Brewday Update #3: Top Secret Autumn Ale

Nothing much to report before the weekend, when we’ll be checking the hops in the makeshift loft ‘oast’ to make sure they’re all fully dried. That’ll mean bagging them up and freezing them until a suitable brewday comes around. We still haven’t invested in a vacuum sealer, so it’s just a matter of stuffing ziplocks [...]

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Brewday Update #2: Top Secret Autumn Ale

Just a quick update on the progress of the Autumn Ale, which has taken off like a rocket. It seems very happy in a room at almost exactly 20c. The constant burping of the airlocks is actually quite comforting (as well as off-putting and gas-inducing!) and I think the kräusen will hit the lids on [...]

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Update #2: Boxshed Best Bitter

Checked on this today after four days in primary and it had hit its 1.012 target perfectly – nice. I transferred it into a secondary bucket, leaving all the break and yeast crud behind, and just taking nice clean brown hoppy beer looking stuff into a new home where it will now sit for about [...]

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Update: Boxshed Best Bitter

This is my first update post, but not the last. My plan is to update each Brewday at significant stages. Below you’ll see a couple of photos showing how the fermentation is progressing with the newly bucketed Boxshed Best. After this update I’ll be posting a few retrospective Brewday accounts. These will detail a single [...]

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