Categories
Tasting

Lefebvre Hopus

Yeasty on the nose, fully mouth feel, complexity builds into malty notes, with slight hop finish.

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Categories
Bottling

Stout bottling

Base stout
1006
2x500ml
2ml sugar
so5

Milk stout
1010
4 750 3ml added 2.5ml lactose to sweeten up
1 500 l 2ml

Imperial
1010
4 500 2ml
4 750 3ml

Oatmeal
1010
6 500
3 750

Irish
1012
5 500
4 750

Extra bottle
1×500 sweet + Irish

B7.1 B7.2 B7.3 B7.4 B7.5
Base Stout Sweet Stout oatmeal Stout Irish Stout Foreign Stout Imperial Stout
1.040 1.040 1.040 1.040 1.042 1.084
1.006 1.010 1.010 1.012 1.010 1.022
4.50% 4% 4% 3.70% 4.30%  8.3 %
Too low  6 mar Bottled
Categories
Recipe

Ordinary Bitter + Four

Using an ordinary bitter as base for 5 guild beers

Ordinary Bitter

26 litres
All Grain
1.040~OG→1.009~FG→4.0%ABV 30 IBU 9.4°L SRM
Yeasts
5 grams
S-04 – Safale S-04 – Wyeast 1968 ESB
Fermentis (Ale)
5 grams
Fermentables
4.85 kilograms
Maris Otter
34ppg, 4°L
4.5 kilograms
93%
Crystal 120L
33ppg, 120°L
0.2 kilograms
4%
Special Roast
29ppg, 50°L
0.12 kilograms
2%
Aromatic
36ppg, 4°L
35 grams
1%
Hops
50 grams
Bramling Cross
5%, Pellet
25 grams
50%
Super Alpha
12%, Pellet
25 grams
50%

B10.1 NZ Dark ale

Colour target: Amber to garnet
~5ml Sinamar Weyermann® (dark colouring) added (straight from fridge)

1.037 og

10 March
1004 FG  4.4%

B4.1 Ordinary Bitter

1.034 at 30c – 1.037
Fermentor 5l no 1
Pitched 2nd gen( Best bitter) ESB Wyeast 1968

Bottled 6 April
1002 fg – 3.8%

  • 4x Primed 750ml – 3ml syrup
  • 3x Primed 500ml – 2ml syrup

B4.2 Extra Special Bitter

Took ~5L from boil and boiled separately . Added 5g more bitter hops at 30mins

Fermentor 5l #2
1068 before blend at 30c
1045 Og at 30c -> 1.048 og
Pitched 2nd gen( Best bitter) ESB Wyeast 1968

Bottled 6 April
1004 fg – 4.7%

  • 4x Primed 750ml – 3ml syrup
  • 3x Primed 500ml – 2ml syrup

B9.1 Fruit Beer

1.032 og -> 1.035 og

Plan to add frozen raspberrys

Fermentor 15L water cooler ~ 10L

Pitched ~7g s-05

6 March
Add 500g frozen Raspberrys directly to fermenter

10 March
1.002 FG – 9.5L – 4%

  • 1x Primed 1L – 4ml syrup
  • 4x Primed 750ml – 3ml syrup
  • 7x Primed 500ml – 2ml syrup

B1.2 Low Alcohol

Diluted base with tap water

~1.023 og

Pitched ~2g s-05
Fermentor – 1L glass bottle
10 March

1.010 FG  1.7%

B1.1 Light Beer

Diluted base with tap water

~1.025 og

Pitched ~2g s-05
Fermentor – 1L glass bottle

10 March

1.010 FG  2.0%

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