Stonch and Goon's Third Brew

BarryNL · Post by **BarryNL** » Wed May 23, 2007 11:02 am

Stonch wrote:It's just such as easy and fun hobby, and each time you do it you learn more. For someone who is as interested in beer as I am, doing this has opened up whole new vistas on the subject.

Mind you - not quite ready for the jump to AG yet!

It can be amazing how fast it goes. I originally got a Munton's kit from the wife for my birthday last year which just sat there for six months because I didn't have any brewing equipment. Eventually I got a starter set 3 months ago and have been rapidly adding to it.

I'll be doing my 12th batch on Saturday - my second all-grain.

I imagine it won't be that long for you...

BarryNL · Post by **BarryNL** » Wed May 23, 2007 11:05 am

DaaB wrote:If you can make a cup of tea, you can all grain brew. There's nothing really you can learn now from brewing kits that will help you progress further except may boosting your confidence. As you are so passionate about beer why not take the plunge....i've even simplified it here if you want to ease yourself gently into the process... http://www.18000feet.com/minimash/page1.htm

The all-grain bit is actually fairly easy and relaxing, because it's quite forgiving and you're going to boil everything for an hour anyway so you don't have to worry about everything which might touch your wort.

It's only the period from the last 15 minutes of the boil until pitching which can get really stressful.

Stonch · Post by **Stonch** » Wed May 23, 2007 11:17 am

As I write my latest order from Hop & Grape has just arrived, Coopers Stout kit plus all sorts of essential (campden tabs, yeastvit, Safale-04 sachets, 1kg glucose, sanitiser, dry hop bag, enzyme...).

One thing I forgot to do - ORDER HOPS FOR THE DRY HOP BACK!

Curses!

fivetide · Post by **fivetide** » Wed May 23, 2007 12:09 pm

If you don't get any in time, message me and I'll post you an ounce of first gold or bramling cross if you want it.

Stonch · Post by **Stonch** » Wed May 23, 2007 2:58 pm

DaaB wrote:How far are you from Cheam?

http://www.cheerswinemakingandbrewing.co.uk/findus.html

They also run courses in all grain homebrewing.

Fivetide - thanks pal, may end up having to take you up on it! Will drop you a PM if so!

DaaB - I'd heard of Cheers through a guy who drinks in the JT and learned how to do AG off the owner. Didn't realise it was within the M25 - in fact, it's not that far from the end of the Northern Line!

If I'd known, I could have easily got there when I was down that way visiting the Sultan and the Traf (good pubs btw see here for reviews http://stonch.blogspot.com/2007/05/sult ... ledon.html).

Will try and make a trip there soon.

Stonch · Post by **Stonch** » Wed May 23, 2007 3:35 pm

Brew #3 is coming along nicely:

http://stonch.blogspot.com/2007/05/brew ... hours.html

stevezx7r · Post by **stevezx7r** » Wed May 23, 2007 3:48 pm

Hey Stonch, if your after a name for your latest, you could do worse than having a look at - http://wordsmith.org/anagram and putting "Stonch Goon Bitter" in the box provided. You get a huge result of various words, some may fit what your after.

Just a thought

Stonch · Post by **Stonch** » Wed May 23, 2007 4:01 pm

stevezx7r wrote:Hey Stonch, if your after a name for your latest, you could do worse than having a look at - http://wordsmith.org/anagram and putting "Stonch Goon Bitter" in the box provided. You get a huge result of various words, some may fit what your after.

Just a thought

enter in "Stonch Goon", then scroll down the list of results. Something profoundly un-PC is thrown up

BarryNL · Post by **BarryNL** » Wed May 23, 2007 4:25 pm

Excellent! I'll be brewing "PoPs Stout Recipe" this Saturday so I could call it:

"SO EROTIC PUPPETS"

or maybe "SEPTIC POPE'S TOUR"

Stonch · Post by **Stonch** » Wed May 23, 2007 5:06 pm

BarryNL wrote:or maybe "SEPTIC POPE'S TOUR"

A pump clip designer would have a field day with that one - they've got time on their hands since Archers went under and stopped producing a 1000 "new" beers a week

jaytee1 · Post by **jaytee1** » Wed May 23, 2007 6:47 pm

I reckon that after your last brew day out with the tramp 'bench tooting sort' fits the bill from the anagram list quite nicely

Your third brew looks like its coming along very nicely Stonch, ive got a stuck fermentation on a great eastern at the moment 'bl**dy woodfords' but some liquid yeast in the fridge should hopefully sort that out

Keep the blogs coming and if you use the name the invoice for one bottle of SGB will be in the post

JT

Stonch · Post by **Stonch** » Thu May 24, 2007 10:27 am

This morning I checked the brew for a second time - its now had 36 hours.

Wow

the head of krausen has completely cleared already, allowing a hydrometer reading - 1013 from a SG of 1042. Pretty fast! I wonder how low it'll go.

Although there are bubbles knocking around on the surface, there's very little in the way of residue/braun hefe, unlike our previous two brews. Is this good, bad, or irrelevant?

The smell was particularly pungent but am sure that's nothing to worry about.

What I AM worred about is the temperature reading on the stick-on thermometer - it's showing 26 degress, which is far too high if I'm not mistaken. The good weather we're having isn't good for brewing!

fivetide · Post by **fivetide** » Thu May 24, 2007 11:42 am

You've adjusted your hydrometer readings for temperature I assume.

Are you sure you're in Clerkenwell? My living room just 70 miles away is reading 21 degrees.

Global warming is obviously hitting the city hard...

Stonch · Post by **Stonch** » Thu May 24, 2007 11:54 am

fivetide wrote:You've adjusted your hydrometer readings for temperature I assume.

Errr, oh yeah, obviously.

So remind me how do you do that again??

Stonch · Post by **Stonch** » Thu May 24, 2007 12:05 pm

DaaB wrote:btw how about Goons Thong for the brew

The thought of the Goon in a thong repulses me

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