What are you Brewing 2016?

[Reman]

Flanders Red
OG 1.050

10% Aromatic
5% Special B
75% Vienna
10% Wholemeal flour
7.3ibu @ 60min Hallertau Mitt
WLP665 Flemish Ale

Put into 3 5L carboys to age for 18 months

 

[Lord Raja Goomba I]

Did a double brew day on Sunday. SWMBO helped out, because my knee isn't great and certain lifting is absolutely verboten.
Background to this, SWMBO is pregnant, which means a. She's also limited in what she can/should do lifting wise, and b. She can't drink (and therefore no AIPA, means she's not as supportive with brewing).

So you have a cripple and a preggo 2 pot stovetopping in the garage. So top marks for SWMBO form, she was brilliant.

I will add that my two pot method, means that you aren't lifting majorly heavy stuff - it's all halved in weight (yes, yes, I know about winching BIAB), you can do almost all of it sitting down. But I'm seriously getting to buying an urn or upgrading the brewery in some way. Either that or when I have supplies up and running ,switching back to 25L brews.

Down marks for my lack of efficiency (about 70%), which I think has to be a pH issue (not that I measure, but I'll whack some acidulated malt in the next brew and see if that fixes it for me).

Did the same method as the RIS/IIPA (The former of which was a Gold at THBC), mash base malt in one vessel and steep the grains for each batch separately and add them into the boil.

The other advantage is I can step mash 2 beers by using the hot water from the tap, which hits 58 degrees in the mash, and then a step up to 63. Ideally I'd like a protein rest at a lower temp, but I still find that the beer improves in head and mouthfeel. I might find a way to do a true 50-55 degrees protein rest, but that is another day.

This is from memory (at work):

Beer one:

Post Surgical Cream Ale:

5kg BB Pale Ale Malt
150g light and medium crystal (don't ask, swmbo only mistake)

10g Liberty at 60m
20g Hallertauer Blanc at 60m

25IBU

Craftbrewer 56 American Ale Yeast

Crippled and Preggo - 2016 Swap AIPA

5kg BB Pale Ale Malt
350g Medium Crystal (and possibly some light crystal in there)
50g Gladfields Toffee Malt (leftovers)
1 tablespoon Amber Malt (Gladfields, I think)

30g Cascade at Cube Hop
20g Citra at Cube Hop
30g Mosaic at Cube Hop
30g Simcoe (I think it's thirty, not twenty) at Cube Hop

55IBU

Craftbrewer 56 American Ale Yeast.

 

[Dan Pratt]

Steele IPA

OG 1064
FG 1010
ABV 6.9%
IBU 70


94% Golden Promise Ale
6% Red X Malt (12L)

Mashed at 65c for 60mins

90min boil

Chinook @ Columbus @ 90mins = 35ibu

200g Centennial into hopstand/whirlpool for 20mins = 35ibu

Fermented with English 007 @ 19c

Dry Hopped with Centennial & Chinook 6g/L for 3-4days

 

[Judanero]

Knocked out today:

Samuels Brothers Stout v2 (23L No Chill)

Barrett Burston Pale 70%
"Goldenvale Quick Oats" (from Aldi) 9%
Chocolate malt 6%
Heritage Crystal 5%
Carafa III 3%
Chocolate Wheat 3%
Roasted Barley 3%

Mashed in at ~40c, held at 42 for 15, stirred until it got to 67, held there for 60, stirred til 78 then lifted the bag (still drained slow as).

Bittered with Challenger to 35 ibu
1tsp yeast nutrient ten before flameout
3.7g Brewbrite at flameout/whirlpool

Cube hop: 5g Challenger (8.8%) 20g EKG (5%) 20g Fuggles (5.2%)

90 min boil

Yeast will be either 1882 or 1768

 

[Reman]

Vienna Lager
OG 1.049
100% Wey Vienna
22ibu Magnum @ 60min
8ibu Hallertau Mitt @ 10min
Wyeast 2206 Bavarian Lager (3L 1.050 starter)
Mash at 64c for 90mins

 

[AJS2154]

Did a double brew day on Sunday. SWMBO helped out, because my knee isn't great and certain lifting is absolutely verboten.

Verboten......there is a word that is disappearing from our vocabulary. Nice, thanks Lord Raja Goomba......keep the language alive, cuz.

Further to that gratuitous and shameless display of verbosity, you then describe your lovely wife as preggo. Cracking post. Full marks.

 

[indica86]

It's time for another bulk buy so odds and ends are going into this beer batch.
Hmm just realised that I have used 37.6% Rye, interesting.



