Brew: Irish Red Ale - 16/07/2009

Hi,

Put down another fresh work kit tonight after a fine dinner cooked up by the missus. She goes real good in the kitchen. Anyway, the beer was an Irish Red Ale and she went down at about 25 degrees made up to 18 litres. Here are the vitals:

Style: Irish Red Ale

OG: 1037

Temp at pitch: 25 degrees

Volume: 18 litres

Yeast: White Labs WLP023 Burton Ale Yeast

I'll let you know how she goes in a couple of weeks.

TFM.

Brew: German Bock - 15/07/2009

Hi all,

Brewed a German Bock today. Used one of those Nitro brewing fresh wort kits which I have used before a i reckon taste sweet as. I tasted the wort and found it to be quite sweet up front (as you'd expect of an unfermented wort) with lots of rich chocolate tones and earthiness coming after that. Then is finishes nice and bitter at the end. I'm planning to ferment this at around 12 degrees for between 3 to fours weeks so it should be nice a crisp as you'd expect from a larger. Details below. I will post a report in a few days after fermentation has started. I'm also planning to put down a second brew tonight as well - trying a Irish Red Ale for the first time.

Style: Bock (German dark larger)

OG: 1044

Temp at pitch: 25 degrees

Volume: 17.5 litres

Yeast: White Labs WLP830 German Lager Yeast

Cheers,

Steve...