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Hemel Pride Brewday 7th December 2008 3.71Kg Pale Malt AG#5 Hemel Pride, based on Fullers London Pride.
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Ingredients - Hops and copper salts pictured | |
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Mashing in - PH of mash was a little high at around 5.5-5.6 so looks like I should have added more CRS to the HLT. |
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HERMS - Initially the temperature of the mash dropped to 62°C when I started recirculating, but this soon recovered to 67°C-68°C. I had the PID set to 69°C, but I dropped it to 67°C half way through the mash. | |
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Sparging - Made a mistake and let the HLT water get to 90°C so I had to take the lid off and stir the water to reduce the temperature down to 82°C. Need to get the second PID up and running to control the HLT temperature! | |
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Boil | |
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Sample - Still too cloudy with HERMS I was expecting the wort to be clearer!! | |
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Running into FV - Using the sieve to make sure no large bits end up in the FV. | |
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yeast head - looking slighly cleaner than some of my previous brews but still a bit "dirty". Because of the cold weather the fermentation chamber only just held 19°C. Need to improve the insulation and have better fixing for the door. | |