Recipe: Bitsa Beer
Brewer: Grumpy
Style: American Amber Ale
TYPE: All Grain


Recipe Specifications
--------------------------

Batch Size (fermenter): 23.00 l
Estimated OG: 1.049 SG
Estimated Color: 24.7 EBC
Estimated IBU: 38.9 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.00 %

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
3.50 g Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) (Mash 60.0 mins Water Agent 1 -
1.50 g Calcium Chloride (Mash 60.0 mins) Water Agent 2 -
2.50 kg Munich Malt (17.7 EBC) Grain 3 46.9 %
2.00 kg Rye Malt (Weyermann) (5.9 EBC) Grain 4 37.6 %
0.56 kg Wheat Malt (Barrett Burston) (3.0 EBC) Grain 5 10.4 %
0.27 kg Brown Malt (Simpsons) (295.5 EBC) Grain 6 5.1 %
20.00 g Sticklebract [13.50 %] - First Wort 60.0 Hop 7 30.6 IBUs
1.00 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins) Fining 8 -
10.00 g Brooklyn [17.10 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 20 Hop 9 5.3 IBUs
10.00 g Cascade [9.30 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 20.0 Hop 10 2.9 IBUs


Mash Schedule: BIAB, Light Body
Total Grain Weight: 5.33 kg
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Name Description Step Temperat Step Time
Saccharification Add 33.26 l of water at 68.0 C 64.4 C 90 min
Mash Out Heat to 75.6 C over 7 min 75.6 C 10 min
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[Fraser's BRB]

My regular brewing offsider is having a birthday, so I asked him what he wanted to brew? Comes back with: American Brown Ale.

Completely left field as I/we have never done one before, looked around and came across the below:

23L brew

4.730 Ale (BB)
1.150 Cara Munich 3
0.846 Cara Red
0.096 Carafa S 2

38g Cascade @ 55
20g Cascade @ 10
45g Cascade dry

WY1056 American Ale.

Seeing a discrepancy between calcs for gravity where I got the recipe and when I punched the numbers into Brewmate, will edit when I know what's correct for OG and FG.

Hopefully he likes it, but it looks like a tasty recipe to me!

 

[mofox1]

My regular brewing offsider is having a birthday, so I asked him what he wanted to brew? Comes back with: American Brown Ale.

Completely left field as I/we have never done one before, looked around and came across the below:

23L brew

4.730 Ale (BB)
1.150 Cara Munich 3
0.846 Cara Red
0.096 Carafa S 2

38g Cascade @ 55
20g Cascade @ 10
45g Cascade dry

WY1056 American Ale.

Seeing a discrepancy between calcs for gravity where I got the recipe and when I punched the numbers into Brewmate, will edit when I know what's correct for OG and FG.

Hopefully he likes it, but it looks like a tasty recipe to me!

Wow... unintentional '1' in front of the CaraMunich 3? Otherwise that's ~30% xtal!!

Janet's Brown is a good one. Done it a few times... on tap now
http://www.thebrewingnetwork.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=&t=18509

 

[Dan Pratt]

My regular brewing offsider is having a birthday, so I asked him what he wanted to brew? Comes back with: American Brown Ale.

Completely left field as I/we have never done one before, looked around and came across the below:

23L brew

4.730 Ale (BB)
1.150 Cara Munich 3
0.846 Cara Red
0.096 Carafa S 2

38g Cascade @ 55
20g Cascade @ 10
45g Cascade dry

WY1056 American Ale.

Seeing a discrepancy between calcs for gravity where I got the recipe and when I punched the numbers into Brewmate, will edit when I know what's correct for OG and FG.

Hopefully he likes it, but it looks like a tasty recipe to me!

I will try and locate it at home, there was a PDf file for Brewcult Brown Ale.

also this link for Janet's Brown Ale, maybe you can dial it down.

http://www.theelectricbrewery.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=25123

 

[Dan Pratt]

Wow... unintentional '1' in front of the CaraMunich 3? Otherwise that's ~30% xtal!!

Janet's Brown is a good one. Done it a few times... on tap now
http://www.thebrewingnetwork.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=&t=18509

wow, I though I posted at Mofox....lol

 

[mofox1]

I will try and locate it at home, there was a PDf file for Brewcult Brown Ale.

also this link for Janet's Brown Ale, maybe you can dial it down.

http://www.theelectricbrewery.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=25123

It's possible that's where I got it from first - either that or from BCS.

But the above link was the first google hit and I'm lazy. :lol:

 

[Fraser's BRB]

If it's unintentional, it's in the recipe, not my transcribing...

 

[Mardoo]

Erm, given that I'd go with Janet's Brown. Tried and true, very forgiving, and given a couple months to mature one of my best beers to date.

 

[Fraser's BRB]

Too late, too late with be the cry when the man with the bargains has passed you by!

I was mid mash when I put up the first post. Wasn't even thinking about it, just punched through the order, so it might be a disaster. Checking with supplier as to whether the recipe reads correctly or not.

Edit: incidentally, it came it at SG 1.057.

 

[Mardoo]

It'll be chewy. But it'll be brown!

 

[Coodgee]

It'll be fine. Don't worry about the crystal haters

 

[technobabble66]

Yeah. Astringency is underrated as a flavour [emoji185]


Mind you, I think TheWiggman accidentally did a 50% (100?) Crystal beer last year and said it was ok.

 

[Fraser's BRB]

Supplier has confirmed the recipe is correct, so I'll report back in a few weeks.

 

[Mardoo]

Be interested to hear. Do give Janet's Brown a go sometime. Damn fine recipe.