Brock's Bostin Black Country Mild

[OldSpeckledBadger]

Knocked up this extract brew this morning based on an amalgamation of Black Country Mild recipes:

Light Spraymalt 2Kg
Crystal Malt 225g
Black Malt 90g
Brewing Sugar 200g

Fuggles hops 39g

Pitched with S-04 yeast

Beer Engine predicts 3.6% ABV, 22 EBU, colour 58 EBC. The smell of those Fuggles hops really takes me back down memory lane

[WishboneBrewery]

Cool, was it a 23L batch?
I got my third extract brew done yesterday afternoon

[OldSpeckledBadger]

Cool, was it a 23L batch?

Calculated at 22.5L.

I got my third extract brew done yesterday afternoon

Good stuff I ordered enough ingredients for two brews but I need to wait until I've got another empty barrel which will probably be the end of this month. Assuming it's not too warm to brew by then I'll knock up a generic bog-standard bitter.

[WishboneBrewery]

I think I've got enough left for maybe 3 small 12-ish litre brews (thats 1 brew every two weeks) , after that I think I'll have to get an order in to BrewGenie for some DSM, though i might try the Brupaks Pale LME too (the Coopers Light LME, though cheaper, is pretty dark and changes the colour of the beer a lot).

What are you planning next??

[OldSpeckledBadger]

What are you planning next??

As well as the Fuggles I've got some Goldings so I'll do a generic bitter. This is a bit dependent on the weather though. It'll be about a month before I've got an empty keg so fingers crossed we don't get a heat wave. Come the cooler weather and I've got lots of ideas

[OldSpeckledBadger]

Kegged today. Got FG of 1.009 which is bang on what Beer Engine predicted. Tasting sample shows much promise

[WishboneBrewery]

Nice one Clever little Beer Engine, it has to be the easiest and most straight forward of any Beer Software.

[OldSpeckledBadger]

Clever little Beer Engine, it has to be the easiest and most straight forward of any Beer Software.

Yes it's excellent.