Hop Harvest!!

Hi Lovers of Great Beer!!
I thought I'd pop a little photo of a some fresh farm grown hops being hand picked by the family team. I think the boys will put this to good use in the brew of VF#34. I may have to sneak up the road and be apart of the wonder and amazement that is all grain brewing. By the wAy we picked a few kilos of cascade hops, no where near enough.... Speaking of which lets have another! G

VF 34 Pale Ale

VF 34 An easy drinking `Pale Ale` 13/3/12

Grain Bill. Wyeast 1272 American Ale II -- 3.5lts
18kg Ale Malt
2kg Wheat Malt
1kg Light Crystal
1kg Carapils
22kg total

Hop Additions
9am Mash in
9.20am Mash temp @ 58deg C, re-circulated for 5-10min to get to 66deg C
10am First runnings
Sparge with 80deg C water for 15 - 20min
10.20am In hot liquor tun
11.25am Boil, 600g fresh Cascade flowers from farm
11.40am 610g fresh Cascade flowers from farm
12.10pm 300g fresh Cascade flowers from farm
whirfloc tablet and yeast nutrient
put cooling coil in wort to sterilize and start a whirl pool with pump
12.25pm flameout 250g fresh Cascade flowers from farm
Dry hop with 500g Cascade flowers when racked

Start cooling with coil until 1.10pm wort at 38deg C
Pump into 2deg C fridge to cool to 20deg C before adding yeast

Put 130lt of water through brew, final volume of 81lts
SG 1044