Thirst Gold Sat 25/10

[Wez]

All weighed out and ready for 60L of this baby tomorrow :

Getting half the IBU from the 90 mins and half from the 15 mins.

90 min mash (66)
90 min boil
Target OG 1.042 Target IBU ~30

11600.00 gm Pale Malt (2 Row) UK (3.0 SRM) Grain 97.48 %
300.00 gm Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 2.52 %
40.00 gm First Gold [8.00 %] (90 min) (First Wort Hop) Hops 15.0 IBU
90.00 gm First Gold [8.00 %] (15 min) Hops 15.8 IBU
75.00 gm First Gold [8.00 %] (0 min) (Aroma Hop-Steep) Hops -

The plan is to get 20L into 3x FV's keg 2 and bottle 1.

Could be an early start this one, alarm set for 6am. Wish me luck!

 

[jamesb]

That sounds like it's going to be great.

I wanted a brewday tomorrow, but my malt supplier is away

 

[A T]

Have a good one mate

 

[BrewStew]

aye hope it all goes well mate.... keep that lid on till the boil! :thumb:

 

[Wez]

Will do BS

 

[Wez]

Started heating the mash liquor at 06:05 :thumb:

Yorkshire Tea Time :)

 

[Wez]

Mash started at 07:00 - had some problems getting an even temperature across the mash, no matter how much stirring I've done it was hotter in some places than others, finally managed to get a kind of even 65.5c so the lid is on and it's all wrapped up doing it's thing

 

[Buzz]

Nice early start Wez, enjoy

 

[Frisp]

Wez I take it you plan to be done and in the pub by 12?
Nice move if you are :thumb:
Have a happy brewday

 

[Wez]

:lol: I wish!

Sparging now, 1st 10L collected at 1.104

 

[Wez]

Just started to heat the wort up for the boil.

I have 77L @1.044 in the boiler, sounds like i'll be over on the gravity :hmm:

Edit : Forgot to mention that I stopped sparging at 1.020 with 50L collected, added 27L of cooled boiled water. this SG seems very high so I just checked the notes from when we weighed out last night, and they are spot on :hmm:

 

[Jonnyv]

Good luck with the rest Wez, my HLT is going on soon

 

[Frisp]

I stopped sparging at 1.020 with 50L collected

Wez I take it you have adjusted for temperature.

 

[Wez]

Yep, and also used a refractometer :thumb:

 

[Frisp]

In that case you have been an efficient little brewer then

 

[Wez]

:lol: :lol:

The day aint over yet :?

 

[Vossy1]

Glad to see the brew days going well Wez :thumb: and it looks like a big jump in efficiency

 

[Vossy1]

How are the volumes looking W?

 

[Wez]

3 mins left on the boil, will post in 4 :lol:

 

[Wez]

Right then..

I started with 77L pre boil and ended up with 68L post boil so lost 9L over 1.5hrs (11.5%)

The wort in the boiler is reading at 1.050 :hmm: