Thursday, April 25, 2013

Beer 5 - Dotybrew ESB

Mash bill:
5 1/2 lbs Pale Malt (2 row)
8 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt
4 oz Amber (crisp) Malt
2.1 oz Aromatic Malt

Mash in at 162.1 F with 7.97 qt of water
Fly sparge with 5.25 gal water at 168.0 F

Add water to achieve boil volume of 6.48 gal
Estimated pre-boil gravity: 1.048 (I was just about spot on)

Boil additions:
3 lb 4 oz LME
5 oz corn sugar (dextrose)
1.25 oz Kent Golding hops - 60 min
0.5 oz Northern Brewer hops - 10 min
0.25 oz Kent Golding hops - 1 min

Post boil volume: 5.73 gal
OG: 1.057

Recipe called for 4 days primary fermentation. I gave it three weeks.

Secondary/dry hop:
0.25 Kent Golding hops - I am using 0.5 oz to finish up the bag. I'm dry hopping in the keg.

Age for 30 days at 65 F

Expected FG: 1.016

I'll post the results in a month!

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