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I brewed a batch of this about a month ago and just tapped the keg last night - I would have to say it is one of the best beers I have made - simply exceptional. Incredibly well balanced. Not too hoppy for the boring beer drinkers but hoppy enough with a great aroma to keep the hopheads happy.

Getting out of control......this is the man cave + one upstairs.....kegerator is the middle fridge

Cheers - I think this was probably 90% of my problem - effectively watered down the wort. I can now see altering the trub loss value is brewmate is not altering the gravity readings. Grrr. I also think using rice in my second attempt probably wasnt a good idea - should of just stuck to...

Here is the correct recipe I used. Recipe Specs ---------------- Batch Size (L): 23.0 Total Grain (kg): 5.250 Total Hops (g): 98.00 Original Gravity (OG): 1.048 (P): 11.9 Final Gravity (FG): 1.012 (P): 3.1 Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 4.72 % Colour (SRM)...

hmm...good question...you could maybe question that hydro reading then. Im just trying to recall if it was 66deg now - actually I think it may have cooled down when I took the reading because I was scared my hydrometer maynot handle that temp. The only dilution was extra squeezing from the bag...

Sorry Nick - posted the wrong recipe as I changed it a few days before. I used 500g Rice. 1.6L to the grains? I leave them in another container draining/squeezing and keep addit it back to the boil. What are the other 3 things? The boil is really vigorous - but rolling. I have a 3 ring burner.

I did my second biab today. Recipe was: Batch Size (L): 23.0 Total Grain (kg): 4.850 Total Hops (g): 83.00 Original Gravity (OG): 1.045 (P): 11.2 Final Gravity (FG): 1.011 (P): 2.8 Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 4.42 % Colour (SRM): 3.4 (EBC): 6.7...

i cant get it to do hops in grams so it is too annoying for me.

It will be fine mate as long as you didnt put in the yeast until it was 24 deg. You need to get the temp down to about 18. Enjoy!

I make this all the time. Last time I used BE2 and added 250gm of extra DME. However I also dryhop 25g of Centennial or Cascade to give to more flavour. Always comes out really good and is a good quaffer.

Hi All I've just made up the standard Coopers IPA kit with 500g DME and 300g Dex. 23L. I'm planning on dry hopping this brew around day 5 with 56g of Cascade, 56g Centennial and 23g of Riwaka. Do you think this is too much? I want it to have plenty of aroma and love the Cascade/Centennial...

Does anybody know where you can get Galena Hops in NZ?

I decided to venture out, :o given its my first brew ever (after some inspiration from reading AHB) and added 25g of cascade hops into the fermenter last night. Bottling in 3 days so I hope it makes a bit of difference. Cheers

Awesome. Thanks guys. The fridge does still work so I will chill it down in a few days. I have a stc1000 controlling it.

Hi - yes its 23L. Reading tonight was 1012. Im wondering if my hydrometer is getting caught on the side of the container and the container is quite narrow.

Thanks - will keep an eye on it - not bottling for another 4 days so it would have be 14 days in the fermenter. I just didnt want to bottle it and have bottles exploding everywhere. cheers

Hi All Just had a question around my first brew. I got a Coopers kit and made Coopers Lager with 1kg Dextrose that comes in the kit. I took a reading of the gravity at the start, it came out at 1060 which I though was high but have never used a hydrometer before and also didnt run any brew...