Carvers Christmas Ale

[Wez]

My brother has asked me to brew him something for Christmas, just a basic 4.8% Bitter (or ESB) so i'm sticking with the sort of grain bill I mainly stick to.

Hopefully I can get this done tomorrow :pray:

Carvers Christmas Ale

50L Batch
Target OG : 1.050 (75% brewhouse eff)
Target IBU : ~35
90 min 67c mash
90 min boil

Maris Otter 94% (10.5 kg)
Crystal 2.5% (0.28 kg)
Torrified Wheat 2.5% (0.28 kg)
Chocolate Malt 1.0% (0.12 kg)

Challenger FWH to 32IBU (90g of 7%aa)
Bobek to 3 IBU at 15 mins (30g of 4.5%aa)
Bobek 30g at 80c for 30 mins

Using S04

 

[jamesb]

Mmm. That sounds nice.

Good luck with it Wez :thumb:

 

[A T]

Would it be fair to assume that you're not generous/stupid enough to give away the whole 50L :rofl:
Looks like a decent recipe Wez i'm sure he'll be delighted with it

 

[Wez]

Would it be fair to assume that you're not generous/stupid enough to give away the whole 50L :rofl:

Quite right splitting it 50/50 :thumb:

 

[roger the dog]

Have a good one mate, what are the Bobeks like BTW, are they really a good replacement for Styrians

 

[Wez]

Cheers! re: Bobeks - gotta say no, they are no where near a Styrian replacement, much more subtle IMO and also a bit fruity, they are good though I think in a beer like this, not too overpowering but still a subtle hop presence.

 

[Vossy1]

Hope you get to brew Wez :thumb:

 

[Wez]

Halfway through the sparge :party: working it around visitors :) :thumb:

 

[Kingfisher]

You at it again W Hope it's going well :thumb: I was going to brew this weekend, Dunfie's Snow Leopard, but had to go out robbing instead. I'm going to compensate myself with a 80l NO MT.

 

[Wez]

Had to do a 2.5hr mash today

Just bringing it up to the boil, I have 71L at 1.048 which seems a bit high :?

Target is 50L at 1.050 :shock:

 

[Wez]

Correction I seem to have 71L at 1.052 :shock: :shock: :shock: checked it 3 times :wha:

Would the extended mash have anything to do with this? - Do extended mashes have any detrimental effects?

 

[BrewStew]

IIRC from another post it was mentioned that there's a chance of Tannins or off flavours occurring from extended mashes. never noticed it myself though.

edit - and i've done a 2 and a bit hour mash before

 

[BrewStew]

oh and congrats on your two-thousandth post mate :thumb:

 

[Oblivious]

Looks like you had a profitable brew day :thumb:

 

[J_P]

working it around visitors

I get told off for that :lol:

 

[J_P]

Do extended mashes have any detrimental effects?

The only one I can think of is a thinner brew but at 2.5 hours you're probably not going to get that problem

 

[Wez]

I have 80g Bobeks left do i throw them in a 80c or not? :hmm:

 

[Wez]

Well, I hope my brother likes Bobeks, 80g in at 80c :party:

 

[Wez]

58L at 1.060 at the end of the boil.


Ooops :whistle:

 

[BrewStew]

nowt wrong with a strong "winter warmer" :thumb: