Dunkel sampled, maudite bottled. 18.4

so, i did bottle the maudite last friday night. went smoothly, about 20 x 750ml, only a few 500's and a few stubbies. John came over and watched.

Sampled a stubby of the Dunkel too. still a little young, at (peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot...) 9 days old but the potential is definitely there, its gonna be a tasty brew.

having a look in my 'cellar' now, i've got a heap of beer, but majority only maudite and dunkel. there's probably only 3 or 4 bottles of brown left, still a few bock, hardly any dopplebock or hoegaardens left...

i want a recipe for a Leffe Radieuse. any brewers out there able to post a clone?
also, have lots of whole grain oats to use, so an oatmeal stout is up and coming. also, would like a lighter brew, so a Koelsch is maybe on the cards. or another witte/hoegaarden style.

Maudite ready for bottling

Had stopped bubbling this morning, so i'll bottle up tonight...

Maudite next...

Next one will be a Maudite... purchased yesterday, putting down tonight.

Muntons Premium Bitter (1.5kg),
Black Rock Light Malt (1.5kg)
1kg Dextrose
400g Crystal
Saaz pellets
Safale yeast...

should be 7.9%?

Dunkel weizen bottled... 8.4

Finally she'd stopped bubbling, so bottled late last night... went down pretty well, clean 2 hours. so. sampling in a few weeks time. ended up doing only 6 x 750ml. plus 11 stubbies, 2x 640ml, and 24x 500ml botts... total, 21.41 litres

dunkel bubbler...

STILL the dunkel bubbles, albeit VERY slowly...

its 9(!) days now. might pull the plug on it and bottle tonight...

And will go for a Maudite - Strong Belgian Ale, next...


Did a bit of a stock take. Getting pretty low on brews. All the empties i'm holding at the mo is indicative of that too...
Only about 3 or 4 Hoegaardens left. one or two of the Brown. still a few of the Bock, but its a pain in the ass so the sooner they're gone the better... and ONE stout...
still quite a few Dopplebocks.