here was the recipe..its from fred bonjour..but i didnt have any barly flakes so i used Rye flakes...and i use the "Recalled Nottingham yeast" My pre boil gravity was 1.053 for 13 gallons i boiled down to 11 but didnt take another reading..What shoul it be???
Amount Item Type
16 lbs 8.0 oz Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain
2 lbs 4.0 oz Munich I (Weyermann) (6.0 SRM) Grain
1 lbs 4.0 oz Aromatic Malt (Dingemans) (19.0 SRM) Grain
1 lbs 4.0 oz Caramel Malt - 20L (Briess) (20.0 SRM) Grain
1 lbs 4.0 oz Caramel Malt - 60L (Briess) (60.0 SRM) Grain
1 lbs 4.0 oz Rye, Flaked (2.0 SRM) Grain
15 min Mash Ingredients
Saccharification: Add 29.69 qt of water at 130 and dough in then raised temp to 152 and it kept climbing so cooled outsid of keg worked good 60 min - Hold mash at 154.0 F for 60 min
10 min Mash Out: Heat to 168.0 F over 10 min
10 min - Hold mash at 168.0 F for 10 min
-- Sparge with 7.12 gal of 168.0 F water.
-- Add water to achieve boil volume of 13.44 gal
-- Estimated Pre-boil Gravity is: 1.048 SG with all grains/extracts added
Boil for 60 min Boil Ingredients
Boil Amount Item Type
15 min 4.06 oz Amarillo (pellets) [9.40 %] (15 min) Hops
5 min 6.09 oz Amarillo half ameriillo pellets and half centenial leaf (leaf) [9.40 %] (5 min) Hops
1 min 2.03 oz Centenial (leaf) [9.40 %] (1 min) Hops
I didnt have enough Amerillo so i subed centenial leaf and man that looks like a lot of hops when you done...and next time for leaf you have to use 1.5 extra quarts as they soak it up....Jeff