I liked someones comment about a slow lead into a boil. This is how I read into the instructions. To boil that much would have taken a good amount of time. I decided to steep and boil to total 3 hours. It basically went 45-55 minutes of steep then boiling for last 2 hours. hardest for only last 60 minutes after first hop addition. Here are some clips from brew notes and descriptions on how I estimated out my version. I also think i figure out the potential OG of Wheat Bran, it's 1.012.
Batch Size: .8 Gallons
Target OG: 1.035
Target IBUs: 30.5
Fermentables:
.5oz of wheat bran (Brought up to boil slowly and boiled for 60 minutes
11oz by volume Lyles Golden Syrup (light molasses) Added only for last 5 minutes
Hops:
.16 oz cascade 60min
.25 oz cascade 5min
Yeast:
M44 yeast from .5L starter.
In the future I may add whirlfloc in an attempt to clear out this incredibly hazy and described as looking like a tan mud. Not this time though.
GW is ambiguous on brewing procedures but my assumption is the 3 hour boil included at least 90min of bring bran and his 30 gallons of water to boil producing a small mash.
Because of long times to boil 30 gallons in GW's time, I left the wort near 140-170 for first 50 minutes then turned up burner. Then, slow to a slow simmermmer until the 60 min left mark
Measured gravity after 50 min of "mash" with refractometer and got 1.004 with a water volume of 1.5 Gallons or 6 gravity points. Used beersmith to estimate bitterness with 1.3 gallon pre-boil volume, batch size of .8 gallons and estimated pre-boil gravity of 1.004.
Then I used brewsmith to estimate gravity and IBUs.
Beersmith estimate 15.4oz of Lyles adding a lot more to the gravity than stonecutters attempt. But did he did full gallon batch? And I did .8. I will weigh out less and then take gravity reading before adding anymore.
Going to shoot for 1.035 OG and 30 IBUS.
Depending aau of liberty, I think .25 at 60 especially with such a low boiling gravity may have been to much. I like a bitter hoppy beer but .16 @ only 60 minutes estimates 23.6 by itself and 31 IBUs in 4.1% beer is quite a bit. No way would they brew his bitter of a beer but it does say to taste so I'm going with 31 IBUs and .25oz aroma addition with a great American hop.
My guess is Washington didn't add most of the fermentable until the end to preserve hops. By boiling hops in low gravity wort, he saved money and hops by using less for same bitterness.
This gravity is estimated by adjusting wheat bran grain to a gravity of 1.012
Before I finished with 60 minute full boil I measure a gallon of wort at 1.006. All other variables the same adjusting preboil volume to 1 gives me 1.006 SG.
I had pictures of the beersmith calculations but not posting for some reason.
Will update with more notes later, its acutally boiling right now.
I think this will turn out really good. The bran gives very little sugars but probably some fermentables and body because the sugar water would be so unbearably thin.