Stu's brü's

[stubrewworx]

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Brown Porter II
A tweaked rebrew of a monthly dark beer winner.

80% clear choice
10% brown
5% black
5% torrefied wheat

Ebc 46.5 - Brown and black have both been increased, so darker than previous and wheat added.

Ekg at 30 and 10 mins to give around 21ibu, similar to before.

1/2 pack of Windsor to start and a full pack of something which came with a wilko kit to finish it, same I did on the v1.

OG 1052, expected 1049. Mash efficiency was like 79% (75% planned). I'll be expecting 5 to 5.3abv depending how the yeasts do.

I've learnt the thermoprobe is reading 3-5c low, so previous batch was mashed a little higher than this at 67c.

 

[stubrewworx]

Checking the baby monitor is a tad addictive!

 

[stubrewworx]

English IPA

Not quite what I was after. Finish is a bit sweet, og 1062, fg 1010. Whc old English. 30 days in the bottle, carbed ok.

 

[pilgrimhudd]

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English IPA

Not quite what I was after. Finish is a bit sweet, og 1062, fg 1010. Whc old English. 30 days in the bottle, carbed ok.

I had something similar recently, an English ipa (fuggle hopped) with a similar abv by the sounds of it that also was a bit sweet, ill try and dig out the recipe later. I couldn't quite work out why it was overly sweet, friends loved it but I was slightly disappointed.

 

[stubrewworx]

Theres 9% light brown sugar in there, but with 80% aa, I thought it would be nicely dried out

 

[pilgrimhudd]

5.8 kg Pale
200g Crystal (medium)

Mashed for 90 mins

Challenger 25g @60
Fuggle 40g @30
Fuggle 50g @10
EKG 45g @5

OG 1070, diluted with 2l preboiled water down to 1063, didn't take long to cool today! Down to 24c and pitched CML House. Hoping for an attenuation of about 70% making it around 6%

My memory must have faded a bit, I think using cml house at 70% attenuation would probably explain it. Though annoyingly have not written down the fg.