Well this certainly isn't ideal brewing weather with my crappy chiller but mourning the closure of my LHBS the only thing to do was get a brew on...
This is an unashamed attempt at a fruity tropical pale ale. I've been experimenting with hopbursting the last couple of brews and this is another one, although I chickened out of not having any boil additions... It just doesn't seem right although I will try it sometime.
The recipe



Got myself a fresh bag of Maris Otter from Tucker's, it's not the cheapest but living just round the corner saves on postage.

Obligatory grist shot

I've had problems with stuck mashes recently, was going to try a bazooka filter in my tun... That's when I found out the LHBS had closed


The Bette Middler mash! There's a converted Gatorade cooler under there somewhere

Spent grist

Some way through the boil

Hops lovely hops

Steep... Note woeful chiller!

I got it down to 25 which isn't bad considering the heat. It's currently cooling down in the fridge before pitching... Not there yet

I tried IPAs yeast harvesting method on my last brew and had a nice healthy looking deposit of yeast in the bottle. I added that to a 1l starter 3 days ago, let that ferment out, and then today drew of another litre of wort 15 minutes into the boil to wake it up further.
It's beginning to do it's thing already so hopefully this will work, got dry yeast on standby if not

Cold break

Got 23l at 1052 in the end so slightly under gravity but I'll take that.

Wort transfer

Cheers!
