What are you brewing 2015?

[indica86]

Foreign Extra Stout.
Its been so long. Cant wait the funk up the garage with espresso aromas.

Hey Dave, I made a porter a while ago and used a good dose of Marynka hops late and they have wonderful anise aromas and flavours.

 

[Dave70]

Cheers. Never even heard of them before.

 

[indica86]

I used 50g at flameout for a 23 litre batch.
NHB sells them.

 

[mofox1]

5g star anise at 15min.

Target - 37g @ 60
Northern brewer - 20 @ 45

Just bottled my spiced dark ale. One star in the boil and fv. Plus a few other spices... Going to be a hard couple months wait, and I'm sure I won't make it.

What does the 45 min addition bring to the equation?

 

[Dave70]

Just bottled my spiced dark ale. One star in the boil and fv. Plus a few other spices... Going to be a hard couple months wait, and I'm sure I won't make it.

What does the 45 min addition bring to the equation?

Was looking to get a touch of pine in there. Was going to use a single addition of chinook but NB is a little more subtle, to my taste anyway.
I'm kind of chasing a beer I had in Tas years ago at the Sydney. Pretty sure it was from Moo Brew. My hazy recollection is dark chocolate / coffee with hints of minty evergreen and licorice. I liked it so much I pestered the head brewer for the recipe, to no avail.

 

[wide eyed and legless]

Hey Dave, I made a porter a while ago and used a good dose of Marynka hops late and they have wonderful anise aromas and flavours.

Hey indica you sure you didn't get the hint of anise or liquorice from the grain you used, most dark beers I seem to find a hint of liquorice in them.

 

[indica86]

Maybe, but it is not a hint

 

[Dave70]

Was supposed the be getting busy with the chainsaw and log splitter this weekend, but the bureau says 80% chance of rain. I like those odds.

Saturday, stout for the bottles.

Sunday, Pale for the keg.

20L

Pils - 2.5kg
Wheat - .900g
Rye - .900g

Simcoe - 12g @ 60
Moteuka -10 @ 10
Amarillo - 10 @ 10
Moteuka - 10 @ 5
Amarillo - 10 @ 5
Moteuka - 10 @ 0
Amarillo - 10 @ 0

4.7%
IBU - 31.

 

[Kingy]

Brewing up the better red than dead recipe from the database tomoz to see what all the fuss is about.

 

[Tahoose]

Been way too long between brew days. Spare time spent building a HERMs and working overtime so we can go on holiday later this year means I haven't brewed since feb 16 .

Just doing a small batch tomorrow to break in the new system.

Mimic IPA (amercian IPA with aussie hops)

Original Gravity (OG): 1.065 (°P): 15.9
Final Gravity (FG): 1.016 (°P): 4.1
Alcohol (ABV): 6.39 %
Colour (SRM): 13.2 (EBC): 25.9
Bitterness (IBU): 63.2 (Average)

65.69% Joe White Export Pilsner
26.27% Munich I
8.04% Crystal 90

1.3 g/L Pride of Ringwood (8.3% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes (First Wort)
1.9 g/L Summer (5.5% Alpha) @ 20 Minutes (Boil)
1.1 g/L Vic Secret (16% Alpha) @ 20 Minutes (Boil)
1.9 g/L Vic Secret (16% Alpha) @ 0 Days (Dry Hop)

0.1 g/L Calcium Chloride @ 0 Minutes (Mash)
0.1 g/L BrewBright @ 10 Minutes (Boil)

Single step Infusion at 62°C for 60 Minutes. Boil for 60 Minutes

Fermented at 18°C with Safale US-05

Wish me luck - if it works ok next batch will be 125 ltrs!!!

