Brewing with Nick

I stopped in on Nick's double batch brew day last night. He was making a Scottish for the Empyrian Beer Quest competition and a blonde for himself.

For the Scottish he pulled done of the running from the mash and boiled then separately to caramelized before adding it to the rest of the wort. Unfortunately a tough lesson in scorching using a non-clad pot was learned abd the process was started over. Well it was started over after putting done serious elbow grease into chiseling of the burnt ring of sugar. The batch went on otherwise without a hitch.

The second batch was mashed in around 11:30 pm. Yes, this is how it goes when you do a Friday night double batch after work.

Here's a few pictures of Nick's setup. Notice the hammer drill which allows site rpm crushing and provides for an excellent crush.