Strong Bitter Recipe - Autumn Bolter

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Autumn Bolter

by on
All Grain
25 Liter(s)
36 Liter(s)
100 min
75%
Variation on Hop Back Summer Lightning recipe from the CAMRA's Brew Your Own British Ale book. Equipment used - Grainfather Connect, Fast Ferment Conical Fermenter, Plastic Barrel fitted with s30 CO2 injector. Main variation is in hops - adding Mandarina Bavaria as aroma hop and EKG for flame out rather than Golding. Also adding extra Mandarina Bavaria with Challenger as bittering hop.

This recipe was cloned from Young At Heart v01.

Fermentables

100% - Pale 2-Row - UK
5.45
36
2
Mash

Hops

Challenger
50
Leaf
Boil
100 min(s)
8.5
42.7
Mandarina Bavaria
20
Leaf
Boil
100 min(s)
6.4
12.9
Golding
15
Leaf
Boil
10 min(s)
4.5
2.3
Mandarina Bavaria
20
Leaf
Boil
10 min(s)
6.4
4.3
East Kent Goldings
15
Leaf
FlameOut
0 min(s)
5.5
0.0

Yeast

Wyeast Thames Valley Ale 1275
77%

Other Stuff

Irish Moss
3
ml
Boil
Gypsum
3
ml
Boil
Yeast Nutrient
3
ml
Boil

Mash Steps

Saccharification Rest
Decoction
66
80 min
Mash-Out
Decoction
75
10 min

Special Instructions

1.
3 nights before - prepare yeast primer
2.
18.2 litres as strike water into Grainfather heat to 66°C
3.
add 5.45kg pale crushed malt to strike water in stages, stir in carefully
4.
Also add 120g rice husks - this is to help prevent a stuck mash at sparging which happened last time (painful experience)
5.
Leave malt in at 66°C for mash period of 80 mins and Mash Out of 10 mins
6.
During mash period prepare 17.3 litres sparge water at 80-85?C
7.
During mash period prepare bittering hops for adding to boil 50g Challenger and 20g Mandarina Bavaria, also 5g calcium sulphate
8.
At end of mash, lift out malted grains and sparge slowly with 15 litres sparge water
9.
Add the bittering hops and calcium sulphate and boil for 100 mins
10.
During the boil prepare aroma hops 15g Goldings and 20g Mandarina Bavaria, also protofloc\Irish moss
11.
At 90 mins boil time add aroma hops and protofloc\Irish moss, also 0.5 tsp Wyeast Yeast Nutrient dissolved in warm water
12.
At end of boil (100 mins), switch off boiler and prepare post boil (late) hops - 15g EK Goldings
13.
Check pH of wort - should ideally be close to 5.3
14.
At 80°C drop in late hops and leave for 20 to 30 mins
15.
Vigourously aerate wort 5-10 mins with specialised paddle attached to electric drill for fermentation stage
16.
Prepare and hook up counterflow chiller and syphon wort slowly into conical fermenter, allow for splashing to aid aeration
17.
Use a thermometer to gauge temperature - should be around 20-25°C
18.
Take a hydrometer reading of the wort and store the result - 1.054
19.
Top up wort with cold water to desired batch size level (25l) if necessary
20.
Add primed yeast mixture and stir in carefully
21.
Primary fermentation at 18-25°C (22°C optimum) until fermentation stops or specific gravity is static for 24 hours (Hydrometer readings)
22.
Secondary fermentation stage (Cask conditioning) - add 50g malt primings in 250ml water to conical fermenter - avoid aeration
23.
After secondary fermentation, remove trub and transfer to plastic cask for further conditioning (10 Days)

Tasting Notes (1)

crispyd

Tasted on 11/27/2017 by crispyd

Notes:

My second brew - better than first. Not turned out flavour wise how I envisioned - stronger and sweeter than expected, but it is very pleasant to drink. Reminiscent flavours of sherry in the body - think the Mandarina Bavaria hops as well as the malt contributes - also strong bitter foretaste (which I like). Still looking to get beer less sweet and have more balanced flavour - will experiment with mash rest stages in next few brews.

Recipe Facts

Autumn Bolter
Strong Bitter
  • 25.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 36.00 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 100  min Boil Time
  • 1.049 OG
  • 1.011 FG
  • 62.1 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
  • 1.26 BG:GU
  • 3.6° SRM Color
  • 75% Efficiency
  • 4.9% ABV Alcohol
  • 163 per 12oz Calories
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