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I <3 Bardur #1

I <3 Bardur, a clone of Mikkeller's Milk Stour that Bardur, a colleague, loved the first time I brewed it, and has been nagging me to brew ever since.

Grist

  • 2300g Maris Otter (Crisp, 5.5 EBC)
  • 900g Flaked torrified oats (Crisp, 5 EBC)
  • 425g Carafa Special II (Weyermann, 1100 EBC)
  • 500g Lactose

Hops

  • 11g Columbus @ 60min
  • 3g Cascade @ 15min
  • 3g Amarillo @ 5min
  • 6g Centennial @ 1min

Yeast

  • Brewolution British Ale

Other ingredients

  • 4.5ml lactic acid (80%) - mash
  • 1.8g (a pinch?) table salt - mash

Notes

Mash: Mashed in at 65°C, 18L. Salts and lactic acid added. Mash started at approx. 64°C. Temperature stayed steady at about 65°C. Raised temperature to approx. 70°C for mashout after one hour. Approx. 13.5L of wort collected. Sparged 3L to get to 17L total. BG 1.040 @ 30°C (corrected to 1.042) - slightly below target of 1.049.

Collected 12L wort for fermenting with an FG of 1.066 (target was 1.070).

Bottling

Bottled 11L 14/5 adding 45g of sugar in 1dL of water. FG 1.025.

Tasting notes