pennine's brewdays

[Pennine]

243 - Molasses/Muscavado/Date Bitter
14l batch - 1.049/1.010 - 62c/68c/78c mash - boil 60 min

Kicked this one off today. I have a S-04 yeast cake ready from the Chevallier bitter ready to use, so I will split it up into three Fermenters. I also have a larger Jar to use as my control as I only have three fermenters.

Still awaiting the sugar from Amazon, I will keep back 3 jars of 500ml of wort to mix in the sugars and add to the fermenter.

Amt​	Name​	Type​	#​	%/IBU​	Volume​
2.25 kg​	Pale Ale, Golden Promise®™ (Simpsons) (5.0 EBC)​	Grain​	4​	78 %​	1.47 L​
0.10 kg​	Crystal, Medium (Simpsons) (178.5 EBC)​	Grain​	5​	4 %​	0.10 L​
0.10 kg​	Caramunich I (Weyermann) (100.5 EBC)​	Grain​	6​	4 %​	0.07 L​
0.10 kg​	Crystal, DRC® (Simpsons) (300.0 EBC)​	Grain​	7​	4 %​	0.07 L​
0.30 kg​	Molasses [Boil] (157.6 EBC)​	Sugar​	8​	10.3 %​	0.21 L​
10.00 g​	Fuggles [4.50 %] - Boil 60.0 min​	Hop​	9​	4.5 IBUs​	-​
10.00 g​	Hallertau Magnum [14.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min​	Hop​	10​	14.0 IBUs​	-​
15.00 g​	East Kent Goldings (EKG) [5.00 %] - Boil 20.0 min​	Hop​	11​	4.5 IBUs​	-​
15.00 g​	East Kent Goldings (EKG) [5.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min​	Hop​	13​	2.7 IBUs​	-​
Yeast Cake​	SafAle English Ale (DCL/Fermentis #S-04) [23.66 ml]​	Yeast​	14​	-​	-​

Almost done a couple of follow up pics, 500ml in each jar with 85g of each sugar.

The molasses and muscavado are the darkest.

Before the additions

And after.

 

[Pennine]

Looks like the date syrup is the most fermentable, it's already spitting Krausen a couple hours later, the other two are happily bubbling away.

 

[Pennine]

Well that fermentation went fast less than two days and the Krausen dropped and no more activity in the airlock.

 

[Pennine]

Bottling up the various sugar bitters. Interestingly the date sugar ended up seeming like the darkest. It also had the largest yeast cake.

I dosed half the bottles with 2 carb tabs and half with 3 and do a secondary trial. Molasses finished highest 015, then date 014 and muscavado 013.

Initial samples, the muscavado had the most sugar like impression and the hottest alcohol, the date was unique and a bit fruity. The molasses tasted like molasses and you had to search for the bitter.

 

[Pennine]

And I also kegged up the bitter that I used caramunich malts. I always knew this but I am not sure why I keep trying them but they taste like raisins and prunes.

Well this seals the deal, only British crystal malts for me going forward.

 

[Pennine]

245 - West Coast IPA with new HBC522 hop
12l batch - 1.054/1.010 - 62c/68c/78c mash - boil 60 min

Forgot to post it after I asked for input, I also forgot to post the munich bitter. Will get that up in a minute. The WC IPA won out, just took a gravity reading its not done yet but the yeast is dropping.

Amt​	Name​	%/IBU​
2.30 kg​	Pale Ale Malt (Root Shoot) (6.9 EBC)​	79.3 %​
0.30 kg​	Cara-Pils/Dextrine (3.9 EBC)​	10.3 %​
0.30 kg​	Vienna (Proximity) (6.9 EBC)​	10.3 %​
15.00 g​	Bitter Gold [12.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min​	22.2 IBUs​
28.00 g​	Centennial [10.00 %] - Boil 15.0 min​	17.4 IBUs​
30.00 g​	HBC 522 [9.40 %] - Boil 10.0 min​	12.8 IBUs​
28.00 g​	Centennial [10.00 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 15.0 min, 90.2 C​	8.7 IBUs​
1.0 pkg​	SafAle English Ale (DCL/Fermentis #S-04) [23.66 ml]​	-​
50.00 g​	HBC 522 [9.40 %] - 3.0 Days Before Bottling for 3.0 Days​	0.0 IBUs​

 

[Pennine]

244 - Caramunich Bitter
14l batch - 1.050/1.015 - 62c/68c/78c mash - boil 60 min

I wanted to try out some caramunich malts I found in the cabinet for a bitter recipe to see how different they are than british crystal. Raisin's in the mash tun.

