Wells Bombardier

[cederbusch]

What are you doing to your water re gypsum additions? Oxygenating with O2?

I added 5 grams of CaCl2 to 29 liters of water. I got 21 liters into fermenter, so I guess the calculations where based on wrong volume.

No I just shake the fermenter.

 

[cederbusch]

Interesting, M03 didn't have any sulphur... but it's attenuation was 60% at best. What did you get out of M15?

57 %, so maybe it is actually just M03 renamned.

Made a starter and pitched it to a brown ale and that one attenuated at 68 % however.

I´m actually starting to come around regarding this yeast. My Bombardier clone is now 2 months old and tastes pretty darn good! At only 3,5 % abv.

 

[PeteNMA]

What were your gravities to end up at 3.5%? It should finish up fairly dry at 1010-1012

 

[cederbusch]

What were your gravities to end up at 3.5%? It should finish up fairly dry at 1010-1012

For some reason, I rarely manage to get FG within those ranges. With any yeast. Regardless of starter or not.

I use a refractometer and therefore use a calculator. The one I use shows:
Brix OG: 11.9 - 1.046 OG
Brix FG: 8.6 - 1.020 FG
ABV: 3.5 %

I compared with Brewer´s Friend:
Brix OG: 11.9 - 1.048 OG
Brix FG: 8.6 - 1.021 FG
ABV: 3.67 %

I don´t find the beer to be overly sweet, but rather dry. I actually would want it a bit sweeter, but then it´s not Bombardier. Will def. make this one again, maybe with Lyle´s and some treacle for coloring.

 

[PeteNMA]

If you're happy with the taste then the battle is largely won!

 

[ajhill]

For some reason, I rarely manage to get FG within those ranges. With any yeast. Regardless of starter or not.

I use a refractometer and therefore use a calculator. The one I use shows:
Brix OG: 11.9 - 1.046 OG
Brix FG: 8.6 - 1.020 FG
ABV: 3.5 %

I compared with Brewer´s Friend:
Brix OG: 11.9 - 1.048 OG
Brix FG: 8.6 - 1.021 FG
ABV: 3.67 %

I don´t find the beer to be overly sweet, but rather dry. I actually would want it a bit sweeter, but then it´s not Bombardier. Will def. make this one again, maybe with Lyle´s and some treacle for coloring.

Aren't Refractometers inaccurate after fermentation due to the alcohol content. Maybe a hydrometer reading might account for the missing alcohol. But as has been previously mentioned, if it tastes good, drink it!

Alan

 

[cederbusch]

Aren't Refractometers inaccurate after fermentation due to the alcohol content. Maybe a hydrometer reading might account for the missing alcohol. But as has been previously mentioned, if it tastes good, drink it!

Alan

Hence the use of a calculator. It takes this into account. Not exact probably. But hydrometers are not that exact either. And also, different hydrometers shows different values. This one guy had 4 different hydrometers, all calibrated. And they all showed 4 different values!

 

[cederbusch]

Since WLP006 still isn't available over here, and I can´t wait to redo this beer, I´m going for it anyway.

I have an order with London ESB Ale (Wyeast 1968) and Ringwood Ale (Wyeast 1187) incoming. Which of these would be most suitable for this clone?

 

[PeteNMA]

1968

 

[DromJohn]

142 Vault orders until White Labs ships WLP006.

 

[DromJohn]

129 Vault orders until White Labs ships WLP006.

 

[DromJohn]

114 Vault orders until White Labs ships WLP006.

 

[DromJohn]

While still at 114 Vault orders, White Labs has announced that WLP006 will be a November/December 2018 seasonal release.

 

[cyberbackpacker]

That is good news... as it felt as if 2020 might be when we could expect it from the vault otherwise! Ha!

 

[DromJohn]

View attachment 620754
My partial something version.

Macon, GA water
10g gypsum
4 g Epsom Salts

52C 40 minutes
74C 55 minutes
78C sparge

1.6 lb Pearl (Thomas Fawcett)
1.25 lb English Medium Crystal (Simpsons)

1 oz Challenger (60 min)
12 oz Golden Syrup (Lyles)
3.3 lb Light LME (Muntons)
1/3 oz Fuggle, UK (5 min)

Bedford Ale Yeast WLP006

2 weeks primary
3 weeks bottle
First taste 11 May 2019