Kentish Brown BIAB

[tommidolcetto]

Getting this on in the morning.
With a 90 minute boil should I add the bittering hops at 90 mins or the 60 that is listed in most recipes?

Style: Standard/Ordinary Bitter
Batch size: 25.0 l
Boil volume: 20.0 l
OG: 1.039
FG: 1.010
Bitterness (IBU): 25.3
Color (SRM): 14.5
ABV: 3.8%

Grain/Sugars:

3.40 kg Maris Otter Malt, 87.2%
0.20 kg Crystal 95-115L (British), 5.1%
0.10 kg Barley, Flaked, 2.6%
0.10 kg Flaked Oats, 2.6%
0.10 kg Chocolate Malt (British), 2.6%

Hops:

15.00 g Challenger (AA 7.3%, Whole) 60 min, 8.3 IBU
15.00 g East Kent Golding (AA 6.9%, Whole) 60 min, 7.8 IBU
15.00 g East Kent Golding (AA 6.9%, Whole) 20 min, 4.7 IBU
10.00 g Challenger (AA 7.3%, Whole) 12 min, 2.3 IBU
10.00 g East Kent Golding (AA 6.9%, Whole) 12 min, 2.2 IBU
20.00 g East Kent Golding (AA 6.9%, Whole) 0 min, 0.0 IBU

Yeast/Misc:

English Ale yeast, 1.0 unit(s), Yeast Safale S04
Irish Moss, 1.0 unit(s), Fining , boil 12 min

Recipe Notes:

Water treatment
1/2 Camden tablet
CRS 30ml to get Alkalinity to 50ppm CaCO3 from 265ppm
DLS 6g mash 7g boil to get Calcium content 186ppm from 106ppm

Glucan rest 20 minutes 40c 1l water with flaked barley and oats plus 40g pale malt
Mash 90 minutes 66c 12l water
Mash out 10 mins 75c
Batch Sparge 1 77c 6l
Batch Sparge 2 77c 6l

Boil 90 minutes
Rest 30 minutes with 0min hops
before chilling.

 

[ArmChair]

Looks an interesting brew, was 3.8% what you were looking to achieve?

 

[tommidolcetto]

Anywhere near that is what I want. Not too bothered about exact numbers - volume or abv, just drinkable beer!

Just got 2nd batch sparge going. Boil not quite up yet. May not use all of 2nd sparge wort as boiler pretty full, will put some on in extra pan and top up.

 

[tommidolcetto]

This is my 6th BIAB AG, using maxi system as on kitchen stove. Gradually refining methods. 1st time for water treatment, Thames so very hard. Interested to see how much flavour I get from choc malt.

 

[tommidolcetto]

Boiling 30 mins now, topped up once with 2l of 2nd sparge. Adding 1st hops at 60 mins to go. Anybody know a reason for putting them in at 90?