With a bigger mash tun comes more wort, so I have temporarily borrowed a friend's flat bottomed brewpot until I am employed again and can get one of my own. With more wort comes the need to finally break out my wort chiller, which has sat in its box since I bought it about 18 months ago. All in all, I am looking forward to getting some brewing done, especially as this batch is destined for Mrs V's uncle and his annual gift baskets for his clients.
The beer I plan to brew today is a strong ale, though not barleywine strong, essentially it is an 'old ale' in BJCP parlance (although there is no real difference between old ale and barleywine), but I like to think of it as just a Strong Ale. The recipe is:
- 86% Golden Promise Pale Malt
- 5% Munich Malt
- 4% Malted Oats
- 4% Pale Chocolate Malt
- 1% Peated Malt
- 21 IBU Kent Goldings for 90 minutes
- 9 IBU Kent Goldings for 15 minutes
- Wyeast 1028 London Ale (Worthington White Shield apparently)
- O.G. 1.073, 17.7° Plato
- F.G. 1.018, 4.6° Plato
- ABV 7.5%
- SRM 16, light to medium brown
- IBU 30