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First brew for years, in the fermentor now and hoping to bottle this weekend so I can get onto my next one :)

BCS Bitter, will be interesting what it turns out like

This one is next I found online, hopefully shouldn't have any issues with it. 


One of my favourite beers going round at the moment is Lakeman Hairy Hop.  Would love to have a crack at brewing something that tastes very similar to this.  Any thoughts anyone might have on grain bill and hop schedule would be hugely appreciated.

5.32 kg Gladfield American Ale Malt (2.5 SRM) Grain 1 81.6 %
0.51 kg Caramunich Malt (56.0 SRM) Grain 2 7.8 %
0.23 kg Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 3 3.5 %
0.23 kg Caramunich III (Weyermann) (71.0 SRM) Grain 4 3.5 %
0.23 kg Melanoiden Malt (20.0 SRM) Grain 5

3.5 %

12.00 g Mosaic (HBC 369) [13.00 %] - First Wort 60.0 min Hop 6 16.6 IBUs
35.00 g Mosaic (HBC 369) [13.00 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 7 21.9 IBUs
35.00 g Mosaic (HBC 369) [13.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 8 16.0 IBUs
35.00 g Mosaic (HBC 369) [13.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 9 8.8 IBUs
35.00 g Mosaic (HBC 369) [13.00 %] - Boil 1.0 min Hop 10 1.9 IBUs
85.00 g Mosaic (HBC 369) [13.00 %] - Dry Hop 4.0 Days Hop 12 0.0 IBUs

2Pk US04

23L

EstOG 1.057

EstFG  1.016

65.2IBU

I kegged and tasted this beer yesterday.

I really like it. With all of the late addition hops, and the bit at first wort, it does not have any astringency.

Although I think the Crystal Malt sweetness is carrying the hop flavour, I may drop it down a wee bit next time as it tastes a touch sweet for me. My wife likes it, which is saying something as she does not like the bitterness I usually love.

The North WLG brewers know how much I like to slam the hops on. :)

Thoughts?

Centenial_IPA_10_April_2020
American IPA (21 A)

Equipment: Pot and Cooler (10 Gal/37.8 L) - All Grain
Efficiency: 62.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 71.4 %

Ingredients
Amt Name Type # %/IBU
7.48 kg Gladfield Ale Malt (3.0 SRM) Grain 1 93.7 %
0.25 kg Gladfield Dark Crystal Malt (96.4 SRM) Grain 2 3.1 %
0.25 kg Special Roast (50.0 SRM) Grain 3 3.1 %

Hops
35.00 g Centennial [9.70 %] - First Wort Hop 4 28.4 IBUs
40.00 g Centennial [10.00 %] - Boil 20.0 min Hop 5 21.0 IBUs
35.00 g Centennial [9.70 %] - Boil 1.0 min Hop 6 1.3 IBUs

Yeast
2.0 pkg SafAle English Ale (DCL/Fermentis #S-04) [23.66 ml]

Est Original Gravity: 1.062 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.015 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 6.1 %
Bitterness: 50.6 IBUs
Est Color: 10.5 SRM

Measured Original Gravity: 1.060 SG

Mash Name: Single Infusion, Medium Body, Batch Sparge

Hey Michael, I'm not that keen on S04 - do you like it or can't find S05 ?

Plenty of in hops there, just surprised you're not dry hopping it too :-)

Cheers!

I have been playing with S04 lately, as I like how it floculates nicely. However, I have found that it seems to squash my hops. Maybe it just tastes that way as it does not attenuate as well as s05 or Wy1056.

In the future, I will likely do this again with Wy1056 that I harvested on a previous batch.

The only reason I did not dry hop is because I reckoned I could use that same 100g on another brew instead of a dry hop The local brew shops are slammed now that some are shipping again, and I do not know how fast I can get more hops.

On the bright side, I hit all of my numbers on this brew!

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