JBK Brewalong #2 Feb 2016

[fego]

Thanks Jim. Put me down for 20.

Done.

We're up to 166l so far, with 3 people left to report how much they brewed.

I made 23 litres and added a litre of water to bring it down a bit...

[Jim]

Updated with all so far. 189l with only Rad to get back with his brew length now, so hopefully we'll make 200l total.

Right, here are all the stats I have so far. I can't find the brew length for some of you - apologies if it's there and I missed it. If there's a question mark against your brew here, could you post how much (in litres) you actually brewed please? Ta!

JBK Wee Bee Brewalong Feb/March 2016

Brewer Length/l
jaroporter 10
demig & foob4r 27
Jim 19
JamesF 40
VANDEEN 11
Hogarth 20
fego 23
liamtmt7 20
Rad ?
sjnovis 19
woblylegs 20

[woblylegs]

add 20 litres from me Jim.

[Jim]

add 20 litres from me Jim.

Done.

Total stands at 209l + Rad's brew. I don't think that's bad at all considering it was a fairly 'non-standard' beer.

[JamesF]

Mine has taken longer to ferment than I expected, perhaps because of the greater volume. It's down to 1012 now though, so I'm going to give it a couple more days and check again. There's still a fair cap of yeast floating on the beer so it may go a little further yet.

James

[Hogarth]

Sounds like everyone's ending up at around 1012/13. Given the hoppage, I'm not sure I'd want mine any drier. Did anyone make the predicted 1010, though?

[Jim]

Sounds like everyone's ending up at around 1012/13. Given the hoppage, I'm not sure I'd want mine any drier. Did anyone make the predicted 1010, though?

I haven't checked mine yet. I've reduced the temperature to about 16C to help it clear down and it's going in a cornie in a day or two for force carbing. I'll take a reading then. I used notty, though, so I'm expecting it to be down somewhere near 10.

[Rad]

I ended up with 24.5l in the end. Filled 14 bottles and the rest went into the keg.

[Jim]

I ended up with 24.5l in the end. Filled 14 bottles and the rest went into the keg.

Thanks Rad. So this is the final count then: -

JBK Wee Bee Brewalong Feb/March 2016

Brewer Length/l
jaroporter 10
demig & foob4r 27
Jim 19
JamesF 40
VANDEEN 11
Hogarth 20
fego 23
liamtmt7 20
Rad 24.5
sjnovis 19
woblylegs 20

Making a grand total of 233.5 litres of Wee Bee! Excellent result!

[jaroporter]

supping a half of this in the glorious sunshine this afternoon. excellent!

[JamesF]

Sunny here today too, but with the wind-chill factored in the temperature struggled to scrape more than a few degrees above freezing. Far too cold for sitting out in the sunshine

James

[Jim]

Racked mine today. FG came out at about 11 or 12 ish.

[Monkeybrew]

Racked mine today. FG came out at about 11 or 12 ish.
rack.jpg sample.jpg

How does it taste?

I found Special B a bit overpowering, but I imagine the Chinook will keep it in check.

Cheers

MB

[Jim]

Tastes good. It's a better balanced beer than you'd expect from the recipe.

[JamesF]

Looks like mine is fairly steady at 1012 now, so I shall be bottling shortly.

James