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Evening all,

I spend most of my time lurking on here rather than posting due to a lack of time but I made an effort with the past two brews to document them and post them up here (everybody loves a brewday with pictures!). The first is a milk stout, the recipe and photos are below:

Target gravity of 1.044
61.7% Pale Malt
14% Chocolate Malt
10.5% Crystal Malt (dark)
8.0% Lactose
5.7% Flaked Barley

Mash for 60 minutes
Boil for 60 minutes

Hopped with Phoenix to 25 IBU at 60 minutes
Lactose was added 15 minutes before the end of the boil
Yeast wast Nottingham

The grist:


Recirculating the wort (always over temperature as it drops back at the beginning of the mash)


Some lovely hops (Phoenix)


Lactose


Spent grain


Running the wort into the fermenter


Starting gravity


Must have a brew while you brew - it's a pale ale hopped with admiral:


The beer fermented out, has since been kegged and is currently sat in the kegerator. I'm really looking forward to it, I hope it's as good as last years!

Ah! The dryer/washer hose thingy, that will be getting put to use thanks. The brew looks good too.

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Nicely done! I like a milk stout! What was your FG?

bitter_dave wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 13, 2018 11:24 pm

Nicely done! I like a milk stout! What was your FG?

I can't remember off the top of my head, I'll have to check for you.

James

james1988 wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 13, 2018 11:39 pm

I can't remember off the top of my head
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Good Brewday James!
Ask someone to look at the top of your head, they can tell us!

WA

Tapa What?

bitter_dave wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 13, 2018 11:24 pm

Nicely done! I like a milk stout! What was your FG?

Dave,

I've had a quick poke about and if my notes are correct it went all the way to 1.010. I tried a drop last night and it could do with a bit more conditioning before it's ready for guzzling but I reckon it's only a week or two away.

James