Saturday 7th Aug - Double Brew Day - All Welcome

[markp]

Pitched the yeasts last night about 7pm.
Nottingham in the Wasp, SO-4 in the stout.....6.30am this morning they are both off and running well.
The Wasp was actually showing first active signs after about 3 hours

Hopefully they'll be drinkable.

 

[31bb3]

nice brewday mark well done :thumb:

 

[Petros]

Looking fantastic! Plenty of protein in a wasp, may help head retention, ya never know!

Wonderful set up though, looks like an amazing day! :clap:

 

[Muddydisco]

Looks good :thumb:
Did you pre heat the tun at all? Or raise your strike temp to accomodate the cold tun?

Hope you have many years of trouble free brewing

 

[markp]

Hey muddy.....didn't pre-heat first time round. Made sure I did second.

Any idea why I found it so difficult to get clear runnings from the tun ?? :wha:

 

Looks like I missed a very good brewday!

 

[Muddydisco]

Looking at the first mash, was there alot of flour somewhere as it's very murky? would of expected something a bit crisper in colour?

 

[markp]

I accidentally disturbed that mash muddy.....towards the end, and yes a little floury stuff did get through.
The other 'bits' I mentioned were definately bigger than flour.....hopefully sort that next mash

After 72 hours the SO-4 has the stout down to around 1024 :clap:
Initial taste from the trial jar is promising....bit sweet and yeasty at the moment, but potential indeed :grin:

 

[markp]

Slight problem maybe, I'd be grateful of anyones input.

Hyrometer reading is stuck - 1023/1024
The vessel is in the kitchen and temps are pretty constant there at 18-21 degrees at the moment.
After checking the gravity this morning, I santised a paddle and gave it a good rouse.......still got the same gravity reading this evening.
The Wasp beer I made on the same day, in same location is still fermenting nicely.....Nottingham in that one though, not SO-4.

Final gravity estimate on BeerSmith is 1016.
Tempted to add fresh yeast, but I have no SO-4 left.....plenty of Nottingham in the fridge.

Just tasted the sample I drew tonight, and it isn't as sweet as it tasted last night....plenty bitter as well

What does anyone reckon?? Add some notty or just go with it and rack to a secondary in a day or two??
Thanks in advance.

 

[markp]

Just run through some attenuation calculations.

At 1023, I get that at 74% attenuation - ABV 4.9% from forum calculator.

At BeerSmiths est FG of 1016, this gives me the ABV approximately 5.8% (where I was aiming roughly), but an unlikey (??)attenuation of 88% :shock:

 

[rickthebrew]

Can`t help much but i`ve always found S-04 reliable, hope it turns out OK- i`d probably go with putting it into secondary :thumb: good luck

 

[markp]

Only just been able to get these racked to secondaries....the Wasp yesterday and the stout just now.
I measured the gravity of the stout tonight at 1019.....I'm happy with that :grin:
Big coffee and toffee tones in this one....the bitterness has rounded off considerably since the last time I had a taster. Early days, but I am impressed with the high alpha galena hops.

The Wasp was measuring 1010/1011 as it went in to the secondary.....still quite a bit of activity in there though and I think we'll see a few more points yet, particularly as my mash temp fell quite a bit.
Promising early taster.....I just love those chinooks; not to everyones taste I know, but I really do like them.

I'll get a few 'pinta pics' up in a couple of weeks.....not sure if I'm going to be in cornies or bottles with these.

ATB

 

[rickthebrew]

:thumb:
I`m a big fan of chinook too love that grapefruity hit, you should try them with nelson sauvin - superb :drink:

 

[highwayman]

It's looking good Mark :clap:

I'll get a few 'pinta pics' up in a couple of weeks.....not sure if I'm going to be in cornies or bottles with these.

That will be great...but..don't forget to save me a bottle of each to sample Mark :lol:

 

[markp]

Yeah, I really should do more bottles
I did bottle half of my 'Open Sunday' pale bitter on Sunday though.....so I'll save you a couple of those too highwayman :thumb:

 

[markp]

This is the stout. Would fail a feck test, it's ink black.
Very nice, but very much a 'last one (or two :lol: ) of the night for me'.

Smells almost burnt on putting glass to mouth. Rich, quite sweet at first....big coffee and chocolate hit, very rich in the mouth.
Then a lasting, smooth hop bitterness overtakes..... I like the Galena and Styrian Goldings combination.

I'll get a picture of the Wasp up tomorrow when I change the tap