where I live is quite soft and has very little dissolved salts out the tap.
Sparge: Single batch sparge, but forgot to top up the mash with water before I drained the first runnings
. So really just drained the first runnings and then dumped all my sparge water in afterwards. Not sure if this would affect my efficiency.Boil: A rare sunny October day in Scotland at about 22 degrees, so ended up brewing outside for the first time
. Boiled 20 litres for 70 minutes and then cooled using a copper wort chiller - took about 20-30 minutes to get down to pitching temperature.Post-boil: Ended up with 15 litres in the FV, rehydrated the yeast and added it. Stuck the FV in the waterbath and set the thermostat to 21 degC.
Will take a gravity reading tonight and if it's the same tomorrow I'll be bottling and getting onto brewing the next batch (TT Landlord clone) at the weekend!