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First AG brew
Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 9:54 pm
by jamesb
Hi everyone.
Last monday bank holiday I made my first AG brew. (The missus was away and I was
meant to be painting the kitchen
I'm afraid I can't share the recipe (tbh, I don't know all of it myself - it belongs to a local microbrewery and they just weighed the ingredients for me). It's a nice hoppy IPA.
Pictures are at
photos.mesb.co.uk
O.G was 1.040. Looks like it's stopped at 1.008 and looks good so far.
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James
Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 10:15 pm
by roger the dog
Nice work James, a well documented first brew
Welcome to the dark side
Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 10:39 pm
by jamesb
DaaB wrote:Congratulations, it looks and sounds like it went well, that's handy having your local micro weighs out your ingredients for you
Heh.
Pene was also the local HBS before time constraints enforced its closure - although we can still get bits through her. She also produces some lovely beer.
Daab wrote:Most people find adding the grains slowly to the water makes the mashing in process easier and reduces the chances of dough balls (clumps of dry grain) and dry spots in the mash, somthing worth trying next time.
I just went for the way I'd been shown. Didn't have any problems, but I will however, bear your advice in mind. I think I prefer the sound of that actually.
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James
Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 10:41 pm
by jamesb
roger the dog wrote:Nice work James, a well documented first brew
Thanks.
Welcome to the dark side
Wearing lots of black and having long hair, people would say that I'm already there. Good thing I know what you mean - although I do prefer the
lighter beers.
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James
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 3:44 pm
by jamesb
Ok, update.
I tried the beer after about 3.5 weeks and it was probably the worst stuff I'd ever tasted in my life.
Took a bottle to my local micro yesturday (5 weeks) so that she could tell me what went wrong with it and... it tasted bloody perfect.
It was a very hoppy brew, so I guess it just needed longer than normal.
Next brew coming up. Just got to make an IC when the boss isn't looking
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 7:53 pm
by ECR
Great pictures! I
really need to get my next brew underway
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 11:28 pm
by Martin the fish
Yes you do ECR
Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 12:46 am
by Vossy1
Well done jb, glad to see it turned out as planned
Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 8:40 am
by stevezx7r
An excellent day by the looks of it. When's the next
Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 9:24 am
by spearmint-wino
Good work