Shodan Pale Ale

[tubby_shaw]

Later today I hope to be brewing this

Pale malt 4kg
Caramalt 330g
Wheat malt 250g
Fuggles 2% AA 130g
First gold 6% AA 25g

At 75% efficiency I am hoping for 20L at 5% abv with about 50 IBU
Thanks go to Paul at Barley bottom for getting the caramalt and first to gold to me in time to brew :thumb:
Mash liquor has been treated and is sat in the HLT with the timer set, so dough in should be around 9 ish after I have dropped the kids off at school :pray:

I'll try for pics through out the brew :)

 

[BrewStew]

have a good one :thumb:

 

[A T]

Have fun TS :thumb:

 

[MEB]

Looks interesting-what's the caramalt add?

 

[tubby_shaw]

Well I got home after dropping the kids off at school and found my mash liquor boiling :evil:
perhaps its time to fit a thermostat as well as a timer to the HLT :wha:
Anyway after a bit of fiddling mash got underway at 9.30.

Bang on target temperature

MEB the caramalt adds sweetness and body in the same way as crystal malt but without the colour or roasty flavour :thumb:

 

[MEB]

T-S. Thanks, i might have to have a play with some of that

Good luck with the brew :

 

[llannige]

Like the look of this one.

Have a good un. :thumb:

 

[tubby_shaw]

Some more.
No discernible temperature drop (in the centre of the mash) over 90 minutes

Nice coloured first runnings

First wort hops

Second hop addition once boil is underway

 

[Aleman]

Looks interesting-what's the caramalt add?

Caramalt used to be the lightest kilned of all the crystal malts . . . . as such it adds sweetness and body, but little colour . . . more golden than red . . . I find it less cloying than Crystal, but it does give a lot of body even in low gravity beers.

 

[tubby_shaw]

All done and dusted

Turned out darker than I was hoping for :wha:

Nicely aerated though :grin:

I ended up with 21 Litres at 1.056

It looks like extending the mash by 1/2 an hour has increased my efficiency

 

[BrewStew]

that's a super clear wort :shock:

how long was the boil and what kettle finings did you use?

 

[tubby_shaw]

Boil was 90 min and I used protofloc for the first time today, good stuff innit :thumb:

 

[BrewStew]

let us know if you get cauliflower or not :thumb:

methinks i'll be switching to 90 min boils in future

 

[A T]

Are you a priest TS :shock:
That wort pic with the stained glass window makes it look like your in a church :lol: or is it just me Nice looking wort TS :clap:

 

[tubby_shaw]

let us know if you get cauliflower or not :thumb:

:shock: :wha: :nono: I want beer not cauliflower
:lol:

 

[tubby_shaw]

Are you a priest TS :shock:
That wort pic with the stained glass window makes it look like your in a church :lol: or is it just me Nice looking wort TS :clap:

No not a preist A T, but I do pray to the gods of beer regularly :grin:
Quite an artistic pic though isn't it :)

 

[A T]

Reminds me of this

 

[BrewStew]

:lol:

 

[Wez]

Looks like a good brewday TS :thumb:

 

[tubby_shaw]

Reminds me of this

:lol:

:lol:
That reminds me, how did the quest to brew a Chimay clone end