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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

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

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

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...

Looks great Hope it's going OK.

Good pics retourrbx,

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

Garth wrote: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

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

Nice pix R, liking your IC very much

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

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 !