AG #05 - B.O.R.I.S.

Gricey · Post by **Gricey** » Fri Sep 10, 2010 7:24 pm

22L in copper so far at 1.098 (corrected). Boiler seems rubber ducked, element covered in black crap, gonna clean it and see where we go. My HLT could boil it but the tap out of it is practically microbore so will jam with hops (and my hop strainer wont fit).

Gricey · Post by **Gricey** » Fri Sep 10, 2010 7:59 pm

maybe I should add 15 points of DME to this thing, but thats like giving up.......

Gricey · Post by **Gricey** » Fri Sep 10, 2010 8:23 pm

Pre cleaning

Rubber ducked by The Grice is Right, on Flickr

Post cleaning and were back on the boil! I think I'm going to boil down to 20L come what may, then hop and make the resulting beer. I'm sure it will still be delicious! I shall not reach for the DME!

Take 2 by The Grice is Right, on Flickr

Spud395 · Post by **Spud395** » Fri Sep 10, 2010 8:58 pm

That's persistance, fair play.

Gricey · Post by **Gricey** » Fri Sep 10, 2010 8:59 pm

Got a corrected 1.1069 in the kettle, so hops are in. 4.5 points off but by gum I'm not far off. Compromised on the brew length but it will be worth it!

Gricey · Post by **Gricey** » Sat Sep 11, 2010 2:15 pm

OG ended up at 1.123 ... 7 points shy. Lost a lot to all those hops though, barely got 11L in the fermenter.

Oh well, if I get most of a crate full it will be easier to hide for a year!

WishboneBrewery · Post by **WishboneBrewery** » Sat Sep 11, 2010 2:34 pm

make a nice 3.6% beer next, something a bit less stressful

Gricey · Post by **Gricey** » Sat Sep 11, 2010 3:11 pm

im just waiting for boris to crawl out the airlock and kill me in my sleep!

SNPA next I think with some kind of interesting twist

Gricey · Post by **Gricey** » Sun Sep 12, 2010 1:04 am

Updated the main post with brewday pictures. Hopefully plain sailing from here and I will be planning something lower gravity next! Thanks for everyones help

WishboneBrewery · Post by **WishboneBrewery** » Sun Sep 12, 2010 7:58 am

Bound to be a good one in a few months

Gricey · Post by **Gricey** » Wed Sep 15, 2010 11:09 pm

Bubbling has definitely stopped today. That's 5 days... 3 packets of US05... not sure about that. Too knackered to take a reading (had 2 pints of (my) beer and I carried 750KG of expensive storage today!). Will take one tomorrow and see what the crack is. Kicked the temp up a couple of degrees to see if I can squeeze any more out, but a bit worried it will end up high.

Gricey · Post by **Gricey** » Fri Sep 17, 2010 1:03 am

Took a gravity reading as no noise from the fermenter in 2 days: somewhere between 1034/1035 at 21.5ÂºC.

Thought it was finished, ready to bottle tomorrow. Went to doss on the internet, hear 'blobabluba' from the other cellar room, it's started again. Gave it a bit of a bear hug shuffle, and now its bubbling for a half second every 6 seconds. So not dissolved CO2 I don't think. Ah well, another reading tomorrow.

As long as it doesnt climb out and kill me (think that danger is over) I'm good.

Gricey · Post by **Gricey** » Fri Sep 17, 2010 1:07 am

Tasted it, it's and I quote 'a creamy chocolate backed alcoholic headshot'. I'm a bit tipsy though. Bitterness I'd say is medium, but theres massive complexity here. Can't wait to bottle.

Course, next step, what level do I carbonate at...........

BORIS by The Grice is Right, on Flickr

Gricey · Post by **Gricey** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 10:27 am

After giving BORIS a drunken bear hug, it's still bubbling away. And I had planned to bottle today, whoops.

One bubble into the blowoff tube of maybe a third of a second every 10 seconds. Must have disturbed the sleeping beast!

My target FG was 1.033 so maybe I'll get there after all ... or a touch lower given that my OG was a few points lower too.

coatesg · Post by **coatesg** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 10:31 am

I'd give it a good 3 weeks to finish! As for carbonation, you can either bottle without priming, or use about 1/3 tsp per pint. It'll have a long time to condition, and the yeast will slowly work away in that time.

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