Style: Welsh Braggot

Bentleybrau Brewery's Cymreig Bragawd Ddwbwl

Brewed: 2012/04/01 (estimated)
Target OG: 1.090
Strike hit: 1.55F
OG: 1.090 (estimated – lost notes – fuck hackers)
FG: 1.14
ABV: 10%

BrewTarget Recipe:

Cymreig Bragawd Ddwbwl - Braggot
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Batch Size: 5.500 gal
Boil Size: 7.100 gal
Boil Time: 1.000 hr
Efficiency: 70%%
OG: 1.090
FG: 1.022
ABV: 8.7%%
Bitterness: 30.7 IBUs (Tinseth)
Color: 18 SRM (Mosher)

Fermentables
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                Name    Type    Amount Mashed Late Yield Color
 Pilsner (2 Row) Bel   Grain  8.000 lb    Yes   No  79%%   2 L
         Maris Otter   Grain 12.000 oz    Yes   No  75%%   4 L
      Special B Malt   Grain  8.000 oz    Yes   No  65%% 180 L
     Caramunich Malt   Grain 16.000 oz    Yes   No  72%%  56 L
        Oats, Flaked   Grain  4.000 oz    Yes   No  80%%   1 L
  Candi Sugar, Amber   Sugar 16.000 oz     No   No  78%%  75 L
               Honey Extract  6.000 lb     No  Yes  75%%   1 L
Total grain: 17.500 lb

Hops
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                  Name Alpha   Amount  Use       Time   Form  IBU
             Hallertau 4.3%% 2.000 oz Boil   1.000 hr Pellet 27.1
 Saaz (Czech Republic) 3.0%% 0.750 oz Boil 15.000 min Pellet  3.5
 Saaz (Czech Republic) 3.0%% 0.250 oz Boil  1.000 min Pellet  0.1

Yeast
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                      Name Type   Form   Amount   Stage
 Wyeast - Belgian Abbey II  Ale Liquid 2.113 qt Primary

Mash
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 Name     Type    Amount      Temp    Target     Time
 BIAB Infusion 8.592 gal 159.573 F 154.400 F 1.000 hr

Brewday Notes:
[Lost – hackers deleted wiki]
I recall that the brew went very well. Hit strike temp and kept it for an hour, hit expected OG very closely, no issues.
Let it sit for a long time, 1.5 - 2 months in primary, before bottling. Got 57 12oz bottles.
Let bottles prime for a month.

Tasting Notes:
BIG HIT! Everyone loves it.
Malty up front, followed by strong honey flavor and mouth coating. High alcohol content is not at all noticeable. Big body and heavy sweetness make it hard to consume in quantity (probably for the best).

Brewday Notes (second attempt 10/20/2012):
6 lbs (eyeballed from 12lbs container) Wildflower Honey from eBeeHoney.
2L starter. Smack pack grew for 5 hours, then added to 1L DME starter. Shook a few times, left overnight. Krausen fell during the night. Next day added another 1L DME starter. Put on stir plate. Very high activity, overflowed a bit, turned off stir plate.
Heated 8.6 gallons water to 160F.
Strike temp: 150F – too low. Heated up, target 154F, overshot to 160F. Let it drift down over 10 minutes with lid off. Held at about 157F for the hour.
Iodine test clear at 50 mins, but mashed for 70 min.
1 tsp yeast nutrient at 10 min.
1/4 tablet whirlfloc at 10 min.
OG low: 1.074
66F for first 2 days, then 64F.
Primary for over 2 months.
Final gravity 1.016 @ 64F. ABV 7.9%
Bottled with 3.3oz corn sugar, aim for 2.0 vols CO2.
5.5 gallons, 54 12oz bottles.