Big Kenny and Old Tom with pics 8/11/09

[Muddydisco]

Right having found I have more empty kegs than kegs with beer in, I need something to drink.

Firstly Will be the Forum Brew III, Big Kenny. A Nice beer from Wez and now it's my turn to try and not ruin it.
Secondly will be Robinsons Old Tom A full bodied dark beer

So the bill goes
Pale Malt, Maris Otter 83.70 %
Caramel/Crystal Malt 6.98 %
Chocolate Malt 2.35 %
Whitbread Golding Variety (WGV) [6.00 %] (90 min)
Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] (90 min)
Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] (10 min)
Table Sugar, 6.98 %


Est Original Gravity: 1.079 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.019
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 7.99 %
Bitterness: 38.9 IBU
Est Color: 36.9 SRM

 

[Wez]

Hope it goes well for you mate :thumb:

 

[Muddydisco]

Yippee My wife has found a job, I can still by my first 2 cornies now off of Norm!!! Russian Imperial on the cards for the sometime next month!!!

 

[corby_brewer]

Congratulaton Muddydisco on the impending arival of your 2 cornies. :thumb:
Congratulations Cleandisco on your new job. :thumb:

 

[evanvine]

Go for it MD

 

[Wez]

Yippee My wife has found a job, I can still by my first 2 cornies now off of Norm!!! Russian Imperial on the cards for the sometime next month!!!

:clap: :clap: :clap:

 

[Franklin]

Can she find me a job too?

Happy Brewing :)

 

[Muddydisco]

Right going to get the brewhouse all all set up, grains and hops weighed out and first batch of water treated, I'm trying to make tomorrow as easy as possible so I don't get the wrong grains and hops in the wrong brews!

Sorry can't find any more jobs for anyone.

 

[commsbiff]

How's it going MD?

 

[Muddydisco]

Off to a good start woke up knowing the HLT will be warm Oh the joys of pids and timers :party:
Mash on around 7:30am.
First on was Old Tom was expecting 23ltr @1.080 Got 23ltr @1.081 :grin:
That was all finished by 11:30am mean while the mash for Big Kenny was on, after the Old Tom had an hour in the boiler
Hence it's been busy morning as mash finished cleaned out tun, refilled HLT and treated water, waited to get warm.
Big Kenny has an 3/4 hour left in the boiler.

Here's the pics of progress

Old Tom on the Right

Old Tom on the right

Old Tom's mash

Mash Temps

Herm's Temps

Old Tom's first runnings

Empty Tun ready for Kenny

Full boil

Spent Grain

Old Tom

Nice Head

Old Tom ready for Bed

Kennys Mash

Kenny's First Runnings

 

[Jensen]

Nice Landy :thumb:
Oh, and the brewday looks good too

 

[bones]

Busy Day...
Crack On.. :thumb:

 

[Muddydisco]

Well the end has come and really not much longer than a normal brew day.
Kenny has come out a little higher than I wanted should of had 23ltr @1.050 but got 23ltr @ 1.055 and with no room in the Fv to extend the brew length, It'll have to do! ( note to self Buy another 30ltr FV!)

Both lot's of spent grain, My mates chucks are in for a fat christmas!

Kenny running into FV

Big Kenny

 

[corby_brewer]

glad to see everything went to plan mate. :thumb: You just cant resist getting landy into the photo shoot

 

[commsbiff]

Looks like you had an awesome and productive brewday MD :thumb: .
Gutted I missed out :cry:

 

[Muddydisco]

The landy has to be parked there cos I'm in the garage space it's normally in. For any other shots I will have to walk and I'm too lazy.. :nono:

CB don't worry there will be other days! :hmm:

I even had time to strip the boiler elements out and clean them.... Preventative maintainance rather do them now than half way through a brew! :geek:

 

[tubby_shaw]

Looks like you had a good day md :thumb:

 

[A T]

Nice productive day MD, congrats to the missus :thumb:

 

[Wez]

Cracking brewday post - cheers MD :thumb:

 

[evanvine]

Great one MD