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wild SMASH (ish)

148 calories 16 g 330 ml
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Special/Best/Premium Bitter
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 27 liters (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 30 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.043 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 70% (brew house)
Calories: 148 calories (Per 330ml)
Carbs: 16 g (Per 330ml)
Created: Tuesday September 9th 2014
1.048
1.013
4.5%
38.3
3.4
n/a
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
6 kg American - Pale 2-Row6 kg Pale 2-Row 37 1.8 100%
6 kg / £ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
40 g East Kent Goldings40 g East Kent Goldings Hops Leaf/Whole 6 Boil 60 min 21.79 13.8%
100 g pat100 g pat Hops Fresh 5 Boil 10 min 16.46 34.5%
150 g pat150 g pat Hops Fresh 5 Whirlpool 1 min 51.7%
290 g / £ 0.00
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
15 L saccharification Infusion -- 67 °C 60 min
mash out Decoction -- 72 °C 5 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 2.5 L/kg
 
Yeast
Fermentis - Safale - English Ale Yeast S-04
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
72%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
15 - 24 °C
Starter:
Yes
Fermentation Temp:
19 °C
Pitch Rate:
0.75 (M cells / ml / ° P) 241 B cells required
£ 0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
 
Target Water Profile
London (Porter, dark ales)
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
100 5 35 60 50 265
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Notes

After finding wild hops growing in my garden, I decided to test them on a very neutral base malt

I nevertheless went for a single decoction for mash out in order to give it a bit of character...

It's not a real SMASH as the bitterness was achieved by an old pack of east Kent Golding (knowing that there is a good chance the wild hops are genetically close)

good fermentation started after 4 hours

and lasted vigorous for 3 days.

transfer to secondary on day 7.

Bottled after 2 weeks

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