I brewed this bitter yesterday, however I found the 500g bag of Carapils on the side this morning - doh! Every brew I forget something, last brew it was the protofloc.
First time using a hop rocket, smells wonderful. I was aiming for 1.036 and still hit 1.039 without the Carapils, I guess this is improved efficiency due to the HERMS. I added the Perle to the hop rocket at the last minute. It was heading towards end of the best before date and was a half packet, even though I keep my hops in the freezer, I thought it would be good to get the full 100g in the hop rocket. The choice of bittering hops was also a bit random, based on what I had in the freezer that needed using. I forgot that I intended to use up my home grown hops from 2019, I think that will be in the next bitter.
The name came about as the previous brew was a premium bitter called Sheep Dip. So this weaker beer was going to be called Lambs Tail, then the wife, who wanted the weaker beer said why not call it Dag End (a dag is the **** covered bit of fleece around a sheep's bum) and that morphed into BrewDag :)
I shall let you know how it goes.
BrewDag Bitter
Standard/Ordinary Bitter
3.9% / 9.8 °P
All Grain
78% efficiency
Batch Volume: 80 L
Boil Time: 60 min
Vitals
Original Gravity: 1.039
IBU (Tinseth): 38
Colour: 14.8 EBC
Malts (12.5 kg)
11.5 kg (92%) — Simpsons Pale Ale Finest Maris Otter — Grain — 5 EBC
500 g (4%) — Weyermann Carapils/Carafoam — Grain — 3.9 EBC
250 g (2%) — Warminster Brown Malt — Grain — 105 EBC
250 g (2%) — Warminster Crystal 400 — Grain — 450 EBC
Hops
50 g (24 IBU) — Galena (Whole) 14.1% — Boil — 60 min
21 g (7 IBU) — Magnum (Whole) 9.3% — Boil — 60 min
50 g — Galena (Whole) 14.1% Hop Rocket infusion
50 g - Perle (whole) 8% Hop Rocket infusion
Miscs
1 g — Calcium Chloride (CaCl2) — Mash
2 g — Epsom Salt (MgSO4) — Mash
15 g — Gypsum (CaSO4) — Mash
2 g — Calcium Chloride (CaCl2) — Sparge
1.5 g — Epsom Salt (MgSO4) — Sparge
12 g — Gypsum (CaSO4) — Sparge
2 items — Protafloc — Boil — 15 min
Yeast
Lallemand (LalBrew) Nottingham Yeast 75%