Bateman's XXXB 19/11/07

roger the dog · Post by **roger the dog** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 12:55 pm

After a break of a few months & seeing as my stocks are getting low I'm having a go at this one today from Graham's BYOBRAAH.

21L brew length

In the mash tun

Pale malt 3080g
Crystal malt 510g
Black malt 18g

White sugar 640g (during boil)

90 min mash @ 66Ã‚Â°C

Copper Hops

Challenger 76g

E.K.Goldings 14g last 15 mins

Safale S-04

I might go for a 60 minute boil so I can go & play 5-a-side later on but I think I'll still be too late. Shouldn't have had that lie in

Mash now underway, I'll hopefully get some pictures on if I can figure out how me new camera works

Buzz · Post by **Buzz** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 1:02 pm

Hope it goes well

delboy · Post by **delboy** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 2:46 pm

Have a good one.

J_P · Post by **J_P** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 4:39 pm

Best of British Roger

Horden Hillbilly · Post by **Horden Hillbilly** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 8:45 pm

How did it go rtd, hopefully ok now you have a few brews under your belt!

monk · Post by **monk** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 9:01 pm

I was thinking of brewing this one because I've seen the commercial version's won some CBB awards. Problem is I've never tasted it.

RogerTD, what do you think this one will taste like/what are you shooting for? Looks pretty malt with a bit of hop flavor?

Hope the brewday was great!

monk

roger the dog · Post by **roger the dog** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 9:26 pm

Thanks Chaps, the brew day (& the football) went OK, did have one brain out of gear moment when I was adding the mash liquor to the tun without checking the HLT level first & thinking 'Hmmm, I wonder how I'll know when there's 9 litres in there?' What a tool !

I reckon this is my 6th AG now Horden & yes, it does seem a bit more straight forward now with a lot less panic when something goes wrong.

Monk, your malty/slightly hoppy description is exactly what I'm after, it's one of the beers I always get when I get some bottles in from the shop. It should be the darkest brew I've done yet & certainly looked it in the trial jar.

For the record I finished up with ~22L @ 1.047, all tucked up in the garage.

Pictures to follow.

Vossy1 · Post by **Vossy1** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 9:53 pm

Glad to hear all went well rtd

iowalad · Post by **iowalad** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 12:04 am

Nicely done

roger the dog · Post by **roger the dog** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 5:37 pm

Better late than never

, brewday piccies

Grains weighed out the night before

Adding the mash liquor...

...and the grain

A good stir

90 minutes later

A nice dark wort

Copper hops in

Cooling set-up courtesy of Heath Robinson Brew-ware

A nice drop

Nearly gone

22l @ 1.047

S-04

An enjoyable, if slightly prolonged day. I'm looking forward to another brew next week hopefully - got to get those stocks up again

iowalad · Post by **iowalad** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 5:58 pm

Looks like it was a smooth day.
That recipe has always caught my eye. Look forward to hearing how you got on.

Horden Hillbilly · Post by **Horden Hillbilly** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 6:09 pm

Great pics rtd & congrats on a sucessful brewday!

Wez · Post by **Wez** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 6:23 pm

Good work and good pics RTD

- what sort of EBU have you targetted?

Vossy1 · Post by **Vossy1** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 6:38 pm

pics

roger the dog · Post by **roger the dog** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 6:46 pm

DaaB wrote:btw does anyone else find that the first one follows you round the room where ever you go ?

Oops, I didn't realise I'd posted a picture of my brown eye

Good work and good pics RTD - what sort of EBU have you targetted?

Erm 37 Wez, according to Graham

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Bateman's XXXB 19/11/07

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