Hops_and_Dreams
Landlord.
I was planning to cross over to the dark side soon, when I got a text from my dad a week or so ago saying he'd found his old bruheat boiler in the loft when he was clearing it out. I thought 'great, it will save me buying one or at least tide me over until I got something else'. He dropped it off and said he'd tested it and worked ok.
So....comes to brew day today and I thought I'd give it a try to make sure it didn't leak as I thought the seals might have gone hard. It didn't leak, but it didn't boil either! The thermostat kept cutting in and out, so gave up with that and AG#1 will have to wait for another day!
As it happens, I have plenty of DME, so went for a partial mash instead. Fancied something a bit more English as I've tended to use American hops for the last few batches. Based it largely around Greg Hughes' English IPA and went as follows:
3000g Maris Otter
1000g Light DME
250g Light Crystal
100g Melonoidin
Target OG 1052
IBU 55
40g Challenger 60min
35g EKG 15min
35g EKG 0min
1tsp Irish Moss 15min
Rehydrate 11g Gervin GV12 and pitch at 21c. I'll probably dry hop the remaining 10g Challenger and 30g EKG for 5 days.
It's currently boiling away nicely, so looking at stainless steel boilers on the interweb to pass the time!
Think I'll invest before the next brew, so I'll actually be able to post AG#1!
So....comes to brew day today and I thought I'd give it a try to make sure it didn't leak as I thought the seals might have gone hard. It didn't leak, but it didn't boil either! The thermostat kept cutting in and out, so gave up with that and AG#1 will have to wait for another day!
As it happens, I have plenty of DME, so went for a partial mash instead. Fancied something a bit more English as I've tended to use American hops for the last few batches. Based it largely around Greg Hughes' English IPA and went as follows:
3000g Maris Otter
1000g Light DME
250g Light Crystal
100g Melonoidin
Target OG 1052
IBU 55
40g Challenger 60min
35g EKG 15min
35g EKG 0min
1tsp Irish Moss 15min
Rehydrate 11g Gervin GV12 and pitch at 21c. I'll probably dry hop the remaining 10g Challenger and 30g EKG for 5 days.
It's currently boiling away nicely, so looking at stainless steel boilers on the interweb to pass the time!
Think I'll invest before the next brew, so I'll actually be able to post AG#1!
