SWMBO beer

[Northern Brewer]

I've decided to make a brew loosely based on Alemans' Effin Lancashire Blonde.

I don't have over 300g of Styrian goldings (or fuggles substitute to hand) but i do have 200g of very fresh Nelson Sauvin. I dont have lager malt but I do have pilsner malt, I don't have Safalae S05 yeast but I do have white labs San Francisco lager yeast.

Here's the recipe - HLT just going on - any comments before I commit?

Recipe: Effin Lancashire Blonde v2
Style: Standard/Ordinary Bitter
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (30.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 85.09 l
Post Boil Volume: 83.20 l
Batch Size (fermenter): 80.00 l
Bottling Volume: 78.00 l
Estimated OG: 1.039 SG
Estimated Color: 6.9 EBC
Estimated IBU: 34.5 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 72.0 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
7.00 kg Pale Malt (2 Row) UK (5.9 EBC)
7.00 kg Pilsner (Weyermann) (3.3 EBC)
0.24 kg Cara-Pils/Dextrine (3.9 EBC)
60.00 g Nelson Sauvin [12.00 %] - Boil 90.0 min Hop
50.00 g Nelson Sauvin [12.00 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop
30.00 g Nelson Sauvin [12.00 %] - Aroma Steep 15 Hop
1.0 pkg San Francisco Lager (White Labs #WLP810) Yeast

 

[Northern Brewer]

How about dry hopping with the remaining 60g of Nelson Sauvin?

As it only follows Alemans recipe in the proportion of grain I might call this Sauvin Stunner.

 

[Northern Brewer]

Long brew day but it was a late start. Got 80L at 1046 until I dumped about 4 litres of cold break trub out of the bottom of the FV. Final recipe as follows. photos tomorrow

80L brew length, 90 min mash and 90 min boil.
OG: 1.044 SG
Estimated Color: 6.9 EBC
Estimated IBU: 34.6 IBUs

7.00 kg Pale Malt (2 Row) UK (5.9 EBC)
7.00 kg Pilsner (Weyermann) (3.3 EBC)
0.24 kg Cara-Pils/Dextrine (3.9 EBC)
60.00 g Nelson Sauvin [12.00 %] - Boil 90.0 min
50.00 g Nelson Sauvin [12.00 %] - Boil 15.0 min
30.00 g Nelson Sauvin [12.00 %] - Aroma Steep 15 min
San Francisco Lager (White Labs #WLP810) Yeast
60.00 g Nelson Sauvin [12.00 %] - Dry Hop 2.0 Days

 

[PD]

I'm following this brew, but I ain't got this so using that, I aint got that so using this............

don't try following a cooking recipe for a beef stroganoff or similar it'll turn out looking and tasting like roast chicken..... he heee

Most things do taste of chicken actually.

 

[Northern Brewer]

Here's the photos

the starter - note the high tech method of sealing the aeration pipe

The grain bill

doughing in

recirculating the mash

sparge

the pirate who brought the precious Nelson Sauvin all the way from New Zealand

the boil - you could see the lupilin staining the froth, not sure its as clear on film

in the FV - wort smells and tastes gorgeous :thumb:

OG is 1045 - honest :

 

[Northern Brewer]

I'm following this brew, but I ain't got this so using that, I aint got that so using this............

don't try following a cooking recipe for a beef stroganoff or similar it'll turn out looking and tasting like roast chicken..... he heee

Most things do taste of chicken actually.

If it does I'll rename it Cock Ale

A slightly different angle on an old joke

Me - do you like chicken?
SWMBO - yes
Me - well drink this its fowl

 

[pittsy]

Great work , what a lovely set up you have built , one day dream dream i would love somewhere like that :mrgreen:

 

[Northern Brewer]

Thanks Pitsy - I had a few SWMBO moments financing it- however I pointed out that the total cost was but a fraction of the neighbours mid-life crisis sports car - probably less than a service, and he looks a pillock in it with his flat cap on

Making it yourself certainly lowers the cost considerably and if you do it in stages then its not too bad on the wallet and gives SWMBO some birthday/xmas present opportunities other than bad taste jumpers

 

[Northern Brewer]

Its been a long slow fermentation, its down to 1020 so I dropped in the dry hops, gravity is dropping slowly and there is still plenty of activity, first time I have used this yeast and it is at 15c so probably par for the course.

Not sure how others dry hop but I bought a wad of muslin bags off of ebay. I boil one bag along with a length of decent string and a couple of stainless fittings. I drop the fittings into the bottom of the bag (a 1/2" tee and an elbow if you must know ) put in the hops, tie up the bag, dangle in the top of the FV by the string so the bag is just immersed.

