This time a 25 litre brew length. Should be ready for when my parents come down to visit in November.
- Length: 25 litres
- OG 1.048
- FG 1.012
- ABV 4.8%
Based on the recipe in Wheeler’s book, but with black malt and hops reduced as the numbers predicted by Beer Engine didn’t match the EBC and IBU of the recipe, and because my lovely wife prefers less bitter ales!
Recipe:
| Fermentable | Colour | lb: oz | Grams | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dried Malt Extract Pale | 10 EBC | 6 lbs. 9.1 oz | 2980 grams | 99% |
| Black Malt | 1300 EBC | 0 lbs. 1.1 oz | 30 grams | 1% |
| Hop Variety | Type | Alpha | Time | lb: oz | grams | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Golding | Whole | 5.7 % | 90 mins | 0 lbs. 0.9 oz | 25 grams | 33.3% |
| Styrian Goldings | Whole | 4.5 % | 90 mins | 0 lbs. 0.9 oz | 25 grams | 33.3% |
| Styrian Goldings | Whole | 4.5 % | 10 mins | 0 lbs. 0.8 oz | 22 grams | 29.3% |
| Irish Moss | Whole | 0 % | 15 mins | 0 lbs. 0.1 oz | 3 grams | 4% |
| Final Volume: | 25 | Litres |
| Original Gravity: | 1.042 | |
| Final Gravity: | 1.009 | |
| Alcohol Content: | 4.3% | ABV |
| Total Liquor: | 30.5 | Litres |
| Mash Liquor: | 0.1 | Litres |
| Mash Efficiency: | 75 | % |
| Bitterness: | 30.6827863123017 | EBU |
| Colour: | 24 | EBC |
Comments:
This is a slightly different recipe to the last time I tried Landlord. That time I didn’t have any black malt, so I used a mix of pale and medium DME to get the colour right (according to Beer Engine’s calculator). This time it looked like Beer Engine was predicting something a little too dark and too bitter, so I reduced the amounts of Black Malt and the bittering hops. I have no idea if the recipe or the software is more accurate, but since V thought the JCB was too bitter for her taste I decided to reduce the hops a bit anyway.
I really do need to find a sensible way of setting the immersion cooler at a variable height – as I type it’s balanced on a fridge wine bottle holder, which in turn is balanced on a up-turned bowl. Hardly ideal, even if it does seem quite stable!
I’m also pitching 2 packets of Safale S-04 for this brew, as the pitching calculators and the packet would imply that 25 litres is a little more than 1 packet’s worth. Not like it’s terribly expensive stuff, and it may help prevent some of the off-tastes I’ve had in previous brews, and help it drop down to 1.010, rather than the 1.014s I’ve been getting. The Rigg finished at 1.010 with 1 packet in 10 litres.
Measured OG a little high, at 1.047 @ 24C = 1.048.
You can find the Beer Engine file here
2010-10-19: Measured SG at 1.014 on Saturday, 1.013 yesterday, so I’ll give it a few more days. Increased the temperature from 18C to 20C. Tasting very good at this stage, too.
It’s got colder the last week, so maybe a 60W bulb in the fridge should be replaced by a tube heater.
2010-10-23: Didn’t move much from last week, ended up about 1.012. Racked into barrel yesterday (22nd), and bottled 10 today. Very clear and quite tasty.
