To show that some American's read Wheelers books I am brewing his Boddington's Bitter (going the 5 US gal version).
Will be using Wyeast 1275.
Also modifying for my 75% efficiency batch sparging. Will be sticking with IBUs of 37 but using Tinseth/Beersmith to compute.
Will finally get around to taking some pics but the wife informs me the camera is broken so will be via mobile phone.
Thanks Graham!
Wheeler's Boddingtons Bitter
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monk
But mostly because of the mouthfeel/low carbonation. She also loved the Old Thumper clone (now I'm just defending her) 
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SteveD
Oh...there isn't any! 
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monk
I used to enjoy Boddies in the nitro can back in the day. My wife used to really like it until she went to England and tried some proper cask conditioned stuff!
I must admit to liking Youngs Double Choc in the nitro can on occasion.
Will post some pics later in the week but things went okay.
No disasters - muffed my final volume ended up about 3 pints high volume wise.
OG of .037 instead of my hoped for .038.
Ferment temps are a bit high but working their way south - had a bugger of time cooling the wort. Hit about 90F (32C) here today (that would probably seem cool to you Monk). Did manage to water a bit of the lawn with the IC run off!
Seems a bit darker than I would have guessed.
I must admit to liking Youngs Double Choc in the nitro can on occasion.
Will post some pics later in the week but things went okay.
No disasters - muffed my final volume ended up about 3 pints high volume wise.
OG of .037 instead of my hoped for .038.Ferment temps are a bit high but working their way south - had a bugger of time cooling the wort. Hit about 90F (32C) here today (that would probably seem cool to you Monk). Did manage to water a bit of the lawn with the IC run off!
Seems a bit darker than I would have guessed.
A few pics from Iowa:
My barley crusher
The barley crusher at work
Mashing
1st runnings (not as clear as usual)
The Boil
aeration - plus I pour the entire brew back and forth between the kettle and fermenter (a total of about four pours)
Yeasties - Will work for sugar!
Solved my hot temp problem and managed to undershoot temps - down to 59F. I have gotten it back to about 64 and hope to stabilize at around 68F (should be 62 to 72 for Thames Valley). Hope I didn't thermally shock my friends too much . . .
They have created a head and the fermenter is blurping away so at worst a work slow down at best they are a forgiving lot!
Edit: correct one link and add the bit about temp
My barley crusher
The barley crusher at work
Mashing
1st runnings (not as clear as usual)
The Boil
aeration - plus I pour the entire brew back and forth between the kettle and fermenter (a total of about four pours)
Yeasties - Will work for sugar!
Solved my hot temp problem and managed to undershoot temps - down to 59F. I have gotten it back to about 64 and hope to stabilize at around 68F (should be 62 to 72 for Thames Valley). Hope I didn't thermally shock my friends too much . . .
They have created a head and the fermenter is blurping away so at worst a work slow down at best they are a forgiving lot!
Edit: correct one link and add the bit about temp
Last edited by iowalad on Tue Jul 17, 2007 2:15 am, edited 1 time in total.
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SteveD
Nice one Iowalad.
Taking advantage of the 2:1 $ to £ rate I've just taken delivery of the same malt mill as you. Is it good? Looking at it closely I could see one point in the grain path at the edges of the rollers where some grains could fall the wrong side of the rollers and not get crushed. Does this happen, or not? I'd guess probably not..it just looks like it might. Looks a well built piece of kit. Are you using the default roller spacing, or did you need to adjust it?
Taking advantage of the 2:1 $ to £ rate I've just taken delivery of the same malt mill as you. Is it good? Looking at it closely I could see one point in the grain path at the edges of the rollers where some grains could fall the wrong side of the rollers and not get crushed. Does this happen, or not? I'd guess probably not..it just looks like it might. Looks a well built piece of kit. Are you using the default roller spacing, or did you need to adjust it?
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Seveneer
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SteveD
I'm assuming it's the same mill? I might mod it then to prevent that from happening, it's just the way the hopper aluminium is cut - dictated by it's shape - creating that V shaped gap at the edges.Seveneer wrote:Steve,
I used mine a couple of weeks ago and a few grains did go down the gaps at the end of the rollers. I haven't used it to crush my base malt yet, just the crystal, so I can't asay what effect this has on efficiency.
/Phil.
Steve,
I do get a few uncrushed bits of grain (you hear a couple of bits drop when the grain is put in the bin) but I have always just thought it was a few bits and not worth worrying about. Now that I think about that I should do a closer inspection as I tend to just look at what is on the surface of my crushed grain pile. Thanks for the tip!
I just bought a mill a few months ago. I haven't adjusted the crush. Most people seem to leave it as is. I don't plan on changing it this year. But may mess with the gap next year if I feel that I need to tweak things. If my efficiency stays consistent at around 75% I probably won't change it.
I haven't had any problems to date (although I do wonder about the extent of uncrushed grain now!) and have been happy with the mill. Of course it is the only mill I have so not much to compare it with. I have not noticed any efficiency change since moving over to crushing my own (no increase either).
I do get a few uncrushed bits of grain (you hear a couple of bits drop when the grain is put in the bin) but I have always just thought it was a few bits and not worth worrying about. Now that I think about that I should do a closer inspection as I tend to just look at what is on the surface of my crushed grain pile. Thanks for the tip!
I just bought a mill a few months ago. I haven't adjusted the crush. Most people seem to leave it as is. I don't plan on changing it this year. But may mess with the gap next year if I feel that I need to tweak things. If my efficiency stays consistent at around 75% I probably won't change it.
I haven't had any problems to date (although I do wonder about the extent of uncrushed grain now!) and have been happy with the mill. Of course it is the only mill I have so not much to compare it with. I have not noticed any efficiency change since moving over to crushing my own (no increase either).
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Seveneer
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steve_flack