What are you brewing II ?

[mika]

Great, you can finish off my keg of Maibock then

Whose idea was it to make a 7% Lager, the damn stuff's Rocket fuel ! :wacko:

 

[kram]

236 BABS Lager

Getting in early Paul?

 

[Ross]

Brewing tomorrow....My first since the 2nd April last year

Carbrook Best Bitter
Special/Best/Premium Bitter

Type: All Grain
Date: 25/01/2009
Batch Size: 27.00 L
Boil Size: 35L
Boil Time: 90 min
Brewhouse Efficiency: 85.00

Ingredients
Amount Item Type % or IBU
4.10 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter (Thomas Fawcett) (5.9 EBC) Grain 84.54 %
0.50 kg Maize, Flaked (Thomas Fawcett) (3.9 EBC) Grain 10.31 %
0.25 kg Caraaroma (390.0 EBC) Grain 5.15 %
45.00 gm Goldings, East Kent [4.70 %] (80 min) Hops 21.4 IBU
45.00 gm Styrian Goldings [2.30 %] (20 min) Hops 6.0 IBU
45.00 gm Goldings, East Kent [4.70 %] (5 min) Hops 4.0 IBU
45.00 gm Styrian Goldings [5.40 %] (0 min) (Aroma Hop-Steep) Hops -
1.00 tsp Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) (Mash 90.0 min) Misc
1.00 tsp Salt (Boil 90.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs TTL (Wyeast #WY1469) Yeast-Ale
Beer Profile
Est Original Gravity: 1.048 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.012
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 4.4%
Bitterness: 31.4 IBU Calories: 430 cal/l
Est Color: 22.5 EBC

May put down my 1st attempt at an Aussie Ale as well....if the weather holds out..

cheers ross

 

[Jakechan]

Did my 2nd AG today, with the help of Chris_tannum

Red Rover Ale

Type: All Grain
Date: 25/01/2009
Batch Size: 19.00 L
Brewer: Jake
Boil Size: 25.19 L Asst Brewer: Chris
Boil Time: 75 min
Equipment: Jake's Brewing Engine


Ingredients

Amount Item Type % or IBU
5000.00 gm Golden Promise (3.0 SRM) Grain 86.96 %
500.00 gm Wheat Malt Organic (2.0 SRM) Grain 8.70 %
250.00 gm Carared (20.0 SRM) Grain 4.35 %
20.00 gm Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] (60 min) Hops 11.6 IBU
20.00 gm Fuggles [5.70 %] (60 min) Hops 11.9 IBU
28.30 gm Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] (5 min) Hops 3.3 IBU
0.50 items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 min) Misc


Beer Profile

Est Original Gravity: 1.066 SG
Measured Original Gravity: 1.056 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.017 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 6.40 %
Bitterness: 26.7 IBU Calories: 517 cal/l
Est Color: 6.8 SRM


Mash Profile

Mash Name: Single Infusion, Full Body, No Mash Out Total Grain Weight: 5750.00 gm
Sparge Water: 16.65 L Grain Temperature: 30.0 C
Sparge Temperature: 75.6 C TunTemperature: 30.0 C
Adjust Temp for Equipment: TRUE Mash PH: 5.4 PH

Single Infusion, Full Body, No Mash Out Step Time Name Description Step Temp
60 min Mash In Add 15.00 L of water at 71.1 C 65.0 C


Wort transferred to keg and floated in pool for an hour while we relaxed with a home brew. After which the wort had dropped to 32, then into fermenter in fridge. Pitching Nottingham soon.

Cheers,
Jake

 

[TidalPete]

Brewing tomorrow....My first since the 2nd April last year
Carbrook Best Bitter
Special/Best/Premium Bitter

Type: All Grain
Date: 25/01/2009
Batch Size: 27.00 L
Boil Size: 35L
Boil Time: 90 min
Brewhouse Efficiency: 85.00

Ingredients
Amount Item Type % or IBU
4.10 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter (Thomas Fawcett) (5.9 EBC) Grain 84.54 %
0.50 kg Maize, Flaked (Thomas Fawcett) (3.9 EBC) Grain 10.31 %
0.25 kg Caraaroma (390.0 EBC) Grain 5.15 %
45.00 gm Goldings, East Kent [4.70 %] (80 min) Hops 21.4 IBU
45.00 gm Styrian Goldings [2.30 %] (20 min) Hops 6.0 IBU
45.00 gm Goldings, East Kent [4.70 %] (5 min) Hops 4.0 IBU
45.00 gm Styrian Goldings [5.40 %] (0 min) (Aroma Hop-Steep) Hops -
1.00 tsp Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) (Mash 90.0 min) Misc
1.00 tsp Salt (Boil 90.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs TTL (Wyeast #WY1469) Yeast-Ale
Beer Profile
Est Original Gravity: 1.048 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.012
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 4.4%
Bitterness: 31.4 IBU Calories: 430 cal/l
Est Colour: 22.5 EBC

May put down my 1st attempt at an Aussie Ale as well....if the weather holds out..

cheers ross

Looks good Rossco but I am concerned for your sake about the use of Maris Otter when a CraftBrewer identity urged us to buy Maris Otter Floor Malted in the recent SE Qld Bulk Buy as it was a much better choice in HHO?

