London Pride 5/11/08

[roger the dog]

This is the second time I've brewed this, I've got the Fullers yeast that needs using up & it's one I can turn around quickly

19l brew length

In the mash tun

Marris otter 3000g
Flaked Maize 230g
Crystal malt 100g
Chocolate malt 70g

Mash @ 65°C for 70 mins

Copper hops

Target (8.5% a.a.) 12g
Northdown (7.5% a.a.) 10g
Challenger (8.0% a.a.) 8g

Late hops

Northdown (7.5% a.a.) 10g last 15 mins.

60 min. boil

Wyeast 1968 1l starter


Pictures to follow :pray:

 

[A T]

Have a good one Roger

 

[roger the dog]

Cheers A T, all done & dusted now.

Some piccies

Sorry about the random picture sizes, everytime I use photobucket they change the editing

I ended up with 19 litres @ 1.044 - just what I was after.

One thing that's worrying me is that the starter had a slight off taste to it, I hope I haven't b*ggered it up pitching infected yeast :pray:

I know I should have chucked in some S-04 instead just to be safe but it wouldn't have been anything like LP then, you live & learn.

 

[A T]

I love London Pride, did you ever do this recipe before? i'm wondering how close it is

 

[Vossy1]

Gr8 pics RTD :thumb:
Glad to see the brew day went well

 

[roger the dog]

I love London Pride, did you ever do this recipe before? i'm wondering how close it is

This is the second time I've done it, the first attempt had a bit a black malt in it instead of the chocolate. After a week in the corny I had a sneaky taste & it was as spot on for taste, colour etc. & I thought after another couple of weeks it would be incredible but funnily enough it wasn't as good. I couldn't quite put my finger on what was missing but I'll definatley be drinking this one early. The first taste was as close to a clone of a commercial brew as I have come :P

 

[Wez]

Great pics RTD :thumb: Nice clear runnings and loads of trub :thumb:

Re Photobucket - I found the option for uploading pics in the size you want the other day, have a look for that just under the upload button, makes life loads easier :)

 

[Kingfisher]

That looks like a good brew, nice piccys, I hope the yeast turns out to be OK.

 

[roger the dog]

Re Photobucket - I found the option for uploading pics in the size you want the other day, have a look for that just under the upload button, makes life loads easier :)

Cheers Wez, I'll have a look - I was a bit pushed last night trying to get the pictures on before we went out to a bonfire

An update on the brew, I checked it before I went to bed last night & there were clumps of what looked like cold break floating just under the surface which I didn't think looked right (never seen it before) but this morning it looks like a head is starting to appear & it smells good so fingers crossed.

 

[MEB]

Great pics RTD :thumb: Nice clear runnings and loads of trub :thumb:

Re Photobucket - I found the option for uploading pics in the size you want the other day, have a look for that just under the upload button, makes life loads easier :)

I hate photobucket. Rubbish. Utter rubbish. Ok for snaps but no good for photo's. :evil:
Use Flickr, lots more user friendly and you'll always get the same size regardless of what you upload.

Nice watch by the way.

 

[roger the dog]

Cheers MEB, I'll check it out.

 

[MEB]

So what's it taste like then? :rofl:

 

[Wez]

RTD - did you use protofloc?

 

[roger the dog]

I did, I haven't noticed any difference between that & whirlfloc TBH

 

[Wez]

The reason i asked is because i only ever get the floaty bits when I use protofloc :hmm:

 

[roger the dog]

Mmmmmmmm, maybe I have noticed a difference then, well spotted that man :clap:

 

[Wez]

I have a love hate relationship with protofloc, i love the way it clears my beer, for me it works better than Whirlfloc but I find that if i happen to carry over just a little bit too much trub then i get those floaty bits, (which I hate) - at the end of fermentation it looks like there are small florettes of cauliflower floating in the fermenter.

I think the trick is to try to minimise how much trub you transfer :hmm: