Brews

Empire’s End

Brew

Hops

Hop60min30min10min
Northern Brewer80g––
Fuggles–20g–
East Kent Goldings––15g

Grain

  • 6.60kg Marris Otter
  • 0.58kg Flaked Barley
  • 0.35kg Roast Barley
  • 0.20kg Eclipse Wheat
  • 0.20kg GF Light Chocolate

Yeast

2x Nottingham

Water Treatment

3,5g CaCl2, 0.5g MgSO4, 0.5g CaSO4, 2.5g NaHCO3

Boil Additions

1g WF, 4g YN @ 10min

Brew

  • Mash in at 67°C with 20L, rest for 60 min at 67°C.
  • Mash out: 10min @ 75C
  • Sparge with 13L at 75°C
  • Preboil size 29L
  • Boil time 60mins
  • Postboil size 25L
  • Fermenter volume 24L

Fermentation

17.5 for 3 days, 21 for 3 days, 22 for rest, crash cool

Fermenter Additions

N/A

Carbonation

N/A

Bottled

N/A

Final Volume

N/A

Notes

16D Foreign Extra Stout – part of Valley Brewer BJCP learning / challenge. Original recipe used 60g Target Hops @ 60min, swapped here for 80g Northern Brewer, and 170g Bestmalz Chocolate, swapped here for 200g GF Light Chocolate.

Expected vitals: 1.079 – 1.020, 7.75%

Brew went well, slightly higher volume in fermenter at 24L, with OG 1.075 so slightly lower than intended.

Nice morning to brew on kings birthday holiday
Flaked barley separate, mixed in as the grain was poured in.
Mash in was very full. Nearly 8kg grain and 20L mash water
Wort colour looking good during recirculation
Boil – colour looking great, tastes good, sweet and roasty
24L in fermenter
Alt label – a bit too much for Anakin

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