Recent content by pinball9

Brewed this yesterday, was aiming for something like brewdogs Elvis juice but slightly maltier and using the hops I had to hand. So I ended up with this: 25L Batch Sparged Mashed at 64C 60min boil 6.4kg Irish Pale Ale malt 200g Crystal (50L) 450g Vienna Malt 250g Munich Malt 60 minute boil...

I bottled it after 2 1/2 weeks in the primary. So they've been in the bottle about 4 weeks now. The starting gravity was 1.066 and the final gravity was 1.013. That was pretty much what I was aiming for. But at the time I thought it was lower, I only realised that my hydrometer wasn't calibrated...

I tried one today, definitely started to carbonate, the head was still poor, but what it did have stayed to the end. I think that it may just need a bit more time and a vigorous pour. Flavours were lovely, even at this early stage, with a surprising smooth coffee aftertaste. Can't wait till its...

Cheers, I'll give that a go in a week or 2 if they haven't carbed by then!

I left this in the primary for about 2 weeks then bottled it. I took an FG reading of 1.011, which I think brings the abv to about 6.69%. After 1 week I tasted it to see if everything was OK, but it was quite flat with very absolutely no head retention. After 2 1/2 weeks, I tried again and it...

I just finished this tonight, it was my first attempt at all grain, hopefully it turns out alright. My missus bought me a mash tun and boiler for my birthday because I was sick of doing kits. It's not a great kit and the weather is cold here (Ireland), so I had to boil the wort for about 2hours...