Anyone want a whiskey barrel?

[Snuff]

Okay, I am short 500g roast barley and all 450g of flaked barley. Any subs allowed or does anyone have some for swap?

[Blueshed]

for those of us not involved, how do we get involved. i know it's all grain brews thaat are going into the barrel but would like to help out.

[lordstilton]

Shane I have 5kg of roasted barley in a bag...what day suits you to drop it around to you..I'm working sunday to tuesday..i'm usually free around 8pm to 10pm...5pm Brew??  what time will you finish at?

[brenmurph]

John u wanna drop across nxt wknd brew my portion with us?

[Dodge]

Just for info:

The recipe is based on an efficiency of about 68%. In my opinion we would want the OG to be the same or higher than the specified in the recipe, not lower.

If the pre boil SG is low, after extraction, add DME to adjust before boil. A lot of people do get lower efficiency when brewing dark beers compared to pale beers. DME is preferred to simple sugar for adjusting.

If using all grain and total grain bill is too much for you mashtun, substituting base malt for DME is fine. 

[Dodge]

1. Tube 1 x 20L --- Wed 1st May --- 1.087
2. Dodge 2 x 20L
3. CARA 1 x 20L
4. Snuff 1 x 20L
5. Lordstilton 1 x 20L
6. brenmurph 1 x 20L
7. Saruman 1 x 20L
8. McGrath 1 x 20L --- Wed 1st May --- 1.087

Just a reminder to all that we're filling the barrel on 1st June!

I'm brewing the first batch tomorrow followed by the second batch next week.

[Dodge]

1. Tube 1 x 20L --- Wed 1st May --- 1.087
2. Dodge 2 x 20L
3. CARA 1 x 20L
4. Snuff 1 x 20L
5. Lordstilton 1 x 20L
6. brenmurph 1 x 20L
7. Saruman 1 x 20L
8. McGrath 1 x 20L --- Wed 1st May --- 1.087
9. imark 1 x 20L

List adjusted

Just a reminder to all that we're filling the barrel on 1st June!

[brenmurph]

Updated recipe:

6.00 Kg Pale Ale malt
1.00 Kg Roast Barley
0.65 Kg Black (Patent) Malt
0.65 Kg Crystal Malt
0.50 Kg Munich Malt
0.45 Kg Flaked Barley
0.45 Kg Chocolate Malt

40g Magnum @ 60min (50 IBU)
50g Goldings @ 10min (10 IBU)
50g Goldings @ 1 min (1 IBU)

Est Original Gravity: 20.997 Plato/1.087SG
Est Final Gravity: 6.325 Plato/1.025SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 8.4 %
Bitterness: 61 IBUs
Est Color: 221.2 EBC 

90 min boil.

Batch size 20.8 Litres

Fuggles in place of Goldings if you don't have Goldings? Also, any bittering hop should do at 60min?

Is this the final, final recipe? Im gathering ingredients tmora.

[Dodge]

1. Tube 1 x 20L --- Wed 1st May --- 1.087
2. Dodge 2 x 20L --- Fri 3rd May --- 1.089 / Next brew 10th May
3. CARA 1 x 20L
4. Snuff 1 x 20L
5. Lordstilton 1 x 20L
6. brenmurph 1 x 20L
7. Saruman 1 x 20L
8. McGrath 1 x 20L --- Wed 1st May --- 1.087
9. imark 1 x 20L

List adjusted

Just a reminder to all that we're filling the barrel on 1st June!

[Snuff]

1. Tube 1 x 20L --- Wed 1st May --- 1.087
2. Dodge 2 x 20L
3. CARA 1 x 20L
4. Snuff 1 x 20L --- Fri 3rd May --- 1.080
5. Lordstilton 1 x 20L
6. brenmurph 1 x 20L
7. Saruman 1 x 20L
8. McGrath 1 x 20L --- Wed 1st May --- 1.087
9. imark 1 x 20L

Had a bit of trouble with so much malt and my efficiency was lower than normal.

[Dodge]

1. Tube 1 x 20L --- Wed 1st May --- 1.087
2. Dodge 2 x 20L --- Fri 3rd May --- 1.094/ brew 10th May
3. CARA 1 x 20L
4. Snuff 1 x 20L --- Fri 3rd May --- 1.080
5. Lordstilton 1 x 20L
6. brenmurph 1 x 20L
7. Saruman 1 x 20L
8. McGrath 1 x 20L --- Wed 1st May --- 1.087
9. imark 1 x 20L

Forgot to correct my OG. Got better efficiency than expected. My little blue mashtun was full to the brim

[brenmurph]

Updated recipe:

6.00 Kg Pale Ale malt
1.00 Kg Roast Barley
0.65 Kg Black (Patent) Malt
0.65 Kg Crystal Malt
0.50 Kg Munich Malt
0.45 Kg Flaked Barley
0.45 Kg Chocolate Malt

40g Magnum @ 60min (50 IBU)
50g Goldings @ 10min (10 IBU)
50g Goldings @ 1 min (1 IBU)

Est Original Gravity: 20.997 Plato/1.087SG
Est Final Gravity: 6.325 Plato/1.025SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 8.4 %
Bitterness: 61 IBUs
Est Color: 221.2 EBC 

90 min boil.

Batch size 20.8 Litres

Fuggles in place of Goldings if you don't have Goldings? Also, any bittering hop should do at 60min?

Is this the final, final recipe? Im gathering ingredients tmora.

Will someone please verify if this is the actual  finally agreed recipe?

[Dodge]

Hi brenmurph. That's the recipe we are all brewing to

[brenmurph]

regards Dodge tanx...

[CARA]

1. Tube 1 x 20L --- Wed 1st May --- 1.087
2. Dodge 2 x 20L
3. CARA 1 x 20L --- Sun 5th May ---
4. Snuff 1 x 20L --- Fri 3rd May --- 1.080
5. Lordstilton 1 x 20L
6. brenmurph 1 x 20L
7. Saruman 1 x 20L
8. McGrath 1 x 20L --- Wed 1st May --- 1.087
9. imark 1 x 20L