remi
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Earlier this year, a friend of mine from the UK visited- he is a professional photographer. His advertising work often features magazine articles where his series of photographs accompany text telling the story of how an artisan product is made- cheese, wine etc. Anyway, while he was here he asked if I was planning on any brewing during his stay, and whether I would mind terribly if he took some photos of the process as an exercise for himself- turns out that I was (double batch of Pilsner), and that I didn't mind.
Suffice to say, an enjoyable day of brewing was had, and I had another mate over as brewing assistant. When I saw the photos I was gobsmacked- I couldn't believe that my garage could look that bloody good. I asked him whether it was ok to put some of the photos up on the forum- and he was fine with it.
So, for those of you that enjoy this sort of thing- here are the photo's, with a bit of text telling the story of the brew day- 42L of Pilsner with 10kg Pilsner malt, a bit of melanoidin, some leftover Southern Cross for bittering and then a big slug of Saaz- fermented with Wyeast 2278.
For those of you with a photographic interest- the link to Martin's website is http://amorfo.co.uk/martin/martin.html.
The Grain:
Dough-in:
The Grain is in:
Stirring time:
Time to check the temp:
And check the pH as well:
The sexy mash-paddle (thanks Wayne):
A couple of random brewey pics with no particular purpose:
Mashing time- not much happening:
Fiddling with the plumbing:
Sparge in:
Hooking up to start filling the kettle:
Running into the kettle- sweet nectar!:
Lighting the burner and adjusting the flame:
OG check with the refractometer:
Coming to the boil:
90grams of Saaz:
Hops in the Kettle:
With the hops in- it's time for a beer:
Running through the plate chiller post-boil:
A nice starter of Wyeast 2278 ready to roll:
The finished product from a previous effort- an Amber Ale:
And lastly- relaxing with a few tasty homebrews after....
Anyway, hope those of you that are into this sort of stuff enjoyed the photos- note that Martin didn't take any photos of the clean-up afterwards, not glamorous enough I guess...
Remi
Suffice to say, an enjoyable day of brewing was had, and I had another mate over as brewing assistant. When I saw the photos I was gobsmacked- I couldn't believe that my garage could look that bloody good. I asked him whether it was ok to put some of the photos up on the forum- and he was fine with it.
So, for those of you that enjoy this sort of thing- here are the photo's, with a bit of text telling the story of the brew day- 42L of Pilsner with 10kg Pilsner malt, a bit of melanoidin, some leftover Southern Cross for bittering and then a big slug of Saaz- fermented with Wyeast 2278.
For those of you with a photographic interest- the link to Martin's website is http://amorfo.co.uk/martin/martin.html.
The Grain:
Dough-in:
The Grain is in:
Stirring time:
Time to check the temp:
And check the pH as well:
The sexy mash-paddle (thanks Wayne):
A couple of random brewey pics with no particular purpose:
Mashing time- not much happening:
Fiddling with the plumbing:
Sparge in:
Hooking up to start filling the kettle:
Running into the kettle- sweet nectar!:
Lighting the burner and adjusting the flame:
OG check with the refractometer:
Coming to the boil:
90grams of Saaz:
Hops in the Kettle:
With the hops in- it's time for a beer:
Running through the plate chiller post-boil:
A nice starter of Wyeast 2278 ready to roll:
The finished product from a previous effort- an Amber Ale:
And lastly- relaxing with a few tasty homebrews after....
Anyway, hope those of you that are into this sort of stuff enjoyed the photos- note that Martin didn't take any photos of the clean-up afterwards, not glamorous enough I guess...
Remi
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