Mash start at 0815 with 4kg Gladfield Ale Malt and 250gms Gladfield Redback at 67C in 12 litres.
Sparge started at 0930 return 1 1/2 litres wort back to tun.
Collect 29Litres and fire up gas at 1015. Boiling at 1045. Add 30 gms Pacific Gem in spider to boil.
Add 25gms Citra at 1300 after Flame out at 80C.
Start chilling ( tap temp water ) at 1300. 38C at 1350, 30C at 1415. 40L water used to cool.
Start runoff into Fermenter at 1415. Collect 22.5 at 1500 = 45mins.
1042OG at 30C = 1045 giving 79% efficiency.
Into fridge at 1505 set at 18C.
Yeast saved from Brew8 washed and pitched in with vigorous stir at 0100 25/4. Starting to bubble at 1030 - 9 1/2 hrs later.
Thursday 2nd May. Gravity around 1008. Brew has had the No.6 ( whitelabs ) yeast?? smell and taste for 3-4 days. Taste has improved slightly 2/5 so going to risk salvage by adding 25gms Mosaic and 25gms Citra 1300 on 2/5. Hoping for the best, could be wasted hops??
Sunday 5/5 250ml gelatine added. Yeasty? smell still apparent - Taste not so bad. Chill to 3C Sunday 5/5.
Here's hoping it's ok to bottle Monday or Tuesday. Taste Monday hard to say still a bit smelly.
Bottle Tuesday 7/5 - 24x750ml ( 18L ) and 7x500 (3.5L ) = 21.5Litres plus 1/2 bottle ( 500ml ) drained off from fermenter - cloudy with yeast and hops.