So, the first run with the new 20 gallon boil kettle from Stout Kettles and Tanks. I was really stoked to get to brew with it as I had an extended wait time due to some factory shutdown in China and then a couple month interruption with the birth of my son right before it arrived. Maybe even a little too stoked… Six months after the order, it was finally time.
Being that fall had arrived, I was in the mood for something a little more robust but not quite a stout or porter. I also needed something I could turn around in three weeks since I wanted to have it ready for my birthday. North English Brown was the final recipe choice. It wasn’t something I had brewed before and in hindsight I probably should have picked a recipe that I already had dialed in for an inaugural run on a new piece of gear. Yeah, that’s totally what I should have done…
