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Huntington Porter

Est OG 1057
IBU 45.8
Colour 88.9. Guide says a robust porter shouldnt be darker than 69 but as its a jet black porter anyway i cant see the difference.

4.00Kg Maris Otter Pale Malt
0.5Kg Flaked Barley
0.5Kg Roast Barley
0.3Kg Choc malt
0.25Kg Torrified Wheat
0.2Kg Crystal Malt
0.15Kg Black Malt

Boil 90 mins

Hops

50g Northdown 8% 90 mins
10g Goldings 15 mins
1 Protofloc 15mins
10g Goldings 0 mins

Ill be using Nottingham Ale Yeast


Started about 11.20 and doghed in at 11.50.

Now ive been having trouble with my first 2 AG's getting the right strike temp. I noticed on my last one though that the further down the water i take the temp in the HLT the cooler it got so ive now started to to stir the water and take the temp. It works a treat and im sure im getting a much more accurate reading doing it like this.

Anyway i preheated mash tun and added grain. Got water to about 75 and doughed in but it was a bit hot so added a small amount of cold water. Whilst i was doing this i could hear a trckiling sound so on inspection i realised i had left the tap open on the mash tun lol. Lost less than a litre of liquid though so no bother really.

When i doughed in i got a temp of approx 67 so i was more than happy, when i took the temp and the end of the mash though it was still 67 if not a tad over? I have found though that with my glass thermometer it looks like its stopped rising but can carry on though very very slowly. Its a little concerning as obvioulsy i didnt want to get the mash temp to high but there wasnt much i could do about it. I may look into investing in a decent digital thermometer, in the mean time though ill be a bit more patient with my glass one and make sure the reading is steady.. Ive got a cheap digital one here but i dont think its much cop as it never seems to hold a steady temp. Im just hoping my mash temp wasnt to high .

I normally lose 1 degree or so over 90 mins so i rekon even if it was a tad high im only looking at about 68ish.

Anyway apart from a couple of little miss haps its boiling away nicely. Ill have pictures to follow later if i get time or if not tomorrow.

Nice one, Robdog, looks like your having a nice brew sesh

it's not a proper brewday unless you leave a tap open.....

looks like a tasty one

Garth wrote:it's not a proper brewday unless you leave a tap open.....

looks like a tasty one

Its the first tme ive left a tap open lol. Thing is though i stood there for about 2 mins thinking whats that trickling sound lmao

The misses then said "should that wort be going all over the floor"

Just having a couple of pints of kit beer as ive drank all my all grain. TBH at 3 weeks what ive brewed so far has been cracking.

I managed to get about 20.5ltrs @ 1058 so slightly off but i did lose some of my mash water so i dont think im that far off.

The wort smells and tastes great.

Il try and get pics up later or if not tomorrow.

Pictures as promised sorry for the delay.

Doughed in minus the approx ltr i lost due to leaving tap on



All tucked up nice and warm



Hops all weighed out and ready



First Runnings



Nice rolling boil



IC in at 15 mins



Run off into FV. Excuse the state of the cooker i spilled stew on it




Thats it folks. I did take one of gravity reading but you couldnt see it properly.

This seems to have stuck at 1022 for the last couple of days, i have roused and added yeast vut but no joy.

Im thinking because i mashed at to high a temp that i havent got as many convertabe sugars in the wort as i owuld have liked.

Its still at the just under 5% mark so not bad im just hoping it doesnt taste horrible.