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Brewday 15-10-07 Old Slug
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 8:50 pm
by subsub
As promised, I had a day off today and thought I'd do the Old Slug Porter recipe in BYO November. I've converted this from the original 19L to 24L.
Mash 60mins
Boil 60mins
OG 1043
4.2kg Marris Otter
37g Black Malt
30g Crystal
11g East Kent Goldings 60min
11g Fuggles 60min
11g East Kent Goldings 20min
11g Fuggles 20min
1 Whirfloc Tablet
Nottingham Yeast
Here come the pics
The Mash
1st hops in
2nd hops and chiller in
Cooling begins
Transfering the wort
The trub left behind
Fermenting next to a dry hopped Flowers and Winter Royal
All in all a good brewday and finished really quickly due to the short time mash and boil which pleased the wife for a change
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 8:53 pm
by Wez
Nice one!
I'm impressed with the amount of trub left behind. Do you have a very vigourous boil and what temperature do you chill to before transferring to FV?
Wez
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 9:26 pm
by subsub
Wez wrote:Nice one!
I'm impressed with the amount of trub left behind. Do you have a very vigourous boil and what temperature do you chill to before transferring to FV?
Wez
Cheers Wez, no I don't have a vigourous boil it's more of a steady boil as the little boiler only has one element. As for chilling, I generally chill down to about 30c and transfer, by the time the wort has transferred it's down to pitching temp
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 7:58 am
by oblivious
Hi subsub
looks like a nice brew day, i just though the recipe called for more black and crystal malt ?
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:52 am
by subsub
oblivious wrote:Hi subsub
looks like a nice brew day, i just though the recipe called for more black and crystal malt ?
It's supposed to be a brown porter so I guess that's why there's so little dark malts in the original recipe. It's definately brown in the fermenter. If I like this brew I'll have a play with the recipe at a future date
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:54 am
by subsub
DaaB wrote:Looks like you wont be running out of beer soon Subsub
No Daab it looks like you're right. I've got a Directors clone to do next week and then it'll be back to being the Lazy Brewery again
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 1:52 pm
by Vossy1
Great pics SS
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 1:59 pm
by spearmint-wino
Looking good there subsub, let me know how it turns out
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 12:06 am
by subsub
Certainly will guys. Cheers Vossy, the pictures were better than usual as I got wifey to take them
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 5:37 pm
by SiHoltye
Any cheeky samples for research purposes yet subsub?
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 6:50 pm
by spearmint-wino
Yeah how is it? I was thinking about giving this recipe a go after a I had a couple of Old Slugs from cask a little while back. Its a nice beer!
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 2:10 am
by subsub
It's brown and smooth just like a traditional English session porter should be, well worth brewing. I'll post a piccy soon
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 1:01 am
by subsub
There she is...
Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 8:00 pm
by retourrbx
Just had this at my local - awesome brew!!! How was yours? Looks a little lighter in colour than the one I had - it was basically the colour of Guiness... might look at this brew myself
Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 11:41 pm
by subsub
From what I remember my brew was exactly the some colour as the original as in a "Brown English Session Porter". They may have changed the recipe over time to make it darker to attract the Guinness drinkers. By the way it was a cracker