First AG brew

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First AG brew

Post by jamesb » Mon May 12, 2008 9:54 pm

Hi everyone.

Last monday bank holiday I made my first AG brew. (The missus was away and I was
meant to be painting the kitchen ;-)

I'm afraid I can't share the recipe (tbh, I don't know all of it myself - it belongs to a local microbrewery and they just weighed the ingredients for me). It's a nice hoppy IPA.

Pictures are at photos.mesb.co.uk

O.G was 1.040. Looks like it's stopped at 1.008 and looks good so far.

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roger the dog

Post by roger the dog » Mon May 12, 2008 10:15 pm

Nice work James, a well documented first brew 8)

Welcome to the dark side :=P
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Post by jamesb » Mon May 12, 2008 10:39 pm

DaaB wrote:Congratulations, it looks and sounds like it went well, that's handy having your local micro weighs out your ingredients for you :D
Heh. Pene was also the local HBS before time constraints enforced its closure - although we can still get bits through her. She also produces some lovely beer.
Daab wrote:Most people find adding the grains slowly to the water makes the mashing in process easier and reduces the chances of dough balls (clumps of dry grain) and dry spots in the mash, somthing worth trying next time.
I just went for the way I'd been shown. Didn't have any problems, but I will however, bear your advice in mind. I think I prefer the sound of that actually.

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Post by jamesb » Mon May 12, 2008 10:41 pm

roger the dog wrote:Nice work James, a well documented first brew 8)
Thanks.
Welcome to the dark side :=P
Wearing lots of black and having long hair, people would say that I'm already there. Good thing I know what you mean - although I do prefer the lighter beers. :D

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Post by jamesb » Tue Jun 10, 2008 3:44 pm

Ok, update.

I tried the beer after about 3.5 weeks and it was probably the worst stuff I'd ever tasted in my life.

Took a bottle to my local micro yesturday (5 weeks) so that she could tell me what went wrong with it and... it tasted bloody perfect.

It was a very hoppy brew, so I guess it just needed longer than normal.

Next brew coming up. Just got to make an IC when the boss isn't looking :lol:
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Post by ECR » Tue Jun 10, 2008 7:53 pm

Great pictures! I really need to get my next brew underway :D
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Martin the fish

Post by Martin the fish » Tue Jun 10, 2008 11:28 pm

Yes you do ECR :lol:
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Post by Vossy1 » Wed Jun 11, 2008 12:46 am

Well done jb, glad to see it turned out as planned 8)
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Post by stevezx7r » Wed Jun 11, 2008 8:40 am

An excellent day by the looks of it. When's the next :wink:
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Post by spearmint-wino » Wed Jun 11, 2008 9:24 am

Good work 8)

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