https://share.brewfather.app/36b9wFHyxgBxgw similar recipe that I am making. I’m going for 3.8% as it is hot weather and the beer is for a party.
Setup
20 litres of water in Grainfather heating up overnight inside. Went from 15 degrees to 19 degrees.
0805 put on water. Came up to temp in about 35 mins.
Water treatment
- AMS (CRS) / Lactic acid: 24ml for 20 litres (I added 20ml)
- DWB: 10g for 20 litres in the mash
Mash
- Extra Pale Malt 4.3kg
- Light crystal malt 95g
- Temp - 65C
- Time - 1 hour
Mash in at 0855. Forgot to turn on the pump, so turned on at 0950 for 15 mins.
Sparge
1015 started and put temp up to 100
Added 9 litres to get to 27 litres of liquor in total. Aiming for 23 litres after the boil
Boil
Boil started at 1050 (this step always takes time 35 mins even though I added boiling water on the sparge)
- should be 35g challenger added at start. Used for bittering and aroma. Alpha acids around 7% IBU 38
I had some https://essentiallyhops.co.uk/product/hops/bare-root-hop-plants/prima-donna-first-gold/ from last years crop. about 18g.
- 1 Protafloc tablet (3g) at 15mins
- have put in 7g of columbus for bittering. have used less as a more bitter hop at alphas of 17.3 and IBU of
- 25g East Kent Golding at flame out - aroma. Alpha 5.7% IBU
https://www.britishhops.org.uk/varieties/east-kent-goldings/ EKG - classic English Hop for Pales.
- 16g Styrian Golding (am using Celeia which is an offspring) at flame out 1 hour boil
Cool
I leave in my armona hops until all cooled and in the fermenter. chat here
got it to 39 degrees
Ferment
https://www.lallemandbrewing.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/TDS_LPS_BREWINGYEAST_VOSS_ENG_A4.pdf Kveik Lalbrew data sheet
OG was 1046 - was aiming for 1041
Pitching at 35degrees and aiming to get to 40 (optimal)
fridge starting temp 27.6 degrees. Set heater to 38 degrees
Fermentation started certainly 5 hours later when I checked (have a blow off tube into a pint glass again)
Nearly finished at 52 hours (33 degrees).. but not quite.
FG was 1006
put in keg in just under days
Cold crash down to 3 degrees and added CO2 (3 times burped to get rid of oxygen)
Drink
A bit too ‘much’ ie a bit too high gravity
Also fewer hops
Next time
- cold crash in fermenter
- split brew grainfather and biab to see about off flavours or just recipe?
