hmm, thinking some about the next brew day, and I’ll be honest, I’m considering making it a double brew day. Get two batches into fermenters on the same day? A stout (probably the Beamish clone I made so long ago), and another Old Speckled Hen. Kind of flies in the face of my plan to put the beer cart into storage, if I’m thinking I’ll use it to serve beer. Though I could always just pick up a second picnic tap, that wouldn’t be the worst thing to have. Before I use the jockey box again I want to pick up a set of tap brushes from the shop to help keep the flies out.

Never done a double before, but I remember talking it through with one of the guys who worked at the homebrew shop same time that I did. I think I remember the process going something like:

Strike 1, mash 1, sparge 1, boil 1, strike 2, mash 2, chill 1, sparge 2, pitch 1, boil 2, chill 2, pitch 2

Yeah, I think what it comes down to is I really want to make another Old Speckled Hen, but I also want to have a stout ready for winter. Maybe it’s early to be thinking about a stout, but hell, so what? And then with two batches, yeah I’ll be cleaning more during the process, but that’s okay. I should definitely pick up a 6-pack of something to enjoy while I’m brewing though.