Market Best Bitter

[Vossy1]

This is a firm favourite in the V1 brewery and it comes from Marc Ollossons book, Real Ales for the home brewer.
I have changed the recipe slightly to include some wheat malt to aid head retention, and reduced the boil time from 2 hours to 90 mins...so here goes.

Targets, 60 ltr brew length, OG 1.040, FG 1.009, ABV 4%, IBU 38

In the tun, mash at 65 deg c for 90 mins, 74% efficiency assumed.

10.1kg Maris Otter (90.2%)
0.56kg Crystal Malt (4.99%)
0.56kg Wheat malt (4.99%
12.67g Calcium Chloride
1.2g Magnesium Sulphate
10.3g Calcium Sulphate

In the copper, 90 min boil

337g Styrian Goldings (2.65%AA) 90 mins, 26% utilization assumed.
12.5g Calcium chloride
1.2g Magnesium Sulphate
10g Calcium Sulphate

1 Whirlfloc tablet last 10 minutes

68g Styrian Goldings steeped at 80 deg c

Fermenting with S04, 3 x 12g packs

 

[Vossy1]

Forgot to say....brewing tomorrow :party:

 

[Wez]

Enjoy the brewday Vossy! :party:

 

[A T]

Have a good one V man :thumb:

 

[Vossy1]

Cheers guys :thumb:

25 minutes of the boil left to go and it's bright and sunny outside :party:

 

[jamesb]

Cheers guys :thumb:

25 minutes of the boil left to go and it's bright and sunny outside :party:

Where's the piccies!

 

[Kingfisher]

Sounds like a good one V :thumb:

 

[Ian]

The mineral additions mean nothing to me, but looks nice otherwise!

 

[Vossy1]

Where's the piccies!

Your wish is my command

1st and 2nd batch recirc. Look how much lighter the 2nd is (right)

1st runnings into the copper...now you see them....now you dont

Mash high and dry and the airstone air pump worked :party: , 56ltr fill and the foam is almost out of the fv

Spoke too soon ........Good cold break

Hit target spot on All tucked up now waiting for the S04 to kick off

 

[Kingfisher]

Got a result there V :thumb:

 

[Vossy1]

I wonder if the antifoam I added to the fv prior to the wort addition worked today ?
Maybe the foam would have been a lot worse without it :hmm:

 

[Wez]

Great result & piccies :thumb:

 

[Oggys Bar]

Sounds interesting..and a good way to use up some Bobek hops I have lying around...I know they're not Styrians but should work out similar.

I'm gonna rip off your and Marc Olloson's brew this week-end...after I fit my watch-hill PT100s

cheers Vossy

 

[Buzz]

Great pics V1, got me gagging for another brewday soon...

 

[Vossy1]

This beer was glugging away by 9pm last night....6 hour lag with dried S04....I can cope with that.
The temp was climbing up last night so I opened the door to the fv cupboard and now it's holding steady 19.3 deg c.
On my last brew I kept it at 18 deg c and I'm not too sure S04 yeast likes it that cold.

 

[Vossy1]

This ale was down to 1.010 on the 23rd so I dropped the fv temp to 5 deg c and I'll be racking it to corny with IG tomorrow, when I'm sure it'll be target 1.009 :

It tastes great already :drink:

 

[A T]

This ale was down to 1.010 on the 23rd so I dropped the fv temp to 5 deg c and I'll be racking it to corny with IG tomorrow, when I'm sure it'll be target 1.009 :

It tastes great already :drink:

Are you putting a straw into the fermenter again? :lol:

 

[Kingfisher]

This ale was down to 1.010 on the 23rd so I dropped the fv temp to 5 deg c and I'll be racking it to corny with IG tomorrow, when I'm sure it'll be target 1.009 :

It tastes great already :drink:

Are you putting IG directly into the cornie there V or into the FV then cornie

 

[Vossy1]

Are you putting IG directly into the cornie there V or into the FV then cornie

IG directly into corny and then rack the beer on top through the 'out' port...works a treat

 

[Kingfisher]

Are you putting IG directly into the cornie there V or into the FV then cornie

IG directly into corny and then rack the beer on top through the 'out' port...works a treat

But you're pulling from the bottom and would expect to get the sediment :wha: