
here are the pics of my first attempt at Abbot Ale. hope the pics work ok...
my mash tun, insulated on all 6 sides with 20mm polystyrene

doughing in to get rid of all the dry spots

first runnings

back it goes

run off the hot sweet wort to the boiler

Goldings and northern hops

A rolling boil and in go the hops

steam management. this worked like magic - no wet walls in the house

15 minutes left so IC in to steralise

plenty of air into the FV

OG 46 so not bad

the trub

cheap at twice the price

the next day and the crust is formed. good old S-04

on the whole an enjoyable experience with no real problems. A long days work though, around 7 hours