In my other most recent post (A gift that has kept on giving) I mentioned that the recent beers I've brewed have been somewhere over the 5% mark ranging from 5.2% to 5.5%. While on their own the ABV isn't a problem, it's when you have multiple amounts, maybe 3 or 4 pints worth. Then before you know it your kissing your wife goodnight and heading for bed as your done for the night!
Something I am more aware of now that I have a proper [.....]
As some of you may have been made aware from my Tweets/Instagram/ previous blog posts I was given Camra's Essential Home Brewing Book for a christmas present from my lovely wife.
Although I haven't read it from cover to cover yet. I have used it quite extensively for a recipe book. Which my wife & I both agreed it would be a nice thing for me to help try some different beers, or not brewing my own designed recipes all the time.
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With a 12L batch (fermenter volume) of a Black IPA seemingly finished its fermentation, as my Tilt Hydrometer was reading 1.012 for what was approaching 2 days. Which was the recipes target F.G., I decided to add my dry hop additions (50g split between Mosaic & Ahtanium in 12L).
I previously raised the temperature on my ink bird to encourage a diacetyl rest, however the readings didn't move until a few hours after I added the dry hops.
I gathered sometimes a Tilt gets yeast/hop crud stuck [.....]
Yesterday marked the 2nd brew of 2019. This time it was a deliberate 1/2 batch of a black IPA.
This brew also marked the second time I went for a recipe from the Camra's essential Home Brewing book, however this time I thought to take not of the recipe tip add Carafe 3 into the malt bill to make Eight Arch Brewing's Corbel into a black IPA. The hop scheduled remained the same as the book, which uses Ahtanum, chinook, cascade and mosaic hops.
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As I drink my last pint of Brann's Breakfast Stout, which coincidentally has a small late addition of Sorachi Ace hops in it too, I've got around to writing up about my latest brew day, a Cream Ale that is hopped only with Sorachi Ace hops.
As a christmas present from my lovely wife I was given Camra's Essential Home Brewing Which doesn't just contain useful information for beginners but its proven to be very useful to someone who has been brewing for a few years but has [.....]
In my other most recent post ( A gift that has kept on giving ) I mentioned that the recent beers I've brewed have been somewhere over ...
