6kg Pale Malt
375g Amber
375g Light Crystal (60EBC)
375g Chocolate
375g Roast Barley
375g Wheat Malt
200g Dark brown sugar
100g EKGs (5.7%)
20g Target (9%)
2x packets S04.
Lacking a bit in photos as I can't find the cable at the minute
However, I got all that malt (just) into a 25L capacity mashtun and the evening generally went well. I landed up with 4 gallons at 1090 - I was tempted to dilute it back down to 1080-5 or so, but in the end decided the headspace was probably for the best so left it strong! As it turned out, this wasn't anywhere near enough as I came down this morning to a beer fridge which was leaking black sticky stout all over the floor. It got banished to the bath and put in cold water to keep it cool. Even then it kept blowing enormous lumps of foam out the airlock all day. Finally tonight, it seems to have died down a little on the krausen stakes, but the airlock is belching and farting every second or so. Smells are amazing - the stuff that leaked out tastes very bitter and roasty, but with any luck I won't lose any more beer out of the fermenter!
Must get a bigger tun, and must get a better fermenter with a proper blow off tube. I'll also need to redo a hop strainer - the one I made has a pile of old hops in it (got inside the wire mesh of the strainer) and almost impossible to clean...
I'll post some pics when I find the cable!
Still the odd glug from the airlock and will leave this on the yeast for at least another week.