Saturday...

[Tony]

: to all brewing today... looks like a few of us are on the job this weekend!

Hope everyone's goes well!

 

[31bb3]

Likewise Tony :

 

[evanvine]

I was my intention to brew today, but then an offer to go suppin came up that I couldn't refuse! (I hang my head in shame)

 

[BarnsleyBrewer]

BB is hoping to fire up the brewery, just checking if I've enough pale malt....
Got lager malt, might mix the 2, is this workable?

 

[rickthebrew]

BB i reckon it`d be fine - i`m brewing a kolsch today (lager malt and wheat malt and lager hops) :thumb:

 

[BarnsleyBrewer]

BB i reckon it`d be fine - i`m brewing a kolsch today (lager malt and wheat malt and lager hops) :thumb:

Thanks' Rick, I'll give it a bash!

 

[Tony]

I was my intention to brew today, but then an offer to go suppin came up that I couldn't refuse! (I hang my head in shame)

no shame in that evanvine ... :

 

[BarnsleyBrewer]

Decided on this...........
Slurpers Best
Special/Best/Premium Bitter
Type: All Grain
Date: 27/03/2010
Batch Size: 46.00 L
Brewer: John Driver
Boil Time: 60 min Equipment: 60ltr Boiler
Brewhouse Efficiency: 85.00

Ingredients
Amount Item Type % or IBU
5.20 kg Pearl Malt (3.0 SRM) Grain 56.52 %
2.60 kg Lager Malt (2.0 SRM) Grain 28.26 %
0.80 kg Munich Malt (9.0 SRM) Grain 8.70 %
0.30 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L (80.0 SRM) Grain 3.26 %
0.30 kg Wheat, Torrified (1.7 SRM) Grain 3.26 %
155.00 gm Fuggles [4.80 %] (60 min) Hops 38.8 IBU
40.00 gm Bobek [4.50 %] (15 min) Hops 4.3 IBU
2 Pkgs Nottingham Yeast-Ale

Est Original Gravity: 1.052 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.016
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 4.79 %
Bitterness: 43.1 IBU
Est Color: 7.0 SRM Colour
Brew Porn......

 

[Tony]

Looking good BB ... I'll be really interested to see how it turns out ...

Hope it all goes well :

 

[highwayman]

That's some mix that BB Never thought about mixing Lager Malt with Pale Ale Malt :wha: Can't wait to try a sample Brew Buddy ..Enjoy your brew day :thumb:

 

[BarnsleyBrewer]

That's some mix that BB Never thought about mixing Lager Malt with Pale Ale Malt :wha: Can't wait to try a sample Brew Buddy ..Enjoy your brew day :thumb:

Hi Steve,
I had too, I was short on pale malt!!

John

 

[BarnsleyBrewer]

Bit more brew porn!!

The "Broomhead Brewery" proudly presents..........
Slurpers Best
Mash

The Sparge

Start of Boil

Hot Break

Run Off

Was it worth it?? :hmm:

You Bet It Was :drink:

 

[phettebs]

I was able to brew on Sunday. I put together a quick recipe for an APA using my homegrown Centennial and Cascade hops. This is the first opportunity I've had to use them since harvesting last October. :hmm:

Smells amazing in the fermenter today! Since I've never used my own hops before (last year was only the second year since I planted them) I had no idea what the outcome would be. Hopefully they are bitter enough but either way, I made beer! :thumb:

Barry

 

[Tony]

Good on you Barry. What size harvest did you get from your hops?

I've got mine in for this year - but as its the first year in the ground I'm not expecting too much.

 

[phettebs]

Tony,
The first year, I only got a couple of cones. The second year (last year), they went nuts. I think I ended up with almost 2 lbs of each once they were dried!

Barry

 

[Tony]

There's only one word for that... those are beautiful!

Outstanding work, were the pics taken on the harvest day?

 

[corby_brewer]

Barry, will you be my new best friend? :lol:

 

[phettebs]

It's not quite beer porn but a close second!

Those pics were taken about a month or so before harvest. I'm expecting an even bigger harvest this year. We're still working on getting the harvesting/drying process nailed down. My dad and I built a drying oast that made quick work of drying them all. I need to pick up a vacuum sealer this year so I can get them properly packaged. Once I get that all taken care of, I could be convinced to ship some to the UK. :

Do you guys use our citrusy American hops very often?

Barry

 

[highwayman]

Barry Fantastic..... :clap: :clap: :clap: There are quite a few of us on this forum growing our own Hops this year..including me ...so your efforts will be an insperation to us all I live in one the northern most parts of the country so not building my hopes up too much to get anything like you have :whistle:

 

[phettebs]

I live in the northern part of the US. Most, if not all, of our commercial hops are grown in the Pacific Northwest which has a much different climate than where I live. It gets VERY cold here in the winter and summer seems really short. So I didn't have very high expectations for my crop. This certainly surpassed anything I ever imagined, especially on only year 2!

What type of hops do you guys grow?