Early on Friday (the 11th) James came out and asked Tobias and I to draw up a recipe and brew a batch on the Pilot system. We decided to go for the maple syrup porter. We used Marris otter as our base with munich, chocolate, pale crystal and of course, as Tobias is danish, we used oats. Target alcohol was 6.8% (I think) and we set off to do it. Gave the system a quick clean down and got to work. Of course we had lots of help from Red on how to use the system as well as James coming out to snap a few photos, look over the recipe and taste the wort. He did approve of our plan and we pushed ahead.
Here are a few photos from the day.
This is the Pilot system we worked on. Next year for my birthday and christmas gifts, just everyone go in on this.
Tobias and I mashing in while Red shows us the ropes
James with the hops after checking in on our progress. Apparently he approves.
Tobias and I with the hops at the start of the boil
Maple syrup addition at the end of the boil. Can beer be any more canadian?
Lets just hope it all works out in the end. If so, it might see the BrewDog bar for a tasting.
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