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Re: Jims ESB

Post by WalesAles » Sat Nov 07, 2015 9:47 pm

Hello Everyone,
I think my Brew is doomed! #-o
1020 after a week in FV, gave a gentle stir,
1020 3 days later, added another pack of yeast, Beer temp 19deg, raised trug heater to bring beer temp to 22deg,
today 1010 but beer looks awful, very cloudy, put the dry hops in anyway to see if I can salvage this crock of Sh$t! :D
Heater off and FV in the shed to chill down.
Bloody Brewing! :D :D

WA
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Re: Jims ESB

Post by bquiggerz » Sat Nov 07, 2015 9:54 pm

Having had time to test my ESB. It's at a clear 1.012 so maybe give it a little more time. To be honest I don't have access to my bottling equipment so I have to wait anyway.

Happy brewing

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Re: Jims ESB

Post by Monkeybrew » Sat Nov 07, 2015 10:34 pm

WalesAles wrote:Hello Everyone,
I think my Brew is doomed! #-o
1020 after a week in FV, gave a gentle stir,
1020 3 days later, added another pack of yeast, Beer temp 19deg, raised trug heater to bring beer temp to 22deg,
today 1010 but beer looks awful, very cloudy, put the dry hops in anyway to see if I can salvage this crock of Sh$t! :D
Heater off and FV in the shed to chill down.
Bloody Brewing! :D :D

WA
Have faith brother!
FV:


Conditioning:
AG#41 - Vienna Lager - 5.6%
AG#42 - Heritage Double Ale - 10.5%

On Tap:
AG#44 - Harvest ESB - 5.4%
AG#45 - Amarillo Gold APA - 5.2%
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Re: Jims ESB

Post by Hanglow » Sun Nov 08, 2015 5:27 pm

Well all my hops dropped, it was very cloudy still though

19.5l of wlp023+dry hop FG 1.010
4l of stAustell/hopback yeast no dryhop FG 1.014
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Re: Jims ESB

Post by Jim » Sun Nov 08, 2015 5:38 pm

guypettigrew wrote:
Jim wrote:Just put mine in the secondary, FG was about 16 which was maybe a bit high. Probably for the best though as (time to 'fess up :wink: ) I cocked up my hop schedule on the day, by putting the late hops in with the bittering hops. I then had to add some EKG's I had lying around in place of the late hops to make sure I got a bit of aroma, so it's quite hoppy! :roll:

Filled 6 bottles as well, so might hand them out to the lads for comments. :)
Excellent confession, Jim.

How wonderful to know the creator of the recipe, the driving force behind this web site, makes the same silly mistakes we all do!

Guy
It was a doozy though, wasn't it!? :lol:

I was having one of those days - I kept knocking stuff over and spilling water as well.

Nice set of pics, MB. 8)

Wales, I bet you still drink it though! :wink:
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Re: Jims ESB

Post by BluePanda » Sun Nov 08, 2015 6:00 pm

Bottled mine yesterday.

Forgot to dry hop :(

Went in at 1.050 and came out at 1.014, so 4.73%. Got 43 bottles in total.

Sample tasted a little more bitter than I would like, but certainly within tolerance. Hoping it will mature nicely.
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Re: Jims ESB

Post by Hanglow » Fri Nov 13, 2015 10:24 pm

Five days in the bottle, just done a carbonation check

Murky as buggery, very, very hoppy with nice malt beneath it, carbonation isn't enough so I'll leave it in a warm place for another week, no head at all.

I think it won't hit its stride for another four weeks minimum, so should be good for the xmas holidays
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Re: Jims ESB

Post by WalesAles » Sat Nov 14, 2015 5:22 am

Hello Everyone,
Wet Hops out Yesterday. Still cloudy Beer but smelling great! Bottling Sunday! :D
Mmmmmm! This 2nd pint of White Grape and Peach TC is BLM after just coming off a Night Shift! :D

WA






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Re: Jims ESB

Post by Monkeybrew » Sat Nov 14, 2015 4:22 pm

Bottled and Mini kegged my eSB on Thursday evening.

Perfectly clear thanks to S-04, and tasting really good IMO. The Epic hops have given it a lovely citrus hop flavour :)

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MB
FV:


Conditioning:
AG#41 - Vienna Lager - 5.6%
AG#42 - Heritage Double Ale - 10.5%

On Tap:
AG#44 - Harvest ESB - 5.4%
AG#45 - Amarillo Gold APA - 5.2%
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Re: Jims ESB

Post by Piscator » Sat Nov 14, 2015 4:47 pm

Good effort that man!

I bottled mine last week - tested one yesterday... not carbed up enough by a long way but the old syringe method got some head on it which lasted to the end of the glass.
I do like the caramel/toffee note I'm getting though on this one. Hop presence is good with a nice earthiness and the bitterness continues to mellow. Water treatment was spot on because mouthfeel is soft and velvety (unlike the occasions when I've run out of AMS and brewed anyway!).
I will brew this again but will play with hops because I think either citrus or blackcurrant notes would play well with this grist.

Cheers
Steve
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Re: Jims ESB

Post by WalesAles » Sat Nov 14, 2015 10:52 pm

Monkey,
Push the tap back in on your Mini! :D #-o #-o

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Re: Jims ESB

Post by Monkeybrew » Sun Nov 15, 2015 8:45 am

WalesAles wrote:Monkey,
Push the tap back in on your Mini! :D #-o #-o

WA









Sent from my Laptop not watching bloody x factor +1 on bloody tele again! FFS! She just watched it! FFS! #-o #-o

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#-o
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Conditioning:
AG#41 - Vienna Lager - 5.6%
AG#42 - Heritage Double Ale - 10.5%

On Tap:
AG#44 - Harvest ESB - 5.4%
AG#45 - Amarillo Gold APA - 5.2%
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Re: Jims ESB

Post by WalesAles » Sun Nov 15, 2015 11:45 am

MB,
My 4 Mini`s all say to push the Tap back in!? :D

WA
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Re: Jims ESB

Post by bquiggerz » Sun Nov 15, 2015 5:18 pm

Not checked the gravity yet but mine is still going, slowly but still going. Smells and tastes fine though so I'm not overly worried about it.
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Re: Jims ESB

Post by guypettigrew » Mon Nov 16, 2015 8:12 pm

Piscator wrote:Good effort that man!

I bottled mine last week - tested one yesterday... not carbed up enough by a long way but the old syringe method got some head on it which lasted to the end of the glass.
Cheers
Steve
Never understood this syringe thing. If there is only minimal gas in the beer why would you want to whip the beer up to get the gas to form a head? Surely you're better off letting it run slowly into the glass to keep as much gas as possible in the beer?

Ho hum.

Guy
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