Good to see you back brewing again Ross. :icon_cheers:

TP :beer:

 

[Jakechan]

If its TF it is Floor Malted isnt it?

 

[TidalPete]

If its TF it is Floor Malted isnt it?

Oh Sh*t my error Rossco.h34r: :lol:

Bairds Maris Otter
TF Maris Otter Floor Malted

Put my BIG FOOT in it again mate.

TP :beer:

 

[Ross]

If its TF it is Floor Malted isnt it?

Yes Jakechan, spot on, i think Pete's celebrating Australia Day a little early

cheers Ross

edit: bugger...Pete got in b4 me

 

[Jye]

Brewing tomorrow....My first since the 2nd April last year

Make sure Josh is there to show you how to do it

 

[raven19]

Ok, finished our first AG this afternoon.

4.5 hrs, including an 80L boil. Thinking we may have overdone our fly sparging a little.

I calculated my efficientcy as 70%.

Ended up with 62L in a no chill cube & two fermenters. One of the fermenters we will dry hop for side by side sampling.

Beersmith output below.

Beers!


BeerSmith Recipe Printout - http://www.beersmith.com
Recipe: BC 63L Golden Ale
Brewer: Brad & Cam
Asst Brewer:
Style: Blonde Ale
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (35.0)

Recipe Specifications
--------------------------
Batch Size: 62.00 L
Boil Size: 80.00 L
Estimated OG: 1.038 SG
Estimated Color: 6.2 SRM
Estimated IBU: 36.3 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.30 %
Boil Time: 75 Minutes

Ingredients:
------------
Amount Item Type % or IBU
6.00 kg Pilsner (Weyermann) (1.7 SRM) Grain 56.47 %
2.00 kg Munich I (Weyermann) (7.1 SRM) Grain 18.82 %
2.00 kg Wheat Malt, Malt Craft (Joe White) (1.8 SRGrain 18.82 %
0.63 kg Caramunich I (Weyermann) (51.0 SRM) Grain 5.88 %
70.00 gm Amarillo [8.90 %] (60 min) Hops 27.8 IBU
37.50 gm Amarillo [8.90 %] (Dry Hop 7 days) Hops -
38.21 gm Amarillo [8.90 %] (10 min) Hops 5.5 IBU
38.21 gm Amarillo [8.90 %] (5 min) Hops 3.0 IBU
1.25 items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 min) Misc
3 Pkgs SafAle American Ale (DCL Yeast #US-05(56))Yeast-Ale


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Light Body
Total Grain Weight: 10.62 kg
----------------------------
Single Infusion, Light Body
Step Time Name Description Step Temp
75 min Mash In Add 30.00 L of water at 73.6 C 66.0 C
10 min Mash Out Add 20.00 L of water at 99.1 C 78.0 C

 

[buttersd70]

Good one Raven. The lure of the dark side is strong...
Was that OK deliberately low, or did you count on higher efficiency?

 

[Jye]

Why compromise the ideal beer? Rice gulls.

That should be OK with the most pyromaniacal of LPG burners.

I would have but Im currently out

Round 2 <_<

Wheat Wine II
American Barleywine


Type: All Grain
Date: 26/01/2009
Batch Size: 18.00 L
Brewer: Jye
Boil Size: 24.00 L Asst Brewer:
Boil Time: 90 min Equipment: SK Brew Hous
Taste Rating(out of 50): 35.0 Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.0
Taste Notes:

Ingredients

Amount Item Type % or IBU
8.00 kg Wheat Malt (Barrett Burston) (1.5 SRM) Grain 80.0 %
2.00 kg Pale Malt, Ale (Barrett Burston) (3.0 SRM) Grain 20.0 %

45.00 gm Simcoe [11.90%] (60 min) Hops 47.2 IBU
45.00 gm Amarillo Gold [8.90%] (20 min) Hops 21.4 IBU
45.00 gm Amarillo Gold [8.90%] (5 min) Hops 7.0 IBU

0.50 items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 5.0 min) Misc
3.00 gm Calcium Chloride (Mash 60.0 min) Misc
5.00 gm 5.2 (Mash 90.0 min) Misc
15.00 gm Calcium Sulfate (Gypsum) (Mash 60.0 min) Misc

