Brew Along 24-25 October

clibit · Oct 19, 2015

The JBK forum has organised a brew-along for this weekend to brew an ESB to a recipe that was developed by the forum members, I had a tiny bit of input. If anyone is brewing this weekend maybe you could join in and brew this recipe (feel free to tweak according to what you have in stock etc), which is available as an AG kit from the Maltmiller for Ã¯Â¿Â½ÃÂ£13:

ESB

23 Litres
OG 1050
IBUs 50
Boil for 90 mins

4600g Maris Otter
270g Caramalt
270g Pale Crystal
270g Torrefied Wheat

50g Challenger First Wort - add these hops as soon as you add the wort to the boiler ( Yes, before it starts boiling) Boil for 90 mins
40g Progress @10mins ( This is 10mins before the end of boil )
40g East Kent Goldings @ Flame Out, 30 mins steep
60g East Kent Goldings Dry hop - optional

Yeast of your choice

I'm hoping to brew this at the weekend, if not Monday. A small batch, around 8 litres.

Kit: http://www.themaltmiller.co.uk/index.php?_a=viewProd&productId=757

MyQul · Oct 19, 2015

I've got all the hops but only M/O

clibit · Oct 19, 2015

All you really need is some crystal. Can you grab some from anywhere? It's a great beer apparently.

clibit · Dec 17, 2015

Well I never brewed this in October, but I got round to it yesterday, and did a 10 litre batch. Tweaked the hops a bit. Re-pitched WLP006 slurry from my last brew.

Batch Size (L): 10.0
Original Gravity (OG): 1.050
Final Gravity (FG): 1.013
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 4.91 %
Colour (SRM): 6.3 (EBC): 12.4
Bitterness (IBU): 62.3 (Average)
Brewhouse Efficiency (%): 80

1.700 kg Maris Otter Malt (85%)
0.100 kg Caramalt (5%)
0.100 kg Crystal 80 EBC (5%)
0.100 kg Torrified Wheat (5%)

22.0 g Northern Brewer Pellet (8.8% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes
16.0 g Progress Leaf (7.5% Alpha) @ 10 Minutes
9.0 g Challenger Leaf (9.3% Alpha) @ 0 Minutes
9.0 g First Gold Leaf (8.3% Alpha) @ 0 Minutes

Mashed at 65ÃÂ°C for 60 Minutes.
Ferment WLP006 - Bedford British