Simon Rumble’s blog

Over the weekend I made up a Hoegaarden-style belgian wit ale, in the style of Graeme's fabulous recipe, the results of which tried while we were in Oz.

• Muntons Connoisseur wheat beer kit
• 1kg light malt
• 250g cane sugar
• ~12g dried curucao orange peel
• ~15g crushed corriander seeds
• White Labs WLP400 Belgian Wit Ale yeast

The spice measures are somewhat inaccurate because my scales aren't very accurate below 20g or so. If the spicing ends up all wrong, I might need to invest in some more accurate scales.

This is also my first experience with liquid yeast and I'm impressed! The yeast has tried to climb out of the bucket and goes off like a firecracker!

I'm following Graeme's suggestion and have made a 1.5L starter which I'll bottle and use for later brews as well.

Looking forward to drinking this one. Hopefully it'll be ready while the weather is still warm enough to require such a refreshing brew!

Well we're back home. I'm waiting for Holly to finish in the shower so I can get clean, at last. Sad thing is, I have to go to another gig tonight. I booked tickets for Tortoise without realising it was the day after Glastonbury. Ack!

Goldfrapp was the best band we saw, followed by Orbital. Quite enjoyed Franz Ferdinand and Suzanne Vega too. We didn't actually see many bands because they seemed to have scheduled all the ones I wanted to see at the same time.

Now we have to clean the mud off the tent and get some clothes clean.

Orbital. Oh yeah!

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Rainbow during Supergrass.

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James Brown, after a downpour.

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Mud! Sun's out though.

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The sun comes out. Briefly.

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The Flying Elvises

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Flags near the jazz stage. Hey if you're looking at these, send of a text.

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Spearhead through the rain.

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