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Haven't got as far as drinking anything done without a hop spider yet...

26L into fermenter of a vaguely Czech style amber pilsner 2320 L total

24L pale hopped with Cascade (UK) & Olicana 1650L total

Today's brew, mashing right now, is a Sierra Nevada inspired pale. However, this is my first venture into "better"(?) or at least more comprehensive water treatment. Previously, I'd just added half a teaspoon of gypsum and half a Campden tablet to everything as water here is very soft...

😊 I'm guessing that's a similar beer to my "Ptolemy Tyler's Innkeeper" and a certain brew from Keighley...

With my previous fermenter, I didn't have space inside the fridge to fit one. I just taped over the hole with duck tape & put a pin hole in it. Worked fine for several years like that.

Festival Friars Ale is supposed to be "inspired by" Abbot. Not done it myself so can't comment but the Fesyival kits I've done were good.

Managed to get a false bottom for mine. Angel homebrew sent a 'back in stock' email. I ordered one pretty much immediately & it was then marked as 'out of stock' so they must have found one in the back of a cupboard. I might now try a batch without using the hop spider to see if hop...

For a 24 L brew, I'll start with ~33L water (mash + sparge) The cold water tank (gravity feed through cooling coil) holds ~50L Then cleaning up will take another 20L (?) So around 100L ballpark. Half of which is for cooling. Perhaps I should collect that & re-use for cleaning.

89 day run comes to an end :( Wordle 969 X/6* 🟨🟨⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟨🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛

Edit. sorry, answered the wrong question!

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22 1/2 L of a 'user upper' best bitter loosely based on Otter Ale 453L total

Thought my 80 day run was about to end! Wordle 960 6/6* ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 🟨⬛⬛⬛🟩 ⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩 ⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Watching it again I got the impression they're using straight Dublin tap water!

Tonight is a first taste of my latest brew. A golden ale with archer, jester & olicana hops. Part of my move to all English hops. Still a little undrcarbed & a tad cloudy though.

Final clarity will be interesting (if there is a difference by that point). CML have flocculation as 'high' for Five, 'good' for PIA & 'medium' for Clipper.

24L of a golden ale using "modern" English hops 81L total

You can reduce the base malt a bit then mash warmer - say 70c & use a less attenuative yeast eg MJ M15 or S-33 It's all a bit of a balancing act though.