Pakman
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Well, today was the day to try out my new boiler and perform a SDM boil brew.
Nice shiny new boiler ready for action.
I decided to try and create the Summer Lightning brew detailed on page 164 of Graham Wheeler's book.
I used :-
3kG Extra Light spray dried malt extract
220gms of Pale SDM as the shop only had 3 bags of Light in stock.
46gm Challenger 7.12% added on the boil.
as you can see, the Cygnet kept a lovely boil running.
After my tea
(70 minutes ish) I added 15gm of Goldings 5.3% and 3gms of re-hydrated Irish Moss and left it boiling for a further 10 minutes.
I then switched it off and allowed it to cool to 80 degrees before dry hopping with another 9gms of Goldings.
I then ran it off into the FV and am typing this up whilst I wait for the temperature to drop to about 25 degrees to do an SG check and introduce the yeast starter created from some Whitbread strain B yeast obtained from Vale brewery.
The FV is still at 60 degrees at present but I am being VERY patient ;^)
I'll report the SG later.
What did I forget? I got so involved in the whole process that I forgot to have a :drink: beer :drink: whilst waiting for the boil - never mind, time for that now! :drink:
Nice shiny new boiler ready for action.
I decided to try and create the Summer Lightning brew detailed on page 164 of Graham Wheeler's book.
I used :-
3kG Extra Light spray dried malt extract
220gms of Pale SDM as the shop only had 3 bags of Light in stock.
46gm Challenger 7.12% added on the boil.
as you can see, the Cygnet kept a lovely boil running.
After my tea
(70 minutes ish) I added 15gm of Goldings 5.3% and 3gms of re-hydrated Irish Moss and left it boiling for a further 10 minutes.I then switched it off and allowed it to cool to 80 degrees before dry hopping with another 9gms of Goldings.
I then ran it off into the FV and am typing this up whilst I wait for the temperature to drop to about 25 degrees to do an SG check and introduce the yeast starter created from some Whitbread strain B yeast obtained from Vale brewery.
The FV is still at 60 degrees at present but I am being VERY patient ;^)
I'll report the SG later.
What did I forget? I got so involved in the whole process that I forgot to have a :drink: beer :drink: whilst waiting for the boil - never mind, time for that now! :drink:
