Been doing alot work at the ol “brewery” in the last week. Getting back into the swing of things and giving a facelift to the old equipment.

Last post I finished up the mashtun, and today I gathered up all the fixins for a ball valve in the kettle. Will be installing that sometime this week I hope.

I am on the look out for another burner so I can finally get around to making my 3 tier set up. But finding the right burner isnt as easy as it was when the deep fried turkey was the big fad. Now it seems they all have some sort of safety timer on them, and shallow pots.

And why do I need another pot? Well thanks to the fine folks over at TCB and their electric meddlings,, my interest is leading me to also experiment. I am thinking a smaller 3 gallon batch, indoor electric set up would be mighty fine for those winter brews. But I gots all summer to work on this.

On to the Wiki’d Ale. Kegged it up the other night and got it on the gas. I gotta say, its pretty good.
I think it is hopped just about right. Full nose of cascade along with the roasty of choc malt. Just enough bitter to over come the sweet. But not biting.
Sweet upfront, but the slight roasty and the 05 make it finish on the dry side, but not overly dry.
The color is exactly what you normally get with 1/4 lb choc malt. 17-18 SRM (I’d Sneak a pic in here but is pretty dark down here)
Slight haze, but I expect this to drop out fairly quickly. Might try some gelatin just for kicks.

Over all I am very happy with the result. Its extremely young yet. So when these sharper hops and roasts meld and blend after another week or two,, this is gonna be one great beer