Gentleman and very gentle women,
I was so sure that I had enough Pale ale or MO in my storage that I did not check up until... brewday. And of course, I had almost zero MO left. So here it is, the new Miraculix Best -Kitchen Sink Edition!
Pilsener with a dash of MO as the base, followed by Perle Hops and Hallertau Mittelfrüh. This is a true English/German friendship celebration
I added a bit of Dark wheat (to me it is similar to midnight wheat, quite neutral but dark), to lower the colour. I also simplified the mash schedule a bit, only three steps, first at 56C for proteins to be chopped into pieces (I always get chill haze these days, trying to get rid of it), 2nd at 65C for the sugars and 3rd at 77C for mashout and glyco-protein production (foam enhancing).
It is already happily bubbling in the kitchen. A09 is a quick starter, if it is reasonably fresh. The batch is about 20l big and had about 85% efficiency. BIAB ftw!
The invert No 2 is actually homemade invert, but There is no way of hacking that into brewers friend. Also, the Gladfield flaked spelt is actually just plain wholegrain Spelt flour.
As you can see there are 2 Crystal malts involved, this is becasue I wanted to clear my storage a bit, did not have enough of the Premium English, so I added some of the Heritage Crystal. They are actually quite different so I think this makes even sense flavour-wise, they should complement each other quite well. Premium is more of a traditional criystal mal, with sweetness and caramel and heritage is a bit astringent if overused, darker, more intense and almost zero sweetness.
I was also quite brave and got into English water territory with this regarding water chemistry. 7g gypsum and 6g Calciumchloride. Plus Vitamin C, but I will make a whole thread for this one, once I finished this batch. Looks like a total game changer to me, but I have to at least verify with this second batch using it.
Original Gravity: 1.047
Final Gravity: 1.014
ABV (standard): 4.4%
IBU (tinseth): 28.8
SRM (morey): 12.6
Yeast: Imperial Yeast - A09 Pub
Hops:
Amount | Variety | Type | AA | Use | Time | IBU | Bill % |
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25 g | Perle | Pellet | 8.9 | Boil | 45 min | 23.01 | 38.5% |
40 g | Hallertau Mittelfrüh | Leaf/Whole | 3.9 | Boil | 10 min | 5.79 | 61.5% |
Mash Guidelines:
Temp | Time |
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56 °C | 15 min |
65 °C | 45 min |
77 °C | 15 min |