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Playing with new toys

Post by oxford brewer » Sat Dec 02, 2006 5:49 pm

First chance to do a brew with the gear i got from e-bay.
Here is the recipe

3.2 kg. John Bull Light
45 g. Fuggle (Whole, 6.5 %AA) boiled 60 min.
50 g. Brambling Cross (Whole, 6.4 %AA) boiled 15 min.
40 g. Brambling Cross (Whole, 6.4 %AA) boiled 1 min.
5 g. Brambling Cross (Whole, 6.4 %AA) used as dry hop.
Yeast :Gervin ale yeast.

I dont think that the boiler has enough power really(not sure if it is possible to fit another element :? ).

Time to put the wort chiller in now!

Colin
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Post by oxford brewer » Sat Dec 02, 2006 10:20 pm

Just finished dinner and the kids are in bed so a here are a few pics!
This was taken just after the first hops went in at 4 pm
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The boil didnt seem very active to me but ticked along ok.
Second addition of hops went in at 4.40 and the wort chiller went in five minutes later
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Poured the cooled wort into the fermenting bucket to get some air into it,whilst this was taking place i decided i had earned this 8)
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This was the wort just after pitching the yeast,i attempted to make a quick starter with some rehydrated gervin ale yeast added to 250ml of wort that had been drawn of after 15 minutes and cooled(no pics..sorry),there was a small amount of foaming on top of the starter when i pitched it so i hope its ok :?
Next picture is just after i pitched and stirred in the yeast
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Temp of wort is now 24c and i'm off to the telly with a few of these
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Cheers for your time people i will let you know how it goes

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Post by Andy » Sat Dec 02, 2006 10:26 pm

Nice pics OB sounds like a good brewday! 8)
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Post by Frothy » Sun Dec 03, 2006 5:30 pm

great krausen!!! Must say I've fallen in love with swing-top bottles too :)

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Post by oxford brewer » Sun Dec 03, 2006 8:28 pm

Frothy wrote: Must say I've fallen in love with swing-top bottles too :)

Matt
£10 for 16 grolsch bottles(full of Grolsch funny enough :wink: ) and the crate they came in....i purchased 5 crates.....dont you just love the Dutch :lol:
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Post by oxford brewer » Sun Dec 03, 2006 10:54 pm

My sister runs a furniture shop and they get most of there reclaimed pine goods from Holland....every now and then she gets a delivery and :wink: .......i cant really say anymore down to C+E but you know what i mean..nudge nudge,wink wink :shock:
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Post by Vossy1 » Sun Dec 03, 2006 11:37 pm

Funny that OB,

There's this bloke on e-bay selling 16 empty Grolsch bottles that would be ideal for the home brewer :wink:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/16-Empty-Grolsch- ... dZViewItem
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Post by oxford brewer » Sun Dec 03, 2006 11:56 pm

Vossy1 wrote:Funny that OB,

There's this bloke on e-bay selling 16 empty Grolsch bottles that would be ideal for the home brewer :wink:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/16-Empty-Grolsch- ... dZViewItem
They aint mine guv...these are mine :wink:
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Another 3 stacked under them.....all empty...i cant seem to brew enough to bottle any :shock:
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Post by Vossy1 » Mon Dec 04, 2006 12:16 am

More incriminating evidence....

Come on, squeal....it might go in your favour in court :D

Just like the sweeny...good old days.
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Post by oxford brewer » Mon Dec 04, 2006 1:00 am

Vossy1 wrote:More incriminating evidence....

Come on, squeal....it might go in your favour in court :D

Just like the sweeny...good old days.
You should laugh about the sweeney Vossy...to the right of the lower Grolsch crate under the covering is my 1977 MK1 Ford Granada 3L GHIA,been sat in the garage for the past 4 years due to lack of funds...my wife and i used it as a wedding car back in 1997...will try to dig out a picture for you 8)
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Post by PieOPah » Mon Jan 22, 2007 1:26 pm

I bought my swing tops about a year ago. 4 crates with enough bottles to fill about 3 of them. Some of the bottles have since been thrown away due to me smashing them, but I still have most.

Again, never seem to have enough time to brew beer quick enough to use the bottles. It seems that I barely have enough time to brew to fill both of my kegs.....
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Post by oxford brewer » Mon Jan 22, 2007 11:14 pm

PieOPah wrote:I bought my swing tops about a year ago. 4 crates with enough bottles to fill about 3 of them. Some of the bottles have since been thrown away due to me smashing them, but I still have most.

Again, never seem to have enough time to brew beer quick enough to use the bottles. It seems that I barely have enough time to brew to fill both of my kegs.....
Easy done PoP....just bottle 10 flip tops everytime you keg,its what i TRY :roll: to do...if not i try to get 10 bottles from every other brew.
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Post by prolix » Tue Jan 23, 2007 12:26 am

I love me swing tops and use them for mead, TC and a couple of bottles from each brew.
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