Lcba

[DJR]

Looks good Fents. Nugget should do OK for bittering. The Centennial and Chinook that i used gave it a bit of a harsh grapefruity bite unfortunately. The grainbill was spot on though. Next one i try will be

1.5kg JW Pils
1kg Wey Vienna
1kg JW Wheat
0.25kg Wey Carapils
0.3kg Cane Sugar

Mash - Mashin 45C 15', raise to 64C 45', raise to 72C 15', sparge @ 75C

Bitter - B Saaz
Flavour - Amarillo 05/06/B Saaz
Aroma - Amarillo 05/06

About 23IBU - 30IBU is too much.

Could always add Caramalt to it to make it more like JS Golden Ale, on paper they look pretty similar!

Will try Pacman/US56 mix on the next one, the S-33 added a bit too much yeast character.

 

[mikem108]

Yes good ol Chinook, I'm sticking with using that for aroma additions from now on, got 1/2 a kilo of this years homegrown flowers coming up from Adelaide soon!

 

[DJR]

Yes good ol Chinook, I'm sticking with using that for aroma additions from now on, got 1/2 a kilo of this years homegrown flowers coming up from Adelaide soon!

Cool, i think i still have about a hundred g's of that from last year kicking around! Must really get around to using it.

 

[Ross]

From my research into this beer, Tony's recipe below seems to be right on the money:

Batch Size (L): 52.00 Wort Size (L): 52.00
Total Grain (kg): 10.50
Anticipated OG: 1.047 Plato: 11.71
Anticipated EBC: 6.7
Anticipated IBU: 25.6
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75 %
Wort Boil Time: 60 Minutes


Grain/Extract/Sugar

% Amount Name Origin Potential EBC
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
66.7 7.00 kg. JWM Export Pilsner Australia 1.037 3
19.0 2.00 kg. Weyermann Vienna Germany 1.038 7
5.7 0.60 kg. JWM Wheat Malt Australia 1.040 4
5.7 0.60 kg. Weyermann Carapils (Carafoam) Germany 1.037 3
2.9 0.30 kg. Weyermann Acidulated Germany 1.035 5

Potential represented as SG per pound per gallon.


Hops

Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
20.00 g. B-Saaz Pellet 6.80 6.9 45 min.
20.00 g. Cascade Pellet 5.90 6.0 45 min.
30.00 g. B-Saaz Pellet 6.80 6.8 20 min.
30.00 g. Cascade Pellet 5.90 5.9 20 min.
40.00 g. B-Saaz Pellet 6.80 0.0 0 min.
40.00 g. Cascade Pellet 5.90 0.0 0 min.


cheers Ross

 

[brendanos]

I brewed this yesterday, will report back as I begin tasting.
3kg JW Pils (62%)
1kg Wy Vienna (21%)
0.5kg JW Wheat (10%)
0.25kg Wy CPils (5%)
0.1 Wy Acidulated (2%)

Mashed 65-66.

OG 1.053 in 19L.

Fermenting with US56/S05.

15g B Saaz Flowers (7.7%), 5g Cascade Pellets (5.9%) 45 mins
20g B Saaz, 10g Cascade 20 mins
30g B Saaz, 10g Cascade, 5g Nelson Sauvin Pellets (12.2%) 1 mins

Will dry hop 20g B Saaz, 5g Cascade, 5g Sauvin.

It's very pale/bright, probably the lightest/clearest beer I've put out.

Wow, after a week in the bottle this is drinking very nicely. To be honest my attraction to the LCBA was starting to fade, but after trying my own I've got the bug once again. Thanks, Tony for the inspiration to give it a shot, and the model to base it on. I found this hop balance to be superb, and backed perfectly by the light vienna flavour. Colour's a little darker than expected (possibly due to 90min boil) but clarity is wonderful, good head, good aroma, flavour, mouthfeel etc.

I watered down before bottling (just like TEDs!) with an additional 3L of sterile water for an estimated OG of 1.045 in 21L and estimated FG of 1.008 for about 5.5% ABV.

:beerbang:

 

[brendanos]

I was talking to a LC rep yesterday (so you may choose to believe it or not) and he was fairly confident that the grist is 25% wheat, but not sure about the vienna. Also, he was confident that the "other" hop used is Cascade.

 

[DJR]

I was talking to a LC rep yesterday (so you may choose to believe it or not) and he was fairly confident that the grist is 25% wheat, but not sure about the vienna. Also, he was confident that the "other" hop used is Cascade.

The "other" hop is definitely Cascade - Simon from LC told me so in an email, Cascade for kettle hopping and NZ B Saaz flowers in the hopback.

25% wheat sounds right, i reckon about 20-25% vienna gives about the right profile, but then again i added 100g of melanoidin malt to my last LCBA style recipe :chug:

This is my latest recipe for 23L @ 1045OG, 24 IBU. Did a slightly modified version of it (with some Melanoidin) and is tasting pretty good out of the secondary in the fridge, will have to get a bottle of BA to test the similarity after i bottle it.

35% JW Pilsner
25% JW Wheat
25% Weyermann Vienna
5% Weyermann Carapils
10% Cane Sugar

Mashed at 65C for 60-75mins + CaCl2 3 grams

60m boil hops
40g Cascade 5.5%

Whirlpool hops
30g NZ B Saaz 8%

+ whirlfloc tab

Ferment with 1056 at about 16C, rack, cold condition for a week or two till bright, bottle.