AHB Articles: Vic X-mas In July 2010 Case Swap

[Fourstar]

NOTE: I used a packet of s05

and whatever else wild yeast was in there! :icon_cheers:

 

[beerDingo]

Yes, and whatever other wild yeast was in there. At the festival they had a Somerset cider (or something like that), that was about 8% and was fermented with a wild yeast. So I'm guessing (hoping) it was the same one... :unsure: It has turned out quite nice for my first cider, just wish I had stopped the ferment a bit earlier.

and whatever else wild yeast was in there! :icon_cheers:

 

[andycostin]

Well, the Kolsch has altered to a little more like an alt/brown.... Lets say that it's best not to have apprentices assisting with grain grinding and weighing when preparing the rest of the gear..... But I'm pretty confident - I did pick up the issue before we started the Mash - just that the grain was already in the Tun pre mixed.... So a few tweaks to the hopping schedule, and I'm hoping I've come across a ripper.... Time will tell.

I know you'll prob all say that I'm a little late in getting it into the fermenter - went in yesterday - but I plead for a little bit of leniency - has been a chaotic 2 months around home.... It will be bottled and partially conditioned when you get it - may just need a few weeks extra to make the most of it. (will be labelled as such though!)

 

[beerDingo]

OK, I finally did my case swap brew yesterday!

I wanted to do something that I had all of the ingredients on hand, and something that I hadn't done before. I had a quick look in the march-april BYO mag, the night before, and found that the Slipstream Cream Ale, had an ingredient list that I had on hand.

I will try and dig up the recipe thread now and post my recipe. I changed it a little, but it is similar. If this beer doesn't work out, I also have 30 bottles of a fat yak clone that I attempted. I've had a fwe mates (megaswillers), that have said that they think it is the best beer I have made, but I dissagree. It stopped at 1020, and I couldn't get it down any lower, so it is a bit sweeter than I was wanting. But I will compare the 2 and give you all the better one. Might get some other AHBer's to do a taste test for me.

 

[Fourstar]

h34r: Crap, looks like i might come up two or three bottles short on the quota of 28! Turns out my fermenter is only holding around 19L of wort! Dont how know i miscalc'd, thats a first in a long while for my post boil volumes! Either way i'll try and squeese as much out of it as i can (the beauty of a filter!)

Considering the beer im making is a hop monster, the remainder bottles i might make up with my Haus Hopped POR ale if there are others not wanting a hop monster can have? Oh, the guesstimation of the IBUs would actually be around 25~ from what im getting on my palate compared to the recipe. Quite balanced indeed! One of the cleanest light coloured ales ive made to date.

Hausgrown POR Ale
Australian Pale Ale

Type: All Grain
Date: 9/05/2010
Batch Size: 23.00 L
Brewer: Braden
Boil Size: 30.90 L
Boil Time: 60 min Equipment: My Brew Pot (40L) and Frosty Cooler (38L)
Brewhouse Efficiency: 68.00

Ingredients
2.00 kg Munich I (Weyermann) (7.1 SRM) Grain 39.60 %
2.00 kg Pilsner, Malt Craft Export (Joe White) (1.7 SRM) Grain 39.60 %
1.00 kg Wheat Malt, Malt Craft (Joe White) (2.0 SRM) Grain 19.80 %
0.05 kg Crystal (Joe White) (34.2 SRM) Grain 0.99 %
30.00 gm Pride Of Ringwood HG [10.00 %] (60 min) (First Wort Hop) Hops 36.8 IBU
4.00 gm Calcium Chloride (Mash 60.0 min) Misc
4.00 gm Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) (Mash 60.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs American Ale II (Wyeast Labs #1272) Yeast-Ale

Beer Profile
Est Original Gravity: 1.047 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.012 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 4.56 %
Bitterness: 36.8 IBU
Est Color: 6.1 SRM

Mash Profile
60 min Mash In Add 15.00 L of water at 72.7 C 67.0 C
10 min Mash Out Add 12.00 L of water at 81.5 C 73.0 C

Notes
CaCl2 Mash
CaSO4 Boil

 

[zebba]

h34r: Crap, looks like i might come up two or three bottles short on the quota of 28! Turns out my fermenter is only holding around 19L of wort! Dont how know i miscalc'd, thats a first in a long while for my post boil volumes! Either way i'll try and squeese as much out of it as i can (the beauty of a filter!)

I had a similar, but entirely different problem with the backup brew. According to the fermenter, I had 25 litres in there (and yeah, I'm sure that's not millilitre accurate but it's gotta be at least ballpark!).

So I start filling bottles, and I'm thinking "errr... this is going down real fast". Every long neck was taking almost a full litre out of the fermenter. So I pull out the measuring cup, and start loading no-rinse into one of my empties. 1 cup (250ml), 2 cups (500ml), 3 cups (750ml)... At three cups, the bottle is still looking distinctly un-full. It ended up taking between 850ml and 900ml before the bottle was what I would consider "full" (i.e. a reasonable amount of headspace at the top, but no-one is going to look at the bottle and think they were short-changed).

Fark! So turns out I have 27 bottles filled. And I still need to try one to see if it is actually drinkable, so we're down to 26. Warmbeer assures me we'll have dropouts and I worry too much. Still, it's the backup brew, and the planned brew had some yeast chucked on it last night. I'll buy some fresh coopers PET's for this one so I don't fall short again.

In other news though, the wort tasted delicious. Assumming nothing catastrophic happens in the next few weeks, it should be a good 'un. I won't be posting any recipes though until it's in the bottle and tested!

 

[Wardhog]

LOL.......the boy can certainly drop a mean fart

I would never accept a lift from Barra.

