65ltr brew length, 60 ltr to fv, 75% efficiency assumed
OG 1.059, IBU 40.4, FG hopefully 1.009, ABV 5.7%,
In the tun (90 mins)mash at 66 deg c.
17.03kg Maris Otter,
0.38g Chololate Malt
Pics below, grist, mash recirc and sparge.
In the copper (90 mins)
160g Progress Hops 5.19%AA (FWH)(34.7 IBU)
50g Styrian Golding 2.91% (15 mins)(5.7 IBU)
1 Protafloc tablet at 10 mins
100g Styrian Golding 80 deg c steep for 30 mins
Pics below, full'ish' copper 85ltrs in 100ltr stock pot, hops almost overwhelming screen
All went really well with this brew. The March 809hs pump played up again, failing to re-start after being turned off at the end of the mash. I did slacken off the impeller to pump body bolts off after the last brew day, but I think I need to slacken off the internal bolts holding the two sections of the impeller housing together. I simply collected the runnings by the ltr and transferred them to the copper manually. Apart from that I dropped a gravity point, just like in the last brew, getting 1.058 instead of the target 1.059.
I now know this point is lost by the addition of the water used to reconstitute the yeast, and in addition, the water remaining in the GPHE after flushing the sanitizer through. I'll have to compensate for this on the next brew by targeting 1 gravity point higher than desired.
This beer has already made a bid for freedom having flooded the top of the fv!
It's going like the clappers at the moment.
28/01/2010
I racked this beer to Corny today, it's tasting potent already!
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