Bigdiggers Evil twin

[Bigdiggers]

Im going to have a bash at Making the Malt Millers "Heretic Brewing - Evil Twin" recipe in the morning. I fancied making something a bit different, the reviews looked good and I thought the name was catchy.
Ive not been brewing for that long and I'm sure my methods are utterly unsound. I'll make a start.....

 

[Bigdiggers]

Im brewing BIAB and its a 19l batch. I my bucket holds 30l so I'll fill her up

 

[Bigdiggers]

I live in Alsager which nestles comfortably between Crewe and Stoke-on-Trent. My water comes to me from Lake Vyrnwy a lovely victorian reservoir in north/mid Wales. It travels via the Llangollen canal to a water treatment facility near Nantwich which sounds pretty grim, but at least its not from our nearest cut - the Trent and Mersey.

 

[Bigdiggers]

Im going to add some Campden, the instructions say .5g for 25l. Ive crunched the numbers and arrived at .6g for 30l

 

[Bigdiggers]

That's close enough.

 

[Bigdiggers]

Santa visited me early this year and delighted me with a Grainfather malt mill. This is its first outing. It's a beautifully made thing. It crunched through the malt in no time.

 

[Bigdiggers]

Kettle washed, malt milled and water treated. Tomorrow it shall be brewed!

 

[Rwilts]

Recently brewed this one...think hands down it's my favourite brew. Always been a IPA fan but this style just blew me away. Planning more 'red' ales...bet your going to enjoy it..m

 

[Bigdiggers]

I'd make a starter at this point, but my stir plate still needs a little work. The recipe came with US-05 which shouldn't be to finicky.

 

[Bigdiggers]

Recently brewed this one...think hands down it's my favourite brew. Always been a IPA fan but this style just blew me away. Planning more 'red' ales...bet your going to enjoy it..m

Did you mess around with the water profile Rwilts? I normally use the excellent calculator stickied to the forum. Beersmith suggests something a bit different and I'm tempted to try it.

 

[Bigdiggers]

this is the plan

 

[Rwilts]

Did you mess around with the water profile Rwilts? I normally use the excellent calculator stickied to the forum. Beersmith suggests something a bit different and I'm tempted to try it.

I use Brewfather . Based on my Cardiff water profile it advised 3.5 calcium chloride 3.8 epsom salts 3.5 gypsum and 1.5 lactic acid.

 

[Bigdiggers]

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I use Brewfather . Based on my Cardiff water profile it advised 3.5 calcium chloride 3.8 epsom salts 3.5 gypsum and 1.5 lactic acid.

Thanks Rwilts, I’ll have a look at my numbers.

 

[Rwilts]

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Thanks Rwilts, I’ll have a look at my numbers.

Should point out I am using a AIO with sparge but I don't add any additions to water outside of mash. So those numbers are for mash only.

 

[LeeH]

I tried this in San Francisco, it was a nice pint but nothing amazing.

 

[Bigdiggers]

Things didn't go entirely to plan, but Ive got a bucket of wart and I good feeling about the brew.

 

[Bigdiggers]

My empty bucket weighs about 1.5kg the full bucket weighed 22.3kg so when its off the tub I should have about a keg full.

I passed the wort through me brew bag to get rid of some of the trub. I think this might have been a big error as the recipe asked for a hop addition at flame out followed by a 20 minute rest before cooling. That means the hops probably only had under an hour in the wort before I rudely hoyed them out. I think this is going to negatively effect the taste

 

[Bigdiggers]

The target OG is 1.064. my triple scale hydrometer met an untimely death the other week and all I had was this - Its off the scale but I think ill call it 1.070?

 

[Bigdiggers]

In with the yeast and away to ferment - I'll report back in a few weeks with the results!