The chance he might put you into a ditch (ask Fents about that one) isn't the dealbreaker though :

Imagine being in a small enclosed space with one of his air biscuits.
You would die. If you didn't, you would probably ask the next person you met to euthanise you.

 

[brettprevans]

It ended up taking between 850ml and 900ml before the bottle was what I would consider "full"

im interested in what sort of bottles they are zebba.

 

[zebba]

im interested in what sort of bottles they are zebba.

A mix of melbourne bitter and vb longnecks.

And a quick google reveals that in 2007 CUB reduced their bottle size from 800ml to 750ml. These are oldish bottles (some hand-me-downs from Reg, some purchased from LHBS), so I'm guessing they are all the 800ml variety. And I probably fill them too much.

 

[WarmBeer]

A mix of melbourne bitter and vb longnecks.

And a quick google reveals that in 2007 CUB reduced their bottle size from 800ml to 750ml. These are oldish bottles (some hand-me-downs from Reg, some purchased from LHBS), so I'm guessing they are all the 800ml variety. And I probably fill them too much.

Yup, for a while there MB longies were 800ml. Same old sh!t, bigger bucket.

 

[Fents]

so we should probably start talking about orgaising the actual day ?

food? i'm organising spit but everyone can bring nibbles - *cue jokes about meat not being ready till midnight you jokers - tell me what your bringing
is someone putting my brewery through its pace's?
who needs sleeping room?
who's bringing extra fire wood?
anyone got a big tarp and some rope incase it rains?
who's bringing kegs and who needs serving room or has their own party setup?

 

[WarmBeer]

Okay,

I've added a brewday wiki page to the articles section - linky

Just like the last one, put any relevant details of the swap day here, makes it a hella lot easier than trawling through 16 pages of this thread.

 

[zebba]

I like the idea of putting the brewery through it's paces.

Shall we start throwing around ideas for a brew project? I'm voting for something different from the normal pale or golden ale. Bock? Wit? dubbel? Is KISS a better approach? I'd be happy to do the TTLL from last time actually. I have plans for that one. Eis the fker.

On the meat front, does anyone have a guy? If we settle this quick, I might be able to get access to some farm butchered lamb or beef at mates rates? (mates with the butcher AND the farmer). It would need to be decided upon ASAP though (i.e what cuts we want, how much, etc).

 

[Fents]

im trying to get a whole pig to throw on. rooks reckons he has a guy but i dunno....one thing your right on tho it does need to be sorted asap.

 

[Leigh]

Will bring wood, have a big arse tarp if needed too...and of course the obligatory keg...

 

[Fents]

20kg Pig is all sorted via Rook. Cheers mate.

 

[Leigh]

How big a tarp do you need Fents?

 

[zebba]

20kg Pig is all sorted via Rook. Cheers mate.

Even better

 

[Fents]

not big ass big...backyards not massive we just need to run it from the side of the roof and tie it to a tree in the school so we have a bit of extra cover. say the area in 7-8m long and about 3-4m wide we need to cover.

 

[Leigh]

Think my big one is about 7 x 3 m Can chuck it in

 

[therook]

Pigs organised

Fents i'll need some floor space or even the spare bed....i may even crash the friday night so i can shoot oven to pick up the pig in the morning, easier from town than from Tallarook.

Rook

 

[Wardhog]

I've got a tarp if you need it too - 3x4

 

[Fents]

yer all good mate cruise over friday, im taking fri and monday off...i'll get doggie and dingo to cruise over to and we can do some practice drinking on the friday and setup.

 

[andycostin]

Fents,

Even though I'm a newbie I'll put my name down for some floor if that's cool?

If there's anything else that's needed am happy to assist - not sure but I may be able to get hold of some firewood, just a matter of bringing it back to melbourne from the farm the week before...

Andy

 

[Leigh]

Fents,

Even though I'm a newbie I'll put my name down for some floor if that's cool?

If there's anything else that's needed am happy to assist - not sure but I may be able to get hold of some firewood, just a matter of bringing it back to melbourne from the farm the week before...

Andy

Don't stress about firewood mate, I've got 12 cubic metres sitting there all nicely split. will load up the back of the wagon and drop at Fents place

 

[manticle]

Happy to contribute something - potentially in the way of food. Not sure yet how long I'm staying.

Bottling my contribution this weekend - it's been dry hopped for the last week of cold conditioning. I have my back up fermenting away in case but feedback I got on the first batch and the taste of this one from the secondary all bode well for my hoppy ESB based on Young's special london ale.

 

[Cocko]

Article edited for my contributions!

Cheers!

 

[wakkatoo]

I'll reserve a section of grass for the swag if I can Fents. Will see how stocks are looking for any kegs to bring otherwise I'll have some local craft brews in the esky. Got a thing for white rabbit atm.

I can bring a bronco tap if its needed, and more than happy to bring some food

 

[Cocko]

Random offer:

I have recently changed jobs and now work at/run the company who did the AHB: 'Simple Really' merch product from the bulk buy late last year...

Anyway, if we had demand, and could agree upon print in time :blink: I could organise black tees printed, with one colour print front and back for about $24 a tee... IF we could get 25+. [Next price break at 50 = would get tee down to about $17]

PLEASE note I am not spruking here, I would not be making a cent - just supplying a commemorative tee at cost as a service.

Anyway, just a thought... throwing it out there.

Also, we would need about 3 weeks lead time.

Cheers

 

[Fourstar]

20kg Pig is all sorted via Rook. Cheers mate.

Still need me bright and early on saturday for any prep work?!? :icon_cheers:

Btw, i can bring my keg-o-cider on friday too with the proviso it has fridge space. Otherwise, i'll just bring a buttload of beer/cider in grolsch swingtops for consumption!