For this brew I’m making the Bugalugs Dark Ale from Hoppy Days Brewing Supplies. This is a British Brown Ale with a strong backbone of toffee and chocolate with a solid bitterness.
The grain bill for this beer is built on a base of Voyager Veloria Schooner malt, with Munich malt adding depth and complexity. The colour and roasted character comes from Shepherds Delight, Dark Voodoo, and Carafa Special III malts, giving that classic toffee and chocolate profile without being overly roasty.
The hops for this beer are Cascade and Rakau, both adding a nice balance of bitterness and subtle hop character. Cascade provides the backbone bitterness while Rakau brings in some fruity notes during late boil and dry hop additions.
The yeast I’ve chosen is US-05, a reliable and clean fermenting strain that will let the malt character shine through while providing a crisp finish.
Bugalugs Dark Ale
Hoppy Days Brewing Supplies
British Brown Ale
4.9% / 12 °P
Provided by @hoppy.days.brewing
All Grain
Grainfather
72.8% efficiency
Batch Volume: 23 L
Boil Time: 60 min
Mash Water: 16.78 L
Sparge Water: 15.16 L
Total Water: 31.94 L
Boil Volume: 28 L
Pre-Boil Gravity: 1.043
Vitals
Original Gravity: 1.048
Final Gravity (Adv): 1.011
IBU (Tinseth): 25
BU/GU: 0.52
Colour: 48 EBC
Mash
Temperature — 66 °C — 60 min
Malts (4.92 kg)
3.5 kg (71.1%) — Voyager Craft Malt VELORIA Schooner — Grain — 7.5 EBC
930 g (18.9%) — Weyermann Munich II — Grain — 23 EBC
200 g (4.1%) — Gladfield Malt Gladfield Shepherds Delight Malt — Grain — 320 EBC
150 g (3.1%) — Voyager Craft Malt Dark Voodoo — Grain — 150 EBC
140 g (2.9%) — Weyermann Carafa Special III — Grain — 1400 EBC
Hops (100 g)
25 g (17 IBU) — Cascade 6% — Boil — 60 min
25 g (3 IBU) — Cascade 6% — Boil — 5 min
25 g (5 IBU) — Rakau 9% — Boil — 5 min
25 g — Rakau 9% — Dry Hop — day 4
Miscs
1.58 g — Calcium Chloride (CaCl2) — Mash
1.53 g — Epsom Salt (MgSO4) — Mash
1.53 g — Gypsum (CaSO4) — Mash
1.53 g — Calcium Chloride (CaCl2) — Sparge
1.48 g — Epsom Salt (MgSO4) — Sparge
1.48 g — Gypsum (CaSO4) — Sparge
1 items — Whirlfloc Tablet — Boil — 10 min
1 tsp — Yeast Nutrient — Boil — 10 min
Yeast
1 pkg — Fermentis US-05 Safale American 81%
Fermentation
Primary — 20 °C — 8 days
Carbonation: 2 CO2-vol
Water Profile
48 Ca2+
9 Mg2+
4 Na+
49 Cl-
87 SO42-
8 HCO3-