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Posted: **Mon May 05, 2008 4:23 pm**

Since my last brewday post was a while ago and I had some new equipment tweaks, I thought it was time to record another brewing session. Then I went a bit mad taking photos...

OG 1049 / ~35 IBU / 40L (36L)

Pale Malt 7560g (84%)
Amber Malt 180g (2%)
Crystal Malt 180g (2%)
Wheat Malt 180g (2%)
Roast Barley 900g (10%)

Challenger 90g (90 min)
Challenger 15g (Late Hops)

Wyeast 1275 - Thames Valley

Grain and salts - Pale (underneath), Roast Barley, Crystal, Amber, Wheat Malt and salts (centre):

All mixed up:

Mashed in - looks like a big cup of coffee:

First runnings:

New sparge equipment:

Fly sparging - lid keeps the heat in:

Lift the lid - spray action:

Boiler on new stand - just before adding the hops:

Boiling away - starless and Bible black:

Hop filter/aerator:

After cooling in operation:

Filling the FV:

Posted: **Mon May 05, 2008 4:26 pm**

great pics cb

and some nice shiny gear as well,

Posted: **Mon May 05, 2008 6:05 pm**

That is some nice kit you got there

Always nice to see somebody losing the run of themselves with a camera on brewday

Posted: **Mon May 05, 2008 6:42 pm**

Tidy work CB and great pics...can never have too many

Posted: **Mon May 05, 2008 7:15 pm**

Wel done CB, looks great!

Posted: **Mon May 05, 2008 7:27 pm**

Thank god for digital cameras

Posted: **Tue May 06, 2008 8:22 am**

Great pics CB, looks like a winner

Posted: **Tue May 06, 2008 8:35 am**

nice set up and great pics.

gb

Posted: **Wed May 07, 2008 8:53 pm**

Good work, great pics, love that FV

Posted: **Thu May 08, 2008 10:40 pm**

Wez wrote:Good work, great pics, love that FV

Yes it is very nice and a cheaper alternative to a conical FV!

Unfortunately, the manufacturer doesn't seem to list them on their website anymore. I got mine through John @ Hop & Grape.

BTW, the stout is now bubbling away (under airlock) in secondary.

Posted: **Fri May 09, 2008 2:01 pm**

Great setup CB, looks realy tidy

Posted: **Sat Jul 12, 2008 12:12 am**

Just got around to trying this tonight - only two months maturing in keg! I'd been finishing off the last of a "golden ale" as I always associate drinking stout with the colder months of the year - so just right for this week's weather!

Anyway, absolutely delicious - liquorice, roast and smoky notes - amber malt definitely adds something special. Challenger hops meld in well with the other flavours, perhaps more bitter another time? However, I was only going to try a pint and ended up drinking two - always a good sign.

I'll probably bottle the second keg to save some for the winter evenings. No point in attempting a feck test as it's as black as Newgate's knocker as my Dad would say.

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