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I’m doing a batch of Kölsch just finished the mash and sparge and having breakfast before I start the boil.
A beer I've called summer gold. As it's warmer today than many days over 'summer' so I thought why not. Made some in-flight changes - the aurora hops I was using were past their best so I chucked in the rest of the bag and a handful of fresher ones. Also decided to whirlpool some strata hops in as I'd never whirlpooled before. Now no-chilling, then pitch in some Notty in the morning.
For those that have seen my posts about fermenting in the kettle you'll be relieved to know I poured the wort off the trub and hop debris into a fermenting vessel. Even I would be uncomfortable fermenting in a burco cygnet.
To restore the balance, though, the Notty had expired in 2021.
Just checked and I think all is well.
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Had a peek in the brewfridge this morning. Lovely white krausenDecided to chill it.
ESB for Christmas. There's a thought.Sun is out & forecast is good, so I'm going for a brew day while I can still power it from PV panels.
Looking like some kind of christmassy ESB or 1698-a-like.
(I ran out of choc malt, so it's not going to be porter)
4.5kg Maris otter.
400g crystal.
1kg soft dark sugar.
Magnum for bittering.
Still trying to decide between northdown & challenger as main hop
I've tried finings for the first time ever to see what the affect is.
Got one...I think the base of my main pot is about 24cm but there seems to be a fair bit of room around it, I can't see a 28cm pot having any issues on there.
Did you already add sugarBelgian tripel. Really bad efficiency for some reason. I'll be lucky if it comes out as a double![]()
Yeah. Don't want to add any DME or anything to it now (bad experience before). Thought I did everything right but ended up 28 points down.Did you already add sugar
Wow that's a good bit of, I had similar with an imperial stout. Just call it a Belgian blond, problem solvedYeah. Don't want to add any DME or anything to it now (bad experience before). Thought I did everything right but ended up 28 points down.
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