AG#14 - Oxfordshire California Common
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Cali Common - Brewfather
Batch Volume:
11 L
Boil Time:
60 min
Mash Water:
16.93 L
Total Water:
16.93 L
Boil Volume:
15 L
Pre-Boil Gravity:
1044
Vitals
Original Gravity:
1053
Final Gravity:
1013
ABV:
5.3%
IBU (Tinseth):
40
Colour:
22.5 EBC
Mash
Temperature —
66 °C —
60 min
Malts (2.81 kg)
2 kg (71.2%) — Weyermann Bohemian Pilsner — Grain — 4 EBC
610 g (21.7%) — Weyermann Wheat Malt Pale — Grain — 3.9 EBC
86 g (3.1%) — Muntons Crystal Dark — Grain — 240 EBC
86 g (3.1%) — Crisp Extra Light Crystal 100 — Grain — 110 EBC
27 g (1%) — Crisp Low Colour Chocolate Malt — Grain — 550 EBC
Hops (40.8 g)
14.6 g (31 IBU) — Northern Brewer 9.5% — Boil —
60 min
6.2 g (6 IBU) — Northern Brewer 9.5% — Boil —
10 min
20 g (4 IBU) — Northern Brewer 9.5% — Aroma —
10 min hopstand
Yeast
1 pkg — Mangrove Jack's
M54 California Lager 76.5%
Been planning this for a while. Another opportunity to use some malts up. I didn't have any pale MO, and I see plenty of other recipes using pils and wheat (and a
separate Brulosophy experiment using pale and pils side by side) so I thought it would be close enough, especially since I have stuck to style with the correct hops and yeast.
I did not have the correct colour crystal, so I mixed 50:50 a dark with a light
Third time out with the Brewzilla and first time programming it to come on in the early morning to heat the strike water up. I have no idea why I hadn't done this before. Like garlic bread, It's the future.
I decided to try underletting, by filling the malt pipe and lowering into the strike water. Quick stir. Easy.
Pretty straight forward brew day except for one thing (which I will probablky ask elsewhere on the forum if there is a BrewFather thread somewhere)
I use two devices; iPad next to the brewing paraphernalia and phone in my pocket, both running BrewFather. As far as I can tell, it syncs the steps across devices e.g. it will move on to mash, but the timings don'y sync. It's hard tp describe, but they appear to sync, but then when you start on one device, the other will drop back to the previous timing. Need to do more research.
Anyway, this balls up meant that the boil timings were off and I boiled off too much. I just boiled the kettle and added back to the correct post boil volume.
Yeast calc says I need two packets of dried yeast for an 11 litre batch. It actually looks like 1.4 packets are required. I only have one and I haven't had time to make a starter, so I'm going to have to under pitch slightly. I'm risking it, but I think it'll be ok. OG was a tad under at 1050 and it's not a full 23 litre batch, so I'm going with it.
Wort is already super clear (something I've noticed since moving away from BIAB) which I put down to the recirculation.