wedding brew

[ColinKeb]

as im only a free man for another 4 weeks I thought I'd make a brew for the night before whilst I ponder my fate.. its mashing now and the recipie is;

marris otter 3.5 kg
aromatic 50 gm
roast barley 40 gm
treacle 150 gm
fuggles 60 gm
Goldings 45 gm

gervins real ale yeast

4 gallon brew coming out at 6.5%
what do you think ?

[Matt]

I'd dilute to a more quaffable strength, but thats just me being a wuss

You should call it 'trouble and strife'.

Congrats btw!

Matt

[ColinKeb]

i did that at frocester ;

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=9609&id=540714847

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as im only a free man for another 4 weeks I thought I'd make a brew for the night before whilst I ponder my fate..

Noooo don't do it

[ColinKeb]

I know there's no point trying to work out the IBUs of your wardrobe stored hops but how about some late hops to help balance all that strength 20g of goldings would be good I reckon.

cool idea, I'll bung them in what 15 mins from the end?

[oblivious]

Nice, trying for something like Old Peculier -ish

[ColinKeb]

By the sounds of it those pictures are under review...

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ah well heres a video of my erstwhile companions sampling the fine bouquet and savouring the delicate tastes of the beers availiable

http://s127.photobucket.com/albums/p139 ... V00004.flv

[ColinKeb]

as you say it may turn out to be something like old peculiar but Im just making it up as i go along really . i think old peculiar uses dark malt as its base though .

[Alton_Bee]

as im only a free man for another 4 weeks I thought I'd make a brew for the night before whilst I ponder my fate..
what do you think ?

Me thinks you are having 2nd or 3ed thoughts

Does she know much you brew ?? Dont want your beers going the way of SilverAnalyst's

[ColinKeb]

i sampled this last night just to see if tis ready for friday night, its horrible well its drinkable but not particulary nice anyway . I increased the wort volume to lower the strength to about 4.5% when i made it but i think if youre going to use aromatic malt then it needs to have a bit of bite to it , maybe it will improve over the week I spose. the treacle taste is quite strong and coupled with the aromatic malt it makes it taste like a weak belgian beer really. I should have stuck to london pride ah well all in the spirit of adventure ! 5 days to go till the big day

[ColinKeb]

cheers Daab, actually now im on my second pint its not that bad, a few days and it should be okay . if i made it again i'd up the strength to about 5.5% and barrel it a bit earlier so it had a touch of sweetness. it would be quite nice then

[ColinKeb]

its getting better by the pint hic!