The Return of Carlton Banks?

2011 Batch #01 - Mild
(brewed 01/30)




Ok yeah, so this one turned out to be a bit of a mess. My plan was to mash low and thick... but I was way too low and both attempts to bring the temp up failed. I wound up mashing in the low 140°s at about 1.3 qts per lb - oof.

Pre-boil gravity was 1.020 so I decided to improvise and:

1. boil like crazy
   
2. add 1lb of table sugar to the boil at 5 minutes.

Resulting in my volume being about a half gallon short and an OG of 1.046 (72°)... Originally I had planned for an OG of about 1.036. Oops.

So, I guess I will have to wait and see how this one turns out... I was hoping for something sweet and malty with a low ABV- not so sure that is going to be the case at this point.

I am now at the mercy of the yeast; I hope they'll be happy. On the plus side, there was some activity in the airlock the morning after brew day... so there's that.

What a day.

6 lbs.	Maris Otter Pale info
.5 lbs.	Crystal Malt 120°L info
3 oz.	Roasted Barley info
2 oz.	Cara-Pils® Malt info
2 oz.	Chocolate Malt info
.5 lbs.	Oats Flaked info
.5 oz.	East Kent Goldings (Pellets, 4.5 %AA) boiled 60 min. info
.5 oz.	East Kent Goldings (Pellets, 4.5 %AA) boiled 10 min. info
Yeast :	Fermentis S-04 Safale S-04 info

60 min mash at ~150° and 1 qt per lb (note: this did not happen)