Amt​	Name​	Type​	#​	%/IBU​	Volume​
2.40 kg​	Pale Ale (Proximity) (6.9 EBC)​	Grain​	3​	85.1 %​	1.56 L​
0.20 kg​	Caramunich I (Weyermann) (100.5 EBC)​	Grain​	4​	7.1 %​	0.13 L​
0.10 kg​	Caramunich III (Weyermann) (139.9 EBC)​	Grain​	5​	3.5 %​	0.07 L​
0.10 kg​	Crystal, DRC® (Simpsons) (300.0 EBC)​	Grain​	6​	3.5 %​	0.07 L​
0.02 kg​	Chocolate Rye Malt (Proximity) (443.3 EBC)​	Grain​	7​	0.7 %​	0.01 L​
20.00 g​	Bitter Gold [12.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min​	Hop​	8​	27.1 IBUs​	-​
15.00 g​	East Kent Goldings (EKG) [5.00 %] - Boil 20.0 min​	Hop​	9​	5.1 IBUs​	-​
15.00 g​	East Kent Goldings (EKG) [5.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min​	Hop​	10​	3.1 IBUs​	-​
1.0 pkg​	Pub (Imperial Yeast #A09)​	Yeast​	11​	-​	-​

 

[Pennine]

246 - Dark Mild
16l batch - 1.040/1.010 - 62c/68c/78c mash - boil 60 min

I meant to brew up a vienna lager today but I used the pale ale malt instead of vienna so did a last minute mild instead. I am using half of the yeast cake from the recent bitter batches for this one.

edit: I think that yeast cake had a bit of an infection going, there were signs of a pellicle. Down the drain it goes. I have another yeast cake from the Muscavado batch of bitter ready to go so will use that instead.

Amt​	Name​	%/IBU​
2.70 kg​	Pale Ale (Proximity) (6.9 EBC)​	85.2 %​
0.27 kg​	Crystal, Medium (Simpsons) (178.5 EBC)​	8.5 %​
0.10 kg​	Amber Malt (Crisp) (73.0 EBC)​	3.2 %​
0.10 kg​	Roasted Barley (591.0 EBC)​	3.2 %​
25.00 g​	Bitter Gold [12.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min​	24.0 IBUs​
1.0 cake​	T58​	-​

 

[Pennine]

I bottled up the Baltic porter so I could make some hop water in the empty keg.

I did 6 litres, with 18g of mosaic steeped in 1 litre of water at 80c for 20 min. I was surprised how little hop tea came out of it.

Thanks for the tips @Stu's Brews

Also topped off the kombucha and dumped the old Scobies that turned into monsters.

 

[Pennine]

Picked up some new toys.

My new yorkshire square, with a tap to double drop the wort. Thanks for the idea @Sadfield



And a conical hop spider. This one is very nice and will no interfere with the heating coil in my braumeister. I should be able to get a decent amount of leaf hops in there as well.

 

[Pennine]

245 - West Coast IPA with new HBC522 hop
12l batch - 1.054/1.010 - 62c/68c/78c mash - boil 60 min

Forgot to post it after I asked for input, I also forgot to post the munich bitter. Will get that up in a minute. The WC IPA won out, just took a gravity reading its not done yet but the yeast is dropping.

Amt​	Name​	%/IBU​
2.30 kg​	Pale Ale Malt (Root Shoot) (6.9 EBC)​	79.3 %​
0.30 kg​	Cara-Pils/Dextrine (3.9 EBC)​	10.3 %​
0.30 kg​	Vienna (Proximity) (6.9 EBC)​	10.3 %​
15.00 g​	Bitter Gold [12.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min​	22.2 IBUs​
28.00 g​	Centennial [10.00 %] - Boil 15.0 min​	17.4 IBUs​
30.00 g​	HBC 522 [9.40 %] - Boil 10.0 min​	12.8 IBUs​
28.00 g​	Centennial [10.00 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 15.0 min, 90.2 C​	8.7 IBUs​
1.0 pkg​	SafAle English Ale (DCL/Fermentis #S-04) [23.66 ml]​	-​
50.00 g​	HBC 522 [9.40 %] - 3.0 Days Before Bottling for 3.0 Days​	0.0 IBUs​

Transferring the keg after a cold.dry hop for 3 days. First taste is nice, pine and citrus. 522 has a very old school C hops vibe.

 

[Pennine]

248 Extra Special Bitter
11l batch - 1.055/1.015 - 62c70c/78c mash - boil 60 min

I was hoping to brew something like a Harveys Best buy ended up way overshooting my gravity. I even topped up with multiple litres after the boil.

