Hi from Cheshire

[chopps]

Hi all, I've been benefitting from all the great posts and advice in the forum for a while now, and thought it was time that I should join.
I'm on my 4th brew now and have been evicted from my house and into the shed moving forward. Too much steam and stinky hops for my wife to bear.
Currently have a Kona Big Wave clone in the fermenter and a saison carbing up nicely in bottles.

Anyway, thanks to you all for your help - (even though I didn't ask, and you didnt know you were helping..) and I'll see you around.

Here's the brew shed

 

[Gerryjo]

Hi and welcome to the forum.. Nice looking setup you have there..

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Welcome. And where in gods own county are you based?

 

[chopps]

Thanks! We're in the 'almost Staffordshire' bit :)

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Hi and welcome to the forum.. Nice looking setup you have there..

Seconded.

 

[Rodcx500z]

Welcome, like the shiny shiny

 

[emerson909]

Hi, what big wave recipe have you gone for?I’m planning on brewing one this weekend

 

[chopps]

Hi Emerson, I found a great video from Clawhammer Supply and scaled it a little bit.
I used 4kg of Golden Promise pale but the recipe calls for American 2 row pale, so it will be a little bit different but that's all part of the fun.
Their process isn't 100% clear so I winged it here and there but seemed to hit the numbers.

video :
recipe : Kona Big Wave Clone - Blonde Ale Homebrew Recipe

 

[emerson909]

Yeah that’s pretty much what I was going for, got extra pale MO and not bothering with honey malt

 

[Falco]

Thanks! We're in the 'almost Staffordshire' bit :)

Must be quite close to me then, I’m just off junction 18 M6

 

[chopps]

Very nearby Falco, in Sandbach.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Thanks! We're in the 'almost Staffordshire' bit :)

Cholmoldoley?

 

[PhilBrew]

Hi @chopps, and welcome to the forum

We're in the 'almost Staffordshire' bit :) ...

Very nearby Falco, in Sandbach.

... Sandbach isn't sooooooo close to Staffs ... I'm in Alsager, so close to Staffs they even gave us an ST7 postcode ... but we can at least get oatcakes from Barry's, the only (traditional) Staffs oatcake shop this side of the county line ... anyways, howdy neighbour :hat:

Cheers, PhilB

 

[Falco]

Very nearby Falco, in Sandbach.

Holmes Chapel me

 

[chopps]

Hi @chopps, and welcome to the forum
... Sandbach isn't sooooooo close to Staffs ... I'm in Alsager, so close to Staffs they even gave us an ST7 postcode ... but we can at least get oatcakes from Barry's, the only (traditional) Staffs oatcake shop this side of the county line ... anyways, howdy neighbour :hat:

Cheers, PhilB

Grew up in Alsager!
Barry and his dad dad provided my school dinners most Fridays :)

 

[chopps]

Holmes Chapel me

Enough of us for a local homebrew club !

 

[NPi]

Congleton me!

 

[Davy6Mac]

Hi all, I've been benefitting from all the great posts and advice in the forum for a while now, and thought it was time that I should join.
I'm on my 4th brew now and have been evicted from my house and into the shed moving forward. Too much steam and stinky hops for my wife to bear.
Currently have a Kona Big Wave clone in the fermenter and a saison carbing up nicely in bottles.

Anyway, thanks to you all for your help - (even though I didn't ask, and you didnt know you were helping..) and I'll see you around.

Here's the brew shed

Looks a great set-up, i have got a Brewdevil all in one system as well
Did you make any changes to the recipe for the Kona Big Wave to suit the Brewdevil?

 

[chopps]

Hi @Davy6Mac, only a little. They used a bigger all in one and it looks like there was no sparge. I didn't know if my 30L equipment had the capacity for a full volume mash (not tried it) so I went with 10L plus 2.5 x grain weight = 21L mash and 11L sparge

I used 4kg golden promise pale, 250g honey malt, 125g caramalt and 1 x US-05 yeast. Mash 60 mins at 67C, no mash out, boil 90 mins with 5g galaxy at 60, then 7g or Citra each at 15, 5 and 0 mins. Protafloc at 15 mins. Got about 19.5L in the fermenter at 1.044 (a few spills and a bit of lost wort to stupidity)

Dry yeast went in at 19C and it's now sat at 18C in the fermenter.
No idea how it will turn out but I'm hopeful. Perhaps looks a little dark (maybe less honey/cara next time?)

Cheers

 

[Falco]

Enough of us for a local homebrew club !

Sounds like a great idea