RecipeDB - Filbay Common

[fraser_john]

Filbay Common

Lager - California Common
All Grain

1 Votes

Brewer's Notes

To mash water added:
Chalk 2gms
Calcium Chloride 4gms
Epsom Salt 2.7gms
Baking Soda 2gms
Profile from Palmers Spreadsheet = Malty
Added lactic acid to get mash ph to 5.3
Added citric acid to get sparge water to ph 5.6

Pre-boil Estimates
28.49 lites 1.042 gravity

Made starter with 2112. Drained and added fresh wort at end of mash to freshen yeast activity.

Bitterness according to promash was 35.6

After 6 days in fermenter, brew tastes lovely, plenty of malt and hop character.

Kegged last night (9/6/2009) and force carbonated. Wonderful beer with tons of malt character and all the "rustic" overtones that are meant to be part of the style. If I was to do it again I would either tone back the munich malt or adjust the water to be closer to the balanced profile in Palmers spreadsheet. If a competition comes soon I might have to bottle a couple of these and send them off.

Malt & Fermentables

%	KG	Fermentable
	3.67 kg	JWM Traditional Ale Malt
	0.49 kg	Weyermann Munich I
	0.24 kg	Weyermann Caramunich II
	0.24 kg	Weyermann Pale Wheat
	0.05 kg	JWM Chocolate Malt

Hops

Time	Grams	Variety	Form	AA
	24.44 g	Northern Brewer (Pellet, 8.5AA%, 60mins)
	9.78 g	Northern Brewer (Pellet, 8.5AA%, 20mins)
	4.89 g	Northern Brewer (Pellet, 8.5AA%, 1mins)

Yeast

600 ml

Wyeast Labs 2112 - California Lager

Misc

	1 tablet	Whirfloc
	1 tsp	Yeast Nutrient

22L Batch Size

Brew Details

• Original Gravity 1.052 (calc)
• Final Gravity 1.016 (calc)
• Bitterness 29.8 IBU
• Efficiency 78%
• Alcohol 4.67%
• Colour 23 EBC
• Batch Size 22L

Fermentation

• Primary 7 days
• Secondary 7 days
• Conditioning 4 days

 

[fraser_john]

Added some comments to the recipe as I force carb'd this last night and had the first draught. Turned out a wonderful beer for my first "own crafted" recipe. As mentioned in recipe, could either tone back the munich malt or adjust the water additions for a more balanced profile, but I happy with this recipe regardless.

 

[therook]

That looks a great beer John.

How long did this yeast take to ferment out?

Rook

 

[fraser_john]

It took about 8 days to get down to 1.012 and be stable at that point, quite a slow fermenter really, but I had it at 18 to keep it fairly clean. Did not have a slow start as per another thread on the WLP810 I think it is, but its the same yeast. Had my usual lag time of about 6 hours.

You can probably have a taste of it if you come to collect your rhizomes

John