Fullers Chiswick Bitter - 26/05/08

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Bionicmunky

Post by Bionicmunky » Wed May 28, 2008 8:41 pm

Some pics from the brewday (more to come during the week)

Firstly, lets start with some shed/garage envy shots ;-)

MB's HLT, Tun & Copper - very nice!
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Better view of the copper
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Mmmmmm raw beer!
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MB weighing it out
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Whole malt into the crusher
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It works!
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Preparing for strike calculations
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And the final one for this eve - Preheat Tun to gas mark 1 then bake etc ;-)
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More pics tomorrow.

Thanks again Mixbrewery
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Whorst

Post by Whorst » Wed May 28, 2008 8:51 pm

I love beer porn!
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Grot

Post by Grot » Wed May 28, 2008 11:38 pm

I think I've got kettle envy :) :)

The recipe looks pretty close to what was used for this year's Big Brew, which is a national brewing day on this side of the pond, promoted by the American Homebrew Association. They claim they got full input from John Keeling at Fullers:
http://www.beertown.org/events/bigbrew/recipes.html

It sounds really nice but Target, Northdown and Challenger are impossible to find right now.
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steve_flack

Post by steve_flack » Thu May 29, 2008 7:35 am

Grot wrote: It sounds really nice but Target, Northdown and Challenger are impossible to find right now.
Still fairly widely available over here. Prices are twice what they were (£6/$12 for 100g) but in general hop availablility is pretty reasonable with only a few varieties being hard to get.
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Post by flytact » Thu May 29, 2008 12:26 pm

Fantastic setup!! But I have a better grain mill :wink:

Ditto on the hop availability here, and our prices have quadrupled :shock:
Johnny Clueless was there
With his simulated wood grain
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oblivious

Post by oblivious » Thu May 29, 2008 12:30 pm

Sweet setup :D
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BarrowBoy

Post by BarrowBoy » Thu May 29, 2008 12:55 pm

Terrific. I just gaze in wonderment at set-ups like that.
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SiHoltye

Re: Fullers Chiswick Bitter - 26/05/08

Post by SiHoltye » Sun Mar 08, 2009 12:12 pm

Bump,

How did this turnout Mick?
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Re: Fullers Chiswick Bitter - 26/05/08

Post by mixbrewery » Mon Mar 09, 2009 1:05 am

Fancy asking a question like that 9 months later Si.
Hazy memory and remembered feedback from the boys at the Wenlock gathering :wink:
It turned out very drinkable but not really close to the original, phew!
Not sure i would do it again, i prefer a bit more body in my ale.
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SiHoltye

Re: Fullers Chiswick Bitter - 26/05/08

Post by SiHoltye » Mon Mar 09, 2009 1:22 am

Thanks M,

I have a vial of WLP002 I want to use in subsequent brews - an Ordinary Bitter then a Best. Planning on LP for the 2nd and was thinking Chiswick first up. I like Chiswick and if your recipe was a cracker was gonna give it a whirl. I like body in a bitter too, and so might not do this. I have plans to combine British Caramalt with MO for a very pale 1.038 with Challenger and Goldings once I've cursed this weeks Nemesis (Hop Back Yeast) into a corni :evil: The battle's not lost yet, but I'm faltering (so's the fermentation :lol: ). viewtopic.php?f=24&t=21302&p=241220#p241220
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