smashing a brit

first smash and first AG, i think i finally decided.

12 # marris otter
challenger- .5 @60, .5 @20 and .5 @5.
white labs british ale

thinking about a little dry-hopping too...

sounds awesome! ive been craving a light colored hoppy english ale lately. i think a SMaSH is in order.

well challenger isnt available on morebeer.com so it looks like im going to go with willamette. i think i'll up the first addition to 1 oz.

Check the classifieds, a member here is selling 2007 Challenger pellets by the lb. Just got mine in yesterday and they look superb.

awesome, thanks a bunch.

Excellent choice - I bet it'll turn out great!

I'm surprised Laughing_Gnome hasn't posted to this thread yet given the title. Perhaps he's just hungover.



Looks good to me. I would stuff my pillow with MO. It's a great malt.

Saccharomyces said:

I'm surprised Laughing_Gnome hasn't posted to this thread yet given the title. Perhaps he's just hungover.



Looks good to me. I would stuff my pillow with MO. It's a great malt.

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Me too. I thought the OP wanted to beat Orfy and Gnome silly.
Finding out it was just about beer was disappointing.

Saccharomyces said:

I'm surprised Laughing_Gnome hasn't posted to this thread yet given the title. Perhaps he's just hungover.



Looks good to me. I would stuff my pillow with MO. It's a great malt.

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I coulda made a post earlier, but I am making a concerted effort to stay on topic in beer forums.

I woulda gone with Fuggles myself, but man, I am so biased towards Fuggles. :cross:

Laughing_Gnome said:

I coulda made a post earlier, but I am making a concerted effort to stay on topic in beer forums.

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Please don't. It's too out of character.
Where is Gnome and what have you done with him?

Laughing_Gnome said:

I woulda gone with Fuggles myself, but man, I am so biased towards Fuggles. :cross:

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I like fuggles (or the descendant willamette) as long as they aren't used for 5 minute additions or dry hopping. I can't stand the grassy aroma... but that's just me. The flavor of fuggles is wonderful, even in an APA. I've seen several brewers mixing C hops and willamette which is very close to domestic fuggles.

what did that brit ever do to deserve a smashing?

i feel foreign in my own thread
anyways, i hope it turns out well, this will be my first AG as well so im going to try to post up pics of my process...
heres to smashing

Smashing, baby, yeah!

Seriously, Maris Otter, my favorite pale malt, and Willamette, my favorite domestic variety (probably because they're, well, Fuggles).

Enjoy!

Bob

Laughing_Gnome said:

I woulda gone with Fuggles myself, but man, I am so biased towards Fuggles. :cross:

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In this house, Fuggles be the SWMBO slayer

I'm no Brit, but you can smash me if you like...









never mind, already there.

AnOldUR said:

In this house, Fuggles be the SWMBO slayer

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where are you in jersey? im not familiar with that town...im in SJ

Challenger and Northdown are my 2 favorite all purpose hops. Sounds great!

defenestrate said:

where are you in jersey? im not familiar with that town...im in SJ

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In bucolic western NJ, north of Trenton. [ame="http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=sergeantsville+nj&ie=UTF8&ll=40.442244,-74.943237&spn=0.284283,0.617981&z=11&g=sergeantsville+nj"]Have a look[/ame]!

AnOldUR, how many times a week do you visit the Ship Inn?

Bob

BobNQ3X said:

In bucolic western NJ, north of Trenton. Have a look!

AnOldUR, how many times a week do you visit the Ship Inn?

Bob

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i was off topic? harsh

No, we were going off topic. Couldn't find a turbaned smily to signify a hijack attempt.

Relax.

Bob

i'm relaxed-everything is steady. hopefully in about 30 days (give or take) i'll post some pics of a nice clear smashed pale brit!

That's awesome! I presume, then, that everything went according to plan.

Bob

havent made it yet-i was shopping around for grains and hops and such and found a user selling the challenger hops-i didnt want to sub. i ordered the grains today so hopefully i'll be able to do it by the end of this week...so i lied, maybe more than a month

Where are you guys getting your MO malt? It is INCREDIBLY expensive everywhere I try to get it lately.

Anbrew said:

Where are you guys getting your MO malt? It is INCREDIBLY expensive everywhere I try to get it lately.

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Grape and Granary for me...I don't know what INCREDIBLY expensive is but they charge $69 for 55lbs or $1.75 per lbs. By comparison there 2-row is $1.50/lbs.

morebeer.com, $2/lb what prices have you seen?

I usually pay $89 for 55# shipped.

That's a lot when I can get 55# Canadian 2-row for $49 shipped.

62.70 for 55# at morebeer.com

defenestrate said:

62.70 for 55# at morebeer.com

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After shipping, it's more than I currently pay

yeahh that sucks, one of the few things that don't qualify for the free shipping on morebeer.