Big Kenny

This is the exact same recipe as last week except i'm using a liquid yeast for the first time, all went with out a hitch and i ended up with 25L at 1046

4800gm Pale Malt
70gm Crystal Malt
30gm Roasted Barley
20grm black malt
25gm Chocolate Malt
250gm Carahell
107gm Fuggles [3.6%] (60 min)
40gm First gold 8.3% 60 min
51gm Styrian Goldings [2.6.%] (15 min)
protofloc (Boil 10.0 min)

Fermenting with Wyeast #1335 British Ale II

Big Kenny

Another version of big Kenny done yesterday, i got 25L at 1047. Also when the boil was on i kegged my last brew "Gold Fever".
I'm planning on brewing the exact same Big Kenny recipe next week but with a liquid yeast (Wyeast #1335 British Ale II) just to see what all the fuss is about with liquid yeast as i've never used it before, probably because i was to tight to pay for it. I'll make a starter from it on Thursday and hopefully brew again next Saturday

BIG KENNY
4800gm Pale Malt
70gm Crystal Malt
30gm Roasted Barley
20grm black malt
25gm Chocolate Malt
250gm Carahell
107gm Fuggles [3.6%] (60 min) Hops ~30 IBU
40gm First gold 8.3% 60 min
51gm Styrian Goldings [2.6.%] (15 min)
protofloc (Boil 10.0 min)

Fermeting with S-04

Gold Fever

With summer seemingly in full swing i decided to do another golden ale, this one is very closely related to my house ale Fools Gold, i ended up with 25 L @ 1052 and i stopped sparging @1028 which should really improve the body and indeed the quality of the finished product

6kg Golden Promise
250g Melanoidin
300g Carapils
200G Biscuit

Cascade 8.6% 15 g 60 mins
Nelson Sauvin 13.3% 15g 30 mins
Super Syrians 4.9% 25g 30 mins

37grm of Nelson Sauvin 13.3% added at 80 degrees after flame out, also i turned off the cooler at this stage for about 12 mins to give them a chance to add some aroma to the ale

Mashed at 68 c
fermenting with us-05

HERMS

I got my 70L thermo box and my two 70L stock pots from Nordic Optical yesterday and today i ordered my PID controllers, SSRs, probes and ball valves, most of the rest of the gear i need i can source locally. I had originally planned on building a 100L system but i decided on brewing 50L batches because 100L of the same beer is a bit much even for a thirsty punter like myself. I don't expect my system to be finished any time soon but i can start on fitting the ball valves next weekend and maybe build the heat exchanger. I'll keep the blog updated as i go

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Chocolate Treacle Stout

I did this bank holiday Monday evening 5/5/08, i ended up with 25L at 1056. Just like the last time i did this recipe the fermentation has proven to be aggressive. Even in a 33 L fermenter it managed to escape all over my fermentation cupboard

2.08 kg pale malt
3 kg mild ale malt
470 grams roasted barley
248 grams torrefied wheat
165 grams chocolate malt

25 grams northdown 7.9% 60 mins
35 grams fuggles 5% 60 mins
25 grams ek goldings 60 mins
300 grams black treacle 20 mins
mash at 68 c for 60 mins

Cascade Kenny

I did this Saturday, it was supposed to be Big Kenny again but it seems the hop shortage hit my freezer when i wasn't paying attention and i had no Syrians so i used Cascade instead. I had quite a lively start to fermentation and spent some time moping and cleaning my fermentation press but it's all in the name of beer :-)
I also bought the start to my HERMS system on Sunday night, god bless beer and ebay. A 70 L baine marie that will be used as a mash tun and a 50 L stock pot which will be used as a HLT. I'm bidding on a 70 L stock pot after been unsuccessful at my first attempt a winning one on e bay and that will be used as my boiler. I hope to have it up and running before the end of summer

4800gm Pale Malt 97%
70gm Crystal Malt 1.5%
50gm Roasted Barley 1%
25gm Chocolate Malt 0.5%
71gm Fuggles [4.5%] (90 min)
10 gm Cascade [6.8%] (15 min)
protofloc (Boil 10.0 min)

Fermeting with S-04

Fools Gold

I loved this recipe so much last time i decided to modify it a bit and do it again, i only hope i didn't change it to much. I did it yesterday evening and ended up with 25 L at 1048


5 kg Golden Promise
250 grm Melanoidin
100 grm Carapils
100 grm Biscuit
250 grm Torrefied Wheat

Saaz 3.8% 25 grm 30 mins
Nelson Sauvin 13.3% 15 grm 30 mins
Cascade 8.6% 12 grm 60 mins
Protofloc 10 mins

30 grm of Cascade at 80 degrees after flame out

Fermenting with safebrew T-58