I will get to writing a how to maybe next weekend. I should have taken some photos, I suppose I can disassemble it fairly easy for some photos. There are a few how to docs on the internet but it would be good to have one for this forum.

After a bit of aging I tried my Strong Ale that I made for the Iron brew comp... I love the London ESB yeast! It has left a sweeter malt flavour and has wonderful fruity tastes. It is deceptively strong too the fusel alcohol taste seems to have gone! 2 pints and I was a bit happy haha. Its dropped clear and im very happy with my effort! I may brew a lower abv version, maybe 5%.

Just checking in to say that I haven't forgotten the forum and I am still representing the bag! Even though I have been working crazy hours I have been brewing like a mad man! I find brewing beer a good stress reducer (or maybe thats drinking beer!).

I have brewed...

A Rye IPA with Rye making up around 20% of the grain bill. This beer is tasting great and has a pronounced hop flavour/aroma as I have been using the method from AHB where I draw 3l of wort from the cube boil it up and do my late additions and then add to fermenter.

A pumpkin ale, some people love this beer and some people hate it.... I didn't really like it, not my thing.

Northern English Brown. This is a real nice drop, I fermented with Wyeast 1968 which isn't apparently the correct yeast to use for style but the beer tastes great anyway.

I just kegged an Oatmeal Stout and have a Belgian Witbier and an APA in cubes.... If you take into account the mixed carton of Sierra Nevada I bought, I dare say I have too much beer....


The future holds, An English Mild, A crowd pleaser for my sisters Birthday, Lloydie P's Kolsch (again), A Barley Wine, A Farmhouse Ale of sorts, and who knows after that.