I had planned a wheat beer - a Hefeweizen - for AG39, going so far as to work out the multiple decoctions needed for the perfect German wheat beer. Then sense prevailed, I just didn't have enough time or patience this week to cover the 225 minutes of mashing and sparging needed to do it justice.
Realising an opportunity to brew during an online seminar today, a recipe was hastily devised to use the Wyeast 1469 West Yorkshire recently purchased and sitting dormant in the fridge.
A Timothy Taylor Landlord clone was the obvious choice. So I scanned a few recipe options online and opted for a little crystal (for the hint of caramel) and a slug of Fuggles in with Goldings for a smooth bitterness. Of course, this is all topped off with my latest favourite hop - Celeiea - Styrian Goldings. The final hop charge being a hopstand at 75degC for 25 minutes.
I had thought to reduce the pulverizing setting of my Corona grain mill to less than full on flour setting (managed that, looks like a fine crush instead), so estimated a slight drop in efficiency. Once again efficiency was well up on estimate by about 3 points before boil. Vigorous boil also took an effect so that post-boil gravity was at 1.049 , though I had boiled off nearly a litre more than expected.
Liquoring back with 1.8L of campden treated water helped arrive at 24L of 1.046 wort.
The only way I'm going to get close to an authentic TT Landlord is with the right yeast strain. Happy to invest in the 1469 and can see me doing a few brews with this after top-cropping and saving the yeast.
For the first use I just smacked the pack, waited 3 hours and pitched ( for a somewhat impromptu brew you understand).
Brew day went quite well despite multiple inconvenient work related disruptions.
Realising an opportunity to brew during an online seminar today, a recipe was hastily devised to use the Wyeast 1469 West Yorkshire recently purchased and sitting dormant in the fridge.
A Timothy Taylor Landlord clone was the obvious choice. So I scanned a few recipe options online and opted for a little crystal (for the hint of caramel) and a slug of Fuggles in with Goldings for a smooth bitterness. Of course, this is all topped off with my latest favourite hop - Celeiea - Styrian Goldings. The final hop charge being a hopstand at 75degC for 25 minutes.
Code:
AG39 TT Landlord
Special/Best/Premium Bitter
Recipe Specs
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Batch Size (L): 23.0
Total Grain (kg): 4.313
Total Hops (g): 86.00
Original Gravity (OG): 1.045 (°P): 11.2
Final Gravity (FG): 1.014 (°P): 3.6
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 4.07 %
Colour (SRM): 6.5 (EBC): 12.8
Bitterness (IBU): 33.5 (Tinseth)
Brewhouse Efficiency (%): 78
Boil Time (Minutes): 60
Grain Bill
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4.200 kg United Kingdom - Golden Promise (97.38%)
0.100 kg United Kingdom - Crystal 50L (2.32%)
0.013 kg United Kingdom - Black Patent (0.3%)
Hop Bill
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30.0 g East Kent Goldings Pellet (6% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes (Boil) (1.3 g/L)
16.0 g Fuggles Pellet (5.6% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes (Boil) (0.7 g/L)
20.0 g Styrian Goldings Pellet (3.6% Alpha) @ 10 Minutes (Boil) (0.9 g/L)
20.0 g Styrian Goldings Pellet (3.6% Alpha) @ 0 Minutes (Boil) (0.9 g/L)
Misc Bill
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Single step Infusion at 66°C for 60 Minutes.
Fermented at 20°C with West Yorkshire 1469
I had thought to reduce the pulverizing setting of my Corona grain mill to less than full on flour setting (managed that, looks like a fine crush instead), so estimated a slight drop in efficiency. Once again efficiency was well up on estimate by about 3 points before boil. Vigorous boil also took an effect so that post-boil gravity was at 1.049 , though I had boiled off nearly a litre more than expected.
Liquoring back with 1.8L of campden treated water helped arrive at 24L of 1.046 wort.
The only way I'm going to get close to an authentic TT Landlord is with the right yeast strain. Happy to invest in the 1469 and can see me doing a few brews with this after top-cropping and saving the yeast.
For the first use I just smacked the pack, waited 3 hours and pitched ( for a somewhat impromptu brew you understand).
Brew day went quite well despite multiple inconvenient work related disruptions.