AG#7 - "O-brew" - indoctrinating my buddy into homebrew :)

[olriley]

Right, me best man is staying this weekend and he's been reading Palmer and browsing wilko... the slippery slope has begun. The OHs are looking after the kids and we've been given a green card to brew. So we've come up with this. Boil's on :thumb:

Recipe Name: O-brew
Style: English Special or Best Bitter
Brew Length: 20 L
Efficiency: 75.0 %
Mash Minutes: 90 Minutes
Mash Water Ratio: 2.5 L/kg
Mash Temperature: 68.0 °C
Boil Minutes: 90 Minutes
Yeast: Safale English Ale - (S-04)

Pale Malt - Maris Otter Grain 3480g
Barley - Flaked Grain 200g
Barley - Roasted Grain 100g
Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L Grain 80g

Bittering - 25g Northern Brewer - 90 min

Aroma - 15g EKG and 15g Bramling cross @ 15 min.


Expected OG: 1043 points The expected starting gravity points, e.g. 1054 points
Expected FG: 1012 points The expected finishing gravity points, e.g. 1007 points
Expected ABV: 4.1 % The expected alcohol content based on OG and FG
Expected IBU: 34.9 IBU The expected bitterness, e.g. 34.6 IBU
Expected SRM: 13.0 SRM The expected colour in SRM units, e.g. 13.1 SRM

 

[PD]

thoroughly enjoyed reading your Blog pages....... :thumb: :thumb:

 

[olriley]

Aha, cheers!!! A little slice of me life there. A few links to here too :thumb:

 

[olriley]

All doughed in and mash is on at 68C

Ooops steamy

 

[Scott]

Looks good! Any more pics?

 

[olriley]

Well, the rest was all a bit of a blur. The brewing went on into the night as a side activity whilst having a good time. Many offerings were made to appease the brewing gods. A heavy dent in the batch of Second Time bitter was made.

We ended up with quite a dark beer on account of the roast barley. Certainly should be interesting. As usual for me, I will have to liquor back slightly to hit the full brew length and the correct OG. Pitched it straight onto the S04 trub of the Old Speckled Hen clone I brewed a fortnight ago, which I raced into secondary. It fermented away like blazes overnight, making a mess of the FV.

The best thing is my buddy loved the process and learned quite a bit including all my bad habits :shock: :nah: :lol:

 

[olriley]

Bottled this last night, using granulated sugar at the rate of 1/2 tsp per pint. It already tastes great.
FG is 1012 as expected. Colour is lovely and dark and the roast barley adds a bitter depth to it. Looking forward to this one :-)