I'm worried that the stainless mesh resting on the base of the Gas-fired copper is going to have a damping effect on the rolling action of the boil, it certainly does when tested with boiling water, so this brew is also to see if it kills the roll with wort too.
Seeing as this is a very impromptu brewday I might even throw in 2 packs Safelager W-34/70 and make it a Steam Beer, so instead of being called 'Brown & Sticky' it would be 'Steaming Brown & Sticky'


Fermentables:
Lager Malt - 74%
Flaked Barley - 10%
Caramalt - 9%
Crystal Malt, Extra Dark - 3%
Chocolate Malt - 2%
Chocolate Wheat Malt - 1%
Chocolate Malt, Pale - 1%
Hops:
Columbus (Tomahawk) Whole - 16.5 % @ 60 mins - 10g (First Wort Hop)
Columbus (Tomahawk) Whole - 16.5 % @ 30 mins - 25g
Chinook Pellet - 12.9 % @ 0 mins - 20g
Cascade Pellet - 5.9 % @ 0 mins - 20g
Columbus (Tomahawk) Whole - 16.5 % @ 0 mins - 80g
Rakau (Organic) Pellet - 11.5 % @ 0 mins - 89g (all Late hops will have a 20-30min steep)
Dry Hops:
Maybe...
Final Volume: 23 Litres
Original Gravity: 1.045
Final Gravity: 1.012
Alcohol Content: 4.3% ABV
Total Liquor: 33.4 Litres
Mash Liquor: 12.3 Litres
Mash Efficiency: 70 % (reduced as I only just hit 75% yesterday)
Bitterness: 47 EBU (25% Utilisation)
Colour: 75 EBC
Malt & Temp:

Lots of Pellet hops:

New mesh Hop-Stopper:


First batch spargings running onto the new Hop-stopper and First Wort Columbus hops:

Its an altered boil alright, it rumbles around to its self and splatters occasionally, seems active enough:

In go 80g of Whole Columbus and 129g of Pellet hops:

1043/44, Refractometer said I was right on the money at 1045:

Torch held at the back of the trial jar, wort was nice and clear:

Loads of sludge in the copper, the new Mesh Hop-Stopper worked a treat and drained right down:

Maybe not the nicest looking soldering but it blooming well worked:

AG#76 - Brown & Sticky by pdtnc, on Flickr
The Mash was on at 12:25 and I was all cleaned up by about 17:00, it all went rather smoothly
