Hello From Scotland :D

[chossy]

Hey folks, just moved onto all grain and have got some really good advice from reading the forum cheers folks.

2 batches on the go... first one I can't remember what I bought : / second batch is as follows.

4.00 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter
0.50 kg Vienna Malt
0.50 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt
0.25 kg Chocolate Malt
30.00 g Fuggles [4.50 %] - Boil 60.0 min
30.00 g Saaz [4.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min
12.00 g Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] - Boil 10.0
10.00 g Fuggles [4.50 %] - Boil 10.0 min
1.0 pkg Safale American 05

See how they get on,

The first one smells a touch grainy... too hot in the tun I gather, but it's out the secondary now and in bottles, I had a good hum (smell) of the secondary fermetor and although still a bit grainy not as bad as before certainly not offensive. OG 1.032 but FG was .002 as it went into the bottle It will be a golden ale thing


The second one is going to be a hoppy brown thing, smells amazing, I got my mash / sparge technique a little more honed for this one and it's looking good OG 1.046 It's bubbling away quite happily.

Both 20 litres.

Cheers.

 

[dranderson]

Welcome and be sure to post the results of your brews

Cheers

 

[Cyclman]

Welcome to the hobby, and welcome to the group.

 

[snowblind5150]

Sounds delicious! Have fun.

 

[roastquake]

Fàilte gu HBT, that looks like a good dark mild, let us now how it turns out

 

[chossy]

Sláinte! guys.

Can't wait to get cracked into these puppies he he. 1st one is probably going to be pretty forgettable but the second one should be good.

 

[shetc]

Happy Hogmanay!

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[chossy]

A wee update.

Well the first batch was a bit rubbish too grainy too hot in the mash and also I kept the lid on the boil!!! However I'm still drinking it he he occasionally one or two bottles aren't too bad so thats ok.

Second batch.... AMAZING!!!! it's like a mild porter really good wee drop. All my pals love the second one, so I'm glad I kept the recipe for that one really happy with that one, I'm getting pretty good at the process very organised everything goes pretty well now.