 

[waggastew]

Mod of Tony's Bright Ale Clone for a beer appreciation night

Style: American Pale Ale
TYPE: All Grain

Recipe Specifications
--------------------------
Boil Size: 42.44 l
Post Boil Volume: 37.44 l
Batch Size (fermenter): 32.00 l   
Bottling Volume: 30.00 l
Estimated OG: 1.043 SG
Estimated Color: 3.8 SRM
Estimated IBU: 24.1 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 61.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 68.6 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
------------
Amt                   Name                                     Type          #        %/IBU         
5.00 kg               Pilsner (2 Row) Ger (2.0 SRM)            Grain         1        68.5 %        
1.50 kg               Vienna Malt (3.5 SRM)                    Grain         2        20.5 %        
0.40 kg               Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM)             Grain         3        5.5 %         
0.40 kg               Wheat Malt, Ger (2.0 SRM)                Grain         4        5.5 %         
9.00 g                Magnum [12.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min         Hop           5        8.6 IBUs      
30.00 g               Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 20.0 min         Hop           6        7.9 IBUs      
30.00 g               Riwaka [5.25 %] - Boil 20.0 min          Hop           7        7.6 IBUs      
0.50 Items            Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins)        Fining        8        -             
40.00 g               Cascade [5.50 %] - Steep/Whirlpool  0.0  Hop           9        0.0 IBUs      
40.00 g               Riwaka [5.25 %] - Steep/Whirlpool  0.0 m Hop           10       0.0 IBUs      
2.0 pkg               Safale American  (DCL/Fermentis #US-05)  Yeast         11       -             
1.00 tsp              Yeast Nutrient (Primary 3.0 days)        Other         12       -             


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Light Body, Batch Sparge
Total Grain Weight: 7.30 kg
----------------------------
Name              Description                             Step Temperat Step Time     
Mash In           Add 23.54 l of water at 73.3 C          65.0 C        60 min        

Sparge: Batch sparge with 2 steps (7.24l, 23.47l) of 75.6 C water

 

[TheWiggman]

Old Ale, going into bottles for long term storage and will hopefully be pleasant for Christmas.
10.5l, OG 1.079, 55 IBU. 8.7% including bottle priming.
2.220 kg pale
1.000 kg Munich I
0.155 kg dark crystal
0.055 kg chocolate
0.285 kg raw sugaz

45g Goldings @60, 55g at flameout.

Did a single infusion at 68°C with mash out. Managed to high OG EXACTLY and ended up with 10l, so pretty happy. Bit under 70% eff, all good.
Started some very out of date 1275 (or Stu's Yeast as it's known these days) and had this appear above the krausen -




Some sort of mouldy shit I'm guessing. Pitched the (impressively dense) slurry anyway because the wort was in the fermenter waiting. Hopefully it won't carry over, but in any case really hanging out for Christmas.
Long live big beers.

 

[fraser_john]

1096 OG - now that is a big dopplebock! Hope it is not too big! Oxygenation pure O2 60 seconds.

05-03-2015  Dopplebock

Recipe Specifics
----------------

Batch Size (L):          22.00    Wort Size (L):    22.00
Total Grain (Kg):         8.51
Anticipated OG:          1.096    Plato:            20.22
Anticipated SRM:          21.7
Anticipated IBU:          27.3
Brewhouse Efficiency:       80 %
Wort Boil Time:             90    Minutes



Grain/Extract/Sugar

   %     Amount     Name                          Origin        Potential SRM
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 38.8     3.30 kg.  Pilsener                      Germany        1.038      2
 54.1     4.60 kg.  Munich Malt                   Germany        1.037      6
  7.1     0.60 kg.  Special B                     Belgium        1.034    150
  0.1     0.01 kg.  Weyermann Carafa Special III  Germany        1.035    660

Potential represented as SG per pound per gallon.


Hops

   Amount     Name                              Form    Alpha  IBU  Boil Time
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 20.00 g.     Magnum                            Pellet  14.00  27.3  90 min.


Yeast
-----
Fermentis 34/70 four packs rehydrated @23c 15 mintues prior pitching


Water Needed For Brewing Session
--------------------------------

  Sparge Amount:  20.60  Sparge Deadspace:    0.25  Total Into Mash:   20.35

Total Grain Kg:    8.51        Ltr Per Kg:    2.71  Total From Mash:   11.24
                              Mash Liters:   23.06
                         Grain Absorption:   11.82

                                Amount Lost in Lauter Tun Deadspace,
                                          Grant and Misc. to Kettle:    1.50

                                       Top Up Water Added to Kettle:    0.00
                                                 Amount into Kettle:   30.09

                          Boil Time (min):   90.00 Evaporation Rate:   10.00
                                                  Amount after Boil:   25.58

                                           Left in Kettle Deadspace:    2.50
                                                    Left in Hopback:    0.00
                                        Left in Counterflow Chiller:    0.25
                         Left in Other Equipment / Other Absorption:    0.00

                                                 Amount to Chillers:   22.83
                                     Amount After Cooling (4 perc.):   21.91



Grain absorption rate is: 1.40 (L Per kg)

Evaporation rate is Percent per Hour

This formulation will yield 21.91 liters of fermentable wort.

