Clibit Brewday

[clibit]

Another early dart from work and another small batch brew, to celebrate my redundancy - I finish my job on Thursday.

REDUNDANCY DRY STOUT

Batch Size (L): 8.0
Original Gravity (OG): 1.044
Final Gravity (FG): 1.010
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 4.44 % (priming sugar will take it to about 4.6%)
Colour (SRM): 36.6 (EBC): 72.1
Bitterness (IBU): 42.3 (Average)
Brewhouse Efficiency (%): 75

1.300 kg Maris Otter Malt (83.6%)
0.125 kg Roasted Barley (8.04%)
0.080 kg Crystal Rye (5.14%)
0.050 kg Chocolate, Pale (3.22%)

8.0 g Chinook Pellet (12.5% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes (Boil) (1 g/L)
10.0 g Progress Leaf (7.5% Alpha) @ 10 Minutes (Boil) (1.2 g/L)

Mash at 67°C for 60 Minutes.
Ferment at 20°C with Safale US-05 (got a half packet and want a clean high attenuating yeast in this)

Mash is nearly half way through, about to start heating the sparge water. 6L in the mash, 6L for sparging. I'm adding the roast barley to the mash half way through too.

 

[pms67]

Oh dear,so much time.
Careful now!!!
Enjoy

 

[Tony1951]

Hoping this wasn't an unexpected and unwanted release of free time for you. Now you can become a full time brewer. Imagine the possibilities! On the other hand, maybe doing this full time could ruin an excellent and pleasurable hobby. By the time I am finished a large brew and have cleaned up. I am usually ready to shut the shed door and put my feet up for a few days.... :)

Hope the brew comes out well. I'm sure it will.

 

[clibit]

I knew it was coming. I'm going to have a break and make some beer, do some decorating, and then look around for a way to make a living that doesn't take over my life!

Half way through the boil, all going smoothly so far....

 

[MyQul]

Happy redundancy!

Free to "do your own thing in your own time" as Captain America says in Easy Rider.

Think I'd love that stout. Wonder if Ubrew stock crystal rye

 

[Bevvied]

Best of luck with the brew and more importantly, best of luck with the future. I've gotta say I'm much more of a happier chap now that I've cut my hours at work. I know it's easier said that done, but we should be working to live the life we want, not living to work.
Being the stout drinker I am, I'll be watching this with interest. I'm currently building my kit to start knocking up some AG brews, so if you're happy with this, I'll be duplicating.
Good luck man.

 

[clibit]

Cheers MyQul. Get some crystal rye, I have high hopes for this.

And thanks Bevvied. I do indeed intend to take things a bit easier. All my recipes are up for grabs, I have other stouts in the completed recipe forum.

 

[Covrich]

Looks a nice one that. I am really enjoying the dry stout which I copied from myqul and your recommendation to try one..

 

[clibit]

I got the 8 litres at 1047/48, couldn't be arsed to fetch my glasses from upstairs! That's 80% brewing efficiency. Not bad. Bit stronger than planned. I'll live with it....

 

[Covrich]

Should be really good. Did you mash all together or steep the few roasted grains separate?

 

[clibit]

I did a one hour mash and added the roast grains half way through.

 

[HebridesRob]

I got the 8 litres at 1047/48, couldn't be arsed to fetch my glasses from upstairs! That's 80% brewing efficiency. Not bad. Bit stronger than planned. I'll live with it....

I use 80% in my calculations. I seem to get a percent or two either side pretty consistently.

 

[clibit]

I tend to get 75% to 80% depending on the malt. I think I'm over 80% here cos there is more like 8.5 litres in the FV.

The fermentation has got off to a flying start so at least the yeast isn't redundant.

 

[Joeyriles]

Good luck Clibit. As a fellow educator I feel your pain (am currently crawling towards half term on bloodied limbs.)

Looking forward to hearing how this beer turns out!

 

[clibit]

Cheers Joey. 380 redundancies at our college in 18 months. The Tory reality!

 

[Joeyriles]

Crumbs...

I am thinking about leaving the job voluntarily; the state of education under these fools is nothing short of sad.

 

[clibit]

Crumbs...

I am thinking about leaving the job voluntarily; the state of education under these fools is nothing short of sad.

It's the way they want it. Drive everyone out. Tory values eh? One nation?! We know what they value and what they don't value, hopefully it will become clear to the majority by 2020. Absolute disgrace.

 

[clibit]

Redundancy Stout now at 1018 after 4 days, from 1047. :thumb:

 

[BeerCat]

Sorry to hear about work, that really sucks. I hope the Stout will cheer you up though. Ive got some crystal Rye so i may have to add this to my list. Could i replace the hops with Fuggles / EKG ? I ordered 4 packs Fuggles by mistake so reckon i need to use them all up. Cheers

 

[nbpicklesno2]

I left FE back in 2002 disillusioned with the drive from liberal education to vocational. A different bunch of clowns in charge back then. At least they were moving the money around a little and not just withdrawing it altogether.