AG#30 - Bobek 60minute IPA

[Franklin]

Kind of in the vein of the Dogfish 60min IPA, and I have a big bag of Bobek! :)

Bobek 60 Minute IPA

Fermentables:
Lager Malt 2.5 3280g 87.1%
Munich Malt 185g 5%
Caramalt 185g 5%
Wheat Malt 110g 3%

Hops:
Bobek @ 60 mins 10g (FWH)
Bobek @ 60 mins 10g
Bobek @ 55 mins 10g
Bobek @ 50 mins 10g
Bobek @ 45 mins 10g
Bobek @ 40 mins 10g
Bobek @ 35 mins 10g
Bobek @ 30 mins 10g
Bobek @ 25 mins 10g
Bobek @ 20 mins 10g
Bobek @ 15 mins 10g
Bobek @ 10 mins 10g
Bobek @ 5 mins 10g
Bobek @ 0 mins 10g (Flame Out Steep for about 5-10mins)
Bobek @ 0 mins 10g (80c Steep for 20mins)

Final Volume: 14 Litres
Original Gravity: 1.060
Final Gravity: 1.014
Alcohol Content: 6% ABV
Total Liquor: 22.2 Litres
Mash Liquor: 9.4 Litres
Mash Efficiency: 75 %
Bitterness: 52 EBU
Colour: 9 EBC

Yeast is Nottingham.
Mash is 90mins @ 66c 1 Tsp Gypsum to mash.
Boil is 60mins.

The malt bill:

Strike Temp:

Mash Temp:

First Runnings:

FWH and old lager yeast for nutrient:

The finally complete-ish 3-Tier brewery:

Hop Soup, 150g of hops in a 14Litre brew length:

Lovely clear wort, nice and light, with my new refrectometer 16 brix which is apparently OG 1063 which is 3 points over my target:

Hops & Trub, ran off to FV very slowly to give chance for the hops to drain and I recken I got pretty close to my intended 14L:

Running to FV, Pitched 11g of Nottingham Yeast dry sprinkled then thrashed with a paddle:

I had a late start after calibrating my HLT, got the Mash on at 12.30 but the day has gone very smooth. The 3-Tier system has definitely helped and speeded up the cleaning down stages, I piped the IC waste water back up to the HLT and used that for cleaning everything else once the boil was done.
Hops were dumped on the garden and the spent malt is now chicken feed for our neighbour.
My oversight was forgetting to change the Hops AA% in BeerEngine, they were 3.7% rather than 5.2% so I'm having to settle for 52 IBU rather than 66 IBU... ahh well!!
The Temp controlled HLT worked a treat, I'm so glad I added the Solar pump as a HLT stirrer as it saved loads of ladder climbing and physically stirring it, just one minor leak on the intake of the pump while the HLT has about 44L in it.
I'm finally getting to the place I want to be at with the brewery, today felt smooth and logical with the only bind being adding hops every 5 mins!
:)

 

[Dieseljockey]

Well done ...looks brill :thumb: like your setup nice & neat....that's the kind of setup I'm looking to build as I'm tight on space...only a small workshop so need to keep it all up together..got part of it done over this weekend...can't wait till next Sat to collect my 2 x 100 l pots.. :pray:

Got your recipe now...may give it ago :thumb:

ps..with a EBU of 52 won't that be a bit of a mouthfull??? :hmm:

 

[Franklin]

It should be a fair mouthful :)

I've just got a few finishing touches to add to the brew stand so I've got some shelves for bits 'n bobs.

 

[Dieseljockey]

It's neat... :thumb: I like it ... I'll maybe go for a two tier as I've got a pump so don't need so much height.

Got the HLT sited...day off tomorrow going to start the mash tun...and maybe a chiller... :wha:

 

[Franklin]

Its not addictive, is it now!!!

 

[Dieseljockey]

I refuse to answer that on the grounds it may incriminate me :lol:
don't tell the mem saib

 

[rickthebrew]

great looking brew Bobek is a great hop and i`m sure this is going to be one very tasty brew :thumb:

 

[Franklin]

Samples from the Hydro test are pretty tasty and it smells great :)

 

[corby_brewer]

sorry P, i missed this one nice to see everything went well :thumb:

 

[unclepumble]

I am liking this bobek thread mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
:clap:

UP

 

[Franklin]

I'll probably be bottling this today, I find if I leave Nottingham yeast much longer than a week it doesn't carbonate the bottles up enough.

 

[rickthebrew]

How is the brew? I`m planning a simular hop schedule for an IPA with some chinook, fuggles and bobek. Bit of a mix and match to use some open hops up with and an experiment to see if the many additions add to the brew - keep us posted when you have a taster

 

[Franklin]

It needed to be about 10+ EBU's more bitter like I initially intended, Other than that its very Styrian / Bobek flavoured, not an IPA to my pallet.
Its only been bottled a week so I'll know better in a few weeks. :)

 

[rickthebrew]

cheers :thumb: stills sounds like a great pint though

i still can`t decide on doing a single hop brew or using different hops :wha:

 

[Franklin]

You made me open a tester bottle!

Its not as green now and the alcohol is coming through, a cross between lemon & orange in the mouth with the alcohol taking over slight sour edge that might be the nottingham yeast. Good body.

 

[rickthebrew]

:lol: testers are great