
The yeast was taken from the bottles on Monday, started off in a 200ml starter then transferred to a 1 litre starter after a couple of days. I probably should have made the second starter bigger -- I didn't realise Summer Lightning had such a high OG. Still, there's a nice thick layer on the bottom of the flask.
Other ingredients include:
5.47kg Maris Otter
Challenger to 27 IBU for 90mins
Goldings to 14 IBU for 15mins
OG: 1050
Graham's Water Calc set to 'sweet pale ale'.
Filling the new HLT -- a £5 polypropylene box from the market.


Next task: turn drossy London water into brewing gold:

It'd be interesting if the Brixton police paid a visit. ('Yeah, pull the other one, son.')
Trying to get it into suspension:

The grain shot:

Bath time:

Despite all the CRS and salts, my PH is always too high. It's something I'm going to have to tackle:
