Simple pale ale testing the Brew Bucket with the floating dip tube and only using half a pack of yeast.
MASH ADDITIONS:
Crisp Clear Choice Pale (EBC 4) – 2585g
Simpson’s Crystal T50 (EBC 140) – 100g
BOIL ADDITIONS:
Amarillo (7.9 AA / Leaf) – 20g / 45 minutes
Centennial (8.1 AA / Leaf) – 16g / 30 minutes
Citra (14.2 AA / Leaf) – 4g / 30 minutes
1/2 Protafloc Tablet / 15 minutes
Centennial (8.4 AA / Pellet) – 35g / Dry Hop on day 4
Citra (12.9 AA / Pellet) – 15g / Dry Hop on day 4
MINERALS:
Gypsum – None
Epsom Salt – None
IBU: (65.93)
SRM: 6.79
TARGET KETTLE VOLUME: 10.9 litres
TARGET PACKAGED VOLUME: 9 litres
STRIKE VOLUME: 14.2 litres / 149mm @ 70.3°C
SPARGE VOLUME: 3 litres taken from the strike water
CHILLING VOLUME: 2 litres @ 5°C
MASH: 67°C / 60 minutes, wrapped up
BOIL: 60 minutes @ power level 8
FININGS: 1/2 Protafloc tablet
CHILLED: Yes
FERMENTER TRANSFER: Full
YEAST: 1/2x Mangrove Jacks M44
FERMENTER TEMP: Ambient 19°C
SPUNDING PRESSURE: None
EFFICIENCY: (82%)
OG: (1.053) 1.066
FG: (1.012) 1.012
ATTENUATION: (78%) 81%
ABV: (5.38%) 7.1%
PRIMING SUGAR: 55g
PACKAGED VOLUME: litres
INGREDIENT COST: £
COST PER PINT: p
BREWING NOTES: Water calcs were around 570ml over. Some of this was the leaf hop calculation which was still a bit high, most was due to the difference in the scale on the fermenter versus the mash kettle. Efficiency was a lot higher than expected at around 82%. Great colour on the gravity sample. FG was higher than expected – was this because it only had a week in the fermenter and maybe it takes a while longer with just half a pack of yeast?? Floating dip tube left 1.5 litres in the fermenter. Priming sugar pressurized the keg after 2 weeks room temp to 14.4psi after chilling in the fridge. FG came good in the end. Higher efficiency from the Clear Choice Pale malt?
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