On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 10:10:37PM +0200, Ebbe Kristensen wrote: > > > For my everyday mild ales, I mash 72 degrees for 5 minutes, and mash out > with > > boiling water! I get quite a nice body in a beer of 2% alc, or less. > > Interessant. Kunne man få dig til at fortælle lidt mere om det? Maltmængde, > hvor meget øl der kommer ud af det og hvad der ellers er relevant for at > kunne lave en svag øl?
Well, there isn't so much to tell. The big secret is in the mash program, which I already explained above. I happen to like a lot of hops in my beers, so that's what I give them. I have made both pale and darker versions, in the summer I preferred the pale ones. I guess the next batch will be a tad darker, to match the season... You can see an example in http://www.haandbryg.dk/cgi-bin/beercalc.cgi?pick=H-80%20-%20Yet%20Another%20Mild (or many others I have on beercalc) Key points from that one: OG: 1038 (as if I was amking a 4% beer) FG: 1025 (lots of body left in the beer, but not much alcohol) Mash efficiency 55% - I always have a low efficiency, and it varies a lot. IBU: 116 - maybe a tad on the high side, but hey, I like my hops. Some comments about the hops: 60 IBU would be quite sufficient. My IBU calculations are always totally off, because I reuse my hops. The majority of the hops go in around 5 minutes, but when I take the pot to cool, I move the hop bag(s) in my second pot - I have to boil in two pots to get my 23 liters in the bucket... Naturally beercalc can not handle such an advanced process, but that doesn't matter, I drink the beer and not the IBU numbers. The result tends to be lots of hop aroma, and a solid bitterness... I am not overly precise with these mild ales, I don't really care if they end at 2.5% or 1.6% - they are for everyday consumption, aiming for high drinkability, and something I can safely consume on a weekday evening, and still get some stuff done... I haven't been below 1% yet, but I have a dream of getting there some day. I believe even that will be beer anyway -- Heikki Levanto "In Murphy We Turst" heikki (at) lsd (dot) dk _______________________________________________ Brygforum mailing list Brygforum@lists.haandbryg.dk http://lists.haandbryg.dk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/brygforum To get off the list, send a blank mail to brygforum-unsubscr...@lists.haandbryg.dk Frameld fra listen, send en tom mail til brygforum-unsubscr...@lists.haandbryg.dk
