Brewers Gold

[jamesb]

Hi All.

Looking at brewing this tomorrow. Any comments?

Brewers Gold

Recipe Brewers Gold Style American Pale Ale
Brewer James Bendall Batch 23.00 L
All Grain

Recipe Characteristics
Recipe Gravity 1.052 OG Estimated FG 1.013 FG
Recipe Bitterness 38 IBU Alcohol by Volume 5.0%
Recipe Color 6° SRM Alcohol by Weight 3.9%

Ingredients
Quantity Grain Type Use
2.00 kg Lager malt Grain Mashed
3.00 kg Maris Otter Malt Grain Mashed
0.20 kg Torrified wheat Adjunct Mashed

Quantity Hop Type Time
30.00 g Brewers Gold Whole 90 minutes
20.00 g Brewers Gold Whole 15 minutes
40.00 g Brewers Gold Whole 0 minutes

Quantity Misc Notes
1.00 unit Irish Moss Fining
1.00 unit Nottingham (Danstar) Yeast

Recipe Notes

Dry Hop in secondary/cornie with 10g of Brewers Gold


- Nottingham yeast because I've only got that or S-04

 

[BrewStew]

looks good :thumb:

 

[jamesb]

Just had to change the hopping schedule as I've just noticed that the AA on my hops is lower than I'd set in QBrew.

Now going for 35g @ 90m and 35@0m for 36 IBUS.

 

[Vossy1]

Have a gr8 brew day jb :thumb:

 

[Wez]

Nice looking recipe JB

Have a good one :thumb:

 

[spearmint-wino]

That'll do the job very nicely as a higher-gravity Golden Ale

Crouch Vale use 100% lager malt in their Brewer's Gold but when I've done that it comes out feeling like it lacks a certain something.

 

[jamesb]

I haven't ever tried the Crouch Vale so I couldn't comment. Just thought this would be a nice recipe :)

Mash liquor is heating up now. A late one for me but I was busy this morning.

 

[Wez]

Hope it goes OK JB :thumb:

 

[jamesb]

Bugger bugger bugger.

Overshot my mash temperature. It's 69 degC.

Think I'll leave the top off the tun for five minutes, give it a stir and then wrap it up.

Anyone want to move this thread to Brewdays?

 

[Wez]

Done :thumb:

 

[jamesb]

Took ages to get some clear run off from the mash tun. About four times more than normal.

Sparging now. I could definately do with some more head pressure on my HLT.

Cold out here too. I should sort out a heater.

 

[A T]

Good luck with the rest of the brew

 

[Kingfisher]

Hope it turned out well JB. In the short time I've been brewing I've though about combining MO and lager malts. Is this your first, or is it a favourite

 

[MEB]

I done a plae ale with MO and pils malt. Not that impressed really, prolly won't bother again.

 

[jamesb]

Hope it turned out well JB. In the short time I've been brewing I've though about combining MO and lager malts. Is this your first, or is it a favourite

This is the first one I've ever done with lager malt. Just experimenting really. Some odd stuff with the boil "over" on this one. Don't know if I can put it down to the lager malt though.

First hops are in.

 

[jamesb]

Well that was the oddest brewday I've ever had.

Got nowhere near my normal amount of wort after sparging. I got the biggest boilover I've ever had in the boiler - especially as it was such a low amount of wort. Then the IC sprang a leak.

Then I liquored down. I wasn't too bothered about hitting my target gravity so I just filled it up to the mark on the boiler where I normally get 23l out.

Ended up with 25l @ 1049, which will do me nicely.

[and relax :drink: ]

 

[jamesb]

Ok, I declared this beer officially open tonight, I've also managed to try the Crouch Vale Brewers Gold in the meantime which I wasn't too impressed with.

It's a bloody lovely pint. The bitterness is just right and the flavour is superb. Clear as a bell too.

I can tell it won't last long.

One thing I'd quite like to try if I do this again is a few Saaz or something at flame out just to give it an extra hint of flowery flavour.

EDIT: Of course, for those of you who think I may have perfected time travel, I actually mean LAST NIGHT.

 

[Vossy1]

Glad to hear it's a ncie drop jb :