Benny's Brown Ale - 13/03/2010 - with comedy video goodness

[adm]

I had a load of Dad's Taxi duties to do yesterday, and didn't expect to be able to get a brew on, but the angels of righteousness smiled upon me and I found the time in the end. I chucked a load of stuff together and ended up with something that might be similar to a Northern Brown Ale....or not.

Anyway....here's Benny's Brown Ale (you'll know why if you watch the video - which is 4 minutes and 39 secs....far less than last week's marathon)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSnlA3X1AQ8

Grain Bill
4Kg Pale Malt
60g Torrefied Wheat (all the wheat I had - must order loads more from BB and get some Weiss on...)
250g Light Crystal (all the Crystal I had - same issue as above)
150g Chocolate Malt

Hop Schedule
15g Millenium (AUS) Pellet 14.4% AA, 22.7 IBU First Wort (Aussie hop I haven't tried before, and can't find any details on)
20g Bramling Cross Flowers 5.8% AA, 5.7 IBU 15 mins (Never tried these either)
20g Bramling Cross Flowers 5.8% Flame Out 0 IBU

Yeast was Safale S04 - just sprinkled on dry.....forgot to rehydrate, but this has never been a problem with dry yeasts before.

Water treatment - CRS to 20mg/l CaC03, 1 tsp gypsum in mash and boil

Mash Profile: Mash in at 60C, ramp to 66C and hold for 90 mins, ramp to 77C and mash out. Protafloc tab at 15 minutes.

Video is here - and only 4 mins 39 seconds this week (I'm getting the hang of it now.) Sadly, my brewery faces South West, so it's all backlit - you should still get a laugh out of it though.

All went well. Apart from me being stupid and turning the RIMS pump on full as soon as I'd mashed in - which gave me a slow recirc to start with. Sorted itself out in the end though. Another monster efficiency day too - 95% or so...

I ended up with 22L at 1048, vs target of 23L at 1046. Could have diluted it down, but didn't bother.

Seems to be kicking off already. I'm not sure I even like brown ale though....I'm more of a hophound....

[Horatio]

Great video! Made me chuckle Nice brew set up too; makes me realise how much I need to re think my own brew days!

[WishboneBrewery]

I think you'll enjoy the Bramling Cross, you get a good earthy Goldings flavour and the Flame-outs will add that bit of Black Currant.
The initial Black Currant will probably die away in keg leaving a pretty wholesome Goldings ale

Excellent vid, if I ever did a vid I'd probably leave the camera set on a tripod in one spot.

Its just missing a large breasted scantily clad Nurse chasing you around

[befuggled]

Absolutely hilarious!!

You seem to spend a lot of time with your hands on your hips looking at things!

We must all be rushing around in a similar manner during a brew, so why doesn't all that exercise counteract the effect (on me ) of drinking the results?

[adm]

Absolutely hilarious!!

You seem to spend a lot of time with your hands on your hips looking at things!

That's because I was making a conscious effort not to scratch my arse while looking at things.....

We must all be rushing around in a similar manner during a brew, so why doesn't all that exercise counteract the effect (on me ) of drinking the results?

I said the same thing to the Missus last night...."Look - don't I move around alot while brewing..." She said "don't kid yourself, Fat Boy. It's not excercise unless you move further..."

[DarloDave]

Great video!

Sounds like a nice brew, I really like American browns, so would have added more hops :p

[adm]

Great video!

Sounds like a nice brew, I really like American browns, so would have added more hops :p

I thought long and hard about that.....was going to split the pack of BX and use 50% at 15 mins and 15% at Flame Out. But then I thought I'd try a not very hoppy beer for one in my life....

[DrewBrews]

Awesome video yet again. Really shows how much running about we all do when brewing, even with a nice set up.

[kay-jay]

priceless mate...absolutely priceless!


KJ

[befuggled]

I couldn't find this earlier, some eejut with an iPhone played it to me the other day

http://www.brucemcmillan.com/FRB_Puffin ... PuffinPage

click on "Puffin in Iceland" for what I did when I saw the video!

It's a nice page as well. We went to Puffin Island from Pembrokeshire a few years ago. No bludi Puffins...
Saw quite a few seals with pups though

Pembrokeshire is where they call Worthington E Creamflow Real Ale.......