Green Reaper and Little Willie

Its been another busy week at Dorset's award wining brewery. Our Leg Warmer is currently in its maturation tanks at the bottling plant so this should be ready to be quaffed within a week or so. I have brewed another Thunderbox for cask, this porter has completely knocked my socks off. Not only is it a dark ale yet suprisingly fruity, the aroma wafting from my brewhouse has caused Pete the saddler to stop what he was doing and comment that i must love doing what i do. I must admit brewing T.box has been a revelation, fermentation has been a dream, as you know a good brewer will nurture his/her brews upto the point they get put into cask or bottle, fastidiously documenting all stages of the process. With all gravities as we wished for I set up my finings trials at the end of the day and returned the following morning to ascertain what amount isinglass i would plump for. It was at this point Rob went scrabbling around behind the bookcase in Clare's office and came back clutching an old anglepoise lamp and with a glint in his eye like a naughty schoolboy, plugged it in and switched it on behind the cylinders. The deepest ruby red appeared from within this black beer like some kind of mystical magic. The next time you are lucky enough to have a pint of this spectacular beer in your hand put it up to a light and see for yourself.

The next exciting creation from within the brewhouse is the evoloution of Little Willie, this has graduated from 4.9% to a hefty 5.9. I have to admit the extra 20 percent of grist was an interesting experience for myself and the mash tun, but we both coped quite well and he is currently residing in the big tank, flocculation today started suddenly, and i opted to open one of the big lids and leave over night, so it will be interesting to see what we are greeted with in the morning, i will make sure i have charged the camera as i am guessing this will be quite special!

And finally....The Green Reaper.. this is our GREEN BEER and by a green beer i do not mean a greeen beer made with the first cuttings of the freshed hops from this years crop, brewed directly from bine to copper, like our very own Green Pea, (more about that beauty in future blogs) but a beer that is actually Green. You can see pictures of this wonderfull creation on our facebook page. It is actually Green! You can find this locally in The Giant Inn in Cerne Abbas over this weekend and in various JDW pubs and Free Houses,feel free to email or call the brewery and the piddle team will point you in the direction of your nearest establishment serving the "Evil twin of Silent Slasher"
Thats it for this installment be nice to each other, or as Charles Allen once said "You can make more friends in a month by being interested in them than in ten years by trying to get them interested in you."
Happy Piddling
Vic