Long Brew Weekend - Jan 2008

[kabooby]

Were expecting a new addition to the family on Sunday. If that doesnt come then it might be double batches on Monday. Mocha porter and a hefe

All my cubes are empty at the moment

But ive still got 4 full kegs, 20 litres in fermenter and 20 litres ccing

Should keep me going

 

[randyrob]

I think that now I have my keg setup operating, I'm going to make a House Ale v1.0, maybe something like

20L Batch

95% Pale
5% Caramalt

Single infusion at 65.

50g B Saaz FWH as only addition

US-05 at 18C

I'll be pouring myself a pint early as I won't need to remember any hop additions after sparging!

ohhh that tickles my fancy in ways u cant imagine,

are u treating FWH as a 20 minute addition bittering wise? also how many IBU's

let us know how it goes

Rob.

 

[Fourstar]

What ive just put down

the hopburst has made it very sweet tea flavored before fermentation. 1st time using horizon.

Recipe: New Horizon Pale Ale
Style: American Pale Ale
TYPE: All Grain

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 23.00 L
Boil Size: 29.71 L
Estimated OG: 1.052 SG
Estimated Color: 14.9 EBC
Estimated IBU: 46.9 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.0 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
4.00 kg Pale Malt (2 Row) US (3.9 EBC) Grain 71.4 %
1.00 kg Munich Malt (17.7 EBC) Grain 17.9 %
0.40 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 20L (39.4 EBC) Grain 7.1 %
0.20 kg Amber Malt (43.3 EBC) Grain 3.6 %
20.00 gm Amarillo Gold [8.50%] (30 min) Hops 14.3 IBU
15.00 gm Horizon [12.00%] (20 min) Hops 11.9 IBU
10.00 gm Chinook [13.00%] (15 min) Hops 7.1 IBU
10.00 gm Horizon [12.00%] (10 min) Hops 4.8 IBU
10.00 gm Amarillo Gold [8.50%] (10 min) Hops 3.4 IBU
10.00 gm Chinook [13.00%] (5 min) Hops 2.8 IBU
10.00 gm Horizon [12.00%] (5 min) Hops 2.6 IBU
10.00 gm Chinook [13.00%] (Dry Hop 7 days) Hops -
10.00 gm Horizon [12.00%] (Dry Hop 7 days) Hops -
1 Pkgs American Ale (Wyeast Labs #1056) Yeast-Ale


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Medium Body

 

[Fatgodzilla]

Spent two days worrying about putting a brew down. In the end, no time, no enthusiasm. Spent twenty minutes on putting down a ginger beer, drunk a couple of bottles and watched cricket all day ! Tennis tonight - go the Serbian whatever his name is ...(remember the Rainbow Warrior !!)

 

[Peter Wadey]

All set for another IPA tomorrow.
The kettle loading is just plain silly.
Hop shortage? What hop shortage?

Pete

 

[Kai]

Maybe you're to blame?

 

[Adamt]

ohhh that tickles my fancy in ways u cant imagine,

are u treating FWH as a 20 minute addition bittering wise? also how many IBU's

let us know how it goes

Rob.

Yeah treating it as 20 minute addition is about 20-25 IBU. I'm gonna use this as a calibration point for my system for FWHing.

Probably not happening for a bit as I'll likely not feel like doing much tomorrow, and I have no grain :S

 

[Barry]

Good Day
Just mashed in an ordinary bitter and a dry stout. Brewed an ordinary bitter and a norhtern brown on Friday. So many beers to brew, so little time.

 

[Duff]

Brewed a CAP Saturday and Australian Ale yesterday.

Wanted to brew a Munich Helles today but I'm being dragged off for a picnic somewhere <_<

Cheers.

 

[Weizguy]

Well may you say' "God save the Phat", because nothing will save an underhopped APA. - quote Les 2008

APA... Unpatriotic yes. Bad me.

Same here, but mine is a Teninch APA

<choppped> Water Profile
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Profile: Marin County CA

Warren -
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Warren, how did you get that imported water through customs, and how much duty was payable? :lol:

Barry - Posted Today, 07:04 AM
Good Day
Just mashed in an ordinary bitter and a dry stout. Brewed an ordinary bitter and a norhtern brown on Friday. So many beers to brew, so little time.

