Annabelle

Brewed Annabelle today. Pretty lousy efficiency, need to figure out why. I think my large batches are suffering because of the sheer amount of grain. Should still be about 8 percent, maybe a bit less. Should still turn out. Pitched onto Molly's yeast cake and had active fermentation within the hour; a method I'll likely use again. Speaking of, thinking of experimenting with Edinburgh Ale yeast as my house yeast, using it on everything I usually make with California Ale. Cali is just too boring, and everyone uses it. Edinburgh could give me some richer and fuller beers, especially out of Rachel and the IPA, and likely I'll stop using Munton's Dry Ale yeast for Eva and just switch to Edinburgh as well, it being most appropriate for the style. Perhaps Hannah (recently fermented on California Ale yeast) could also use some beefing up in the body category.

Hopefully I'll be brewing again fairly soon. The new porch and our outdoor hose are speeding up and cleaning up the process, so I've really been enjoying it. Anyway, that's it for now.