I made my British Golden Ale with Jester yesterday. The recipe was supposed to include a 15 minute 80 degree Whirlpool addition, even though I don’t have a whirlpool arm for my Brewzilla. What I usually do instead is add the hops to the spider and run the pump into the spider just to keep them moving. I had the lid on an after about 5 minutes it started to sound a bit different. I removed the lid to find the 100g of hop pellets had blocked the spider which was now overflowing into the Brewzilla. I’m not certain how much had escaped but it looked like it was quite a lot so I was preparing myself for transferring quite a bit of hop matter into the FV since I’d omitted the false bottom too .
After the 15 minute “whirlpool” I chilled it to 22 degrees and left it for 30 minutes or so for the protofloc to hopefully do it’s stuff. And, it did. The first bit out of the tap into the FV was a bit murky like it always is but it was running clear after a second or two and was like that for the full 23 litres. When it started to draw murky again I stopped it. In fact, this is pretty much what it’s like on a normal brew day without a hop overflow.
Anyway, the recipe I used is here:
HOME BREW RECIPE:
Title: Court Jester
Brew Method: All Grain
Style Name: British Golden Ale
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 23 liters (fermentor volume)
Boil Size: 29 liters
Boil Gravity: 1.036
Efficiency: 72% (brew house)
STATS:
Original Gravity: 1.044
Final Gravity: 1.011
ABV (standard): 4.29%
IBU (tinseth): 40.51
SRM (morey): 4.8
Mash pH: 5.4
FERMENTABLES
3.5 kg - Maris Otter Pale (77.8%)
0.5 kg - Flaked Oats (11.1%)
0.5 kg - Dextrin Malt (11.1%)
HOPS:
25 g - Jester, Type: Pellet, AA: 8, Use: Boil for 60 min, IBU: 24.96
30 g - Jester, Type: Pellet, AA: 8, Use: Boil for 10 min, IBU: 10.86
45 g - Jester, Type: Pellet, AA: 8, Use: Whirlpool for 15 min at 80 °C, IBU: 4.7
MASH GUIDELINES:
1) Strike, Temp: 67 C, Time: 60 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 3 L/kg
OTHER INGREDIENTS:
1.8 g - Calcium Chloride, Type: Water Agt, Use: Mash
6.4 g - Gypsum, Time: Type: Water Agt, Use: Mash
2.24 ml - Lactic acid, Type: Water Agt, Use: Mash
0.25 each - Campden Tablets, Type: Water Agt, Use: Mash
0.5 each - Protafloc, Time: 10 min, Type: Fining, Use: Boil
0.7 g - Calcium Chloride, Type: Water Agt, Use: Sparge
2.6 g - Gypsum, Type: Water Agt, Use: Sparge
0.83 ml - Lactic acid, Type: Water Agt, Use: Sparge
0.25 each - Campden Tablets, Type: Water Agt, Use: Sparge
YEAST:
Crossmyloof Brew - Four
Starter: No
Form: Dry
Attenuation (avg): 73.5%
Flocculation: Medium
Optimum Temp: 15 - 22.22 C
TARGET WATER PROFILE:
Ca2: 75
Mg2: 5
Na: 10
Cl: 50
SO4: 150
CAC03: 20
After the 15 minute “whirlpool” I chilled it to 22 degrees and left it for 30 minutes or so for the protofloc to hopefully do it’s stuff. And, it did. The first bit out of the tap into the FV was a bit murky like it always is but it was running clear after a second or two and was like that for the full 23 litres. When it started to draw murky again I stopped it. In fact, this is pretty much what it’s like on a normal brew day without a hop overflow.
Anyway, the recipe I used is here:
HOME BREW RECIPE:
Title: Court Jester
Brew Method: All Grain
Style Name: British Golden Ale
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 23 liters (fermentor volume)
Boil Size: 29 liters
Boil Gravity: 1.036
Efficiency: 72% (brew house)
STATS:
Original Gravity: 1.044
Final Gravity: 1.011
ABV (standard): 4.29%
IBU (tinseth): 40.51
SRM (morey): 4.8
Mash pH: 5.4
FERMENTABLES
3.5 kg - Maris Otter Pale (77.8%)
0.5 kg - Flaked Oats (11.1%)
0.5 kg - Dextrin Malt (11.1%)
HOPS:
25 g - Jester, Type: Pellet, AA: 8, Use: Boil for 60 min, IBU: 24.96
30 g - Jester, Type: Pellet, AA: 8, Use: Boil for 10 min, IBU: 10.86
45 g - Jester, Type: Pellet, AA: 8, Use: Whirlpool for 15 min at 80 °C, IBU: 4.7
MASH GUIDELINES:
1) Strike, Temp: 67 C, Time: 60 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 3 L/kg
OTHER INGREDIENTS:
1.8 g - Calcium Chloride, Type: Water Agt, Use: Mash
6.4 g - Gypsum, Time: Type: Water Agt, Use: Mash
2.24 ml - Lactic acid, Type: Water Agt, Use: Mash
0.25 each - Campden Tablets, Type: Water Agt, Use: Mash
0.5 each - Protafloc, Time: 10 min, Type: Fining, Use: Boil
0.7 g - Calcium Chloride, Type: Water Agt, Use: Sparge
2.6 g - Gypsum, Type: Water Agt, Use: Sparge
0.83 ml - Lactic acid, Type: Water Agt, Use: Sparge
0.25 each - Campden Tablets, Type: Water Agt, Use: Sparge
YEAST:
Crossmyloof Brew - Four
Starter: No
Form: Dry
Attenuation (avg): 73.5%
Flocculation: Medium
Optimum Temp: 15 - 22.22 C
TARGET WATER PROFILE:
Ca2: 75
Mg2: 5
Na: 10
Cl: 50
SO4: 150
CAC03: 20
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