jeezlebarf
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Greetings and salutations!,
I've dived in and gone straight to the dark side. Haven't a had a drop of alcohol for 6 years and then last year I was in Sheffield, stepped into the pub on the station and felt immediately like Homer Simpson in the chocolate shop. Oh. My God. A long, long bar of pumps and not one of 'em a fizzy. I walked cautiously up and down, spotted an I.P.A. with a vaguely Indian name and for no good reason other than that I asked the barman for a pint of Jaipur. Upon drinking it, the revelation came to me that life is short and often cruel and one should strive to enjoy the good things and that most certainly includes ale.
Months later, a mission is underway and thanks to this forum I found hints and then a recipe for Jaipur look-a-like. So, thanks to Sara's Bombay IPA recipe, I now have a brew that is shaping up very nicely thankyou. God, but the smell of the brew in the boiler when the hops went in would make a dead man c*m. It was immense. I've had a laugh trying to keep the FV to 20c though because of the hot weather. It's on the hard floor in the coldest room in the house and still won't go below 22c. So it's nearly through to 1010 after 3 days. The SG at start was 1048, Sara starts at 1052. So I didn't get the extraction rate right which is good because it gives me something to work at next time.
I will try another batch of Bombay and then onto a stout because that's what Irish water is made for apparently. Question: why is Ireland bereft of good beer? Why no microbreweries?
Great forum , btw; well done the people who put the work in for it.
I've dived in and gone straight to the dark side. Haven't a had a drop of alcohol for 6 years and then last year I was in Sheffield, stepped into the pub on the station and felt immediately like Homer Simpson in the chocolate shop. Oh. My God. A long, long bar of pumps and not one of 'em a fizzy. I walked cautiously up and down, spotted an I.P.A. with a vaguely Indian name and for no good reason other than that I asked the barman for a pint of Jaipur. Upon drinking it, the revelation came to me that life is short and often cruel and one should strive to enjoy the good things and that most certainly includes ale.
Months later, a mission is underway and thanks to this forum I found hints and then a recipe for Jaipur look-a-like. So, thanks to Sara's Bombay IPA recipe, I now have a brew that is shaping up very nicely thankyou. God, but the smell of the brew in the boiler when the hops went in would make a dead man c*m. It was immense. I've had a laugh trying to keep the FV to 20c though because of the hot weather. It's on the hard floor in the coldest room in the house and still won't go below 22c. So it's nearly through to 1010 after 3 days. The SG at start was 1048, Sara starts at 1052. So I didn't get the extraction rate right which is good because it gives me something to work at next time.
I will try another batch of Bombay and then onto a stout because that's what Irish water is made for apparently. Question: why is Ireland bereft of good beer? Why no microbreweries?
Great forum , btw; well done the people who put the work in for it.
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