Today I brewed my first beer outdoors in sunny Manchester. I'm glad that I had an tarpaulin on hand, just in case, as true to form it rained mid way through the brew!
Quite an uneventful brew day, start to finish 7 hours and 60ltr in the fv now
The recipe is from Mark Ollossons book Real Ales for the Home Brewer
Target OG 1.047, IBU 40, Target FG 1.011, ABV 4.7%
Mash temp 66 deg c, 90 min mash and boil. Mash efficiency set at 74%
11.4kg Maris Otter
0.98kg Crystal (120l)
0.64kg Wheat Malt
In the copper (90 min boil)
275g East Kent Goldings (3.62%) 90 mins
2 whirlfloc tablets at 80mins
125g EKG steeped for 15 mins at 80 deg c
Hit OG spot on.
Pitched S04 yeast at 22 deg c in the fv
Quite a delay in initial activity. Bubble starting to form on the blow off tube after 18 hours.
I decided to rehdrate 3 x 12g sachets of S04 to give the yeast in the fv a boost.
Added the new yeast at 12 noon and 3 hours later there's a bubble every 3 seconds from the blow off tube.
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