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Beer no. 1
Starting off with something dark and strong in a belgian stylee. Looking for an OG of 1.069.
Not sure what to call it yet - any suggestions?

In an overnight Mash:
2400g Vienna
2000g MO
600g Bel. aromatic
600g CaraMunich
200g Crystal
then in the 90min boil tomorrow:
700g Table sugar
35g Challenger (6.5%)
To be fermented with WhiteLabs WLP500

Mashing overnight - start temp a bit higher than usual:

All tucked up and ready for bed

More to follow as long as all goes well...

only lost a few degrees overnight

first runnings

Looks good, how was the mash after the night, no signs of sticking or anything??

That's going to be a cracker Neal

Cheers JP -just waiting for it to finish cooling before pitching the yeast, I'm on brew 2 now
Witty Banter mk. 2 (for 23L)
2.5 kg MO
2.5 kg Flaked Wheat
mashed for 90 mins @ 65
Currently boiling with 20g Challenger

T minus 30 mins is when the spices start:
2 star anise pods
and a couple of teaspoons of coriander seed

Tminus 5 mins:
1 cinnamon stick
25g bitter orange peel

Cool and ferment with T-58, looking for an OG of about 1.050

How about "Couverture de la bière belge" Belgian Blanket Beer" 3B's

The belgian blanket beer (thanks gary) looked superb going into the fermenter and I ended up with 20L at 1.079 , which is a bit of a monster, so I'm glad I made a 1L starter with the WLP500. The mash drained perfectly by the way, pdtnc probably helped by the fact I added aload of 3mm holes to the standard H&G manifold.

After vigorous aeration and yeast pitching:


Made some treberbrot (as per another thread) with some spent grains from the first brew:

Very tasty and the kids seemed to like it

Had a quick blast on the bike to the homebrew shop in farnborough at lunchtime and picked up some bitter orange peel for the wit. What a great day - beer and motorbikes Went with a friend to get the ingredients for the Marston's Old Empire we'll be doing on sunday. Three brewing sessions in a weekend!

As for the wit, all the spices meant it smelled amazing in the garage, a bit frothy going into the fv,cooling overnight now ready for the t-58 in the morning, volume was spot on, we'll see about the OG tomorrow

Hi Neal

Can I ask how you aerate your wart as that looks like some good creamy head you've got going on there!

cheers


Neil

I used a Lidl handheld electric balloon whisk on full power for about a minute