All grain number three at the weekend - this time something slightly stronger and darker. I want to try Orfy’s Hobgoblin recipe (from Jim’s Beer Kit) - the Wychwood Brewery is only about 5 miles up the road from here - but I need to order some Styrians and Carapils in, so had to go for something else. Clone Brews has a version of Theakston’s Old Peculier, which is somewhat different to other recipes, and probably not dark enough to be right, but none the less, I’m hoping it’s at the least going to turn out a nice pint (and who cares if it’s not spot on if it’s nice and drinkable).
Recipe:
- Pale Malt 5.5kg
- Crystal 460g
- Chocolate 115g
- Torrefied Wheat 150g
Mashed at 68°C for 90min.
- Clear candi sugar 304g
- Soft dark brown sugar 304g
- Golden Syrup 150g
Hops:
- 33g Northern Brewer (7% AA) - 90min
- 18g Fuggles (4.5% AA) - 15min
- 18g Fuggles - 2min
5g Irish moss for 15min.
Yeast: Danstar Nottingham
Brewday went well - think I had good efficiency (tweaked the pH at mash down from 5.6ish by adding 10ml CRS, 1tsp gypsum and 1/2 tsp Epsom salts) - final runnings from the mash were about 1010, and after the kettle, I had 4.5 gallons at 1070. Diluted this down in the FV to about 1061 - should give me (based on 75% attenuation) a pint at about 6%.
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