Brewday 29/09/07 - Hooky Street

louthepoo · Post by **louthepoo** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 11:03 am

Right i'm brewing a recipe for christmas that Wez gave me, cheers mate

Its a 25 Litre batch

5.2kg Pale Malt
410g Crystal Malt
130g Chocolate Malt
50g Northdown
20g Styrian Goldings (15 min)
20g Styrian Goldings (0 min) (Aroma Hop-Steep)

Gervin Ale Yeast

I've added 5.2 stabiliser for the first time and guess what? the mash is 5.2

There will be pics to follow although i'm busy trying to get ben to stop crying and watch what i do, otherwise he'll never learn will he?

Vossy1 · Post by **Vossy1** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 11:17 am

Enjoy the brewday LTP

delboy · Post by **delboy** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 11:17 am

Have a good one LTP

AT · Post by AT » Sat Sep 29, 2007 11:32 am

Have a gud un mate

subsub · Post by **subsub** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 12:15 pm

Best of luck, brewing with small children in tow can be trying at the best of times

oblivious · Post by **oblivious** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 12:50 pm

Good luck

J_P · Post by **J_P** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 1:41 pm

Have a top day LTP. I'm bottling my hooky street today after I've corni'd the Burton Beast. I'm looking forward to the sneaky taster from the sample jar too. Anyhoo must dash the boiler is on $\:D/$

louthepoo · Post by **louthepoo** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 2:08 pm

well the boil is underway.

Its boiling outside for the first time and i didn't realise how much different it boils - its not anywhere near as 'fierce' as the boiling I've done indoors, i presume because its colder?

I'm managing to juggle brewing with feeding, changing and stopping Ben crying but its bloody hard!

I think he's grasped sparging - he just sat there watching me do it and didnt ask a single question

Unfortunately he's slacked off with the boiling, he fell asleep!

pics will follow when i've finished

prodigal2 · Post by **prodigal2** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 2:21 pm

Enjoy the return to brewing LTP though by the sounds of it you have your work cut out

Jimberbob · Post by **Jimberbob** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 2:28 pm

Have a good one Lou. Tis the season to be merry, tra la la la la....la la la.

The christmas brew season, don't you just love it?

louthepoo · Post by **louthepoo** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 5:06 pm

well its all done and i managed an OG of 1054 in 24 Litres.

all i gotta do now is get the photos put up so bear with me.

louthepoo · Post by **louthepoo** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 5:26 pm

Right as promised piccies, but first i must ask you to excuse the state of my back yard orif not at least give me a hand tidying it up

Sorry the pics are huge and I dont know how to shrink them!

first of all the mash

Spud keeping an eye on the mash

The boil

Cooling the wort with my stainless immersion cooler

what happens when you cover the boil a little too much - some cleaning up now!

AT · Post by AT » Sat Sep 29, 2007 5:44 pm

Nice pics, where's all the water from the cooler going? There's no sign of spud swimming alongside the fermenter

Wez · Post by **Wez** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 6:02 pm

Right i'm brewing a recipe for christmas that Wez gave me, cheers mate

Nice to see you brewing again LTP, credit for this one should go to Delboy, it's his baby and I think thats me you and J_P got it on the go now!! Hope you both enjoy it as much as I am, Hmm might go and sneck a half now

delboy · Post by **delboy** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 12:39 am

Wez wrote:
Right i'm brewing a recipe for christmas that Wez gave me, cheers mate
Nice to see you brewing again LTP, credit for this one should go to Delboy, it's his baby and I think thats me you and J_P got it on the go now!! Hope you both enjoy it as much as I am, Hmm might go and sneck a half now

Kudos goes to wez, he brewed it first, named it, and its his descriptions of the beer has inspired others to have a bash.

I'm going to have to put this one on the xmas brew list as well

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Brewday 29/09/07 - Hooky Street

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