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Posted: **Thu May 01, 2008 10:54 pm**

Did a sort of IPA, well, my idea of an IPA is as many hops as I can lay my mits on at the time.

Anyway, here's the recipe -

24litres after topping up

4kg MO
250g Amber Malt - home made, mind
250g Torrified Wheat
25g Flaked Barley - thought I'd use the last of a pack I had

42.5g EKG - 5.3AA - 90 mins boil - 23.9 ibu
25g Fuggles - 4.5AA - 90 mins boil - 11.9 ibu
75g BC - 5.9AA - 30 mins steep

1/2 tsp Irish moss @ 10 mins
S04 yeast

Should end up around the 5% abv mark and flavours should calm down a bit by the time it's started which will be the end of June.

Had a bit of trouble with a tap (again) this time on my FV (which doubles a s a boiler for my sparge water). The bugger kept leaking so I grabbed a barrel tap and used that instead, worked fine after that.

Everything else went smooth as a peach.

Posted: **Thu May 01, 2008 10:59 pm**

Lots of hops.. Good stuff

Posted: **Thu May 01, 2008 11:05 pm**

Yeah, that's the last brew for a bit now as the wife is getting upset with me hogging the kitchen every day

I've got two I'm supping and two in the FV, the Petrol Head has a nice krausen on the go now so another nine days and it's into secondary for maturing then the fridge to lager.

God I hope we have a good summer.

Posted: **Thu May 01, 2008 11:09 pm**

But that'll leave you with 1 empty keg...... Thats sacrilege!!!!
Get that one filled too.

Posted: **Thu May 01, 2008 11:23 pm**

Actually, due to the glory that is Freecycle I'll be picking up three more barrels, three FV's, 5 DJ's, a corker, a capper, plus other misc. objects and all for free.

Get in.

Posted: **Thu May 01, 2008 11:42 pm**

Nice one mate. I keep checking freecycle. Bugger all around here.
Three more barrels. Heaven. All that brewing. Fantastic....
My wife put the stop on me at 8 barrels and 80 Bottles.
But they can be changed.

Posted: **Thu May 01, 2008 11:54 pm**

That'll be a nice pint mid summer

Posted: **Fri May 02, 2008 7:58 am**

russt1969 wrote:Nice one mate. I keep checking freecycle. Bugger all around here.
Three more barrels. Heaven. All that brewing. Fantastic....
My wife put the stop on me at 8 barrels and 80 Bottles.
But they can be changed.

Who, the wife?

Posted: **Fri May 02, 2008 8:28 am**

As vossy said should be a good summer pint

I will be very interested to see what you think of the big late addition of the Brambling Cross.

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