Yesterdays brew

[Moray]

After following this forum, and the thread at OCAU, I was inspired to put done a brew yesterday, my first in about 6 months.

Coopers real ale can
1.5kg can Morgans pale malt
a couple of handfuls of Target hop flowers
1/2 teaspoon calcium sulphate
1 teaspoon yeast nutrient
1 packet coopers yeast
1 packet mystery yeast, marked ale 255

boiled the malt for about 5 minutes,
made a tea with the hops, and about 1/2 a litre of boiling water
added it all to the fermenter, toped up with water, added rehydrated yeast.
O.G. 1048

It was going off like a frog in a sock last night when I went to bed.

I think I'll try and bulk prime thisbrew, as I've not done it before, and from reading here, it sounds a lot easier.

I'll let you know how it goes.

:chug:

 

[Moray]

racked into the secondary fermenter on friday night,
s.g. down to 1018, still bubbling on, very slowly.
I'll probably leave it till next weekend, then bottle.

 

[Moray]

Bottled it last night

s.g. 1015, seems a bit high, but has been stable at that for a few days.

sampled it while bottling, I think I overdid the hops

it tastes ok, but has fairly strong lingering bitterness.
hope it will mellow out a bit

cheers
Moray