Friday, September 7, 2007

Bring It On! ESB

Recipe
Will be posted soon.

Procedure
This was our first all grain recipe. Nick devised a lauter tun from a piece of copper, a cork, some tubing, a clamp, and a bottling bucket. I described the lauter tun in this post. Once we extracted the sugars we started the boil. I did not have my new 8-9 gallon pot, so we used two burners and two 5 gallon posts. We split the hops between the two pots. We implemented a secondary fermentation.

The Name

(the label)

I called this "Bring It On!" because it was our first attempt at an all-grain. I was saying to the world, "Bring It On!" Just like King Kong, who is pictured on the label.

Review
There have been good reviews. Extra Special Bitters (ESB) have a unique taste. They in fact are not bitter. It has a very malty taste. The carbonation is low. It has a dark brown color. I think our first all-grain was a big success!

I'll post other reviews soon.

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