StillSmart

LME's had its bollocks boiled off to get it so concentrated so i would say hot break is done.

Where are you getting your LME from? 10kg would cost £100 up my way, I'm sure I've seen 1.5kg tins for £14.99.

I've got an old immersion wort chiller I don't use anymore, it was made by Joe at Leyland HomeBrew, like this one

http://www.leylandhomebrew.com/item2086.htm

It needs a bit of a clean but if you want, you can have it for £15 plus postage :-)

I made a bulk purchase of 25kg Jerry Cans of Pale Light Malt Extract Cedarex Syrup by Muntons @ £64.00 per 25kg. Works out at about £2.55 per kg.

I bought them from:
http://www.the-home-brew-shop.co.uk/aca ... syrup.html

I thought the offer too good to miss.

Once I open a 25kg jerry can I use it all in one go. It works out that 25kg is just about 20 litres. That means that I make a total of 4 x 23 litres, using 5 litres of LME + 2kg of heavy peated malt for each 23 ltres.

My final 2 x 23 litres were finished today.

The first two are fermenting away. I will add the yeast to the second two tomorrow.

I do find that by bringing the LME solution to a boil causes an almost immediate dropping out of solids, making for a much cleaner wort when racked off after fermentation.

Wishing you well with the LME's Toper.
My own attempts at a shortcut to AG this year were not a success.
I'm bracing myself for the extra work next years AG's will bring.But it will be worth it.
I hope.

Robert.

Hi Toper

You mention heavy peated malt
I'm intrigued what are you using and where frm please
I've had the devil of a job sourcing the real deal even considering a vist to Islay next year !

I obtained the heavy peated malt from:


http://www.leylandhomebrew.com/item3015.htm

I rang them to discuss the level of peating and they told me they had both light and heavy in stock
I ordered the heavy peated at the price listed (though it comes as whole grain not crushed).
Whilst no expert on grain, it does carry, for me, a very good and pronounced aroma.

If you get some more I'm sure they'll crush it for you if you ask, I've seen them weighing up exact amounts of grain and hops for people who simply call and say "can I have the ingredients to make 25lt of AG brew from a particular recipe"

From my conversations, though they might possibly crush it for a personal caller to the shop, they don't crush it for online/ mail delivered orders.
Possibly something to do with the start of a loss of phenols once crushed....not sure.