You will need 43.66 liters of water for the complete brewing session.

Mash Notes
----------

Ammended mash program to spend 35 mintues in 60-63c range, only 20 minutes 
in 66c range.

Salt additions, aimed for straight Munich water. See sprea
dsheet for additions.


Expected Pre Boil 

30.09 liters

1.061 SG 15.07 P
lato 15.34 Brix



Actual Pre Boil 

30.09 liters

1.061 SG 15.07 Plato 15.
34 Brix

 

[Bridges]

First go of my 20l braumeister tonight.
Simple aus pale as I'm not confident it will be smooth sailing.

95% JW Ale malt
5% JW Wheat

a couple of doses of POR to about 30 IBU

Fun times!

 

[Tahoose]

If I wasn't convinced about HERMs before I built the system I am now. Just started the boil on todays IPA. Love being able to ramp the temperature at the flick of a switch and the clarity is a bonus.

 

[mje1980]

Haven't brewed ( or drank ) in ages, but this week sometime I'm going to whip up a few midstrength golden ale type thingies. Mostly pils with some wheat, and maybe a handful of crystal ( got some carabohemian so might try that ). Ordered some galaxy and some wakatu ( spelling? ). One cube will get Galaxy in the cube and keg, fermented with us05. The other cube will get the wakatu in the cube, fermented with k-97. Heard mixed reviews of k 97 though the good reviews sound great, so I'll give it a try

1.037 or so
20 Ibus

Mashed low for a long time, for dryness.

 

[Dan Pratt]

Brewing up a Speciality IPA for the Merri Mashers IPA comp in June this year.

Black IPA 3

OG - 1.068
FG - 1.012
ABV - 7.2%
IBU - 80
EBC - 65

Malts

72% Golden Promise
10% Vienna
5% Crystal 60L
4% Chocolate Malt - added @ Mash Out
4% Chocolate Wheat - added @ Mash Out
3% Flaked Oats
2% Melanoiden Malt

Mashed @ 64c/60m, 72c/20m, 76c/30m ( adding black malts during this mashout )

Hops

Magnum @ 60m = 35ibu

Hop bursting with following combo:

Citra, Mosaic & Chinook @ 15m, 10m, 5m & Whirlpool

Dry Hopped 3g/L - Citra/Mosaic


Yeast

English Ale WLP002 - 1.2lt starter with 60 secs of Pure O2

Misc

Yeast Nutrient
Water Salts - Sulphate = 300ppm, Calcium = 150ppm, Chloride = 50ppm, pH @ 5.4

 

[mb-squared]

nice one Pratty. citra & mosaic ... yumm

Deschutes' "fresh squeezed" uses that combo and it is just so delicious.

 

[mje1980]

Haven't brewed ( or drank ) in ages, but this week sometime I'm going to whip up a few midstrength golden ale type thingies. Mostly pils with some wheat, and maybe a handful of crystal ( got some carabohemian so might try that ). Ordered some galaxy and some wakatu ( spelling? ). One cube will get Galaxy in the cube and keg, fermented with us05. The other cube will get the wakatu in the cube, fermented with k-97. Heard mixed reviews of k 97 though the good reviews sound great, so I'll give it a try
1.037 or so
20 Ibus
Mashed low for a long time, for dryness.

Hmmm, well I just found a whole tub of my spec malts had gotten wet somehow and gone mouldy. Tub was at about eye level so not sure how it got wet. Lucky I have 2 tubs of spec malt, so will use pils + med xtal.

 

[Tahoose]

First go of my 20l braumeister tonight.
Simple aus pale as I'm not confident it will be smooth sailing.

95% JW Ale malt
5% JW Wheat

a couple of doses of POR to about 30 IBU

Fun times!

I'm sure this was a cruisy brew day?