Cheyne_brewer
Regular.
Long day just finished brewing GEB Mad Cow stout. Rather wide quoted SG 1052-1075. The 30l Stoke liquor with 7.9kg grain bill came close to maxing out my 45l Hopcat. Slightly overshot target 23l and ended up with 25l of 1069 lusciousness in the Fermzilla. Had I sparged slightly less I could have got the top SG of 1075 at 23l. Not a lot of headroom in the Fermzilla (27l) so may fit the sounding valve and give it a pressure ferment to keep the Krausen down.
bit of a disaster barrelling my Landlord clone though, left it transferring by the port on the collection pot into what I thought was a securely seated barrel while I got on with yet another task. Oh dear, came back to find a lake of beer on the garage floor. An hour of cleaning up later I ended up with just half a barrel - bah.
Might have to slip another brew on while the missus is out - Batemans XXXB clone or an American IPA, both from Worcester Hop Shop
Paul.
bit of a disaster barrelling my Landlord clone though, left it transferring by the port on the collection pot into what I thought was a securely seated barrel while I got on with yet another task. Oh dear, came back to find a lake of beer on the garage floor. An hour of cleaning up later I ended up with just half a barrel - bah.
Might have to slip another brew on while the missus is out - Batemans XXXB clone or an American IPA, both from Worcester Hop Shop
Paul.