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Pilsner – Day 2

The brew is bubbling happily away at the moment. Here’s a pic that Nicola sent me yesterday while I was at work:

The brew is bubbling away

It’s hard to see in the pic, but there is a massive foam head on that baby :)

I cannot WAIT until this brew is done primary and I can rack to secondary. Gonna give it a little taste when I check the SG in a couple of days. I really think that the spraymalt along with the extra caution in keeping air out will make a huge difference to this batch.

I’m also really excited to possibly be bottling some of this brew as well! Got a couple of friends looking out for Newcastle bottles as well as the Grolsch with resealable tops :)

Munton’s Continental Pilsner Brew Day!

Just completed my third brew day last night. Figure I’d get some of the pics up here for everyone to see!
I don’t have any pics of the sterilising portion of the night as the camera woman was eating dinner whilst I prepped everything  :D
Packaging

The kit!

Warming the can

Warming up the contents of the can

Rehydrating yeast

Meanwhile, I am rehydrating my yeast

Sugar ready

The sugar mixture is all weighed, and ready to add

Sugar and Spraymalt

As you can see, I've used a 50/50 mixture of brewing sugar and Munton's Light Spraymalt

All stirred

Poured and stirred, awaiting yeast!

OG of 1040

The OG reading came in at 1040

Pitching the yeast

Pitching the yeast

Seal her on up!

Seal her up!

I am pretty excited about this batch as it is the first time I’m using spraymalt. My previous two batches were lacking in the flavor department, so I’m hoping that the addition of the spraymalt will help with that for this batch.
I’ll get some pics up throughout the process as I check the readings, etc.
The brew was bubbling away happily this morning and the yeasties seem pretty active. Now to get working on finishing up the Wheat Beer in my pressure barrel to make room in the next few days :)
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