I've been lurking HBT for years now and decided that I'd share what I've currently got in the carboy. I'll update as things progress.
Having received a corny keg for my birthday late last month, I decided to have a go at an English Mild, specifically Orfy's Mild Mannered Ale. Furthermore, I decided to try no-chill and to keg it to share with friends at an upcoming event. However, as often seems the case in my brewing experiences, several things went "wrong", so, I had to improvise. Here's the list:
Here's the recipe that I formulated for this brew copied off of Brew Calculus:
SG @ 1 wk: 1.028
Having received a corny keg for my birthday late last month, I decided to have a go at an English Mild, specifically Orfy's Mild Mannered Ale. Furthermore, I decided to try no-chill and to keg it to share with friends at an upcoming event. However, as often seems the case in my brewing experiences, several things went "wrong", so, I had to improvise. Here's the list:
- Unable to get a hold of Maris Otter in time to brew
- Brew Calculus only goes up to 177°L, leading to my formulating a darker recipe than intended (next time I'm going back to doing calculations by hand)
- Sustained power outage beginning 5 min from intended flame-out (electric burner) and lasting 4 days. This lead to higher than expected wort losses during transfer (candle-light) and low fermentation temperatures.
Here's the recipe that I formulated for this brew copied off of Brew Calculus:
Code:
Malt Bill
% LB OZ Malt or Fermentable ppg °L
44% 3 8 2 Row Malt 34 2
13% 1 0 Black Patent 26 177
13% 1 0 Cara-Pils 33 1
13% 1 0 Crystal 40L 34 40
13% 1 0 Munich 34 10
6% 0 8 Chocolate 34 127
Hop Bill
use time oz variety form aa
first wort 60+ mins 0.6 Willamette leaf 5.2
boil 45 (25) mins 0.5 Willamette leaf 5.2
Yeast
Wyeast 1968 London ESB
Mash
Single-step Infusion Mash: 60min @ 70C @ 1.25 qt/lb
No mash-out, double batch sparge (5 gal MLT didn't quite take all sparge water in the first go)
Pre-fermentation OG: 1.040
Notes: No-chill in Corny keg out in the snow for a few hours.
SG @ 1 wk: 1.028