evanvine
Landlord.
So I turn up at 07:30 as agreed and walk up to the garage side door as instructed, open it and walk in.
Garage! Itâs a mini warehouse with overhead hand cranes and nearly enough room to have a 5-a-side game.
MD is standing there in front of an impressive array of HLT, Boiler, HERMS and digital temperature read-outs.
He just simply says: âhello Jimâ.
Well, there I am standing âgob smackedâ and manage to stammer out: âItâs Nick isnât it?â
So we start, MD explaining that the HLT came on via a time switch and that he hadnât been there since stupid oâclock.
The âdoughing inâ is straight forward, but MD has kept his grain in his fermenting enclosure so the mash comes out a couple of degrees too high.
âI think that will need 2 ltrs of cold water,â says MD and sure enough the mash temp drops to bang on 66C.
Next we are off to the house where I am led up to the computer room and I am shown how to drive âPhotobucket.â
âOh dear, âsays MD, âtheyâve altered the format. Iâll have to write another âHow toââ.
Then itâs back down stairs where I am fed and watered with bacon butties and coffee.
Back to the âMash,â and here is where it gets clever.
The temperature is still spot on, HERMS has done its thing, so now valves are opened, flows adjusted and the sparge begins.
I just stand there mesmerised and before I know it the twin element boiler has produced a rolling boil
After 90 mins and the timely addition of hops and Protoflock the cooling coil is put in with more opening of valves etc.
The brew was âHarvest Goldâ, but MD has been sworn to secrecy as to its recipe.
I walk away with an armful of previous brews lamely saying: âYou must come to one of my brew days.â
Thank you very much MD. I thoroughly enjoyed it and learnt a lot.
Article edited by my dear wife so there should be no Moleyisms!
Garage! Itâs a mini warehouse with overhead hand cranes and nearly enough room to have a 5-a-side game.
MD is standing there in front of an impressive array of HLT, Boiler, HERMS and digital temperature read-outs.
He just simply says: âhello Jimâ.
Well, there I am standing âgob smackedâ and manage to stammer out: âItâs Nick isnât it?â
So we start, MD explaining that the HLT came on via a time switch and that he hadnât been there since stupid oâclock.
The âdoughing inâ is straight forward, but MD has kept his grain in his fermenting enclosure so the mash comes out a couple of degrees too high.
âI think that will need 2 ltrs of cold water,â says MD and sure enough the mash temp drops to bang on 66C.
Next we are off to the house where I am led up to the computer room and I am shown how to drive âPhotobucket.â
âOh dear, âsays MD, âtheyâve altered the format. Iâll have to write another âHow toââ.
Then itâs back down stairs where I am fed and watered with bacon butties and coffee.
Back to the âMash,â and here is where it gets clever.
The temperature is still spot on, HERMS has done its thing, so now valves are opened, flows adjusted and the sparge begins.
I just stand there mesmerised and before I know it the twin element boiler has produced a rolling boil
After 90 mins and the timely addition of hops and Protoflock the cooling coil is put in with more opening of valves etc.
The brew was âHarvest Goldâ, but MD has been sworn to secrecy as to its recipe.
I walk away with an armful of previous brews lamely saying: âYou must come to one of my brew days.â
Thank you very much MD. I thoroughly enjoyed it and learnt a lot.
Article edited by my dear wife so there should be no Moleyisms!
