Pilsner time.

Another attempt at the seminal style coming at you.

Pilsner
Thomas Cooper's Pilsner Kit
1.5 kg Coopers Light Liquid Malt Extract
250g Carapils - steeped 30mins
30g NZ Saaz - 45 mins
15 NZ Saaz - 15 mins
Saflager

Brewing Notes:
This one is rather less hoppy than the last attempt, which I'm beginning to regret, as the last one was bloody good. Ah well. Another one will follow soon, and I have a bloody lot of NZ Saaz sitting around.

Fermenting Notes:
Pitched the next morning, as it was too hot when I went to bed. Whoops, need to pour the boil onto ice I think.

Bottling Notes:

Bottled 8/6/10, with the aid of Felix I, Duc De Natris.

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Batch 2

Same as above, but made about a week later.

Brewcave Mk II

After a hiatus of over 10 months, the Corktropolis City Brewhouse is back in action.

We have now moved into the Brewhouse's fourth incarnation, the Brewcave Mk II, aka the Beetham Brewcave. (Earlier incarnations include the primeval Brewshed, the Griffon Brewnexe 1.0 and 1.5, and the Brown St Brewcave.)

Sadly, the inbuilt gas stove on these premises is not up to the challenge of even a 10L boil, so a good three months of the 10 month break can be blamed on this sad state of affairs. The other seven months, however, we'll pretend that we were busy doing something interesting.

But the Brewcave is well and truly in action now, as we bought a three-ring gas burner today.

Works. A. Treat.

So with no futher ado, here is the inaugural...

Brewcave Mk II Stout
Thomas Coopers Irish Stout Kit
1kg LDME
40g Fuggles @ 45 mins
20g Fuggles @ 15 mins.
2 x Thomas Coopers Kit Yeast.
10L Boil.

Brewing Notes:
Done in Ma's big jam pot. Good to have that link with the past. DJ Shadow and then the Doors cranked, sun was shining, in short, a bloody good day.

Bottling Notes:
Bottled 22/05/2010. Apollo has smiled upon this day. Bottled with the able assistance of Marco the Anti-Polo.

Tasting Notes:

8/06/10: Bloody Good. Drinkable. Not very stouty, some slight roasty notes, but very minimal. Pretty happy with it.