Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Back in the brew saddle

So on Saturday I got a brew in, I've only got wonky stuff on tap and I needed something to just drink when I'm in the mood for a beer.  I brewed up a British pale ale my LHB store had in their recipe bin.  They called it Docksider Pale ale, if I hit 75% efficiency it will be around 4.7% abv, I don't know as I couldn't be bothered to measure, but I tried a few different things so here's hoping I can hit 75%.  Low alcohol beers (3-4%) are called Session beers, so if I hit my more normal 50% efficiency then it will be a session beer.  I'm dry hopping with Fuggle and Golding hops and just going to drop this in the keg and not fuck about with bottles.


It was the first time I've brewed out back so it was a bit of an adventure for me.  I really need a tent or cover to keep tree debris from falling into the brew kettle, but other than that it was nice to not hang out in the garage for 4 or so hours.

4 comments:

  1. Enjoy your new brew

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  2. Nothing like some home brewed ale.

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  3. Enjoy - I remember some lethal home-brew of my fathers where he used fortified wine yeast to get the ABV up to 10%...that stuff hurt like hell.

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  4. Ah man that is a sweet set up. What size kegs are you going to use? Im looking into getting some soon, but I cant really fit them anywhere in my apartment right now.

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