AG#14: Smouldering Gold (08.05.2011)

[Grahame]

Hi guys,

Not posted a brew day here before so I thought it was about time to sort that!

I designed this recipe a few years back as I was trying to emulate a favourite ale of mine (Ossian by Inveralmond Brewery) and it turned out to be one of the best I have made yet. All my friends thought it was my best effort and that closest to a "professional" brew! Anyway, recipe below:

Recipe: AG#04: Smouldering Gold
Brewer: Grahame Young
Asst Brewer: 
Style: Standard/Ordinary Bitter
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (35.0) 

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 21.00 L      
Boil Size: 28.20 L
Estimated OG: 1.043 SG
Estimated Color: 8.4 EBC
Estimated IBU: 35.2 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.00 %
Boil Time: 90 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount        Item                                      Type         % or IBU      
4000.00 gm     Maris Otter Pale Malt (5.5 EBC)          Grain        94.12 %       
250.00 gm     Wheat Malt (3.9 EBC)                      Grain        5.88 %        
25.00 gm      Pearle [6.90 %]  (90 min)                 Hops         20.6 IBU      
20.00 gm      First Gold [8.20 %]  (20 min) (Aroma Hop-SHops          -            
20.00 gm      Cascade [7.10 %]  (15 min)                Hops         7.9 IBU       
15.00 gm      First Gold [8.20 %]  (15 min)             Hops         6.8 IBU       
1.00 items    Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 min)          Misc                       
1 Pkgs        Nottingham (Danstar #-)                   Yeast-Ale

I aimed to mash at 66C for 90 minutes but it was nearer to 67C.

All in all, it was a very pleasant brewday - my new false bottom in my mash tun worked an absolute charm and I collected about 500ml short of the 21L, which I have realised is because the tap on my new boiler is slightly higher off the bottom of the bucket than in my old one, so I lose 3.5L to the boiler as opposed to the old 3L... Also, I was expecting and OG of 1.043 and got 1.045 so my efficiency is slightly up too.

Anyway, I took loads of pics as I know everyone enjoys them!

Grain bill and water treatments all weighed out ready:

Water in to preheat mashtun:

Satanic starting temperature: :twisted: :twisted:

Not the best picture, but pH was around 5:

All wrapped up for 90 minutes:

In homebrew tradition, a pint of my last AG to pass the mash time:

End temperature - nothing lost at all:

Lovely clear first runnings:

Spent grains:

Boil starting, and 1st hops in:

Boiling away nicely:

My brew assistant for the day - she did a great job, apart from putting mud into my just cleaned FV: :shock:

Second lot of hops, cooler and protafloc in:

Aroma hops in after cooled to 80C:

Loads of break material through the boiler walls:

Wort hitting the FV:

Loads of trub!:

Nice clear wort in the sample jar, OG of 1.045:

20L safely in the FV:

All tucked up in the fridge, set temp to 18C to hopefully hit 20C in the FV:

Looking forward to this one!

 

[robsan77]

looks good that :

 

[orange]

I think your assistant is telling you to make cider. :)

 

[Good Ed]

Nice work, a good summer ale :thumb:

 

[Hirsty]

I hope you don't mind - I just posted a link to this on the Inveralmond FaceBook page.

I'd be very interested in how this turned out.

Cheers

Graeme

 

[joe1002]

The OP hasn't logged onto the forum since May 2011 so it is unlikely you will get a response