 

[Baldbrewer]

+1 on your brewery build, I think it qualifies as Brew porn!
deffo what I aspire to.

re muslin bags and dry hopping, I found that a couple of stainless M18 nuts in a muslin bag( nuts previously boiled with the bag )

Filled with 20g Goldings maintains a type of neutral boyancy this is in 37 Litres of st Peters ruby red .

I guess you might have to play a bit regarding your larger brew and hop volumes?
Is your brew for personal use only as it looks V professional or do you sell ?

Dont worry I am in no way affliated with Her maj's custom&excise or tax!!!!!
:

 

[Swift Pint]

Beautiful setup!!

I did actually laugh out loud when I was scrolling down through the pics & was suddenly faced with a pirate!! :lol:

Quick question, the bung in your starter with two holes, did you drill the second hole yourself, or is there somewhere that sells them? I'm looking for a bung with two holes - one for the air lock & one for a temp probe.

 

[Northern Brewer]

+1 on your brewery build, I think it qualifies as Brew porn!
deffo what I aspire to.

re muslin bags and dry hopping, I found that a couple of stainless M18 nuts in a muslin bag( nuts previously boiled with the bag )

Filled with 20g Goldings maintains a type of neutral boyancy this is in 37 Litres of st Peters ruby red .

I guess you might have to play a bit regarding your larger brew and hop volumes?
Is your brew for personal use only as it looks V professional or do you sell ?

Dont worry I am in no way affliated with Her maj's custom&excise or tax!!!!!
:

Thanks BB

personal consumption only, however since our local closed down I do get a lot of friends dropping in to sample it :

I won't brew so much in winter as its bloody cold up here and the wind chill when your cleaning out the tuns outside is crippling - may do a cheeky lager. So I'm building a stock up to see me through to next spring.

 

[Northern Brewer]

Beautiful setup!!

I did actually laugh out loud when I was scrolling down through the pics & was suddenly faced with a pirate!! :lol:

Quick question, the bung in your starter with two holes, did you drill the second hole yourself, or is there somewhere that sells them? I'm looking for a bung with two holes - one for the air lock & one for a temp probe.

thanks SP

I drilled it myself, I bought a blank bung - from memory it wasn't cheap but I couldn't find an alternative.

 

[Loetz]

I made my nelson sauvin beer for SWAMBO too, but it ended up being too bitter for her. Hopefully yours turns out to be a bit better. My problem was that I didn't focus enough on those late hops additions. I imagine yours will take on more berry flavors. I'm curious how it will turn out! Keep us posted!

 

[zgoda]

Is my wife strange (dare to say: anormal)? She likes porters. That's my "SWMBO beer". When summer fades out I always hear from her: "make me some porter for winter, please".

 

[Loetz]

I wish mine liked that kind of stuff. Most of the time she just drinks euro lagers. She like Kilkenny too, but I can't do that without the nitrous.

She quietly disapproves of all of my kit purchases, but when I explained all that I would have to buy to have kegs and a nitrous tap she was almost ready to help pitch in just so she could have a kilkenny clone! I was shocked by the 180, but it's not going to happen because that's about the last kit purchase that I want right now.

 

[kev]

Why is your boil volume only 5 litres above your batch size?

I brew to 40 litres and my boil volume is 55 litres.

K

 

[kev]

Why is your boil volume only 5 litres above your batch size?

I brew to 40 litres and my boil volume is 55 litres.

K

Would be interested to hear an answer on this

Do you top up? Do you have 0 dead-space in the boiler?

K

 

[Northern Brewer]

Why is your boil volume only 5 litres above your batch size?

I brew to 40 litres and my boil volume is 55 litres.

K

Would be interested to hear an answer on this

Do you top up? Do you have 0 dead-space in the boiler?

K

Sorry for the late reply Kev, been busy doing other stuff. These figures are straight out of beersmith and I haven't calibrated it yet. I top up the boiler a little once the initial froth has died down and I usually get about 75 litres in the FV so that should cover the anomaly.

I've just posted on the Nelson Sauvin post on this brew as follows :cry:

Unfortunately, my single hop Nelson Sauvin stunner tastes horrible, but I think its due to an infection rather than the ingredients. I've given it a few weeks to mature now and its hard to describe the unpleasant taste, way beyond any fusel oil taint. :sick:

I did a fair amount of experimentation with a low temperature San Francisco yeast and it took ages to ferment out and around 15 to 16c and I think this is when it all went Pete Tong. Next time I will try the recipe with Nottingham or a Safale yeast.

 

[Hobbins]

Gutted for you fella and SWMBO too