almost ready for No1 AG attempt

[torchwood brewery]

well lads crush the grain today ready for my first AG experience I used an Italian corn mill got a nice crush out of it not to much flour in the mix

going to do a 7 gallon (uk) batch = 9.5+ gallon (us)
crushed 6.250kg pale + .400kg crystal (40)+ .100kg dark crystal(70).

i upped the crystal and i will lower the flaked barley buy .100kg on jims english recipe
that we formulated for a 36ltr batch (thanks chris) DaaB

bill of grist is
6.250kg pale (standard 2 row)
400g crystal (40L)
100g dark crystal(70L)
680g flaked barley.
90g fuggels 90min
50g ek goldings 45min
20g ek goldings dry second

ibu 34 abv 4.7%

what do you think ?
richard TWB

[Vossy1]

Good luck TB and enjoy

[J_P]

Keep us posted Richard if your beer is as good as your beer room then you've got it made chief.

Remember to post plenty of pictures

[ColinKeb]

good luck and enjoy

[torchwood brewery]

tied up with a wally in the tap room ?
ooooos that then? i,ll go have a look,
what was the thread ?

pm me the details so as not to hurt anyone feelings.

richard

[torchwood brewery]

sunday
hlt on timer t-37 hours and counting .

making up liquid starter english ale yeast tonight.


richard TWB

[Andy]

Good luck Richard!

[ColinKeb]

sunday
hlt on timer t-37 hours and counting .

good idea ! ive got a timer, next time i brew after work i'll set it to heat up ready for me coming home . cheers !

[torchwood brewery]

if you use a timer just make sure it handles the HLT current draw on power up most are rated at 10 amps so this should be ok!

timers are good as you do not need to wake and turn on 2 hrs before you start. Or in your case HLT should be ready when you get home .

that reminds me got to fill gas bottels.

now that would be a disaster to run out of gas.
thanks for the well wishing lads i will keep a level head .

richard

[Vossy1]

Your Sundays our Saturday, right TB

Good luck with the brew

[oblivious]

Hope it has gone well for you ?

[torchwood brewery]

yes we are about 10 hrs in front of you there

now thats why i felt younger in brittan i was by 10 or so hours !

T-20HRS

JUST sitting in the brew shop at the moment going through my check list have had a few customers this morning tell you what since being a retailer of home brewing it is a mazing how many folks in my town brew but i never see them. i am the only brew shop for 250 km i am not expensive either. most folks in my town brew using a generic tin and a kilo of sugar. i just cant seem to get them to have a go with real ingrediants. My support seems to be comming from the surounding districts .

RICHARD

[Vossy1]

i just cant seem to get them to have a go with real ingrediants

That'll soon change when you start handing out free samples of your 1st AG brew

[Chiltern Brewer]

Good luck with the brew and the business Richard. Just being nosy , but what took you out to Oz in the first place?

I've never been myself, but my Mum spent a year working in Oz in the early sixties and she still talks about it! I get the impression that she might have stayed if she hadn't got a big family back in Blighty, and CB would never have been born! Or maybe we'd have Cairns Brewer instead!

[torchwood brewery]

what a top idea vossy that will do the trick and get my stocks rotating.

might have a taste day, polish up the rig put it on display and have a come and try .
might turn a few heads . thinking about doing some lessons to like cheers brew shop but i will have to do some more learning my self.

with the guys on this forum should be a blast?

thanks for the in put.
richard