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

[Pinto]

Sadly I dont think he's a brewer

[Piscator]

More pic's added on the brewday thread - going great so far! Smells fantastic and looks great.
Keeping off it until Christmas may be difficult!

[Chrissyr63]

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.

C

[pete57]

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.

[JabbA]

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



Cheers,
Jamie

[DerbyshireNick]

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

[Clibit]

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.
Ferment WLP006 - Bedford British

[seymour]

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

[Jim]

I have a spreadsheet somewhere; I'll dig it out later.

[seymour]

I have a spreadsheet somewhere; I'll dig it out later.

Cool, no rush. Just curious.

[injac]

When's the next brew along then? Xmas?

[Jim]

I have a spreadsheet somewhere; I'll dig it out later.

Cool, no rush. Just curious.

Oops!!

[Jim]

When's the next brew along then? Xmas?

Good question. I've been too busy with brew shed construction to think about brewing.

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.

[injac]

Scottish Ale would be interesting. Or maybe a porter?

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[alexlark]

Something along the lines of Hobgoblin.