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This imaginatively-named brew is made up as follows:

4.5kg Marris Otter Pale Malt
250g Crystal Malt
250g Torrefied Wheat

Mash with 3 1/2 galls at 67C

Fuggles, Progress and Challenger each to 9 IBUs, total 27

5 oz Goldings after boiler switched off. (Edit - 5 grams. that is! )

It's mashing at the moment, using a new insulated tun (well, it's my old mash tun with a layer of camping mat stuck to it and a duvet thrown over the top.

I started off checking the temperature every 15 minutes, as is my usual practice, but it was rock solid at 67C every time, so I'm leaving it alone now.

Pics to follow soon....

Nothing much to see here, but it's all happening underneath!




And the ringwood yeast, still feisty after 5 months in the fridge! (I made the starter up on Friday and bubbles were rising after only a couple of hours).

Happy Easter Brewday Jim

I started off checking the temperature every 15 minutes, as is my usual practice, but it was rock solid at 27C every time, so I'm leaving it alone now.

Hope it was 67c and not 27c

Hope you have a good one

Hope your brewday goes as smooth as mine did yesterday Jim, enjoy it!

Jim wrote:5 oz Goldings after boiler switched off.

No half measures there Jim, I take it that you like Goldings!

Bigster wrote:

I started off checking the temperature every 15 minutes, as is my usual practice, but it was rock solid at 27C every time, so I'm leaving it alone now.

Hope it was 67c and not 27c

Hope you have a good one

Oops!

Yes, 67. It's boiling now, looking good.

Daab, I have one layer of camping mat, then my old keg insulator then the duvet. The temperature was 67 when I started and 67 an hour and a quarter later - amazing. And I didn't need to shove any electric up it.

A few more pics on their way.

First runnings a little cloudy (as usual)



But after a minute or two clearer than I'm used to (maybe due to not having to stir the mash??)



I took this sample after about 3 1/2g of sparge water went through. I carried on a bit longer, just as well as this was at about sg 17. When I finally stopped it was at about 12.

Up to the boil very quickly



The hops...



..in the boiler.

Nice one. Nice to see snow as well - I cant remember the last time we had the stuff here in smurfland

Loads more snow than that here in East Midlands.

Just been clearing the folks path/drive.

Looks great there Jim.

Its also great to see you still use the grain bag(a great piece of kit, that sometimes seems to get forgotten, in the shiny age ).

prodigal2 wrote:Looks great there Jim.

Its also great to see you still use the grain bag(a great piece of kit, that sometimes seems to get forgotten, in the shiny age ).

I prefer the old ways.

There's not much snow really - that bit of lawn is about the only place it lay.

Andy wrote:Loads more snow than that here in East Midlands.

Just been clearing the folks path/drive.

Have a great snowy brewday, Jim.
Got about 10cm or so here in the high pennines . At the folks' too, wouldn't be getting snow down in that London...

We've got a couple of inches of snow here.

Most of it melted now





Sorry for thread hijack Jim! Hope the brew goes well