C'mon Barry...too little time to spell? or is that where Tony's keyboard went to? What do you do for a crust...? :lol:

My Teninch APA
Brew Type: All Grain Date: 27-01-08
Style: American Pale Ale Brewer: Weizguy
Batch Size: 28.00 L Assistant Brewer: nil
Boil Volume: 37.00 L Boil Time: 90 min
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.0 % Equipment: Brew Pot (15 Gal) and Igloo/Gott Cooler (10 Gal)

Ingredients Amount Item Type % or IBU
4.00 kg Pilsner (IMC) (3.9 EBC) Grain 72.1 %
0.63 kg Munich I (Weyermann) (14.0 EBC) Grain 11.4 %
0.45 kg Carafoam (Weyermann) (3.9 EBC) Grain 8.1 %
0.34 kg Caramunich Malt (Weyermann) (110.3 EBC) Grain 6.1 %
0.13 kg Wheat Malt, Joe White (3.9 EBC) Grain 2.3 %
26.00 gm Magnum [13.00%] (60 min) Hops 32.5 IBU
28.00 gm Cascade [6.00%] (5 min) Hops 3.2 IBU
13.00 gm Cascade [6.00%] (10 min) Hops 2.7 IBU
28.00 gm Cascade [6.00%] (1 min) Hops 0.7 IBU
1.00 ml Boil-over insurance (Boil 60.0 min) Misc
American Ale II (Wyeast Labs #1272) [Starter 1000 ml] Yeast-Ale

Beer Profile Estimated Original Gravity: 1.043 SG
Bitterness: 39.1 IBU (30.0-50.0 IBU)

The house smells of sweet, fruity Cascade (ha ha ha/ maniacal laughter)

Les out

 

[braufrau]

Brewing a tripel and bottling a foreign extra stout.
But I must say I'm not in the mood!

 

[Fatgodzilla]

But I must say I'm not in the mood!

Sex Sex Sex - that's all you women ever think about

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

Australia Day Pale Ale

Total Grain (kg): 5.00
Anticipated OG: 1.054
Anticipated EBC: 18.4
Anticipated IBU: 35.2
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75 %
Wort Boil Time: 60 Minutes


Grain/Extract/Sugar

% Amount Name Origin Potential EBC
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
88.0 4.40 kg. JWM Traditional Ale Malt Australia 1.038 7
8.0 0.40 kg. JWM Wheat Malt Australia 1.040 4
4.0 0.20 kg. JWM Dark Crystal Australia 1.036 220


Hops

Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
26.00 g. Pride of Ringwood Pellet 8.00 30.5 60 min.
12.00 g. Pride of Ringwood Pellet 8.00 4.7 20 min.

 

[Tony]

Brewing today......... its mashing right now behind me. I was going to brew on Saturday but i had to go fishing with a mate in his boat instead......... so the brewing got defered to today as yesterday was spent with family.

sort of :icon_offtopic:

fishing trip was worth it:

The big one was 40cm and just under a Kg in weight. legal length is 25cm so it was a monster...... you dont catch these all the time. The other 2 were good fish at 30cm+ but the big bream makes them look like gold fish

they went down very well with a cold keolsch!

Brewing an Aussie ale today.......... lawnmower type beer, low hopping rates, light body with a cool mash for a dry crisp finnish. The hop combo i used in my HAG case swap beer was a winner so in going a toned down version for it.

wanted a 52, 65, 72 mash and got 52, 65.5, 72 with a pH of 5.3. Its going to be a winner id say

Cheers



Work beer 2

A ProMash Recipe Report

Recipe Specifics
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Batch Size (L): 54.00 Wort Size (L): 54.00
Total Grain (kg): 9.30
Anticipated OG: 1.044 Plato: 10.86
Anticipated EBC: 7.1
Anticipated IBU: 25.3
Brewhouse Efficiency: 80 %
Wort Boil Time: 75 Minutes


Grain/Extract/Sugar

% Amount Name Origin Potential EBC
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
96.8 9.00 kg. IMC Ale Malt Australia 1.038 4
2.2 0.20 kg. JWM Caramalt Australia 1.036 50
1.1 0.10 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. Pride of Ringwood (whole) Whole 9.60 10.4 First WH
30.00 g. Pride of Ringwood (whole) Whole 9.60 14.3 60 min.
10.00 g. Amarillo Gold Pellet 8.40 0.4 2 min.
10.00 g. D SAAZ Pellet 5.60 0.3 2 min.


