Jim's ESB Brewalong 24th-25th October 2015

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Re: Jim's ESB Brewalong 24th-25th October 2015

Post by Pinto » Sun Oct 25, 2015 11:09 am

Sadly I dont think he's a brewer :lol:
Primary 1: Nonthing
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Re: Jim's ESB Brewalong 24th-25th October 2015

Post by Piscator » Sun Oct 25, 2015 12:08 pm

More pic's added on the brewday thread - going great so far! Smells fantastic and looks great.
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Re: Jim's ESB Brewalong 24th-25th October 2015

Post by Chrissyr63 » Mon Oct 26, 2015 6:00 pm

Hi all,

well I got to brew it yesterday and is in the fridge at 18c now.
I accidentally(!) put 300g of dark crystal as well as the pale, caramalt and torrified wheat (was doing a 25lt batch was upped them to 300g).
Have to wait and see what it does.

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Re: Jim's ESB Brewalong 24th-25th October 2015

Post by pete57 » Sun Nov 01, 2015 4:21 pm

missed this been trying to replicate a leffe blond for a while. I drink Leffe blond when i run out .My preference lately as been the Leffe nectar, anyone any ideas to convert the recipe perhaps adding some honey?
I'm presently fermenting some mead (first attempt) and maybe a blend of the two is the way forward. :D

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Re: Jim's ESB Brewalong 24th-25th October 2015

Post by JabbA » Sun Nov 08, 2015 5:54 pm

A little late, but I've posted my go on the Brewdays section. I wonder if I was inadvertently brewing along with anyone else?!?



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Re: Jim's ESB Brewalong 24th-25th October 2015

Post by DerbyshireNick » Wed Dec 09, 2015 3:34 pm

due to a bit of a conflict I ordered in the Malt Miller pack but didn't get to brewing until mid-late Nov.

Its had 2 weeks primary and a week and a bit crash cooled. I always bottle off a few small 330ml bottles for samplers. After a week in the bottle its looking good. I am a bit lazy and tend to do 100% base malt brews usually. The interesting extra complexity here has inspired me to start looking at more complex malt bills for my IPAs

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Re: Jim's ESB Brewalong 24th-25th October 2015

Post by Clibit » Wed Dec 16, 2015 8:48 pm

Better late than never. Finally got round to brewing 10 litres of this today! At least it's still 2015...

Tweaked the hops a bit. Re-pitched WLP006 slurry from my last brew.

Batch Size (L): 10.0
Original Gravity (OG): 1.050
Final Gravity (FG): 1.013
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 4.91 %
Colour (SRM): 6.3 (EBC): 12.4
Bitterness (IBU): 62.3 (Average)
Brewhouse Efficiency (%): 80

1.700 kg Maris Otter Malt (85%)
0.100 kg Caramalt (5%)
0.100 kg Crystal 80 EBC (5%)
0.100 kg Torrified Wheat (5%)

22.0 g Northern Brewer Pellet (8.8% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes
16.0 g Progress Leaf (7.5% Alpha) @ 10 Minutes
9.0 g Challenger Leaf (9.3% Alpha) @ 0 Minutes
9.0 g First Gold Leaf (8.3% Alpha) @ 0 Minutes

Mashed at 65°C for 60 Minutes.
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Re: Jim's ESB Brewalong 24th-25th October 2015

Post by seymour » Wed Feb 17, 2016 3:09 pm

I brewed 5 gal in November too. What's the total participation, has anyone tracked it?

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Re: Jim's ESB Brewalong 24th-25th October 2015

Post by Jim » Wed Feb 17, 2016 3:40 pm

I have a spreadsheet somewhere; I'll dig it out later.
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Re: Jim's ESB Brewalong 24th-25th October 2015

Post by seymour » Wed Feb 17, 2016 5:02 pm

Jim wrote:I have a spreadsheet somewhere; I'll dig it out later.
Cool, no rush. Just curious.

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Re: Jim's ESB Brewalong 24th-25th October 2015

Post by injac » Tue Sep 13, 2016 4:50 pm

When's the next brew along then? Xmas?
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Re: Jim's ESB Brewalong 24th-25th October 2015

Post by Jim » Tue Sep 13, 2016 6:25 pm

seymour wrote:
Jim wrote:I have a spreadsheet somewhere; I'll dig it out later.
Cool, no rush. Just curious.
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Re: Jim's ESB Brewalong 24th-25th October 2015

Post by Jim » Tue Sep 13, 2016 6:27 pm

injac wrote:When's the next brew along then? Xmas?
Good question. I've been too busy with brew shed construction to think about brewing. :shock:

Does anyone have any suggestions as to what and when? I'ts already been suggested that we might try a Scottish Ale this time - though my memory is a bit hazy as I'd had a few at the time.
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Re: Jim's ESB Brewalong 24th-25th October 2015

Post by injac » Tue Sep 13, 2016 8:35 pm

Scottish Ale would be interesting. Or maybe a porter?

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Re: Jim's ESB Brewalong 24th-25th October 2015

Post by alexlark » Tue Sep 13, 2016 9:22 pm

Something along the lines of Hobgoblin.

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