Black Sheep Riggwelter Clone! NOW WITH PICS!!!!!!!!!

[leedsbrew]

Been wanting to do a Riggwelter for ages now. So as my latest BB order has arrived got the following mashing now:

As a result of doing a 19 hour night shift last night I forgott to pre heat the mash tun! subsequently missing my mash temp :x So I decided to pull a decoction to get it up to temp! Bit nerve racking as I've not done this before but hit 66 deg C and holding :)

More info and pics to follow!

 

[llannige]

Like the look of this one.

19 hour night shift :!: There's dedication to the cause.

Hope it goes well. :thumb:

 

[Muddydisco]

Sounds good ( the brew not the Night shift! )
I would be interested to see if your smiling and looking fresh in the photo's
Have a good brew and following kip!!!

 

[Wez]

Have a great brew :thumb:

 

[leedsbrew]

Well, got everything finished last night. Longest brewday yet @ 8 hours :!: rather than the normal 5 ish! Oh well. Managed to get sat down after and within 10 mins I was snoring into a Brakspear Triple :clap: It is busy bubbling away the air lock this morning so all in all well happy, even if a bit knackered! Managed 20L @ 1.062 OG expected abv of 6.3 so my efficiency is up abit @ 77.2% as I was aiming for 20L @ 1.058 expected ABV of 5.7% :thumb:

Here are the photo's

Supplies! The sacks came from a bulk purchase with some lads from JBKF, straight from Fawcett's, all others from Paul @ BB

I know there has been some debate over the 1g of roasted barley but I thought I'd put it in for shits and giggles as I had a kilo of the stuff!

So this is the 1.5L decoction I pulled after not paying enough attention and putting my strike water into a cold mash tun! :shock: :?

Coming to a boil, one handed stiring and camera opperation! not bad on zero sleep :lol:

The resulting mash temp! :pray: :thumb:

Collecting and recirculation first runnings! The mash took a lot longer than normal not sure why but i'll put it down to sleepiness

Collection

FWH (really need to get a digital set of scales!)
UK Progress 5.6 % 27 g
UK Fuggle 4.5 % 23 g
German Northern Brewer 10.5 % 18 g

only collected 25L, was expecting closer to 28L but it turned out fine so I'm going to do some fine tuning of my loss calcs!

75mins into the boil IC in, 1 protofloc tab in, and UK Golding 4.8 % 10g in.

Stirring during the cool!

Well MD don't know about fresh but the smile is from the glass in my hand! 1st sample of Gob Hoblin from my new corni setup! Well happy. Did a taste test with a bottle of Hob Goblin. colour = spot on, Smell = spot on, the taste = fantastic, mine was a little bit more floral on the nose and palate but I recon thats a good thing :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:

After 30 mins rest to let the filth settle out!

1.061 @ 25 deg C = 1.062 @ 20 deg C so if the yeast does it's job down to the predicted 1.015 it should be 6.3% :thumb: :rofl:

Put to bed with 11g of SafAle 04 :thumb:




Riggwelter..................Done! :rofl:

 

[llannige]

Great brewday post. :thumb:

I always buy my malt by the sack too,works out hell of a lot cheaper.£15+vat.the only way to go. :grin:

I will get round to doing the Riggwelter one day,but will tone down the gravity.

 

[A T]

Great brewday post :thumb: hope it's a gudun :

 

[Wez]

Good set of pics, the wort looked great in the hydrometer shot :thumb:

 

[Muddydisco]

Great pics! The smiles there alright, but those eyes tell another story, not so fresh! :grin:
Looks like it will put a smile back on your face next brewday!

 

[Oblivious]

Nice pics, 8 hours is a long brew day!

 

[Zwickel]

that looks beautiful. I almost can smell it :thumb:

would like to try it, Cheers :

 

[fivetide]

Jealous. Looking forward to kicking off a new brewing season.

 

[Oblivious]

Jealous. Looking forward to kicking off a new brewing season.

With the summer we had it did not really stop :lol:

 

[fivetide]

What do you mean! It's been 26 degrees (high 70s) here TODAY!

 

[Oblivious]

What do you mean! It's been 26 degrees (high 70s) here TODAY!

Lucky you