Mash in the Golden Promise at 152 °F (67 °C) in 13 qts. (12 L) of water, and hold this temperature for 60 minutes. Raise the temperature by infusion or direct heating to 168 °F (76 °C) to mashout. Recirculate for 15 minutes. Fly sparge with 168 °F (76 °C) water until 7 gallons (26.5 L) of wort is collected.
Boil the wort for 70 minutes, adding the hops at times indicated in the recipe. After adding the flameout hops, allow the hops to rest in the kettle for 40 minutes as the wort cools naturally. Chill to 66 °F (19 °C) and rack to the fermenter. Oxygenate, then pitch the yeast. Ferment at 68 °F (20 °C) until complete. Rack the beer, prime and bottle condition.
When transferring to fermenter I left the tap open so lost a gallon. First time using Anvil bucket. SG was 1051 so higher efficiency than predicted.
Fermented vigorously for 3 days. Transferred to keg after 7 days with FG of 1013. Added 3.5 oz corn sugar top time. There was still kreusen on top and a lot of cloudiness in the beer but wonderful taste!
Started drinking after 2 1/2 weeks in the barrel. Quite cloudy, pale brown to yellow in color, nice hoppy aroma. Taste was quite bitter, indicating it might improve with more aging. Quite distinctive, though, and easily drunk.
Second brew 10/9/22. Added 1.5 tsp burton salts and 1/4 tsp phosphoric acid to the mash water then added 9lb golden promise. Mashed at 152. After 15 mins stated recirculating. Raised to 168 after an hour and sparged with 1 gallon 168 water.
Lowered temp to 64 to start fermentation then raised to 67 for 3 days, then raised 1 degree/ day until 70 by day 6. Gravity dropped to 1036 after 1 day, 1020 by 2 days and 1016 by 4 days. Gravity at 1010 after 6 days so higher attenuation than planned.