First Brewday - Sh1tfire clone

[holty]

Morning All,

Me and my mate have just fired everything up ready for our first brewday - a Spitfire clone (hopefully)

Ingredients all weighed out, and just preparing liquor now before we crack on with the mash

Very giddy!

 

[bolty]

You got your camera at the ready?

Good luck, and have fun :

 

[holty]

Ha, no camera yet as we're at my mates place and his missis is out with it, but as soon as she comes back we'll get some taken!

The burco boiler is a beast!

Using BrewStew's guide too - massive help!

 

[A T]

Great have a good day :thumb:

 

[holty]

just had a massive fup, mash tun started leaking just after putting liquor in, thank christ we hadn't put any grain in yet!efforts are underway to seal it up and start again!

best have a beer!

 

[holty]

right, tun fixed and the boil is on now. Smells oddly like weetabix - first OG reading was pretty high, but it leveled out quite nicely!

 

[Wez]

Great to hear you're back on track Holty :thumb:

 

[Vossy1]

Hope all's finishing well h :thumb:

 

[toasted]

hope it went well mate :thumb:

 

[llannige]

Looking good

How did you end up?

 

[holty]

had another f'up with the chiller as the hose we had wouldnt fit it very well, but managed to chill it and it's now sat in the FV at my mates house at a cosy 23 C - yeast seems to be working as the airlock is bubbling away nicely

still smells like weetabix though, bit worried about that!

will probably bottle it next weekend and should be ready in another 4/5 weeks (if we can wait that long)

 

[dennisking]

I`ts not a real brew day without a fup, well done

 

[holty]

Well, a week has gone by and I'm reliably informed that we have had 2 readings of gravity at the same level - time to bottle today!

All those weeks of hard work drinking bottled beers and saving the bottles have come good - except the Wychwood bottles, which are flaming useless

 

[Vossy1]

All those weeks of hard work drinking bottled beers and saving the bottles have come good

It's a tough job, but someone had to do it :P

except the Wychwood bottles, which are flaming useless

They're o.k if you use a bench capper.
Have fun bottling :thumb:

 

[llannige]

A bench capper is a MUST HAVE for bottling.

Makes it so much easier. :thumb:

 

[holty]

quick question - we're priming the bottles, do we need to give them a bit of a shake when capped to make sure it all gets mixed in and that?

had a crafty taste and its not bad, definitely needs a few weeks though!

 

[tubby_shaw]

Just invert them a couple of times to mix rather than shaking them :thumb:

 

[holty]

Beers have been sat in bottles in a fair condition (fairly warm) for just over 2 weeks now, bit of sediment at the bottom, but they are have a few bits floating about - any ideas of how to reduce this at all?

 

[falafael]

not sure, but putting a sieve on top the glass comes to mind.... :wha:

 

[tubby_shaw]

Just suck it in through your teeth :lol: