JJSH's Brew Blog

Packaged this in a King Keg today; it had finished at 1004 which was very low. The temperature corrected reading for the OG was 1030, so tha...

Bottled this yesterday. Gosh, how I dislike bottling, all the washing, rinsing, sanitizer, etc etc. Give me packaging in a King Keg any day....

Tested this yesterday; its finished, so I've turned off the water bath it was in to cool it and get as much yeast as possible to drop ou...

I decided to try another mild from Graham Wheeler's BYOBRA, this time Hop Back Mild. 90 min mash, 60 mins boil - but I forgot to allow f...

The 3x combo Cooper yeast took off very quickly and a healthy yeast head was formed after less than 12 hours. All seemed to be going well......

Today's brewday was Graham Wheeler's Hop Back Summer Lightning clone. Bit if a calamity at mash time; after 90 mins I turned the tap...

The mild is down to 1009ish after 4 days, and almost clear. Tastes good already, even though it's really young, but I'll leave it fo...