pdtnc
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Stout of my Head
Fermentables:
Golden Promise 1800g
Flaked Barley 500g
Roasted Hemp Seed 250g
Wheat Malt 100g
Crystal Malt, Dark 100g
Roasted Barley 90g
Chocolate Malt 80g
(I also added a tiny bit of Maize which might just act like Corn Flour and Set my Mash!)
Hops:
Northdown 60 mins 25g (FWH)
Final Volume: 12 Litres
Original Gravity: 1.048
Final Gravity: 1.013
Alcohol Content: 4.5% ABV
Total Liquor: 19.1 Litres
Mash Liquor: 7.3 Litres
Mash Efficiency: 75 %
Bitterness: 40 EBU
Colour: 172 EBC
Grain weighed out, Golden Promise Malt, Flaked Barley, Dark Crystal Malt,Roasted Barley, Chocolate Malt, Roasted Hemp Seed,Gypsum, Coffee ground Corn I picked while out walking:
Grain Temp:
Treated water going into the Boiler, Just heating up enough for a little over the Mash Volume:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2676/415694..._68f54b7dc2.jpg
Mashing, I got the other half to take this shot:
After a bit of messing about, mash on at 9am @ 67.6C for 90mins:
pH right on the money, I'm going to give up using these test strips as every mash I've done so far has been close enough not to bother:
Grain bed at end of mash:
Mash temp at 90mins:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2800/415786..._e42cb5c25d.jpg
Northdown FWH:
Hops in the wort, its really dark I think I got more colour than I bargained for! Mash efficiency says 80.5% which could be more than planned due to some extract from the Roasted Hemp:
The Recycling Crew:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2796/415786..._19ff1c7956.jpg
Just come to a nice rolling boil:
Trub at the bottom of the boiler:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2632/415809..._f69b1d614c.jpg
OG: 1044 @ 22c so near enough to predicted 1048:
A pretty easy brewday, sparge ran off lovely and clear with no sign of anything sticking. Did a quick mix and ran off without letting it settle, both batches were good, could it be this technique or the fact that I had Flaked barley in there that kept the grain bed structure more open??
Pitched s-04 just Dry sprinkled at 22C and put to bed![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Fermentables:
Golden Promise 1800g
Flaked Barley 500g
Roasted Hemp Seed 250g
Wheat Malt 100g
Crystal Malt, Dark 100g
Roasted Barley 90g
Chocolate Malt 80g
(I also added a tiny bit of Maize which might just act like Corn Flour and Set my Mash!)
Hops:
Northdown 60 mins 25g (FWH)
Final Volume: 12 Litres
Original Gravity: 1.048
Final Gravity: 1.013
Alcohol Content: 4.5% ABV
Total Liquor: 19.1 Litres
Mash Liquor: 7.3 Litres
Mash Efficiency: 75 %
Bitterness: 40 EBU
Colour: 172 EBC
Grain weighed out, Golden Promise Malt, Flaked Barley, Dark Crystal Malt,Roasted Barley, Chocolate Malt, Roasted Hemp Seed,Gypsum, Coffee ground Corn I picked while out walking:
![4156167420_638b603293.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/b99/b9931c678004854161a0038e17824ebf.jpg)
Grain Temp:
![4157704546_4447aece7a.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/942/9429808ee7f7536ba5463f47ffc0d986.jpg)
Treated water going into the Boiler, Just heating up enough for a little over the Mash Volume:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2676/415694..._68f54b7dc2.jpg
Mashing, I got the other half to take this shot:
![4156944353_af9d2b6e30.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/00b/00ba94214473aa1c36fae429dcb5d6ab.jpg)
After a bit of messing about, mash on at 9am @ 67.6C for 90mins:
![4157705026_48db95a3b4.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/c6d/c6d690213c7cd4637b7638f2673504c1.jpg)
pH right on the money, I'm going to give up using these test strips as every mash I've done so far has been close enough not to bother:
![4156944529_73d56605e5.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/377/37778ee12e78499823add4f1735bba59.jpg)
Grain bed at end of mash:
![4157864100_deb4e489f0.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/719/71998e8f7e545000485a7822f29579ef.jpg)
Mash temp at 90mins:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2800/415786..._e42cb5c25d.jpg
Northdown FWH:
![4157864438_ccdb3a96fe.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/1f5/1f58b90836ff953f8453c92f516d34ac.jpg)
Hops in the wort, its really dark I think I got more colour than I bargained for! Mash efficiency says 80.5% which could be more than planned due to some extract from the Roasted Hemp:
![4157105167_d8686fb3cf.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/90b/90be044d640c04ee656e88c28dc124f1.jpg)
The Recycling Crew:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2796/415786..._19ff1c7956.jpg
Just come to a nice rolling boil:
![4157865176_433fe88117.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/c95/c95c76cd01882dc8daf6f7d86c5b67fd.jpg)
Trub at the bottom of the boiler:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2632/415809..._f69b1d614c.jpg
OG: 1044 @ 22c so near enough to predicted 1048:
![4158098812_43724884da.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/d89/d89741f591647e49395a78863c53ec20.jpg)
A pretty easy brewday, sparge ran off lovely and clear with no sign of anything sticking. Did a quick mix and ran off without letting it settle, both batches were good, could it be this technique or the fact that I had Flaked barley in there that kept the grain bed structure more open??
Pitched s-04 just Dry sprinkled at 22C and put to bed