Brewday 14/07 - "Not Tonight Dear"

[SteveD]

Daab, just messin'

1015 would be fine. Quarter gravity. Classic end point for British ales. If it's 18 now I doubt it will hit 14 by Friday. It might eventually, but not by Friday

[Wez]

What would you be happy with?

[Vossy1]

At those fermenting temps I'd side with SD on this one.

How about giving the yeast a warm holiday at say 20 deg...might just work

[Wez]

Pretty desperate for this one not to hit 20, i think i'd prefer 5.7/5.8 at a lower temp than 6.0+ at 20 or over just experimenting.

[Vossy1]

Is it just me Wez or are we both starting to fight our drinking instincts in the pursuit of better beer

Slowly but surely the 'wise' from the forum are getting their way

Who says you can't teach old dogs new tricks....33... old...phah

[Wez]

Is it just me Wez or are we both starting to fight our drinking instincts in the pursuit of better beer

Slowly but surely the 'wise' from the forum are getting their way

Who says you can't teach old dogs new tricks....33... old...phah

D'you know what Voss Bugger me (no don't) I think you're right! Personally my available free home drinking time is about to diminish as i'm sure you know so what is now 10 - 15 pints per week of OK beer needs to turn into 5 pints per week of pure enjoyment!

Having said that I am still pretty amazed that I bring home grains and hops and can turn into alcohol with a wee bit of yeast. *Wee ooops thats the Glasgow come out.!

[Vossy1]

Having said that I am still pretty amazed that I bring home grains and hops and can turn into alcohol with a wee bit of yeast

Me too

I would love to start formulating my own beer, the problem is I keep getting hooked on great beers from books like M Ollosson's

I do have a love for high gravity ales though and I think I will look into making more of these.

I don't know what you think but sometimes a beer can be too easy to drink and I'm missing the complexity I enjoy so much

I personally can be satisfied from 3 pints of quality drinking beer as opposed to 6-8 pints of session ale

[Wez]

Try my Mr Grumpy Bum

I got a 3.9% beer with ooodles of complexity and flavour - it's the best <4% ale i recon i've had!

Had 2 pints tonight, it's a beer to take your time with even though it's quite weak, i'l,ll do this again!

Gotta love CM

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EDIT - 3.9 not 3.0 - what a cock.

[Vossy1]

Hmmm...stroking white pussy cat he says

I'll put it on my list

Showing complete ignorance who's CM

[Wez]

Voss......Crystal Malt

[Vossy1]

Voss......Crystal Malt

ahh

EDIT

Just had a look through Grumpy Bums double brew day....I feel one coming up myself

[Wez]

Voss......Crystal Malt

ahh

EDIT

Just had a look through Grumpy Bums double brew day....I feel one coming up myself

Just did the same and feel the same , following swmbo up the wooden hill now tho!

Night all!

[SteveD]

What would you be happy with?

If you look at the post above yours,

1015 would be fine. Quarter gravity. Classic end point for British ales. If it's 18 now I doubt it will hit 14 by Friday. It might eventually, but not by Friday

Letting it drift up to 20 would be ok, particularly as higher temps have the greatest effect on the yeast nearer the beginning of the fermentation rather than towards the end. However, if you just leave it at 18c, it will be fine.

20c isn't generally a problem temperature, it's OVER 20c that can cause problems

[Wez]

This has now been at 1014 (~6.0%) for a few days so it's going to be bottled and kegged tomorrow night. SteveD - I'll be using normal household sugar to prime, 1/2 tsp ok? Or should I go with a table spoon in one of the bottles and you can play foamy beer fountain roulette.

[Wez]

Went ahead and bottled this tonight primed with 1/2tsp sugar.

This is what it looks like now:



Tasted good, strong and the flavours need to mellow out but i'm quite hopeful.