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Brew No.4 of 2009 - Session Beer
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 3:46 pm
by tatlock
Put this together this am - all went well!
2kg Golden Promise
200g Crystal
5g Black
100g Torrified Whest
75g Sugar
30g Cascade - 90 Mins
20g Cascade - 15 Mins
Used Lidls bottled water,Whirlfloc and Batch Sparged.
Collected 3 Gallons of wort at about 1036
All done,(including tidy up) within 4 hrs.
Re: Brew No.4 of 2009 - Session Beer
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 11:23 pm
by stevezx7r
A very nice, simple looking brew. You should take pics, not many pics of short batches like that. And 4 hours is sharp for any brew day
Re: Brew No.4 of 2009 - Session Beer
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 12:17 am
by smp465
4 hours!! I doughed in at about half five and i'm still cooling!!
In fairness my run off was a bit slow tonight, but that is some benchmark for time tatlock. Whats the secret?
Re: Brew No.4 of 2009 - Session Beer
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 12:36 am
by Invalid Stout
Half size batches is the secret! Quicker lautering, quicker reaching a boil, quicker cooling!
Re: Brew No.4 of 2009 - Session Beer
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 3:55 am
by tomU
Yep, the small volumes the secret - I regularly do 2 gall brews - heat my mash and sparge water in a couple of kettles, then it takes 20 mins or so to get to the boil, then 20-30 mins to cool in the bath. I take between 4 and 5 hours every brew....
Re: Brew No.4 of 2009 - Session Beer
Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 2:18 pm
by smp465
Might have to consider that for these evening sessions.
Re: Brew No.4 of 2009 - Session Beer
Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 10:29 pm
by tatlock
yep these small batches suit me fine now.
i used to do 5-8 gallon batches on a sunday but to be honest they were becoming a bit of a chore.
now i can brew while the kids are at school,do lots of different beers and keep everything small and easy.
i use 1 and 2 gallon demi-johns,2 gallon plastic barrells and everything is easy to clean,sanitize,transfer,etc,(even bottling is not a major task like it used to be.(its all done on the cooker and in the kitchen).
horses for courses i suppose but its small batches for me from now on!