Cm2, Fourstar, Brendo, Maple Mega Barleywine Brewday

[Fourstar]

Secondly - Aroma hops in a BW - does it really matter - really just the BU's and the flavour i thought we'd be after, thereby negating the no-chill corrections to accomodate. Could be wrong, just my 2c.

Thirdly, Ch 7 could film the day, i'm sure my missus will be looking for the shotgun by mashout....

Well that was my original idea with the recipe i formulated (with simple single hop additions as placeholders for IBU counts) but i thaught you wanted the big aroma contribution?! I can see some merit in an aroma contribution as the volitiles when they break down will contribute something to the beer, although it could be seen as being quite wasteful. not to mention having to deal with more vegative matter in the bottom of the kettle.

Well, the additions at their traditional time times wont really be negating the need for no chill adjustments. All you are really doing is adding excessive theoretical IBUs whcih could thorw the balance of the beer out.

w/ respect to simple BU:GU, currently its at around 1:1, if we add them as the 20,10,0 in their written form, it may creep up to something like 1.5:1 (theoretically) which is not really to style.

Its all really arm waving once we get to 100IBU anyway but i'd prefer to err on the safe side and compensate for the slow chilling isomerisation. After all, we dont want to have to dump this baby, shes going to be expensive.

 

[Maple]

OK guys, as per our chat the other night, seeing as the 3rd has fallen through, what's everyone situated like for teh following week(10th April)?

 

[brettprevans]

10th should be good with me.


re hops: i still think we are chilling aint we, so its not real issue. but agree with dumping the late additions. lets just bulk up flavour additions and IBU.

we also didnt land on hops varieties other than US-'C' hops. I dont mind. i kinda like the oginal hop combo but dont care.

 

[Fourstar]

10th should be good with me.
re hops: i still think we are chilling aint we, so its not real issue. but agree with dumping the late additions. lets just bulk up flavour additions and IBU.
we also didnt land on hops varieties other than US-'C' hops. I dont mind. i kinda like the oginal hop combo but dont care.

Any date suits me.

Wait, so we are chilling or no chilling? I kinda need to know so i can have a repitch ready or a mega top cropper + high alc tolerance yeast ready to fire on this bad boy. Heck i might even use some 1968 on it. 10% Alc tolerance is good with some body left to boot.

I guess with the hops we should use soemthing we can all contribute (kinda balance the costs). Ive got plenty of Centennial and Magnum, Brendos got enough Amarillo he could wipe his arse with. Im sure maple is all geared up with any US hop you can imagine.

Name want hops you want, and i will work around a blend/schedule we can all agree on?

 

[Maple]

Columbus and Centenial. Can make contributions to that, oh and Amarillo too.

 

[Fourstar]

Columbus and Centenial. Can make contributions to that, oh and Amarillo too.

Hops i would like in this bad boy (as options)

Centennial, Simcoe, Amarillo, columbus

 

[brettprevans]

Centennial, Simcoe, Amarillo, columbus

ok lets say these are the hops. (maybe sneak in some cascade?)

i have everything except simcoe

and fellas - chilling? i thought we would chill as we all have coil chillers. but i dont care if we no chill. never done no chill.

 

[Fourstar]

ok lets say these are the hops. (maybe sneak in some cascade?)

i have everything except simcoe

and fellas - chilling? i thought we would chill as we all have coil chillers. but i dont care if we no chill. never done no chill.

as i said, whatever suits the group really. As im a no chiller i usually pich on convenience, as long as i know beforehand i can prepare some yeast in anticipation.

 

[Maple]

ok lets say these are the hops. (maybe sneak in some cascade?)

i have everything except simcoe

and fellas - chilling? i thought we would chill as we all have coil chillers. but i dont care if we no chill. never done no chill.

Yeap, same, all bar simcoe - Brendo?

As for the chilling, let's just chill the bugger down to sub 50 anyway. Not a big proponent of no-chill cubing, but not a detractor either...

 

[brettprevans]

As for the chilling, let's just chill the bugger down to sub 50 anyway.

half chill!

edit: ive got nugget if we need it.

 

[Maple]

half chill!

exackery!

 

[Fourstar]

half chill!

heh, either way if its chilled to pitching temps or not the cube will be sanitised thoroughly and will be piched immediatly as soon as its at my expected pitching range. just means i need to have some spare fermenters on hand.

 

[brettprevans]

heh, either way if its chilled to pitching temps or not the cube will be sanitised thoroughly and will be piched immediatly as soon as its at my expected pitching range. just means i need to have some spare fermenters on hand.

i can probably lend you one

 

[Fourstar]

i can probably lend you one

ive got 3. all i need is two! (one for the BW and one for the partigyle.)

 

[brendo]

I have no simcoe - but pretty much each o the rest of them. We may have to buy some in.

April 10 should be ok - will double check when I get back from Sydney tonight.

Chilling - happy either way but I don't have a chiller - I sold them. I no chill and figured if I wanted to chill I would probably get a plate chiller anyway.

Brendo

 

[Fents]

ahem....i hear you guys may want to borrow the mega mash tun of all tuns?

 

[brettprevans]

you sold me your big arse chiller brendan. so ive got one and Dave's got one.

oh and Fents has kindle agreed to lend us his big fk off tun! woohoo.
if we need it we can also borrow with 40L urns (10AMP), and 110L kettle. but i think we are right for the kettle with brendan's and mine.

edit: beaten to the punch by Fents himself

 

[Maple]

ahem....i hear you guys may want to borrow the mega mash tun of all tuns?

Legend! Thanks for the offer Fents. I think we would be OK, but it may make things a whole lot easier....

 

[Fents]

no problem, happy to help, all someone needs to do is pick it up from my house and drop it back to my house clean. ridgey didge!

 

[Fourstar]

Legend! Thanks for the offer Fents. I think we would be OK, but it may make things a whole lot easier....

no problem, happy to help, all someone needs to do is pick it up from my house and drop it back to my house clean. ridgey didge!

How big is it again fents? Think it will fit in the magna? Just wondering if its worthwhile to use so we can do it all as 1 big mash. If we still have to split the mash between tuns it might not be required.


Oh as for the simcoe, i can pick up 100g from Greensy.