Anyway, while I haven't yet brewed a commemorative beer I have been back in the brewery. So, what's happened since my last post? Well, I've fixed the heat exchanger (cleaned up all the old glue and remade it with "Marine JB Weld") and I've brewed another Green Bullet Gold, as it got such praise from the North Hants Brewers back in February. This time, though, I didn't have any flaked maize so I used flaked rice instead. This will probably make very little difference; maybe a slightly less sweet beer but we'll see.
The brewday planning went a little wrong as I had planned to get the yeast starter ready for Sunday a couple of weeks back week but instead made the decision to brew a day early with only 2 litres of starter rather than stepping it up to 4 litres as I usually do. As a result the beer took about 36 hours to get going properley. It also slowed down quite a lot by the end of the week and has now been static at 1.011 for the last 2 or 3 days. So, it's done (and it tastes great).
As usual, the WLP002 has dropped like a stone. I'll do a yeast count later this evening if I get the chance. So long as it's down to below 5 million cells per ml of beer I'll chill the lot down to 5°C for a couple of days before casking it. I'm on call this week and I can't drink so there's no real rush to get this into a drinkable state. Next week things will be different and I'll be taking every shortcut I can no doubt!
edit: I've just noticed that this blog is being followed by the Triple fff brewery who supplied the hops (they were surplus to requirements) free of charge. Thanks, they're still making great beer despite their age!
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