A week after the AG22 Summer Lightning clone I made the next brew. I had skimmed some of the Summer Lightning yeast off and stepped up a bit. I was aiming for a slightly darker beer and also the chance to use up some ingredients before they went off. This is more of an experimental brew and from the small sample I have had it tasted quite good.
| Fermentable | Weight (grams) | Percentage |
| Munich Malt | 455 | 4 |
| Pale Malt | 6070 | 53.5 |
| Golden Promise Malt | 3010 | 26.5 |
| Vienna Malt | 500 | 4.4 |
| Crystal Malt | 1000 | 8.8 |
| Torrefied Wheat | 300 | 2.7 |
I was brewing for a 50L batch with a desired gravity of 1.049 and final of 1.012.
Hop schedule as follows for a 60 minute boil, protofloc at 10 mins.
| Hop Variety | Weight | Time |
| First Gold | 97 | 60 |
| Golding | 32 | 10 |
| Willamette | 25 | 0 |
Given that I had some issues with my hop filter falling off on the previous brew I modified the connector and attached properly this time. The filter was too small for the amount of hops that I was using so a new one was required.
The photos:
The mash
The rig
Hops in
Boiling away
Hydrometer shot
Break
I ended up with 1.052 and after fermenting 1.010 giving me an ABV of 5.6%.
Pretty solid English bitter, not bad.