AG#4 BIG KENNY.

[snail59]

Well you just never know do you. Had planned to brew today but when my expected delivery did not arrive yesterday brew day was cancelled :cry:

At 11am today Mrs Snail found a Sorry we tried to deliver notice between the letterbox flap and the internal draught excluder. So a quick trip to the post office and todays brew day of BIG KENNY is back ON. :party:

Pictures to follow.

Mash is on :thumb:

Just weighed out the hops that were in with the grain order and I have just discovered I did not order yeast with the grains :?

So this will be fermented with a packet of YOUNGS ALE YEAST that I have in the cupboard (mental note to self always have extra yeast in store)

 

[corby_brewer]

nice one mate. looking forwardb to the pictures

 

[prolix]

excellent!

I feel the space between the flaps of the letter box needs a name!

Now lets see it is a hole between two flaps that you stick things in.... hmmm

 

[31bb3]

hope your Bk comes out nice mate i did one yesterday cant wait for a taster

 

[snail59]

So do I Eddie. It looks good so far. Just sparging now. Yours looks nice. Hope the Lady coming to view the bungalow is not an anti alchohol type cause its going to be mid boil when she gets here :rofl:

 

[Wez]

Have a good one :thumb:

 

[snail59]

OK Boil on so time to put some pic's on.

Grain bill.

The Hops.

First Runnings.

Rolling Boil and Challenger in.

Those Lovely Filthy Hops

It's Froth Man

20lts of Big Kenny

OG 1.050

Not sure how this has worked but missed target by 3lts but have hit the OG bang on at 1.050 :wha:

 

[31bb3]

Oh well its tough if she doesnt mate looking good hows it going :thumb:

 

[snail59]

Oh well its tough if she doesnt mate looking good hows it going :thumb:

Going well so far Eddie :thumb:

Fuggles, Protofloc & wort chiller in for last 15. Those Challenger smell lovely.

 

[31bb3]

yes mate they do friend of mine came over yesterday he couldnt get enough of it think he may be getting the bug he says he has no room but ive told him he can brew here :thumb:

 

[rickthebrew]

looking good mick :thumb: I`ve a kenny in my pint pot at the moment

 

[Wez]

looking good mick :thumb: I`ve a kenny in my pint pot at the moment

good?

 

[rickthebrew]

yes wez lovely :thumb:

did you see my last post in my brewday thread?
viewtopic.php?f=21&t=9401

will get one to you - if I don`t drink them all :whistle:

 

[Wez]

will get one to you - if I don`t drink them all :whistle:

Would love to, lets do a swap :thumb:

 

[rickthebrew]

sounds great wez, i`ve still got your address so will PM you mine

sorry for hi-jacking your thread mick you can have it back :whistle:

 

[snail59]

looking good mick :thumb: I`ve a kenny in my pint pot at the moment

Thanks Rick. I happen to have a Ricks Revenge in mine. Will review it when ive finished with the cooling of the Kenny.

 

[snail59]

Just had a little check on the Kenny and its fermenting away nicely. Has anyone got any Idea what strain of yeast Youngs Ale Yeast is as it seams to be doing a good job.

 

[snail59]

Checked the gravity tonight and its stuck at 1.020 after 9 days so ive given it a stir see if it kicks off again. Then I thought I dont know if it is stuck as I dont know how low it will go useing Youngs Ale Yeast. Anyone know??????????.

 

[Che Banana]

What did this turn out like? Can you give an opinion on the Youngs Ale yeast?

 

[snail59]

What did this turn out like? Can you give an opinion on the Youngs Ale yeast?

It turned out amazing one of the best pints I have had. That still holds true even though Im now into double figures on AG brews (and have brewed an award winner) but Kenny is a beer I will brew again as I beleive it is a truley great beer and worked well even with the youngs Ale yeast.