Got a notification that this thread had some new replies! I just brewed the Black IPA from the Hughes book as well, although I had to change the hop schedule since I had a bit of Nugget and Cascade to use up. I don't think I have ever been able to brew exactly from a recipe without having to make some adjustment! :-) Still conditioning so I will know in a couple of weeks how it turned out.
Just wanted to reply on the double brew day question. I have done a couple of these recently and I think there is a time economy saving. A single brew day takes me 6 hours on average, but a double one about 8. I heat the strike water for the first brew and mash as normal then ensure I heat enough water in the tank for sparging, the second mash (obviously needs to cool a little) and whatevers left goes in a spare FV to be used for the second sparge. then whilst the first brew is boiling I top the remaining sparge water up with water boiled in the kettle (got a spare one down in the cellar!). problem is usually you are sparging whilst you also need to switch the first brew off and start chilling but thats not a biggie.
How do you do yours? I am always looking for ways to be more efficient so wondering if there is anywhere else I can do to improve it.
Btw - I live in Prague but am Norwich born and bred. :-)
