Saturday, 21 February 2009

finished article



Well i finally got my brewery finished and here is a picture of it. I hope to run a brew through it next week, if i do i'll be sure to update the blog. It's to easy to forget to keep this up to date.

Saturday, 1 November 2008




I haven't had time to update my blog lately but i have been brewing away and more important i've been building my HERMS brewery which i hope to be fully operational by Christmas. This is just a pic to give anybody who's interested an idea how it's going to look when it's done.

Sunday, 31 August 2008

Fools Gold

2.5KG Golden Promise
2.5KG Maris Otter
250G Melanoidin
100G Carapils
80G Biscuit
70G Munich

17G Aurora Super Syrians 4.9% 60 mins
15G Nelson Sauvin 13.3% 30 mins
32G Saaz 3% 30 mins
Ph 5.2 in the mash
mashing at 66c instead of 68c

Cascade Stout

I did this on August 16th and it was kegged yesterday with the remainder been bottled.
4.5 kg Maris Otter
250g black malt
500g roasted barley
250g chocolate
Ph 5.2

55g cascade 6.8% 60 mins
30g fuggles 4.1% 15 mins

Fermenting with us-04

Sunday, 10 August 2008

Lazy day beer

4 kg Maris Otter
360 g Crystal
230 Carapils
250 g Carahell

49 g East Kent Goldings 4.2% 60 mins
49 g East Kent Goldings 4.2% 15 mins
60 g East Kent Goldings 4.2% added during cooling at 80 degrees, cooler turned off for 30 mins

Also i used ph 5.2 in the mash for the first time

Fermenting with
Wyeast #1028 London Ale

Sunday, 27 July 2008

The Home Brew Forum

A few of us with similar interests have decided to set up our own brewing forum. Please feel free to join us.

THE Home Brew Forum

http://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/index.php

Fools Gold

I'm brewing this today,

5KG Golden Promise
250G Carahell
100G Carapils
100G Biscuit

17G Aurora Super Syrians 4.9% 60 mins
15G Nelson Sauvin 13.3% 30 mins
32G Saaz 3% 30 mins

Fermenting with US-O5