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Re: " Ditch's Stout " Master Class .....

Post by Ditch » Fri Jan 13, 2012 7:55 pm

snap9 wrote: I usually have about 6 pints of brew & harf a bottle of smirnoff vodka per nate.
I'd say, by that then, that we're about on a par, tolerance / requirement wise? You drink marginally less beer. But, ye drink a tad more spirits than I normally do. About evens out.

I wonder what the sums mean though, where I do it Every night. And you save it till the week end ....? Dunno. I'm useless at counting and sh!t. I doubt either of us could drink the other under the table though. So, this gear should turn out just about right for you, strength wise.

And that's what I consider it; A nice, enjoyable pint. It's not piss water. It's not loony juice. Brew to 20 Lts and, I find, ye get just the right combination of taste and 'satisfaction' Image

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Post by Steve_B » Fri Jan 13, 2012 8:08 pm

Hi all
First post but i've snooping around this forum for a while picking up loads of info and in awe of Ditch's Stout even though usually a lager drinker, but i digress, last Ditch's i did was 1 Kg dark spray malt + 400gm demerara sugar - ended up with a brew of around 5.5%
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Post by Ditch » Fri Jan 13, 2012 8:13 pm

Perfect! Thanks, Steve; Ye've laid down the answer for us all. Well done Image

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Post by Steve_B » Fri Jan 13, 2012 8:38 pm

Sorry
Should have added brewed to 20 litres

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Post by snap9 » Fri Jan 13, 2012 10:18 pm

cheers steve. Any way ditch i always brew to 20ltrs wotever im brewing. vodkas is costing so much these days mite have a go at brewing some vodka like a mate of mine dus... Only prob is time, brewing beer n vodka. wud never have time to get pissed...... Is ther egg nog kits....

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Post by hommebru » Tue Jan 17, 2012 8:51 pm

Ditch, if my calculations are correct with the data you've provided, you're consuming a total of 24 units a night :oops: which means that as the human body only processes 1 unit of alcohol an hour, you've always got alcohol in your blood stream, all day and all night :lol:

LAD =D>

drinking some cooper's stout at the moment btw, lovely drop
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Post by Ditch » Tue Jan 17, 2012 8:58 pm

Sounds about dead right to me, Hommebru. And this is why I've never learned to drive 8)

I've actually had a month off my own stuff ~ Long story. But, I drunk some pretty hectic substitutes instead :shock: Now, having had a couple of pints of Guinness, in town, I'm home and back amongst my own gear again. Second pint's going down a treat. It tastes like treacle laced coffee. And I already feel warm and furry. Haven't even lit the stove yet either! :mrgreen:

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" Ditch's Stout " Master Class .....

Post by LeeH » Wed Jan 18, 2012 12:47 pm

Hello, noob here!

Can I corny keg this and use beer gas through a stout tap?

My thinking was to carb it to 30psi for 1 day, and then on a leave it on 70 30 nitrogen mix for 4 weeks before serving at 7 Deg.


Please feel free to pick holes! I've been reading up on here for ages but there is too much info to take in at once!

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Post by Ditch » Wed Jan 18, 2012 5:10 pm

Personally, Lee, I have absolutely no experience of those Cornie Kegs. Never been in the same room as one. However, I'd like to hear what anyone made of my stuff, through one of those and using the proper, nitrogen mix gas, giving it that legendary, creamy head. I reckon that would be a nice touch.

Temperature ye serving it at is, in my view, more important than what it looks like though :wink:

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Post by LeeH » Wed Jan 18, 2012 6:45 pm

I'll give it ago then Ditch and report back in a couple of months.

Thanks.

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Post by Fish'n'Chips » Fri Jan 20, 2012 5:53 pm

Hello Ditch,I started your stout a week ago on Wednesday past.Your instructions say to keg after 10 days....just checking does that mean on the 10th day (which would be tomorrow) or should I leave til Sunday....or does it not matter :mrgreen:

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Post by Ditch » Fri Jan 20, 2012 6:02 pm

Doesn't matter too much, mate. If ye had the temp' up, like I do, it'll be long since ready to go. A ten day ferment is just a sort of industry standard. It's a fail safe. My gear ferments a damn site faster. Equally, I sometimes leave it in the FV for much longer, if I get too wrapped up to be messing about with washing BK's out, or something.

I've got four FV's sat there right now. God knows when I put them in. But, I'm such a lazy bastard and so preoccupied with other things, I'm actually drinking the fifth one straight out of the FV.

I've simply stuck a syphon tube with a little tap on it in there. Want a pint? I just whip the end of the tube out. Turn the tap and get one. Then I poke the end back under the lid. Another corner cut ~ no need to wash a keg! Easy Life! :mrgreen:

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Post by snap9 » Fri Jan 20, 2012 9:14 pm

hey ditch what is your day job mate?

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Post by Ditch » Fri Jan 20, 2012 9:28 pm

I'm a Rat Catcher, Snaperello. Though, I'm really retired now. Meanwhile, I do and write sh!t about sh!t. Look.

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Post by snap9 » Fri Jan 20, 2012 10:19 pm

nice 1 ditchy boy. Are you really retirement age then , ken.

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