Brewday - Saturday 17th

Calum · Post by **Calum** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 12:07 am

I'm going to celebrate Paddy's Day by making a batch if something dark. To be honest I wouldn't normally thank you for a slurp of Guiness but I feel I should at least enter into the spririt and make something with more than a 100g of Crystal in it.

Apologies in advance for the use of my spreadsheet. It is quite basic but it is allowing me to formulate recipes and have an idea of what it is going to turn out like.

I have chosen 70% efficiency but last week I managed 73.4% so I might manage to squeeze an extra pint or so out fo this.

I hope the Irish contingent don't mind the tongue in cheek name. Its just a bit of craic

Wez · Post by **Wez** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 12:23 am

XLS looks mint, any chance of a copy by email? (PM)

Post by **Andy** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 12:32 am

Have a goodun callum, looks good.

bitter_dave · Post by **bitter_dave** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 7:47 am

Good stuff, have fun

Bigster · Post by **Bigster** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 8:36 am

Have a good one and keep us up to date

Calum · Post by **Calum** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 2:43 pm

Its been a fairly succesful day. Beer is now in the bath cooling down.

It usually takes about 3hrs to get down to pitching temperature.

DRB · Post by **DRB** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 3:56 pm

Tidy

BitterTed · Post by **BitterTed** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 5:20 pm

Hey Calum, looks like a fine brew to me!! The beer I'm making isn't Irish either, but who cares!! Good luck!
Happy St Patricks Day

Calum · Post by **Calum** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 6:26 pm

All done and yeast pitched.

I ended up with around 21.5 litres @ 1047 whihc gave me an efficiency of 70% which I am quite happy about.

Now I have to make up a silly label for my Paddys Pale Ale.

Horden Hillbilly · Post by **Horden Hillbilly** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 8:57 pm

Pleased that it went ok for you.

Calum · Post by **Calum** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 11:58 pm

I didn't bother with photos today but I thought I would take this one. It looks like someone has placed a rather large pavlova on top of the beer

Garth · Post by **Garth** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 1:09 pm

That yeast head is quality mate, never had one like that at all, was it strawberry or peach underneath?.....and where's the cherries?

DRB · Post by **DRB** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 1:22 pm

The texture looks alarmingly like a pavlova

what east did you use.

Post by **Jim** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 2:39 pm

That looks like the kind of head Andy gets with Hopback yeast.

Bigster · Post by **Bigster** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 3:45 pm

Looks like your ale will be well protected under that duvet

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Brewday - Saturday 17th

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