Naming the New Ale

A bit obscure for those who don’t work with me but the mildish brew shall be known as the Reset Ale.

A strangely compelling brew.

Slack Brewer

When I looked at the blog it seems I have been a bit tardy on the brewing front. Well I have finally done another ale - a sort of mild basically Pale malt with a smidge of wheat malt (5%) and roast barley (2-3%) and a strange combo of fuggles and simcoe for hopping.
Did at least take a few of the rig photos during the brew.


















The Boiler

And the mash lauter tun.

Following the high temp ferment of last brew I decided to try Jamil's recirculation of the wort through the chiller and back into the boiler.

Got it down to 18C with the assistance of an HLT full of ice which I ran through the outside of the cwc later in the piece - uses a lot less water but next time will make the ice in ice cream containers rather than milk jugs as the ice didn't melt much. Also a submersible recirc pump for the ice water would be good (rather than gravity).

Produced a fine looking and tasting brew with a plug of fuggles in for a dry hop to boot.

Looks pretty good in the fermenter but OMG the fridge had been left shut and turned off for a few months - I have never seen so much $%^$%ng mold in my life! A major clean was required...