Hey GDog, this is now 'bubbling'. Well not quite as I have literally just pitched the yeasties. Pretty substantial kit on first view but a couple of questions / observations.
1. Step 1.2 add bentonite. Followed instruction with hot tap water but ended with a grey watery mess with a load of claggy lumps in it that refused to dissolve. Added some boiling water but still could not get rid of all the sludge. Is this right? Never used bentonite in this form before.
2. Step 1.6 add the oak. So they give you two bags of oak. 'Oak American Medium' and 'Oak Medium Blend' stating that if you have oak CHIPS or GRANULAR then they go in now but if you have oak CUBES then they go in later. Be helpful IF they actually labelled the bags to correspond with the instructions perhaps?. I have added the lot as nothing looked like cubes to me. I have stuck with the recipe per se unlike I do with the Beaverdales when I normally add 750g or so of sugar.
Looking forward to this one even though I have now got 14 days of dunking the skins back down.