After not being able to decide which pale ale to brew, I chose instead the Dark Ruby Mild clone from Sarah Hughes Brewery. OG was supposed to be 1.060, but I had the wrong settings in the spreadsheet so I only ended up with 1.056. The mash efficiency was on target, I just used the wrong numbers in the spreadsheet calculation and ended up with a low original gravity. Hops were minimal, just some Willamette for bittering and flavour. I didn’t have any black molasses used in the last version, so I replaced it with five ounces of the debittered black malt for the colour. It looked a touch light when collecting the wort, but maybe the colour will darken from the boil.

We tapped the firkin of Boathouse Bitter and were surprised how much excess condition it had after only one week in the cask. It was kept warmer than cellar temperature, probably about 65 or so, but it still was surprising. The SNPA clone fermented with the Dry English yeast was racked to a corny keg for the handpump, and the hazy London ale batch was racked to secondary and chilled to allow it to clear.