Batch #2 - 2/5/24 (Eff.: %, Att.: 66%, ABV: 5.7%)
- Mash vol.: 31.5 L, Pre-boil vol.: L, Batch vol.: 22 L
OG: 1063 (Refract.) 10 (Hyd.) 10 (Tilt) Boil Time: 45 min
Yeast: S-04 (x2 packs) dry pitched.
Malt bill from "Brown Stains" American Brown Ale with oats added for body along with figs in boil and caramelised figs in secondary.
Substitutes:
FG: 1023, cold crashed to 10 C, added 250g figs (was supposed to be 500g) and 100g whole coffee beans (see photo) straight to fermenter.
Batch #1 - 26/9/22 (Eff.: 70%, Att.: 87%, ABV: 7.4%)
- Mash vol.: 31.5 L, Pre-boil vol.: L, Batch vol.: 22 L
OG: 1066 (Refract.) 10 (Hyd.) 10 (Tilt) Boil Time: 45 min
Yeast: S-04 (x2 packs) dry pitched.
Malt bill from "Brown Stains" American Brown Ale with oats added for body along with figs in boil and caramelised figs in secondary.
Substitutes:
Weyerman Munich 1 in for Bestmalz Caramel Munich 1.
26/9/22 - Figs were quartered and added to hop spider for the boil.
27/9/22 - SG: 1057
29/9/22 - SG: 1010
2/10/22 - SG: 1008, tastes slightly of figs.
4/10/22 - SG: 1007
6/10/22 - Cold crashed to 3C.
10/10/22 - Added 500g of caramelised figs, cooked for 10 mins on stove and added in hop sock.
15/10/22 - Kegged and carbed
10/11/22 - Not finished at the wedding as the jockey box struggled to pour. This thing is tasting delicious, pours a very dark and cloudy/dirty brown, head is a little coarse off white, great body that's not too thick, sweet fig finish that's very tasty, it's on the dessert side of a brown ale but so freaking tasty.