AG#9 - Double Dragon

[Moley]

Based on the Felinfoel Double Dragon recipe from Graham Wheeler.

Taking his percentages and scaling up for the grain I've got would give 600g Terrified Wheat and 90g Black malt, I've reduced the wheat and I think he only uses Black for colour, so I've bent that bit too.

Brew Length: 44 litres
Desired OG: 1,040-ish

6000g Pale malt
400g Torrified Wheat
220g Crystal malt
100g Chocolate malt
100g Caramalt
560g Sugar ??? - I'll see what the mash yields first

17 litres at 77°C, mash temp. 66°C, mash on 07:30

40g Challenger, 7.0%, 90 mins
20g Bramling Cross, 6.0%, 90 mins
15g East Kent Goldings, 6.8%, 90 mins

25g East Kent Goldings, 6.8%, 15 mins

 

[snail59]

Hope it goes well Moley :thumb:

 

[Moley]

Returned to boiler, 40 litres at 1.043 :thumb:

I could probably have sparged a drop more, it was still correcting to 1.014 when I quit and drained, but I'll get it up to the boil now, add some more spare liquor and see what I end up with.

 

[corby_brewer]

Nice one Ade, :thumb:

 

[Cussword]

Which book is it in, I have three. When you gave the page number I was searching for it to no avail It's sounding great

 

[Moley]

“Brew your own British Real Ale”, 3rd edition.

It's up to the boil now, first hops have just gone in and it's looking and smelling great.

 

[corby_brewer]

Are ther going to be any pictures this time Ade?

 

[Moley]

Maybe, but don't hold your breath. I've taken one of a bucket of grain and one of (by my standards) rather a lot of hops, and I suppose I could take one of my boiler with more in it than there has ever been before, but otherwise every brewday looks pretty much the same.

 

[corby_brewer]

, but otherwise every brewday looks pretty much the same.

I agree with you on that one mate, but its still good for the would-be AG brewers to see another brew-day post.

 

[dennisking]

One of my favorite recipes, have brewed the recipe a lot [mainly from the 2nd edition].

 

[Tony]

Looks very nice that! I like the sound of a good quaffing ale

 

[Moley]

Just to wrap this up, I hit my mark dead on.

Added a couple of litres to the boil. With evaporation, loss to hops and dead space I ended up with 35 litres at 1.052, liquored back to 43 litres at 1.042

As previous brew, two standard FVs, 21.5 litres in each, one with S-04 and one with Gervin English Ale Yeast. Both ferments are off and running.

 

[snail59]

Did you need to add any sugar to that Moley??.

 

[Moley]

Yes, I did add the sugar according to the recipe, but 550g in 43 litres, that's only something like 12g/litre, so that's given me the odd two gravity points. I could probably have sparged a couple of litres more and done away with the sugar.

 

[dennisking]

I`ve also "tweeked" this recipe a lot, using the recipe for 25lt in a 23lt batch gives it a bit of balls

 

[rickthebrew]

Sounds lovely - That book has some great recipes in it

 

[Moley]

A bit late, but here are some pics.

The grain:

First hops:

The boil, plus second hops:

The cooler set-up:

The run-offf:

The wort:

The whizzer:

Things certainly happen a bit faster when the weather warms up, even though my fermenting corner is a few degrees cooler than other parts of the house and has probably been quite consistently in the 20-22°C range.

I checked the buckets on Tuesday night, that's heading towards 80 hours. The Gervin bucket still had a bit of a head but the S-04 showed no signs of activity. I lobbed in a hydrometer and it sank to around 1.010

Obviously, they've both finished now, but I will leave them a few more days before I bottle and keg.

 

[snail59]

Looks and sound nice Moley. Might be one to try out in one of my new Corni's.

 

[Dragon Tales]

Well it just shows it's good to read everything. Ashamed to admit, I hadn't thought of using an electrical whisk to aerate the wort. I assume that's what it was for. Will take that one on board... better late than never!

 

[Moley]

I hadn't thought of using an electrical whisk to aerate the wort. I assume that's what it was for.

Yes, seems to me like it does a pretty good job, and the stainless balloon whisk comes out for lobbing in the steriliser.