AG#49 Small Baltic Beer
Experiment using essentially the second runnings of my Baltic Porter. Went wrong on two counts:
15L tap water, 5ml lactic acid 80%, 1g CaCl, half a Campden tablet.
Re-mashed for 2-3 hours at 62degC yielding about 14L wort
BG a disappointing 1.010 so opted for a 90 min boil, but as noted didn't get the boil off required (about 2L rather than the 6L desired!)
5g Northern Brewer 6.10% 90mins
5g Northern Brewer 6.10% 60mins
10g Northern Brewer 6.10% 30mins
10g Northern Brewer 6.10% 5mins
¼tsp Irish Moss powder 5mins
Chilled in 3 mins to 40degC as using Kweik for the first time..... Simply tipped the lot into the FV through a large sanitised fine weave grain bag and pitched 1g (one gram) CML Voss Kweik at 38degC. Placed FV in Brewer's Corner on a polystyrene block wrapped in two fleeces.
Hard to say exactly what kind of beer this is but it's dark, OG only 1.025 and around 27 IBUs according to Brewer's Friend. Hopefully it'll make something drinkable but nothing ventured nothing gained if not.
Very impressed and stunned with the Kweik - it was bubbling away by bedtime and going like the clappers this morning, seems to be holding temperature fairly well at around 32degC.
Experiment using essentially the second runnings of my Baltic Porter. Went wrong on two counts:
- Re-mashed with 15L water - 5 or 10 would have been better.
- Tried boiling in old tea urn but it wouldn't maintain a rolling boil so didn't get the boil of needed.
15L tap water, 5ml lactic acid 80%, 1g CaCl, half a Campden tablet.
Re-mashed for 2-3 hours at 62degC yielding about 14L wort
BG a disappointing 1.010 so opted for a 90 min boil, but as noted didn't get the boil off required (about 2L rather than the 6L desired!)
5g Northern Brewer 6.10% 90mins
5g Northern Brewer 6.10% 60mins
10g Northern Brewer 6.10% 30mins
10g Northern Brewer 6.10% 5mins
¼tsp Irish Moss powder 5mins
Chilled in 3 mins to 40degC as using Kweik for the first time..... Simply tipped the lot into the FV through a large sanitised fine weave grain bag and pitched 1g (one gram) CML Voss Kweik at 38degC. Placed FV in Brewer's Corner on a polystyrene block wrapped in two fleeces.
Hard to say exactly what kind of beer this is but it's dark, OG only 1.025 and around 27 IBUs according to Brewer's Friend. Hopefully it'll make something drinkable but nothing ventured nothing gained if not.
Very impressed and stunned with the Kweik - it was bubbling away by bedtime and going like the clappers this morning, seems to be holding temperature fairly well at around 32degC.