The second brew of the weekend was another attempt at Rich’s Ruud Kow. The first version is still sat in the cellar in a plastic barrel letting the Brett do its job. In another year it’ll be ready for its next adventure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The reason we’re doing another so soon is because we want to try blending in a few years time. A common approach is to take three Flanders Reds of different ages and then blend them in desirable ways. This is the second of the three. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Originally it was going to be completely identical to the first but circumstances dictates a diversion. Due to a mistake with our Malt Stock spreadsheet we were short 400g of Vienna malt. We tried to source it from Steve but he didn’t have any. In the end we substituted with 500g of Mild malt, which we had in for the Hazelnut Mild. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As with the Hazelnut Mild, efficiency was up a little. We were aiming for 70% efficiency but finished up with about 74% (translates to about 86% brewhouse efficiency). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The second brew of the weekend was another attempt at Rich’s Ruud Kow. The first version is still sat in the cellar in a plastic barrel letting the Brett do its job. In another year it’ll be ready for its next adventure. The reason we’re doing another so soon is because we want to try … <\/p>\n