Inspired by the chap from London I met while seeking Kelsos Pilsner at dba in NYC two weeks ago. This is an English beer that attempts to balance pronounced maltiness with a hoppy finish. Not a hop head beer by any measure, but the hops should be more pronounced than any of my beers to date.
Grain bill:
10lb crispmasis otter
.75lb medium crystal
.25lb extra dark crystal
Hops/adjuncts:
2oz Kent Golding at 1st running (this caused me to perform a hybrid type fly sparge instead of a true fly sparge)
.25 oz fuggle @ 20 minutes
.25 oz Kent Golding @ 20 minutes
.25 oz Kent Golding @ 0 minutes
.25 oz fuggle @ 0 minutes
Wyeast West Yorkshire limited edition yeast
TARGET OG 1.054
Brew notes:
Mash in 3.5 gal 166 degree water, target 154- 60 minutes
7:35pm actual temp 10 minutes is 153.1 a little light, may mash 70 min to compensate
Hybrid fly sparge:
1 gal 200 degree water, stir, vorlauf- drain 2 gallons into kettle, add 2oz Kent hops in a paint strainer bag at 7:44pm
Fly sparge 3.5 gal 185 degree water at a 1 gal/10 minute rate- finish 9:23pm
Pre boil 6.75 gallons
Boil 60 minutes- hotbreak 9:33
Add .25 Kent, .25 fuggle at 20 min 10:13 (Paint strainer bag)
1/2 teaspoon yeast nutrient at 10 min.
Add .25 Kent, .25 fuggle at 0 min. 10:33- directly into boil
Cool to 74 degrees, 212 to 80 20min
Whirlpool at 74 11:03pm let sit 1/2 hour outside temp 53 degrees - temp 72 @ 11:10
ACTUAL OG 1.061 at 70 degrees!!!
Aerate 1.5 minutes
Decant starter, swirl yeast
Pitch yeast 12:02 am
Other Notes: Back to a fly sparge and back to a brewmaster warehouse crush and once again, 80% or so efficiency. I hope my 1.040 starter isn't underpitched. The only downside tothis brew so far is that it was late when I pitched the yeast and I forgot to place the magnet on the stir bar and dumped it into my carboy.
Update: 6 hours after pitching, I have a vigorous fermentation taking place. This is the second time I used this yeast, the first was for the Timothy Taylor Landlord clone that I brewed (batch sparged) and came in low in gravity. For that beer, I didn't have activity in the carboy for over 24 hours.
