Mike Ward visit me on my second brewed batch on my very new RIG. We actually brewed the batch together and split.

We modified a recipe named "Angry Ogre Ale" from BeerSmith recipes package and fitted it with a Amarillo we got from Benoit just a week before. It's a ~1.080 OG sporting a ~90ish IBU. It is supposed to reach close to 8% ABV.

We haven't correctly account for this massive whole/leaf hop volume and got way less cool wort than expected. Photos says it all...

The Binford brew day had finally happen at Mike Ward's home brewery this Sunday.

It all start pretty smoothly at first with reviewing the recipe and starting to weight the grain. While I was at this task, Mike begin having problem with the propane burner system. It turned out the regular was faulty. We gave the regulator a ride in the car (Mike's Jaguar) and, along with that, a little hand massage, some shaking, some swearing... the regulator manage to work properly when we tried it again back at Mike's brewery. At least an hour lost...