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Burt de Ernie

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Sydney weather looking good (I`m an outdoor brewer), got my yeast starter going and I`m looking forward to brew day tomorrow!

I`m using a recipe I got off homebrewtalk.com which had awesome feedback and raring. see below.

42.00 l Sydney water Water 1 -
1.83 tsp Citric Acid (Mash 60.0 mins) Water Agent 2 -
8.00 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter (5.9 EBC) Grain 3 80.00%
1.00 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 10L (19.7 EBC) Grain 4 10.00%
1.00 kg Vienna Malt (Weyermann) (5.9 EBC) Grain 5 10.00%
78.61 g Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 6 23.4 IBUs
0.91 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins) Fining 7 -
78.61 g Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 8 8.5 IBUs
0.10 kg Orange Peel, Sweet (Boil 10.0 mins) Spice 9 -
51.13 g Coriander Seed (Boil 5.0 mins) Spice 10 -
78.61 g Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 1.0 min Hop 11 1.0 IBUs
1.0 pkg SafAle English Ale (DCL/Fermentis #S-04) [23.66 ml] Yeast 12 -
103.54 g Cascade [5.50 %] - Dry Hop 5.0 Days Hop 13 0.0 IBUs


Has anyone tried this before?

Or what are you planning to brew this weekend?
 
Burt de Ernie said:
Sydney weather looking good (I`m an outdoor brewer), got my yeast starter going and I`m looking forward to brew day tomorrow!



Or what are you planning to brew this weekend?
Woot! Tomorrow is going to be a good day!

Not as complicated as yours but I'm going to be spending some quality time in the brewery. First opportunity for a while.

Tunes, beers, mates, good weather. It's on like Donkey Kong. I'm excited!
 
Lincoln2 said:
Woot! Tomorrow is going to be a good day!

Not as complicated as yours but I'm going to be spending some quality time in the brewery. First opportunity for a while.

Tunes, beers, mates, good weather. It's on like Donkey Kong. I'm excited!
Got your mates coming over to help out?? ...that's a good idea.

I don't think the recipe is that hard, I just have never used orange rind and coriander before. other than these two items shes a standard APA.
 
Yob said:
What's the volume output?1 pack of S04 on a 10kg grist?
10 gallon batch but Its technically not 1 packet. I`m actually using washed yeast I have harvested from a previous brew so im not sure how the math works in this situation.
 
Burt de Ernie said:
Got your mates coming over to help out?? ...that's a good idea.

I don't think the recipe is that hard, I just have never used orange rind and coriander before. other than these two items shes a standard APA.
Mates are a double edged sword. They do the heavy lifting but they also drink your nectar, however they do make the day better.

It looks complicated because of the Sydney water. Giardia and cryptosporidium wreak havoc with my brews, I think the poorly treated sewerage affects the yeast.
 
Is this an English witbier yet hopped with cascade right....what style is this meant to be?
 
Lincoln2 said:
Mates are a double edged sword. They do the heavy lifting but they also drink your nectar, however they do make the day better.

It looks complicated because of the Sydney water. Giardia and cryptosporidium wreak havoc with my brews, I think the poorly treated sewerage affects the yeast.
Fortunately for me I`ve never known anything else :cool:
 
Burt de Ernie said:
10 gallon batch but Its technically not 1 packet. I`m actually using washed yeast I have harvested from a previous brew so im not sure how the math works in this situation.
volume and gravity = Pitch Rate

this LINK should help you work it out
 
Yob....I got that part.....Beer Smith has a similar calculator.

To clarify, I was referring to the harvested/washed yeast sitting in a large jar in my fridge e.g. How much of my washed yeast equals 1 standard pkt. This I have no idea


Edit: My apologies Yob......At first I didn't notice "re-pitching from slurry" tab. This will be great help to me...many thanks.
 
Burt de Ernie said:
Yob....I got that part.....Beer Smith has a similar calculator.

To clarify, I was referring to the harvested/washed yeast sitting in a large jar in my fridge e.g. How much of my washed yeast equals 1 standard pkt. This I have no idea
I guess you'd need estimated yeast cells per teaspoon or 10ml's. Just started my own yeast washing, so this would be good to know.
 
Yob said:
volume and gravity = Pitch Rate

this LINK should help you work it out
This has enlightened me.

Assuming a 23lt batch of 1.045 gravity beer, the Mr Malty calculator calls up 11g of dry yeast AKA 1 pkt Saf04 or approximately 90mls slurry.

Based on Beer Smith figures stating Saf04 has 180 billion cells/pkt this would then equate 15.65 billion cells /gram dry yeast or 8.2 mls of slurry which then can be added to a starter as required.
 
Kiwifirst said:
I read (tonight) that you can/should expect 1.2billion cells per ml from slurry.
I happy to run with this!...better to err on the side of caution.

This means for a 1.045 og batch (200 billions cells approx.) you would need 167mls or less if you want to use a starter.
 
Sorry, I meant 1-2bill not 1.2.

It all comes down to slurry density, age and quality. At the end of the day, if you worked on 2 mill per ml then you shouldn't be over pitching.
 
I always used to run from compact rinsed yeast, assuming a recent harvest and good clean slurry, invariably with an OG of less than 1050 somewhere between 60 and 100ml of compact yeast gets you home.. The thing to know is the viability date.. Being the date the yeast last reached terminal gravity.

I ****** up a few brews not understanding this.
 
For example - On Mr Matly, Default settings with regard to Non yeast percentage but slider all the way to the right on Yeast concentration - Thick yeast - Calc. Viability from Date Checked

OG: 1048 - 23lt - Viability date 24.05.14 = 56ml (aint gunna happen with compact slurry but needs to be shown as example)

same deal, viability date 17.05.14 = 64ml (1 week old)

same deal, viability date 10.05.14 = 74ml (2 weeks old)

same deal, viability date 3.05.14 = 87ml (3 weeks old)

if you start to get higher than about this, the 3 week mark, it can be a good idea to run a starter, not always an absolute but worth considering.

Hope this helps understanding... wish I had someone explain this when I started rinsing :lol:

:icon_cheers:
 
I guess I have turned a corner with my homebrew this weekend. I brought 2 x 25kg bags of grain and MrMalty's yeast calculator became a tool to use.
 
Wow, this looks great.

I did landlords Wit Beer recipe in the site here, and it was my first AG - Going to plug this into brew mate and do it. Love the idea of corriander & orange peel (also in the wit beer), but my consistency sucked due to a cr** therm.

What sort of yeast are you going to use?
 
I punched this in and am thinking of doing it with Wyeast 1056 - You think it'll be a winner? Actually, craftbrewer is out of 1056,

I have T58 standing by, would that be ok? What else could I use thats liquid?
 
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