Request for a simple one hop brew recipe

[jonewer]

Could you make up a 10l brew in a 27l FV?

[OldSpeckledBadger]

Could you make up a 10l brew in a 27l FV?

Yes. I've done it. The only small problem I had was the lack of depth to float the hydrometer in to check the FG.

[WishboneBrewery]

I've bought a couple of different 15L buckets so I can brew and bottle 12 Litres and below without messing with a big bucket, makes moving the thing so much easier and the Hydro floats

[OldSpeckledBadger]

I've bought a couple of different 15L buckets so I can brew and bottle 12 Litres and below without messing with a big bucket, makes moving the thing so much easier and the Hydro floats

I solved the problem by brewing more beer

[WishboneBrewery]

aye... I have yet to use My 38L stockpot to do a full 5 Gallon boil. It will have its day, but I'll stick to my 12-15 litre experiments for the moment.

[OldSpeckledBadger]

Even for the 5 gallon batches of mild I've brewed I only boil part of the volume aiming to end up with about 8 litres which I then cool to about 40C before adding the rest of the spraymalt and diluting to final volume. No sense in boiling and cooling more liquid that necessary.

[WishboneBrewery]

How does that work out with the bittering etc? I'm guessing it works OK or you wouldn't be dong it

[OldSpeckledBadger]

How does that work out with the bittering etc? I'm guessing it works OK or you wouldn't be dong it

You have to adjust things around a bit . You aim for an EBU which will be right when diluted to the final volume. So if you want an EBU of say 30 in a 23 litre brew you calculate for an EBU of 30 * 23 / 8 in the 8 litre boil which is 86 EBU. Worked well with my Old Speckled Hen clone which was a 7 litre boil with a final brew length of 13.5 litres.

[WishboneBrewery]

I'll have to try and remember that little calculation.

[OldSpeckledBadger]

To change the subject back to my simple beer recipe, I tried a bottle today and it's somewhat more bitter than I expected - almost IPA territory I'd say. Next time I brew it I'll shorten the boil down to 40-45 minutes to reduce the bitterness but keep all those other good flavours.

[robharper]

I cracked a bottle of Badger's basic bitter (with a couple of minor changes) this evening and am very pleased. It poured with a bit of a head (though this didn't stay too long), had a lovely, clear amber colour, and a nice, but unspectacular smell. On drinking, it was good and bitter (I like most of my beers bitter), with a surprisingly meaty mouthfeel. All in all I'm delighted with that. It's an uncomplicated beer, so I'm going to want to brew some other ales that have more depth to them, but I think I'll be making more like this. Thanks for the recipe, Badger!

[OldSpeckledBadger]

I'm glad you liked it

[robharper]

Just to revisit this one for a moment, I've just cracked another of these bottles (a lovely pop from a swingtop) and a lively little fella it is. I lost a bit to the kitchen table before pouring myself a lovely, crystal clear pint with a head that (half way down) is now a perfect (to me) thin cloud of bubbles on the top. Tastes good too. Just goes to show that, while a beer can be good after a week or so, a couple of weeks longer can make for a really great pint.
(Sorry for the slightly incongruous setting of a wheely bin top, and for the fact that my camera struggles with bright light, but the colour ain't bad!)

[OldSpeckledBadger]

Polished off a 2 litre bottle myself last night. It never touched the sides Only got one 2 litre bottle left now. I'm going to have to brew this one in larger quantities.

[Providence]

First of all thanks for this recipe/technique OSB.

I currently have a brew going using 1260gms of Holland and Barratt LME and substituting a Styrian/Kent Goldings hop mix. Although it's nowhere near the bottling stage I am already impressed with the amount of hoppiness that your part boil technique has imparted and am thinking that I'm going to like the brew.

I have a 10 litre pot into which I can put about 9 litres of liquid to boil. I was wondering if I could use this to scale up to a full 23 litre brew length?

If so, the scale up would involve 7 x 454gm jars of H&B LME. I wondered how many of these should be placed in the boil? Will I be able to scale up the amount of hops (I used 15gms Styrian and 10gms Kent pellets in the 10 litre length) and would the 50 minute boil be enough?

It struck me that the technique seems so good for hop utilisation, I might want to try adapting some of Dave Lines' recipes for part boil extract. Would you translate his hop additions into say 50 minute boil where he says boil and steep a separate hop tea for the second lot?

A lot of questions I know but your words of wisdom would be very much appreciated!