It went well, I was only slightly low on the effiency this time, I estimated 1044 @ 72% effiency, I finished up with 1042. After my last ag brew, Mrs H's pilsner, I am not complaining, although I may drop the effiency down to 70% on my next ag brew which does not use any sugar. Here is the link to the recipe.
Anyway, waffle over, here are the pics.
Checking the mash temp, I hit 67c. I prefer my mash temps on a bitter to be at the top end of the scale, I prefer a bitter with "mouthfeel".
Hops at the ready, the tops off beer kits don't arf come in useful for the late/soak hops.
Setting the sparge system up.
First runnings of the wort.
Nice vigorous boil, time to add the first hops & switch one of the elements off.
First runnings of the cooled wort.
Yeast starter at the ready, the Brewlab standard yeast is lively stuff, I started this on Friday evening & it was fizzing away first thing Saturday morning!
Aerating the wort, I have just added the yeast to give it a good mix at the same time.
nice piccies 
