VF 31 Black IPA

VF 31 Black IPA 29/5/11

Malt Bill

8kg Pale Ale

8kg Pilsner

3kg Caramunich II

750g Chocolate

750g Black

500g Rolled Oats

500g Wheat

500g Dark Crystal

22kg total

Wyeast 1028 London

Mashed in with 80lt volume @ 72Deg C

Sparged with 65lt @ 80Deg C

Hops (home grown flowers)

@ 60 min added 510g Cascade and 1.3kg Chinook

@ 15 min added 1.39kg Cascade and half a Whirfloc tablet

@ flameout added 200g Cascade

total hops 3.4kg

Specific Gravity 1048

put 125lt of water through brew, 102lt volume before boil, ended up with 84lt of beer.

VF 31 Black IPA

VF 30 Harvest Ale / APA

VF 30 Harvest Ale / APA 9/4/11

Malt Bill

Pale Ale 17kg

Cara Pils 1kg

Light Crystal 400g

Flaked Barley 500g

Vienna 500g

Total 19.4kg

Wyeast 1272 American Ale II

Mash Volume 70lt @ 65Deg C

Sparge Volume 50lt @ 70-75Deg C for 10min max

Hops (home grown flowers, from Bordertown)

@ 60min added 850g Cascade Flowers

@ 30min added 660g Cascade Flowers

@ 5min added 270g Cascade Flowers and half Whirfloc Tablet

@ flemeout added 200g Cascade Flowers

Total Hops 1.98kg

Specific Gravity 1044

Put 120lt water through brew and ended up with 75lt of beer.