Sarah Hughes Dark Ruby Mild 17.12.11

[unclepumble]

I decided it was time to knock the cobwebs off the brewery & do a Sarah Hughes Dark Ruby earlier today,

It was a really smooth brew day & the addition of cam locks has made the whole experience, so much easier.

I took a few photos and a couple of videos along the way.

Grist in the mash tun ready for underletting.

Mash Temp

Brewery Steaming away

Preboil

The Escape (note there is 150ltrs of wort in a 200ltr fermenter, hence 50 plus litres of fob )

UP

 

[Mark1964]

Nice choice its a great beer dont think you will be disappointed :thumb:

 

[dennisking]

Looks good Shane, never seen a Cheshire square fermenter before. Hope it doesn't upset Yorkshire men.

 

[Runwell-Steve]

Looks good, I really must get round to making the Sarah Hughes Mild, it's on the to do list.

 

[Franklin]

Nice one Shane, what recipe did you go for...? I think the Graham Wheeler recipe could use half the Crystal malt swapping out for Dark Crystal Malt to be closer to the real thing.

 

[unclepumble]

Nice one Shane, what recipe did you go for...? I think the Graham Wheeler recipe could use half the Crystal malt swapping out for Dark Crystal Malt to be closer to the real thing.

I used the graham wheeler recipe and also used dark crystal, colour looked pretty good to me, lets hope its not too cloying :shock:

Have been to take a look today and it is fermenting very nicely and smelling terrific.

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[Cyclops]

Resurrecting this old thread, what yeast did you use Shane? Did the brew turn out as well as you expected?

 

[unclepumble]

I used the Fullers strain.

It turned out very nice, not a clone of Sarah Hughes but a very nice beer all the same, I would cut back on the dark crystal slightly and add a few grams less hops if I was to brew it again.

Cheers

Shane