Thursday 26 January 2012

Great Eastern Ale

This is starting to really frustrate me. I've tested it again and it hasn't dropped much at all ( like one point). I've given it another good rousing with a spoon and put it in front of the radiator to hopefully get it going again. If this doesn't work, I'm a bit stuck with what to do... Any ideas?

Monday 23 January 2012

Testing: Great Eastern Ale

I was getting a bit worried because this wasn't bubbling anymore so I gave it a test after work and it was still only at 1.019 so I've given it a bit of a rouse to stir up some of the yeast from the bottom of the fermenter. I'm really hoping it picks up again...


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Sunday 22 January 2012

Don't call it a comeback

Things have been deadly quite on here for over a year, which is a real shame. Anyhow, I stopped brewing for a while thanks to a couple of brews going bad in a row and work becoming more hectic. i was also a little worried about how much beer this hobby was making me drink, so I had to think of different ways of doing it.

So, now to the present. I've moved house with my lovely fiancee (can't work out how to get the accent on the 'e') and now live in a lovely cottage. Several friends have pointed out that this house suits homebrewing so it'd be a crime not to do any, therefore: I'm starting up again. Last week I brewed up a kit for Woodforde's Great Eastern Ale and it is doing pretty well. I tested it today (about a week on) and it's down to 1.019 from 1.040, so I'm planning on leaving it in the fermenter for another week (I'm pretty sure I remember leaving things for 2 weeks before) and then whack it into some mini-kegs. That's the other thing: it's my plan to stop me drinking the stuff too much. I'll split the brew into mini kegs so that it'll keep better and I'll only have to drink it up once I've cracked into a keg. It won't last as long once opened as a standard large keg will, but that'll just stop me from tapping one on a whim on a Tuesday night.

Anyhow, I'll update here next week when I've (hopefully) put the Great Eastern in the kegs and talk about what I have planned next...