Hookey Street - Evening Brew 5th November

[J_P]

Stuck with 90/90 to see how much of a nightmare it would be but very pleased, the wort is chilling as I type and Mrs Wez is walking in with my Cheese & Onion Bap Supper god bless evening brews!

I may have to try an evening brew if you can get a pre midnight finish. Just out of interest what time did you get started?

I was thinking I could get the grain weighed out the night before and put the mash water on via a timer to be ready to go when I got home the 90 minute mash period could give me time to cook and clear away tea. Thus freeing up my weekends to scruttle round the allotment. The cheese butty would be the clincher though I may have to look into this evening brewing lark.

[Wez]

I grabbed everything from the garage at half five, rinsed the boiler filled it and put it on to heat the mash liquor at 5.45 then weighed out while that was coming up to temp. Next time ill do that the night before...Im impressed, just watching this weeks Sky+'d top gear while it chills.....easy

Cheese Bap gone, just had a snickers...what a bad lad.

[J_P]

Cheese Bap gone, just had a snickers...what a bad lad.

You're a growing lad and you need your food, that's what I tell myself anyway

[prolix]

12 minutes to go Wez are you going to make it before the witching hour?

[Wez]

All done & dusted by 11:40pm - got 25L @ 1048 so a little below what I was aiming for (1052) but should still be a 4.5% - 5% beer. For me evening brews will be a god send, even managed a couple of pints during the brew which was a first for me.

I think the loss in efficiency is down to the fact that I used the last of a 25kg sack of pale, but its no major issue, the last HS that I brewed I overshot and ended up at 6% so itll be nice to be able to drink more that 3 pints of it without talking scribble

[J_P]

12 minutes to go Wez are you going to make it before the witching hour?

All together now dun du du dun du du dun du du dun (rocky theme tune)

[Wez]

Its done.....in the bag....easy....

See earlier post...might even go and kick another one off

Easy, Easy, Easy, Easy!

[Vossy1]

itll be nice to be able to drink more that 3 pints of it without talking scribble

As much as that

Glad to see all went well

[subsub]

I kind of felt like a fat, alcholic zoro!

What are yer sayin like

[louthepoo]

Well done Wez, i've often thought about an evening brew but as we've got a new kitchen, i'd have to brew outside and its a little 'fresh' at the moment!

I haven't tried my Hooky Street yet, its in the corny waiting......for christmas!

[Wez]

I was a bit worried this morning about this one as it hadn't got out of the fermenting blocks very quickly but when I got home from work tonight I got this..



DaaB's Flying Starter hasn't let me down yet.

With regard to Monday evening brews I think for me they are the way forward I'll be able to get prepped and weighed out on a Sunday night so as soon as I get home from work on Monday I switch the boiler on, have tea while it's coming up to temp then set about doughing in. I'm going to try to do an evening brew on the next 3 mondays, thats all of the Wez Kegs filled up. Then I'll just do a brew as a keg gets emptied.

Edit - It wouldn't be a brewday thread without a pic would it

[AT]

Oh no not on a Monday everything i try to do on a Monday evening always has to be redone on Tuesday evening