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Hello,

Brewed hungover today after visiting the London Drinker festival yesterday. Nice to meet you Oblivious, hope you caught your flight OK. This is my lowest OG beer to date but am hoping for a really tasty outcome from all those spec grains and Edinburgh yeast. Oh and a quick drinker too.

Ingredients
23L @ 85% efficiency, 90min mash @ 67°C, 90 min boil
Amount Item Type % or IBU
2.77 kg Pale Malt (2 Row) UK (5.9 EBC) Grain 86.83 %
0.31 kg Caramalt (26.0 EBC) Grain 9.72 %
0.06 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (120.0 EBC) Grain 1.88 %
0.03 kg Black (Patent) Malt (1160.0 EBC) Grain 0.94 %
0.02 kg Chocolate Malt (Pale) (500.0 EBC) Grain 0.63 %
40.00 gm Goldings, East Kent [3.78 %] (90 min) Hops 19.4 IBU
1 Pkgs Edinburgh Ale (White Labs #WLP028) Yeast-Ale

Beer Profile
Measured Original Gravity: 1.032 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.009 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 3.33 %
Bitterness: 19.4 IBU Calories: 326 cal/l
Est Color: 18.0 EBC

No late addition / aroma hops at all then? Not at all like Belhaven, is it. Good luck with this Spring sesh ale.

Looks yummy.

That looks like it could be drinkable in a week

I would be drinking that one straight from the fermenter

If I remember correctly the Edinburgh yeast is a true top cropper but clears very well in the keg when cooled down.

Brewing with a hangover - well done Si, that's real commitment.

48hrs in...


...more headroom next time

Satisfying when a fermentation goes mad though, eh?

fivetide wrote:Satisfying when a fermentation goes mad though, eh?

Yeah it is

1.011 now after 72hrs...don't you dare quit before 1.008. Going to gently re-introduce the yeasty raft to the beer beneath.

Four days, 96hrs if you're counting, and it's edging closer to FG of 1.009-1.008. Is 1.010 now.

You seem to have focused on the wall

Finished the keg tonight. This has been an OK beer in style I think. Not packed with flavour though I think this is hard to achieve in a 3%er. For my palate I'm glad to finish this one. After the initial oooo this is tasty I've done well in a small beer, there's nothing that hits you after the first good slug. Perhaps me, perhaps the style, but not a regular in my schedule.