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Carboys Just keeping the pipeline going. 22 lbs. UCM 2 row 1 lb. Carastan 1 lb. Crystal 80 ( Breiss ) 132 g EKG - 5.1% AA @ FWH Nottingham slurry # 2 - April 28 Water Profile - Amber Dry O.G. - 1.056 F.G. -  1.016 % -      5.3 SRM - 7.5 BU - 40 I hope to get a lot more flavour from this beer than my first two brews using water salts. It does look promising since 4-5 years ago the beer sucked balls when I started with brewing salts. I quit doing it instead of staying with it. I do need to add more hops + more specialty grains. All in all I am on the right track so far, small steps though. No aroma hops added. It is fermenting away the same night. Even though it is May 1st, it is very cold out. 3-4 C so I had to turn on the wall heater. Hot everywhere on the planet earth but not here in Ontario. Tapped one keg since I had no beer with no money to buy any over taxed beer. Hazy of course, but a kind of bland but nice beer. No off flavours. It...

Carboys this time. This is the last of my base malt. Will be away for the bulk grain buy, so I bought some 2 row from UCM. $52.00 a sack - 55 lbs. 21 lbs. Bohemian Pilsner 1 lb. TWF 1.5 lbs. Caramunich III 120 g Hallertauer - 4.3% AA @ 60 min. 7.5 g Magnum - 11.8% AA @ 60 min. 56.70 g Hallertauer - 4.3% AA @ 0 min. 400 ML of Nottingham slurry - 7 days in fridge RO water treated to a yellow balanced profile O.G. - 1.058 F.G. -  1.014 % -       5.8 SRM - 6.7 BU - 34.6                                            BREW NOTES Started fermentation around 7 pm. Going good but quite the mess in the carboys. Good. Will be done soon, just like the previous two were. Will save this yeast and use it right away in a bitter. Still fermenting on day 9, but very slowly. Will keg on April 28. Hope this one has some flavour compared to the...