Yeast
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US-05

 

[Fatgodzilla]

fishing trip was worth it:

The big one was 40cm and just under a Kg in weight. legal length is 25cm so it was a monster...... you dont catch these all the time. The other 2 were good fish at 30cm+ but the big bream makes them look like gold fish

they went down very well with a cold keolsch!

I thought you would show us the photos of the fish you caught .. I only see pictures of the bait

 

[schooey]

I finished this one into the fermenter fridge in the wee hours of this morning as a bit of a practice run for the 2008 Mash Paddle.

Mercury Rising Maibock

Batch Size: 54.00 L
Total Grain (kg): 14.750 kg
OG: 1071
Anticipated FG: 1022

Wort Boil Time: 75 Minutes


Grain

IMC Pils 11.500 kg
Vienna 2.000 kg
CaraPils 0.600 kg
CaraHell 0.250 kg
CaraMunich 3 0.400 kg

Hops

Northern Brewer 100 gr @ 60 mins
Perle 30 gr @ 15 mins

edit: I finally built a stir plate and made a nice big 3 L starter of Wyeast 2206 to try in this beer, first time using a smack pack, so more new things to try when its ready.

I did my first ever double decoction mash, so will be interested in seeing what results it brings in the beer. The visit from the constabulary driving past at 2 am and wondering what all the steam coming out from under the garage door and what the wonderful hoppy aroma wafting down the street was turned out to be a bit of a giggle. After 10 minutes of explaing the AG process they were on there way looking a little disappointed they hadn't sprung a drug lab I think...

Today is Kolsch day, bring it on...

 

[Tony]

HA........ i didnt tell you the story of the last time we went to the same spot....... and this is NOT a tall fishing story........ its true!

I had a few nibbles and hooked something....... you know, the end of the rod was flickering around.

I started reelin g it in and comented to my friend that it was nothing great.

Next thing i know the rod bends to its limit and line is spooling off the reel.....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

10 minuites of fighting got it to the surface out of reach of our net in the boat. It was a flathead........ i thought it was a small shark at first. 4 foot long, 8 inches across the head...... at least!

My mate (who does a lot of fishing) started to do a dance on the spot in the tinny, turned and looked at me with wide open eyes and an unsure look and said........ ahhhhhh tone...... i think we have buckleys of getting that in the boat on light line.

I started stearing it over to the boat but it spotted the boat and the net reaching out towards it and ran again. It went for 15 seconds, spooling line off the reel again, and was gone.

My mate and i sat down in the boat quietly for a moment........ then deciced........oh well get another bait in the water.

I reeled in my line slowly and feeling a bit upset ontop of the masive adrenalin rush i was having, hands still shaking.

I lifted up my hook and there was a very dead 30cm flathead on it, hooked through the lip.

The big bastard had just had the almost legal flatty in its mouth for lunch and wasnt giving it up for anyones daughter!!!

True story.

Sorry for the off topic but the story had to be told

cheers

 

[Ross]

Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
20.00 g. Pride of Ringwood (whole) Whole 9.60 10.4 First WH
30.00 g. Pride of Ringwood (whole) Whole 9.60 14.3 60 min.
10.00 g. Amarillo Gold Pellet 8.40 0.4 2 min.
10.00 g. D SAAZ Pellet 5.60 0.3 2 min.
Yeast
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US-05

Aussie Ale - Finished with Amarillo & D Saaz, I don't think so - What was wrong with cluster or POR

Cheers Ross

 

[Tony]

:lol:

I was waiting for that

My last one was 100% POR, thought i would do something different.

Its only 20g in 54 liters! you can hardly smell of taste it but its there and they go together very well.

I took some pics of the hop flowers filtering all the break out on the kettle FB. wort was crystal clear to the firmenter. Will post them later..... have to deal with kids now.

cheers

 

[PostModern]

I pitched yeast today on a German Best Bitter I brewed yesterday.

60% W Pils
20% Vienna
10% Munich
5% Carafa Special II
5% Cane Sugar
30IBU Perle
12g Amarillo at flameout

1.050 23L

12g Nottingham
12g Windsor

Very multicultural like this wide brown land of ours.