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Produce => Drink .... => Topic started by: cleo on April 06, 2007, 17:32:51
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19/11/83
Blew up my boiler-welcome Electrim at £25.20. Had it`s innaugral mash.
Now before I go on I should mention that my old boiler developed a fault resulting in the element going red hot and melting before it cut out-so back to the notes and you will see why I named it-
China Syndrome Lager
9lb Lager Malt
5oz Crystal Malt
2oz Saaz Hops
2oz Hallertau hops
Grey Owl lager culture
Does anyone still mash their own beer?
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Hi cleo,
Not any more, I used to but now because most of my time is spent gardening 8) I just use malt extract plus grains . What i do briefly , is boil up22 litres of water in my burco. In a saucepan place 1 litre of boiled water held at a temp of 150dgs F I put 150 gms of crushed crystal malt plus 100 gms melanoiden malt (available from home brew shop) leave that stewing for 30 mins. Then add 2 X1.8kg
tins of pale malt extract, strain in the liquor from the soaked grains, add 50 gms challenger hops & 50 gms golding hops, then bring up to the boil for 30 mins.
Switch off boiler, and cool with home made beer cooler. Strain off into fermenter & add a good ale yeast (gervin). Makes a cracking beer, about 4%, much quicker than mashing. ;D
Adrian.
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me!
I brew with a pal. We only do full mashed beer, and use home grown hops.
done loads of different things and won some awards to boot ;D
Dont brew that often, as I travel 50 miles to his house (used to do it at mine but we both moved and he has a "brewhouse" garden outhouse).
We use ritchie boilers which can be temperamental and they are quite old now. Thinking of converting a large steel container to brew larger length.