last chance saloon 13-12-07

[delboy]

I have this mashing at the moment @ 67 C.
Something light hopefully ready in time for the xmas hols (thats the plan anyway).

3. 8 Kg MO
0.3 Kg Wheat malt
0.1 Kg crystal 60 E.B.C.
0.1 kg carahelles 30 E.B.C

220 g invert sugar

This is going to be hopped to about 20-25 IBU with challenger and goldings with just very small additions of late hops in the hope that it will be drinkable quickly.

Its going to be pitched onto my fullers yeast pack, so shouldn't have any problems fermenting quickly.

EDIT: hopping schedule

90 mins
Challenger 5.6 % 20g
EKG 4.1 % 20g

15 mins
EKG 4.1 % 10g

[Calum]

Looks good Del. Have a good night.

[delboy]

Decided to sneak in some Carahelles then Del ?

Have a great brew.

Couldn't resist messing about with it

Hopping schedule included above now if anyone is interested.

[Vossy1]

Hope all's going well db

[mooj]

Looks like a nice brew. I take it the Christmas hols come later in Belfast then

Good to see someone else who can't wait to crack open a green beer

[delboy]

Forgot to update last night, have just over 4 gallons at 1044 in the fermenter, lost quite a bit to the hops/crappy hop strainer.

Had to get a long handled spoon into the fermenter and agitate the wort to get it to come through the crappy blocked hop strainer (watch this space for questions on hop strainers today ), in hindsight i probably should have syphoned it and avoided putting all that break material into the fermenter.

I might try my hand at skimming the yeast head to remove some of the break material, how exactly do you go about this?