Two Day Brewing Madness ** Lots of Pictures **

[graysalchemy]

Well I have about 400 bottles to fill so I thought i will spend two days brewing. Tommorow i am brewing my house bitter and on Friday a Traquair House Ale Clone a bit of a wee heavy. But because I have got a prior engagement in the afternoon I have done an overnight mash ready for the morning. However because I am a secret brewer brewing in work hours I had to put the mash on at 5.30pm tonight and I will not sparge until about 9am tomorrow.

So here's tomorrow's brew

Pride of Mancheter ESB

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Fermentable Colour lb: oz Grams Ratio
Pale Malt 5 EBC 25 lbs. 2.1 oz 11400 grams 82.2%
Crystal Malt 130 EBC 2 lbs. 7.8 oz 1130 grams 8.1%
Wheat Malt 3.5 EBC 1 lbs. 7.6 oz 670 grams 4.8%
Oat Flakes 2.5 EBC 1 lbs. 7.6 oz 670 grams 4.8%


Hop Variety Type Alpha Time lb: oz grams Ratio
Target Whole 12.5 % 90 mins 0 lbs. 1.3 oz 36 grams 33.6%
Challenger Whole 6.6 % 90 mins 0 lbs. 0.8 oz 22 grams 20.6%
Northdown Whole 6.2 % 90 mins 0 lbs. 0.8 oz 23 grams 21.5%
Golding Whole 5.2 % 10 mins 0 lbs. 0.9 oz 26 grams 24.3%


Final Volume: 55 Litres
Original Gravity: 1.056
Final Gravity: 1.014
Alcohol Content: 5.5% ABV
Total Liquor: 77.4 Litres
Mash Liquor: 34.7 Litres
Mash Efficiency: 75 %
Bitterness: 33.6891486624261 EBU
Colour: 28 EBC

Because of the oats I did a glucan rest for 40 minutes at 40c with a couple of handfuls of Marris Otter.

The Grain Bill

Oats ready for the glucan rest

Mash on keeping very warm under 4 blankets as well as in an insulated tun.

Managed to hit my target of 66c but after nearly 16 hrs I doubt it will be anywhere near that.

Cheers

A

 

[oldstout]

SWOT!!!!

:lol:



:thumb:

 

[oldstout]

:wha: :wha:

What is the glucan rest? :wha:

 

[graysalchemy]

A glucan rest is where the large glucan molecules in the oats are broken down into more manageable sugars which also aid head retention and make the beer silky smouth. I have always used it toasted in stout but recently used it in my pale ale so i thought I would add it to the bitter and the wee heavy. :thumb:

 

[EskiBrew]

Looking good so far :thumb:

 

[graysalchemy]

Looking good so far :thumb:

Yes but its a long time until I sparge, never done an over nighter before.

 

[dennisking]

So secret the mash tun is hidding.

 

[graysalchemy]

So secret the mash tun is hidding.

:rofl: :rofl:

 

[Vossy1]

Hope all goes well today G :thumb: ...secret masher :lol:

 

[graysalchemy]

Mash Tun no longer in Stealth Mode Vossey

The layers of insulation to help keep the temp up

MAsh Temp. So it lost 13 degrees not bad considering It has been there 15 hrs :lol:

Just got to get the sparge water up to temp and then it is all systems go hopefully finished by 1pm then off out and back for round two of over night mashing.

 

[evanvine]

You'll soon be getting into to the realms of MD's quadruple brewing!
Is it secret because you've spent a lot of brass on your kit?

 

[graysalchemy]

You'll soon be getting into to the realms of MD's quadruple brewing!

No I couldn't do a MD anyway his were only 25l these are 55L so I will brew the same but just over two days :lol: :lol:

I don't think anyone would get anywhere near MD's record only MD.

Is it secret because you've spent a lot of brass on your kit?

:whistle: No its becuase I have spent Brass. :rofl: :rofl:

 

[evanvine]

:whistle: No its becuase I have spent Brass. :rofl: :rofl:

:hmm:

 

[graysalchemy]

I earn it She spends it :lol:

 

[PD]

Had my credit card stolen last month............. Not reported it to the bank or Police....... the thief spends less than the wife did...... :party:

 

[graysalchemy]

Well the Boil is nearly up to temp and just another 5 or 6 L to sparge, so should have the boil done by midday, cooling will take an hour and then late afternoon I will get the next mash on.

Oh and in between I will do some work :lol: :lol:

 

[graysalchemy]

First Runnings

Hops (and my feet)

Looks like a snail took a fancy to my grist bucket :lol:

Boil Now well under way. :thumb:

 

[gurtpint]

Hard graft this. Good man! So did you use the oats untoasted? Good luck to your ventures under the veil of secrecy...

 

[graysalchemy]

Yes the oats were untoasted. I am also using them tommorow in a wee heavy which probably would have benefited from toasting.

Anyway all wrapped up at 1.30pm.

The money shot

1065 corrected to 1068 which means I got a mash efficiency of 87% :grin: :grin:

I think I will have to adjust it for these overnight mashes.

The next one is all weighed out so when I get back in at 4pm I can get it going. I saved all the hot water which came out of the heat exchanger at the begining of the cooling so it won't take long to heat up.

:thumb:

 

[friedaweed]

That looks like a great 'job' you've got there