beer taster
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Not posted any of my brewdays before so thought it was about time. Had planned to do something for Halloween, ie Pendle Witches Brew but decided to do the Pride clone as I had a disaster last time I tried this recipe. So AG#12 London Pride clone from GW's book. I messed about with the recipe, added some wheat malt and used WLP001 California yeast for the first time.
This is the starter, not sure about this yeast as all my previous starters didn't get a yeast head like this one
Using my new SS paddle for the first time, the plastic spoon is not robust enough, but the paddle may be a bit big!
Mashing in, paddle just fits in the 24L mash tun
Recirculating using HERMS
Sparging - Always a pain to balance the pump to the output of the mash tun. Sparge at approx 0.5L / min
I used a combination of whole hops and pellets, hence the mess left in the copper, need to get a Stainless IC.
Nicely aerated wort, ended up with 22L @ 1048, was aiming for 1044
This is the starter, not sure about this yeast as all my previous starters didn't get a yeast head like this one
Using my new SS paddle for the first time, the plastic spoon is not robust enough, but the paddle may be a bit big!
Mashing in, paddle just fits in the 24L mash tun
Recirculating using HERMS
Sparging - Always a pain to balance the pump to the output of the mash tun. Sparge at approx 0.5L / min
I used a combination of whole hops and pellets, hence the mess left in the copper, need to get a Stainless IC.
Nicely aerated wort, ended up with 22L @ 1048, was aiming for 1044
