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Decided pretty late this evening to get a brew on the go. I've been waiting all week for some malt to arrive and it still hasnt, so its not going to be here til Tuesday now , so my 1st all-grain is going to have to wait - its an extract IPA on the go now.

Apologies for the pretty poor pics...

Steeped - 200g carapils, 50g crystal:



Then added 3kg LME, followed by 25g Worcester Goldings + 25g Cascade



Boiling away:



This is going to be a pretty long night...

A long night, but hell. It's going to be good too.
I'll keep my fingers crossed for you that all goes to plan

Hello fellow long nighter.

Hope it goes well for you

I reckon i've got another hour or 2 to go.

cheers guys,

its now cooling in a bath full of cold water - thats going to take a while. Next on my shopping list - a wort cooler...

With 10 mins to go added 10g cascade, then steeped with another 10g cascade and 10g styrian. I've rehydrated my yeast - muntons premium gold. Should be pitching around 2am...

all done...

Took a sample of the cooled wort - SG 1040 - so not an IPA then . I've made my usual mistake of using an American recipe and not converting US 'gallons' into actual gallons . Its probably going to be overhopped for the lighter beer I've ended up making, although I only went for 35 IBUs with the kettle hops so it shouldnt be unpalatable. It shouldnt be too far off a bitter and twisted-esque beer with all the cascade and styrians so I'm looking forward to this one (even if its not exactly what I had planned).

Right, I've got about half an hours cleaning to do then bed