Brewed with Lee.<\/p>\n
500g Muntons Light Spray Malt
\n500g Muntons Extra Dark Spray Malt
\n2kg Maris Otter, crushed at the shop
\n225g Crystal Malt
\n150g Chocolate Malt
\n50g Black Malt
\n25g Carafa Special 3
\n12g Challenger, 7.6%AA @ 60 mins for 12 IBU
\n18g Northern Brewer, 10.5%AA @ 60 mins for 24 IBU
\n23g Willamette, 4.5% AA @ 40 mins for 10.4 IBU
\n16g Willamette, 4.5% AA @ 20 mins for 5.7 IBU
\nSafale US-05 yeast<\/p>\n
Mashed in the 10L pot with 5L water @ 78 deg, adding all the grain.\u00a0 Hit 66 deg and heated on the stove to 68 deg over 5 mins.\u00a0 Temp was 68 deg at 15 mins, 64.5 at 45 mins so added some more heat up to 68 deg.\u00a0 At 60 mins, strained all the grain through the sieve, then returned it to the pot and added 3L water at 84 deg, left to stand for 15 mins, then strained through the sieve again, yielding a total of 6L of liquor.\u00a0 Brought this to the boil, waited for the foam to drop, then added hops as scheduled.\u00a0 Boil went 7 minutes over time, but otherwise correct.\u00a0 Strained into a few litres of cold in the fermenter through the sieve, squeezed and discarded spent hops.\u00a0 Boiled up the extract in a couple of litres of water and added to the fermenter.\u00a0 Topped up to 20L and pitched yeast immediately.<\/p>\n
Racked, bulk primed with 100g sucrose and bottled on 17\/10\/2010.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Brewed with Lee. 500g Muntons Light Spray Malt 500g Muntons Extra Dark Spray Malt 2kg Maris Otter, crushed at the shop 225g Crystal Malt 150g Chocolate Malt 50g Black Malt 25g Carafa Special 3 12g Challenger, 7.6%AA @ 60 mins … Continue reading