Well… sort of. I messed up the Bobek aroma hops and put too many in, but their alpha acid content was lower than the Styrians that I’d planned in the recipe, so it should only be ~3 IBU more bitter, which I doubt is noticable. The recipe shown here is what I actually brewed, rather than the planned.
This is yet another recipe from Mr. Wheeler’s magical book of beers.
- Length: 25 litres
- Yeast: Nottingham
- OG 1.038
- FG 1.005
- ABV 4.3%
Recipe:
| Fermentable | Colour | lb: oz | Grams | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pale Malt | 5 EBC | 8 lbs. 8.1 oz | 3860 grams | 91.1% |
| Crystal Malt | 130 EBC | 0 lbs. 8.8 oz | 250 grams | 5.9% |
| Wheat Malt | 3.5 EBC | 0 lbs. 4.4 oz | 125 grams | 3% |
| Hop Variety | Type | Alpha | Time | lb: oz | grams | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fuggle | Whole | 5.2 % | 60 mins | 0 lbs. 2.1 oz | 60 grams | 53.1% |
| Bobek | Whole | 3.9 % | 10 mins | 0 lbs. 1.8 oz | 50 grams | 44.2% |
| Irish Moss | Whole | 0 % | 10 mins | 0 lbs. 0.1 oz | 3 grams | 2.7% |
| Final Volume: | 25 | Litres |
| Original Gravity: | 1.038 | |
| Final Gravity: | 1.009 | |
| Alcohol Content: | 3.7% | ABV |
| Total Liquor: | 34.7 | Litres |
| Mash Liquor: | 10.6 | Litres |
| Mash Efficiency: | 75 | % |
| Bitterness: | 39 | EBU |
| Colour: | 16 | EBC |
Comments:
Another sunny day and an outside brew. Again I had a bit more wort than I needed after sparging, but by my refractometer at the end of the boil I was bang on the money at 9.8°Bx = 1.038. This time when I read the refractometer it was a very clear line, so something was clearly up with the oatmeal stout.
This is also my first all-grain with a pale malt other than Maris Otter – this one was Golden Promise. Don’t know if it’s the malt, but the wort was a bit cloudier and had some bits in it.
2011-04-22: Measured gravity at 4.6°Bx = 1.006, so it’s fermented very well! If it’s the same tomorrow then I’ll bottle in the next couple of days.
2011-04-22: FG 4.5°Bx = 1.005, so just about finished, and very fully! Racked into a second FV with 5g of gelatine in 100ml water, since the Burton Bridge is a bit cloudy still in the barrel and mini-keg. Bottles are bright, mind you, so it’s just taking a while in the larger containers.
2011-05-02: Bottled 12, 5 litre mini-keg, rest in barrel. Looks like around 23 litres in the end.
2011-05-21: Dropped clear already, tastes good.
