Bristol Brewers

RogerP wrote:160g of Pioneer?? You just have to throw the other 40g in somewhere....

Yeah I was thinking that it was an awkward amount to have left over! Can always use it on a future brew....

alikocho wrote: Lupulin Threshold Shift?

Ha! Yeah possibly!

Today's brew. Note the high IBU's. This is to compensate for the fact that I find most of my beers to be not bitter enough. West Country Pioneer Special/Best/Premium Bitter Recipe Specs ---------------- Batch Size (L): 19.0 Total Grain (kg): 4.441 Total Hops (g): 172.00 Original Gravity (OG): 1.048 ...

The other 50% will under go home-roasting in 50 equal portions, each of which will become progressively darker, passing through gold, amber, deep amber, deep copper, brown and chocolate, and whatever else in between. One final portion will be taken all the way to black. Hmmm.. not sure you're gonna...

Many of us have been put off by Matt and his sulphury experience with this a while back. Can you tame the stench? Roger I wouldn't keep banging on about this because it probably wasn't the yeast's fault. I made those beers when I didn't have any fermentation temperature control, plus I used VWP for...

Yep we had this at the October meeting. It was OK, nothing great. Yep, should have mashed for longer....

well...
they state:

These buckets are suitable for conversion to boilers.

40mm - Suitable for Backer, Peco and most kettle elements.

... now.... I'm not Columbo but.... just one more thing....

Not tried this yet. Is it on keg or did you bottle it? Will swap you a bottle of my APA on the weekend if you are about...?

alikocho wrote: Yup. How about hosting the Porters in March as that's up first. Could you pick a date in the month for judging, and an address for beer to be sent to?

The beers can be sent to my house. I'll PM you the details. I'll have a chat with Mark and get back to you about the date.

Cheers

I'm up for joint entries from Bristol Brewers. It seems all us Bristol types are up for it so I think that's agreed. Lets sort out the logistics in the new year.