The venue: Mr C's Shed of brewing Joy:
So here we go - we went for;
ME:
Conniston Bluebird-a-like
Malted Oat Stout
Mr C:
Noonan Brew
Amber Ale
Recipes below - which came about through adaptation from found and tried recipes for the hops and malt we had available...
Me doughing in:
And Mr C
and then trying his first batch sparge (and NOT loving it - oooh turbid)
The eternally turbid runnign s begin:
Electrical issues trying to run two boilers through an extension lead necessitated I move my boiler and mash tun for brew #2 out of the shed:
So with two boils on the go - time to mash in for brew #2
Mr C gets his boil rolling:
And his second brew mashing:
As mentioned before... we had a few problems with electric/boiler cutting out and triping the extension lead. At the end of the first boil the reason became apparent
Thankfully my mash tun (insulated Brupacks mash tun/boiler) is now fixed and works well as a boiler so ost-mash it had a quick clean up and was pressed into service
So onwards and upwards - Mr C gets his sarge water ready and had decided he was going to stick to fly sparging on batch 2.
Darkness was falling and the brew continued...
Chilling brew number 1 and starting to lauter brew #2:
Mmmm - dark oaty stouty goodness
So time to get brew #1 (The 'Come-On-Son' Bluebird-a-like) into the FV
Brewing likie a pirate:
Waiting, patiently and quite still...
Brew #1 in fermenter and number 2 (the malted oat stout) goes into the boiler
Meanwhile Mr C gets brew number 2 sparging:
The first two and the starter for number 3..
More sanitising...
Starting to pack up while chilling the amber ale
