Olde Badger’s Crack: Reloaded
A good brew day today! We decided to go back to what we know and set up batch of Olde Badger’s Crack. It knocks the socks off any of the other brews we’ve attempted so far (which is not saying much). However, after the dissapointemt of Brew2 we were careful to follow the Mentor’s instructions to the letter.
We also cleaned out Fendog’s 5 gallon wine fermentor and used it to set up a batch of Hambleton Bard lager. However, I will make sure that Fendog doesn’t cock up the priming this time so we get a decent carbonation to it! My only worry is that we have expressly gone against the Mentor’s advice: “the hop and the vine should never mix”. The Mentor is adamant that a vessel which has been used for winemaking should never be used to make beer in. I can’t see the problem if we’ve sterilised it properly. But we could regret this. Big time.
That pretty much cleaned out our beer-making supplies so I am keen to replenish our stocks. Its a good opportunity to take the step into partial grain brewing….. watch this space!