Now the proud owner of a sack of extra pale Marris Otter, I couldn't just leave it sat there, all done up and nice looking
So I got my HLT on at 05:30 (yes, I know
) and went for, wait for it...of course...what else....Pendle Witches Brew.Well, I like to be seasonal (any excuse really!).
It's from the GW book, and many have enthused about it.
Pale malt, crystal, torrified wheat and some black malt I added to the recipe to get it up to the same EBC level.
Single hop: fuggles and some late fuggles too.
Enjoy....
OG was lower than expected, but I've ended up with more wort for some reason.
Think I overestimated hop loss (well it was 05:30
).It'll drop the % a tad which suits me as I want a session beer at the moment anyway, I've just got more of it
Picked up some protofloc replacements from our local micro last night too, and 1/2 tablet did the brew beautifully .
Nice clear run-off into the FV and great coagulation too! Can't remember its name, but the brewery swear by it over protofloc, and I can see why.
Also trying first wort hopping this time around, we'll ee what happens.
Happy Halloween folks!
