I had this one and the Canadian blonde sitting in the cupboard so dropped it on Sunday.
No hop boil on this one
The recipe:
1 x 1.7kg Coopers Australian Pale Ale
1.25 kg LHBS brew booster powdered malt
2 x 7gms Coopers standatd yeast - 4 hr rehydrate.
Dry Hop
2 - 3oz Cascade pellet hops
Changes:
None
OG unknown
Volume: 23L
Fermenter: Standard #1
Brew temp: 28C - ambient
Pitch temp: 22C
Current temp: 22C
Notes:
I didn't take an OG on this one. This fermenter is the one with the over tightened spigot, so basically the spigot needs to be screwed in further than normal to seal it and when you do that, the outlet is not pointing straight down. In this case it is 1/3 of a turn further around. The opening is almost at the top. It's too difficult to take a sample. I might spin it around a small amount at the end of the week to take a sample, just to track when it's done.
I will think about it. Or I might just wing it.
I usually put in dry malt then added 3 or 4L water 3 - 4 quarts. Mix violently. Then pour in the liquid malt.
This time I did dry malt, then liquid malt then hot water then mix. Top up to 23L
The temp seems to be running at about 23C which is a bit high. Can't seem to get this one down those last couple degrees. So far it has been fermenting ok. Got a nice krausen going.
I will do a 24hr cascade dry hop then keg. Not going to mess around any more.
will need to buy another fermenter or try and get replacement faucet for the Coopers one as that leaks also.