In The Fermenting Fridge ...

[lonte]

I was looking for a "What's Brewing?" thread but as I can't find one, I'll post a pic of my current ferments and include the recipes. Pale Ale on the left, Stout on the right ...

BeerSmith Recipe Printout - www.beersmith.com
Recipe: 60 - Ken's Dry Stout
Brewer: Lonte
Asst Brewer: Dad
Style: Foreign Extra Stout
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (0.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 25.00 L
Boil Size: 31.18 L
Estimated OG: 1.054 SG
Estimated Color: 26.1 SRM
Estimated IBU: 45.0 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.0 %
Boil Time: 70 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
5.17 kg Golden Promise Pale Malt (2.3 SRM) Grain 80.8 %
0.63 kg Barley, Flaked (1.7 SRM) Grain 9.8 %
0.60 kg Roasted Barley (300.0 SRM) Grain 9.4 %
48.00 gm Pride of Ringwood [7.60%] (60 min) Hops 39.3 IBU
21.00 gm Pride of Ringwood [7.60%] (20 min) Hops 5.8 IBU
0.25 tsp Sodium Met (Mash 70.0 min) Misc
1.00 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 10.0 min) Misc
2.00 ml Phosphoric Acid (Mash 60.0 min) Misc
5.00 gm Yeast Nutrient (Boil 15.0 min) Misc
33.00 items Bottle Caps (Bottling 1.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs Irish Ale Slurry (MBCo #WLP004) [Cultured]Yeast-Ale


Mash Schedule: My Mash
Total Grain Weight: 6.40 kg
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Name Description Step Temp Step Time
Sacc Add 17.94 L of water at 72.5 C 65.0 C 60 min

BeerSmith Recipe Printout - www.beersmith.com
Recipe: 61 - Pale Ale
Brewer: Lonte
Asst Brewer: Dad
Style: Extra Special/Strong Bitter (English Pale Ale)
TYPE: Extract
Taste: (0.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 25.00 L
Boil Size: 31.75 L
Estimated OG: 1.052 SG
Estimated Color: 9.1 SRM
Estimated IBU: 43.7 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: - %
Boil Time: 70 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
3.00 kg Light Dry Extract (8.0 SRM) Dry Extract 81.1 %
0.20 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 160EBC (81.2 SRM) Grain 5.4 %
40.00 gm Fuggles [4.50%] (60 min) Hops 21.5 IBU
20.00 gm Pride of Ringwood [7.60%] (60 min) Hops 16.4 IBU
25.00 gm Fuggles [4.50%] (15 min) Hops 3.6 IBU
25.00 gm Fuggles [4.50%] (1 min) Hops 2.2 IBU
1.00 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 10.0 min) Misc
2.00 tsp Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) (Mash 60.0 min) Misc
5.00 gm Yeast Nutrient (Boil 15.0 min) Misc
0.38 kg Dememera Sugar (2.0 SRM) Sugar 10.3 %
0.12 kg Brown Sugar, Light (8.0 SRM) Sugar 3.2 %
1 Pkgs Irish Ale Slurry (MBCo #WLP004) [Cultured]Yeast-Ale


Mash Schedule: None
Total Grain Weight: 4.54 kg

 

[tangent]

http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/forum/inde...=112&st=360

edit - healthy looking ferments though

 

[jimmy01]

Hi lonte

Interesting to see the different krausen when you have used the same yeast

Assuming the one on the right is the stout?

Got a K&K lager in the fridge lagering at present. Was supposed to be the Christmas beer, but S23 took 4 weeks to ferment out.

Cheers

 

[lonte]

Hi lonte

Interesting to see the different krausen when you have used the same yeast

Assuming the one on the right is the stout?

Got a K&K lager in the fridge lagering at present. Was supposed to be the Christmas beer, but S23 took 4 weeks to ferment out.

Cheers

Yep, Stout on the right, it has about 12 hours headstart on the PA too. The Yeast was from the slurry left from a 3.5% Mild Ale - those second gen yeasts always bloom into a sweet looking krausen I reckon.

Last time I used S-23 at 9-10*C it took about 4 weeks also to finish.

 

[Sammus]

What are the boxes under the fermenters? do you have them sitting on custom made stir plates the whole time?

 

[lonte]

What are the boxes under the fermenters? do you have them sitting on custom made stir plates the whole time?

hehehe ... I was waiting for some comments. No they are just boring old (OLD) SCSI disk packs - just happen to be just a right size to get the fermenters off the freezer floor and fit uner the lid.

 

[fixa]

That pic's pure beer porn....mmmmmmmmmm krausen....

 

[Keifer]

Open ferments? or did you just take the lid off for pics ?

 

[Ross]

Open ferments? or did you just take the lid off for pics ?

Answer & thread moved to here

cheers
Ross