After moving to my own home and having the space I have shifted at long last to all grain brewing.
It took some time to get up and running but after finally getting off my butt I have gathered up some new gear and restarted brewing with real interest again.
The new setup and location is affectionately referred to as Sunset House. If I ever get around to designing some lettering that I don't detest I may make labels for my bottles in the future.
The burnt offering is the unfortunate moniker of the first new brew with the new gear in the new place. Sadly, five minutes before the end of the boil the whole batch caramelized to the point of burning. It was a new burner and I was not prepared for how hot it would be, clearly. I figured what the hell though and fermented that batch anyhow. Curiously it offered the same weird high readings as the batch I had mentioned a few years ago. Wildly off the chart and completely unmeasurable. This time I could confirm that with two hydrometers and a spectrometer. I'm presuming that the free floating burnt sugar and hops debris renders it nigh impossible to actually get a reading.
Fermenting went fine. Strangely I still have no carbonation. It has been quite some time too. I bottled on the 10th of January. I'm not keeping the faith on that one.
About to come of age is another Dry Stout. Only two weeks in the bottle so far so we'll see what happens.
Behind that is an ale in secondary. So far so good.
I had planned on a lager next but the unseasonable warmth has changed that plan so I'm not certain what's to come.
