Thodd
Active Member
So - this is a Single Hop Beer using nothing but Mandarina Bavaria as I'm really interested to see how this Hop tastes on its own.
I bought a pre-measured mash kit from GeterBrewed as it seemed much easier - all the hops were pellets provided in "tea bags" which I thought would be really easy.
I'm not 100% sure what the grain consists of which but by the colour of the resulting wort I'm guessing there is some darker Crystal mixed in with it. I emailed GeterBrewed to ask for more details of what was in the grain but they have yet to reply.
5.4kg Grain
Mandarina Bavaria 10g @ 60 mins
Mandarina Bavaria 10g @ 45 mins
Mandarina Bavaria 20g @ 30 mins
Mandarina Bavaria 20g @ 15 mins
Mandarina Bavaria 20g @ 10 mins
Mandarina Bavaria 20g @ 0 mins
(Bought an Extra 50g to Dry Hop with as well)
S-05 yeast
So the play of the day was as follows:
Heated up 13.5 litres of water to 75 degrees which I added to the Mash Tun:
I then slowly added the 5.4 kg of Grain to the water stirring as I went to avoid clumping.
The resulting temperature in the Mash Tun was 67 Degrees which is luckily what I was aiming for. The lid went on, and I mashed for 60 mins (giving a little stir half way through)
Whilst the Mash did its thing - I heated up an addition 14.5 litres of Water to 80 Degrees for the sparge.
After the Mash I did a quick vorlauf and the wort ran clear so I let it run through:
I added the full 14.6 litres of Sparge water for a batch sparge - and you can see in the image below the colour of the Wort which make me think there is more than just standard Maris Otter in the grain that they provided.
I had 21.5 litres of liquid to play with at this point and brought the wort up to the boil to start the Hop Additions - you can see the pre-measured Hop Tea bags that were provided. I thought these would save me a load of hassle and mess when I cleaned up - apart from the fact 3 of the bags ripped in the boil leaving a full on gunk around my Bazooka in the kettle
Anyway - the resulting outcome was 18 litres (I lost a bit to the pellet gunk in the kettle blocking the bazooka) with a Gravity of 1051. You can see the floaty hop pellet bits I wasn't able to remove from the wort in the image below. I'm not worried about though as I'm sure it will happily fall out over the next few weeks whilst it ferments.
I'm looking forward to this one - I have to say I didn't really smell the famous Tangerine aroma from the hops, either before they went in, during or after the boil. It'll be interesting to see how this works out.
Once its all bottled and conditioned - I'll post an update with how it tastes :thumb:
I bought a pre-measured mash kit from GeterBrewed as it seemed much easier - all the hops were pellets provided in "tea bags" which I thought would be really easy.
I'm not 100% sure what the grain consists of which but by the colour of the resulting wort I'm guessing there is some darker Crystal mixed in with it. I emailed GeterBrewed to ask for more details of what was in the grain but they have yet to reply.
5.4kg Grain
Mandarina Bavaria 10g @ 60 mins
Mandarina Bavaria 10g @ 45 mins
Mandarina Bavaria 20g @ 30 mins
Mandarina Bavaria 20g @ 15 mins
Mandarina Bavaria 20g @ 10 mins
Mandarina Bavaria 20g @ 0 mins
(Bought an Extra 50g to Dry Hop with as well)
S-05 yeast
So the play of the day was as follows:
Heated up 13.5 litres of water to 75 degrees which I added to the Mash Tun:
I then slowly added the 5.4 kg of Grain to the water stirring as I went to avoid clumping.
The resulting temperature in the Mash Tun was 67 Degrees which is luckily what I was aiming for. The lid went on, and I mashed for 60 mins (giving a little stir half way through)
Whilst the Mash did its thing - I heated up an addition 14.5 litres of Water to 80 Degrees for the sparge.
After the Mash I did a quick vorlauf and the wort ran clear so I let it run through:
I added the full 14.6 litres of Sparge water for a batch sparge - and you can see in the image below the colour of the Wort which make me think there is more than just standard Maris Otter in the grain that they provided.
I had 21.5 litres of liquid to play with at this point and brought the wort up to the boil to start the Hop Additions - you can see the pre-measured Hop Tea bags that were provided. I thought these would save me a load of hassle and mess when I cleaned up - apart from the fact 3 of the bags ripped in the boil leaving a full on gunk around my Bazooka in the kettle
Anyway - the resulting outcome was 18 litres (I lost a bit to the pellet gunk in the kettle blocking the bazooka) with a Gravity of 1051. You can see the floaty hop pellet bits I wasn't able to remove from the wort in the image below. I'm not worried about though as I'm sure it will happily fall out over the next few weeks whilst it ferments.
I'm looking forward to this one - I have to say I didn't really smell the famous Tangerine aroma from the hops, either before they went in, during or after the boil. It'll be interesting to see how this works out.
Once its all bottled and conditioned - I'll post an update with how it tastes :thumb:
