Scottish 80 Shilling (80/-) #1
17 L Batch Size
2.6 kg Pale Ale (Weyermann and Fawcett's Golden Promise)
205 g Caramel 20 L
205 g Caramel 80 L
165 g Caramel 120 L
100 g Munich I
30 g East Kent Golding (30 min)
FM12 W szkocką kratę (Startered)
Making a batch as a "starter" for a Wee Heavy. Startered FM12 at 1 liter for 24 hours. Mashed in with 12 L of water at 80 and overshot my mash temperature by 2 degrees. Added a little bit of cooler water to get down to 70, and mashed for 90 minutes due to a storm rolling through. Pulled 7 liters of 20 Plato runnings, sparged with 8 liters of cool water. Sparged one more time to volume. 22 liters of preboil volume, boiled for an hour and collected at 11.5 degrees Plato. Chilled and poured into sanitized keg to ferment. Let cool to 15 C in keg before pitching.
Brewed 03.05
Closed up the keg after 5 days of fermentation. Pressure when checked with spunding valve tight a few days later was 14 PSI. Should be around 2 volumes at the temperature it was in the cellar. First glass off showed it hazy due to how young it is, but with a beautiful malty profile. My wife would like me to carbonate it a bit higher so she'll sit on the gas for a few days then I'll probably let it sit for a bit while I work on my new apartment.