Anyway this will be a bunch of first times for me, open fermentation, new hop spider, polenta in a brew, and using Llalemand NE yeast and corn in a bitter. I also added some Comet late in the boil to give it some hop spice. The wort was fantastic, maybe one of the best ones I have made.

Amt​	Name​	Type​	#​	%/IBU​	Volume​
2.40 kg​	Golden Promise (6.0 EBC)​	Grain​	4​	78.7 %​	1.56 L​
0.25 kg​	Crystal 60L (Proximity) (118.2 EBC)​	Grain​	5​	8.2 %​	0.16 L​
0.25 kg​	Polenta (2.6 EBC)​	Grain​	6​	8.2 %​	0.16 L​
0.05 kg​	Amber Malt (Crisp) (73.0 EBC)​	Grain​	7​	1.6 %​	0.03 L​
0.05 kg​	Chocolate Rye (Weyermann) (482.6 EBC)​	Grain​	8​	1.6 %​	0.03 L​
0.05 kg​	Crystal, DRC® (Simpsons) (300.0 EBC)​	Grain​	9​	1.6 %​	0.03 L​
60.00 g​	Fuggles [4.50 %] - Boil 60.0 min​	Hop​	10​	29.8 IBUs​	-​
20.00 g​	East Kent Goldings (EKG) [5.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min​	Hop​	11​	4.1 IBUs​	-​
10.00 g​	Comet [9.50 %] - Boil 10.0 min​	Hop​	12​	3.9 IBUs​	-​
1.0 starter​	Lalbrew New England East Coast Ale (Lallemand #-) [23.66 ml]​	Yeast​	13​	-​	-​

 

[samale]

248 Extra Special Bitter
11l batch - 1.055/1.015 - 62c70c/78c mash - boil 60 min

I was hoping to brew something like a Harveys Best buy ended up way overshooting my gravity. I even topped up with multiple litres after the boil.

Anyway this will be a bunch of first times for me, open fermentation, new hop spider, polenta in a brew, and using Llalemand NE yeast and corn in a bitter. I also added some Comet late in the boil to give it some hop spice. The wort was fantastic, maybe one of the best ones I have made.

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Amt​	Name​	Type​	#​	%/IBU​	Volume​
2.40 kg​	Golden Promise (6.0 EBC)​	Grain​	4​	78.7 %​	1.56 L​
0.25 kg​	Crystal 60L (Proximity) (118.2 EBC)​	Grain​	5​	8.2 %​	0.16 L​
0.25 kg​	Polenta (2.6 EBC)​	Grain​	6​	8.2 %​	0.16 L​
0.05 kg​	Amber Malt (Crisp) (73.0 EBC)​	Grain​	7​	1.6 %​	0.03 L​
0.05 kg​	Chocolate Rye (Weyermann) (482.6 EBC)​	Grain​	8​	1.6 %​	0.03 L​
0.05 kg​	Crystal, DRC® (Simpsons) (300.0 EBC)​	Grain​	9​	1.6 %​	0.03 L​
60.00 g​	Fuggles [4.50 %] - Boil 60.0 min​	Hop​	10​	29.8 IBUs​	-​
20.00 g​	East Kent Goldings (EKG) [5.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min​	Hop​	11​	4.1 IBUs​	-​
10.00 g​	Comet [9.50 %] - Boil 10.0 min​	Hop​	12​	3.9 IBUs​	-​
1.0 starter​	Lalbrew New England East Coast Ale (Lallemand #-) [23.66 ml]​	Yeast​	13​	-​	-​

Watching with interest, how long do you leave it open

 

[Pennine]

Watching with interest, how long do you leave it open

1 or 2 days and then I will drop into a keg to finish fermenting.

 

[samale]

1 or 2 days and then I will drop into a keg to finish fermenting.

Will you compare open fermented to closed

 

[Agentgonzo]

Will you compare open fermented to closed

That would be good to know. I've never done open fermentation, and I don't know of anyone who's done a side by side comparison

 

[Pennine]

Will you compare open fermented to closed

I should, but not this time. Once I get a recipe down that I want two kegs worth I think I will give it a shot. I also need to figure out which yeast works best for open fermentations.

 

[YeastFace]

Where did you acquire your "square" from?

 

[Pennine]

Where did you acquire your "square" from?

Amazon, and I drilled the hole for the tap.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000VARW8C?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title

 

[Pennine]

Well it's got a nice barm already, I think I will drop this into a keg later today to finish fermenting.