Morning around 0615 brewing during the summer - perfect!
Aiming for a 4% Harveys style / best bitter beer. The yeast I’m using is a Lalbrew Nottingham high performance which I’m going to push beyond the pitching rate of 0.5-1g/L. It is highly tolerant, and I' making low abv beer, so lets see. from 23 litres to 30 litres. Multiplication factor of 1.3.
Inspired by both these recipes
https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/1151559/harveys-clone# - big thanks to Andy.
https://www.themaltmiller.co.uk/product/sussex-best-bitter-clone/?v=79cba1185463
Harveys is one of my local breweries. Next time I’m there I need to pay more attention to Miles on the amazing brewery tour!
Mash
- Extra Pale Malt - 5kg
- Extra Dark crystal malt - 354g
- Maize flaked - 265g
- Oats - 650g
Not use grate on top
Also don’t take off pipe on top
Using sparge water boiler too
Stirring once during the mash.
Boil
Aiming for OG of 1040 ish at 30 litres output. Fill to the brim (careful over frothing)
- Bramling Cross 7% alpha acid (should have been Progress 6.2% - 34g ) - 31g (aa adjust) - start of boil
- Bramling Cross - 34g - 30 mins
- Fuggles - 18g - 0 mins
- EKG - 18g - 0 mins
Protofloc at 15 mins
Keep filling to brim
Whirlpool / Hop stand
20 minutes
Then cool.
Came out at 1045 at 29 litres. So I need 1 / 9 more water to get down to 1040. ie 3 litres more.
End of the boil - habe been topping up with sparge water. This gave me about 29 litres.
Ferment
Day temps around 24 in the garage, and night around 10.
Clean Up
Was nice to do a proper clean and the morning sun was good. Maybe start at 0500 next time.
Started at 0600 and finished at 1200.
Next Time
Start earlier?
Double brew day?
Buy water additions
Do something with water so I don’t have to lift it in the morning.
Do a full load of sparge water ie 15 litres or more?
Harveys
Miles Jenner - head brewer of Harveys.
I’m using the right hops!
