“It is, quite simply, a wonderful beer. It is exceedingly pale (21-22 units colour), with just a hint of colour in its cheeks from the dash of crystal malt. It has a massive orange fruit aroma from the challengers, balanced by biscuity malt. “Juicy malt and tart hops vie for attention in the mouth while [...]
Categories: Brewing
Tagged: AG9, All grain, Challenger, Coniston Bluebird, Northern Brewer
- Published:
- July 26, 2010 – 6:46 pm
- Author:
- By Jo Pettitt
My original hop filter was a length of 15mm copper pipe with a series of 3mm holes drilled into it. The design seemed to be fine for my first 6 brews but on the 7th and 8th it kept getting blocked up by the hops, both brews consisted of a large number of Challenger hops [...]
Categories: Brewing
Tagged: equipment, hop filter
- Published:
- July 26, 2010 – 4:56 pm
- Author:
- By Jo Pettitt
