Pictures of todays brew

Western Brewer · Post by **Western Brewer** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 1:13 pm

Hi All,
Just a few pictures of todays brew so far.

Temp just right

Mash Tun

Tucked up to keep it warm.

Spinny sparger in operation.

Nearly at the boil

Must get a bigger boiler. Thats only 20 ltrs in there.

One of the two 'Guvnors' keeping an eye on things

delboy · Post by **delboy** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 1:44 pm

seems to be going well, hope the rest of it runs as smoothly for you.

Chappie519 · Post by **Chappie519** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 1:45 pm

Nice pics!! I love pics

bitter_dave · Post by **bitter_dave** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 1:53 pm

Blimey - your cat looks like he can take care of himself

oblivious · Post by **oblivious** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 1:56 pm

Great pictures!

BarrowBoy · Post by **BarrowBoy** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 1:58 pm

Nice one WB. This is the Adnams recipe I presume.

I brewed this towards the end of last year and put it into bottle - there's just a few left. I was a bit disappointed with the outcome (OK but not brilliant) but it was before I'd found this forum and some of my techniques/technical capabilities have improved as a result.

I found the balance between bitterness and malt skewed too far in favour of bitterness but, as I say, that is probably down to my technique at the time - I'm sure I won't have achieved very high extraction.

When you finally get to taste it I'll be interested to know what you think. Have you altered the recipe at all?

ColinKeb · Post by **ColinKeb** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 2:36 pm

lookin good

Western Brewer · Post by **Western Brewer** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 4:31 pm

Last few pictures.

Usual dodgy cooling set up.

Aerated wort.

Re-hydrated yeast ready for pitching.

Western Brewer · Post by **Western Brewer** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 4:33 pm

BarrowBoy wrote: When you finally get to taste it I'll be interested to know what you think. Have you altered the recipe at all?

I did reduce the copper hops alittle as according to Beertools the bitterness was way over the top for the style of beer. But at the end of the day it's all down to personal taste. I do find a lot of home brewed beer very bitter for my palate. Not often had this with commercial/microbrewery beers.

Western Brewer · Post by **Western Brewer** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 4:35 pm

DaaB wrote:Hopefully your kettle element behaved. Great pics

It did. Don't know what went wrong last time. I always clean the element with a scrubby before and after using the boiler.

eskimobob · Post by **eskimobob** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 3:54 pm

Great Pics WB

iowalad · Post by **iowalad** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 5:45 pm

Nicely done

SteveD · Post by **SteveD** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:59 pm

Nice one

maxashton · Post by **maxashton** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 9:24 pm

I must squeeze that cat.

What sort of gravity did it add to the wort?

Vossy1 · Post by **Vossy1** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 11:22 pm

Nice pics WB

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Pictures of todays brew

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