New fermenter, so a simple brew to calibrate the calculator.
MALT:
Crisp Clear Choice Pale (EBC 4) – 3500g
CaraMalt (EBC 90) – 200g
MINERALS:
Gypsum – 10.6g
Epsom Salt – 3.9g
HOPS:
Centennial – 2g – 60 minutes
Citra, Mosaic – 12g – 0.8g/l – 20 minutes
Citra, Mosaic – 24g – 1.5g/l – 10 minutes
Citra, Mosaic – 54g – 3.5g/l – Aroma steep for 30 minutes @ 71.7°C
IBU: 41.1
SRM: 5.4
KETTLE VOLUME: 15.5 litres
TARGET PACKAGED VOLUME: 11 litres
STRIKE VOLUME: 18.24 litres @ 71.3°C
SPARGE VOLUME: 1x kettle taken from the strike water
CHILLING VOLUME: 4 litres @ 5°C
MASH: 68°C / 60 minutes
BOIL: 60 minutes @ power level 8
FININGS: 1/2 Protafloc tablet
FERMENTER VOLUME: litres
YEAST: 1x CML FIVE
FERMENTER TEMP: Ambient 19°C
SPUNDING PRESSURE: None
OG: 1.060
FG: 1.016
ABV: 5.8%
PACKAGED VOLUME: litres
INGREDIENT COST: £
COST PER PINT: p
BREWING NOTES: Probably the cleanest and easiest brew day I’ve ever had! Great smelling wort too. Slightly higher mash temperature, which only dropped 1°C over the 60 minutes. Surprisingly high OG. Grain absorption and boil off rate were both changed in the calculator after measurements on this brew. I’ll need to do a re-brew when the fermenters free to check the calibration. Yeast pitched the following morning at 23°C, was down to 19°C the following morning with the start of airlock activity.
TASTING NOTES: Very underwhelming beer. Is it the Clear Choice Pale malt? Not had good results with it so far. Might use it up in stouts.