I've managed to blag a day off (it's my turn on the sick rota) and my wife's out of town, so I've cancelled the go-go girls and I'm gonna make me a brew tomorrow, but this will be my last chance for a couple of weeks. So I got to thinking...
I want to maximise my beer for my brew without buying bigger kit. My gear is standard homebrew size for 25L brews. I stretched this to 7 gallon a few weeks back by brewing stronger and diluting. But I'm thinking of making a really strong brew with high hops on the boil and then diluting it down in two fvs after the boil? I reckon I could mash 8Kg at a push as I've got a 20L mash tun. With a stiff mash I could get 28L on the boil and top up with the last sparge. I usually lose 7L on a 90 min boil so topping up is not an issue. Once I've diluted this down it should give me 45L at 1040 OG (2 fvs worth of wort), or I might make one brew stronger than the other like a partygyle and dry hop each brew with different hops for a bit of variety.
OK my brewhouse efficieny might be down a bit and my hop efficiency will be low so I'll have to bang the hops in, but if I can make 2 brew in one day then I'll have gained a day of my life back and still have the same amount of beer.
Is this magic on a Derren Brown scale or have I missed something major?
Maximising your beer for your brew!!
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Deebee
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Re: Maximising your beer for your brew!!
I can't see the problem with this. The second brew will be hard to judge in regards to hops.
My idea would be to take a reading of the second busket before boil and then use a brewing program to make something with the same PRE boil og, then use this to work out hops.
remember to take pics and show us it too.
My idea would be to take a reading of the second busket before boil and then use a brewing program to make something with the same PRE boil og, then use this to work out hops.
remember to take pics and show us it too.
Dave
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Re: Maximising your beer for your brew!!
OK. I did it! 10 Gallon from one mash.
One mash 7.3Kg malt. My tun was full to brimming!
One boil 28L. I ended up with 26L @ 1072.
I diluted this down to 10 gallon(46L) at 1040 SG in two fv's.
The recipe was based on London pride, with Challenger, Northdown & Golding, but with Amarillo instead of Target.
Aimed for 34 IBU - One fv pitched with recultured worthies White Shield yeast. The other pitched with Windsor.
Sorry DeeBee forgot to take any pics.
One mash 7.3Kg malt. My tun was full to brimming!
One boil 28L. I ended up with 26L @ 1072.
I diluted this down to 10 gallon(46L) at 1040 SG in two fv's.
The recipe was based on London pride, with Challenger, Northdown & Golding, but with Amarillo instead of Target.
Aimed for 34 IBU - One fv pitched with recultured worthies White Shield yeast. The other pitched with Windsor.
Sorry DeeBee forgot to take any pics.