Brew Day for Brewcraft Newcastle Brown Ale
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Brew Day
I've made up this set of steps for brew day for a Brewcraft Newcastle Brown Ale recipe.
Ingredients
- Brewcraft Newcastle Brown Ale
- Amber Dry Malt Extract 1kg
- Finishing hop pellets Fuggles 12g
- 300g Dextrose
- Safale S-04 yeast
Equipment
Yeast Proofing:
- Cup
- Cling Wrap
- Fork
Flavor Pack:
- 2-5L Saucepan
- Fine Colander or Sieve
- Stainless Spoon
Cleaning and Sanitisation:
- Brewer's detergent
- Diluted Iodophor in a Spray Bottle
- Large tub or sink
Other Utensils:
- Long Stirring Spoon
- Can Opener
Brewing Equipment:
Process
- Place the Extract Kit in a sink with hot water to soften the contents.
Prepare/Prove Yeast:
- Put 1 cup of warm water into the sanitised cup.
- Sprinkle Yeast into the water.
- Use the fork to break up the Yeast and make sure it's all submerged.
- Cover it over with cling wrap.
- Leave somewhere out of the way.
Clean and Sanitise:
- Gather all equipment and disassemble where possible.
- Wash all equipment with brewers detergent solution.
- Leave to drain.
- Once dry, sanitise all equipment that will touch the beer/yeast with iodophor spray.
- Leave to drain.
Prepare the Fermenter to take the wort:
- Fit tap to fermenter and close it.
- Put 10L of cold water into the fermenter.
- Fit the seal and grommet to the lid, then fit the lid loosely to prevent dust entering the fermenter.
Hops:
1/2 steeped
1/2 dry
Begin combining everything in the fermenter.
- Open and pour the Extract Kit into the Fermenter while stirring so it dissolves. Scrape the inside tin to get all of the contents out.
- Pour the Infusion Pack solution in into the fermenter through a sieve.
- Top Up to 23L
- Take a sample of the wort and measure the specific gravity. Record it.
Pitch the Yeast:
- Once the temperature is below 25 degrees Celsius pitch the re-hydrated yeast solution into the wort.
Prepare for Fermentation:
- Securely fit lid to the fermenter so a good seal is formed.
- Fill airlock with clean water or steraliser solution.
- Fit the airlock to fermenter lid.
- Store fermenter in a place out of sunlight between 18-22 degrees Celsius.
Comments
Logs
- Flavor pack went for 7 mins + 15 mins.
- Added kit and dme to 4L of water.
- Added flavor pack into (2L ) big pot.
- Added big pot to fermenter.
- 2 tblspoon of grain + hop residue from flavor pack in to mix.
- 21.5-22 L only
OG: 1064