EKGoblin 03.02.08

[retourrbx]

Early start today... well - 9.00 (late for some )

5.00 kg Marris Otter Pale
0.35 kg Crystal
0.25 kg Chocolate Malt
0.20kg Wheat Malt

60g EKG (4.2%) 60mins
20g EKG (4.2%) 15mins
20g EKG (4.2%) Steep at 80' once boil over for 20 mins

Safale-04

This time I mashed at 69degrees for 75 minutes


grain and hops


marris otter


boiling water


doughing in


mash at 69'


first run off


yeast starter


boil


first hop addition

[Martin the fish]

How did you get tap fitted to ouside of coolbox without flooding the polystyrene compartment?

[retourrbx]

i shaved a bit of plastic off the tap so that it would go further through the wall then used a washer with some brassware on the inside

[retourrbx]

Cheers

I add grain to water, it's all hidden though - I spend about five minutes stirring and squashing all the balls to ensure complete soakage...

[ECR]

Looks great Hope it's going OK.

[Garth]

Good pics retourrbx,

is this Hobgoblin with EK instead of Styrians? should turn out nice

[retourrbx]

is this Hobgoblin with EK instead of Styrians? should turn out nice

It is indeed - fingers crossed!


second hop addition


chiller going in for last 15minutes


whirlfloc fizzing away


aeration using gravity alone...


trub left behind



23L @ 1.048 - just about what I was looking for - will be around 5% ABV which is near enough bottled Hobgoblin which is what I'm trying an alternative slant on

65% efficiency so no change there

Cheers Orfy for grain bill taken from your Hobgoblin clone

[Horden Hillbilly]

Great pics! Also looks like a sucessful brew day as well, nice one!

[subsub]

Nice pix R, liking your IC very much

[retourrbx]

cheers - it does the job... bit of an arse holding it but I get over it

[prolix]

Hey after reading the post from the irish boys about the ancient sites actually being breweries and the trough they used to make beer. I have found the missing piece that proves them right.


evidence

see it's R's spiral IC !

[retourrbx]