suspiciously going well

[ColinKeb]

ive just brewed my second batch of biere de garde , all grain and to be honest the first batch was a bit of a disaster one thing went wrong after another. this batch has gone suspicously smoothly its half one and im just cooling it off to go in to the fermeneter. something has got to go wrong somewhere it always does! gravity is spot on , yeast is starting nicely ,what else is there to go wrong ?

[bitter_dave]

what else is there to go wrong ?

You could forget to sterilise the fermenter

[ColinKeb]

i did that, ive just started to pour it off into the fermenter and allive got is a trickle ! thats it ! what a relief! the taps blocked with something at last its happened its the waiting that kills me you know

[ColinKeb]

ah yes back to form! i just went to empty the boiler on the garden and it swung back and covered me head to foot in wet hops and trub , thats better !

[Andy]

He can't hear you, got wet hops stuck in his ears

[ColinKeb]

its a gift what can i say

[Frothy]

Sounds good CK - I nearly had to do a bit of decoction yesterday
What kind of beer is that? lager?

Frothy

[ColinKeb]

its mysterios recipe for something close to ch'ti ambere ;

Biere de Garde

Type: All Grain
Date: 28/12/2006
Batch Size: 5.00 Imp gal
Brewer: Geoff
Boil Size: 5.72 Imp gal Asst Brewer:
Boil Time: 90 min Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.0

Ingredients

Amount Item Type % or IBU
6.10 kg Vienna Malt (6.9 EBC) Grain 92.4 %
0.30 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (118.2 EBC) Grain 4.5 %
0.20 kg Aromatic Malt (51.2 EBC) Grain 3.0 %
30.00 gm Pearle [8.00%] (60 min) Hops 23.6 IBU
15.00 gm Saaz [4.00%] (15 min) Hops 2.9 IBU
15.00 gm Saaz [4.00%] (0 min) Hops -
1 Pkgs European Ale (White Labs #WLP011) Yeast-Ale

Beer Profile

Est Original Gravity: 1.060 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.015 SG
Est Alcohol by Vol: 5.9 %
Bitterness: 26.5 IBU Calories: 269 cal/pint
Est Color: 20.0 EBC Color: Color

sounds nice havent tasted it yet

[crow_flies]

there must be a 'law for brewers' - you know like murphy's law or sods law....any suggestions for something suitable?

[maxashton]

How about the "Reinheitsgebot"?

haha

[ColinKeb]

i just have to say that ;

a) this recipe turned out to be very very nice

and

b) i am now sh*t faced on said recipe



will definitely do this one again