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Kegged, canned and bottled this evening

The HSD came out at 5% so bang on. If the old man doesn’t like this one then I will give up.

Looking at the bottles, I thought this might be the start of a quiet night in!

 

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Looking at the bottles, I thought this might be the start of a quiet night in!

Yeah that would tide me over on a school night

 

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Strike water now heating up. Thought I’d wheel the brewing rig out to the back garden seeing as the weather is meant to be good this afternoon

 

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Mash temperature was 65.7 after an hour. Recirculated for 15 mins and then fly sparged. PH was good

 

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All tucked away in the fermenting fridge. Efficiency through the roof today, was aiming for 30L at 1.047 and got a good 33L at 1.047. Happy days

 

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Gravity down to 1.012 (4.6%) so dry hops added. Trial jar sample was really nice. Been making malty beers for the last few months so this will be a really nice change!

 

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Finished at 1.010 and 4.8%. Crash cooling and will keg it tomorrow. The other half is out tomorrow so that gives me all afternoon to potter about in the garage with the brewing gear. If I can find the motivation I might even clean a few bottles and get everything ready for brewing a lager next weekend

 

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The Endeavour has turned out really well, very ‘ghosh ship’ ish

 

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Pleased to report that the old man enjoyed both the Irish stout and the HSD. Even did a blind taste test (temperature controlled of course) with St Austell’s HSD and my effort and everyone preferred the homebrew version by some distance

Planning on getting a lager on the go next weekend as a test batch before brewing one for the wedding. Invested in a little RO filter system rather than looking like I’m panic buying two tonnes of bottled water .

I’ll update later on in the week with a recipe

 

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So a quick update,

Brewed a lager last week which is currently on the 'ramp up' following the Brulosophy method:

Lockdown Lager

30L batch

Grist
Lager Malt 7000g
Carapils 300g


Hop Schedule (36 IBU)

30 mins
Hallertaur Hersbrucker 50g
Saaz 20g

20 mins
Hallertaur Hersbrucker 40g
Saaz 40g

10 mins
Hallertaur Hersbrucker 40g
Saaz 40g

Yeast
Wyeast 2278 Czech Pilsner

Adjusted Water (From RO)
Ca 6ppm, Mg 10ppm, Na 8ppm, SO4 1ppm, Cl 9ppm, RA -117ppm and a mash PH of 5.3.

 

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Threw together a recipe this morning for something close to Blue Moon (my other half loves the stuff). Currently recirculating the mash...

 

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Threw together a recipe this morning for something close to Blue Moon (my other half loves the stuff). Currently recirculating the mash...

At first sight I thought this was carrots, peas, and lentils. I thought - what kind of devil brew is this?

 

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At first sight I thought this was carrots, peas, and lentils. I thought - what kind of devil brew is this?

Now that would make for an interesting brew!

 

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Eventful couple of days! The Pinot Noir grafted vines that I preordered in November arrived in the post from France, complete with their EU plant passport

I’m absolutely broken after swinging the pick axe and shovel for two days but they’re finally all planted.

The next project will be to build a trellis system, which will have to be done over the winter when the lockdown is over.

I’ll update the vines’ progress and my journey into wine making (if they fruit in a year or three that is) on this thread

 

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Eventful couple of days! The Pinot Noir grafted vines that I preordered in November arrived in the post from France, complete with their EU plant passport

I’m absolutely broken after swinging the pick axe and shovel for two days but they’re finally all planted.

The next project will be to build a trellis system, which will have to be done over the winter when the lockdown is over.

I’ll update the vines’ progress and my journey into wine making (if they fruit in a year or three that is) on this thread

Looks very impressive!

 

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Lockdown Lager kegged and put straight into the bar at 19psi aiming for 2.8 vols of CO2 at 8 degrees.

Managed 14 cans of the lager after filling the keg, with the warm weather will be nice to post my dad a few to keep him happy.

Brew day tomorrow... another lager!

 

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Thought I’d try a beer kindly sent by @Hazelwood Brewery tonight. ‘Trinity Brown Ale’ at 4.9%.

On the nose a subtle fruity raisiny aroma (really inviting).
Appearance wise very dark but held to the light perfectly clear with a slight red hue. Taste- slight sweetness followed up by a lovely hop bitterness.
The star of the show being the finish, I’m sat here now trying to work it out. At first I thought it was roasted barley but half way through the pint and it’s far more complex- almost like roasted coffee grounds.
Overall, a really really nice beer. I’d love to see the recipe

 

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Thought I’d try a beer kindly sent by @Hazelwood Brewery tonight. ‘Trinity Brown Ale’ at 4.9%. I’d love to see the recipe

Thanks very much @Hopsteep for the really nice comments. The recipe:

1.2Kg Pilsner Malt
1.4Kg Maris Otter Malt
2.0Kg Vienna Malt
300g Brown Malt EBC 140
160g Dark Crystal Malt 385 EBC
110g Torrified Wheat
70g Chocolate Malt 900 EBC
90 min mash at 150F

15g Simcoe (60 min)

30g Simcoe (15 min)
30g Mosaic (15 min)
30g Vic Secret (15 min)
Protofloc tablet at 15 mins

23 litres in FV, OG =1046
20g MJ US West Coast yeast

Aroma hops added on day 4:
40g Simcoe (Dry hop)
40g Mosaic (Dry hop)
40g Vic Secret (Dry hop)

Barrelled on day 9, FG=1008

Some put into bottles a couple of weeks later, primed, and posted - what you’re drinking now.

 

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Lockdown Lager kegged and put straight into the bar at 19psi aiming for 2.8 vols of CO2 at 8 degrees.

Managed 14 cans of the lager after filling the keg, with the warm weather will be nice to post my dad a few to keep him happy.

Brew day tomorrow... another lager!

Well worth the time and effort this one.

 

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Well worth the time and effort this one.

That looks nice