1 Pkgs Safale American US-56 Yeast-Ale



Beer Profile

Est Original Gravity: 1.122 SG
Measured Original Gravity: 1.000 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.028 SG Measured Final Gravity: 1.000 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 12.4 % Actual Alcohol by Vol: 0.0 %
Bitterness: 75.6 IBU Calories: -4 cal/l
Est Color: 6.4 SRM Color: Color


Mash Profile

Mash Name: SK Brew Hous Mash Total Grain Weight: 10.00 kg
Sparge Water: 15.01 L Grain Temperature: 30.0 C
Sparge Temperature: 100.0 C TunTemperature: 30.0 C
Adjust Temp for Equipment: TRUE Mash PH: 5.4 PH

Name Description Step Temp Step Time
Mash In Add 20.00 L of water at 74.6 C 65.0 C 90 min

 

[raven19]

Good one Raven. The lure of the dark side is strong...
Was that OK deliberately low, or did you count on higher efficiency?

The force is indeed strong in this one (AG)! :lol:

My mate and I had previously done the TAFE Mash Brewing course, so we figured we would get a higher efficiency than the starting 70% especially using a fly sparge.

Not exactly sure if I understand you Q though, I think we may have done a little too much fly sparging, hence our beer may be a little watery? Beersmith stated 50L total to sparge (although this was for batch sparging - we fly sparged).

My calculated efficiency (based on Zwickel's method) is based on 9 Brix (1.035) pre-boil and 80L into kettle (hence 90 gms sugar or 9% x 80 x 1.035 = 7.45kg sugar / 10.6 kg grain = 70.3%). Will be posting a separate topic this morning of our brew day.

Zwickel's method:
http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/forum/inde...showtopic=19202

Edit:
New topic for our first AG:
http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/forum/inde...ic=29370&hl=

 

[Steve]

Just no chilling this double batch in fermenters. Using up scraps of grain

3.5kg Maris Otter
2kg Munich II
1kg BB Galaxy
1kg BB Wheat
400gms Melanoidin
200gms Choc
150gms Carapils

60gms Cascade (6.8%) @ 60
15gms Summer Saaz (4.7) @ 30, 10, 5 & 0

US05

Should be interesting :blink:

Cheers
Steve

 

[Jye]

Finally finished brewing and ended up with 16 L of 1.110 wheat wine but it didnt come easy... sparging took about 3 hrs and after cleaning the mash tun it turns out the suction of my pump had inverted my false bottom, which no doubt didnt help with the run off. I also filtered the run off through a hop bag to remove some sediment and out of fear of scortching the bottom of the kettle again I recirculated the wort for the whole boil. Lot of good that did since there was still a small patch of burn wort on the base :angry: however there was no ash smell so there is still hope it will be ok.

 

[bindi]

You feeling ok Bindi ? this recipe appears to be very much ............between the lines :lol:

Ok, got that out of the way, feeling much better.

Mashing in the morning.
22-23 around 1.075 [or there abouts]

Called: Belgian Midshipmans Left Leg

3.70 kg Pale Malt
2.00 kg Vienna Malt (Weyermann)
0.30 kg Wheat Malt
20.00 gm Northern Brewer [9.40 %] (60 min) (First Wort Hop) Hops 18.7 IBU
15.00 gm Tradition [5.70 %] (30 min) Hops 6.0 IBU
30.00 gm Saaz [4.00 %] (15 min) Hops 5.4 IBU
0.50 kg Candi Sugar

1 Pkgs Belgian Ale (Wyeast Labs #1214) Yeast-Ale to eat and fart this one.

Will post results.

 

[Dave86]

Just christened my new herms yesterday and broke a 3 month brewing drought, planned for a blonde/summer ale, ended up with an IPA

Recipe was:

2.3kg MO
1.43kg Wey Bo Pils
.69kg JW Wheat
.17kg JW Crystal

20g Northdown @ 60 & 15g @ 15 & 5
15g NZ Goldings @ 5 & flame out

Ferment cool with nottingham.

Should have ended up with about 20-22 litres @ 1.045, 25ish IBU but due to lack of attention and reduced efficiency ended up with 15L of 1.061 wort at 48 IBU! Could have watered it down to desired gravity, but it sounds like a nice english IPA to me!

 

[Weizguy]

My 2nd AG for the year. The first, a Roggenbier is chilling to 17C in the jerry can, waiting for yeast, and now I can get back to "Primary Business". A weizen, of course!
It's been a long time...no wonder I'm feeling a bit down. Last wheat beer I made was in Sept '08 and I gave most of it away in a swap. Here's the old fave again:

Schneider Weisse - Classic Euro beer book
Brew Type: All Grain Date: 29-01-09
Style: Weizen/Weissbier Brewer: Seth
Batch Size: 28.00 L
Boil Volume: 37.63 L Boil Time: 90 min
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.0 % Equipment: Seth - 50 litre Esky and 80 litre kettle


Ingredients
Amount Item Type % or IBU
3.77 kg Wheat Malt, Pale (Weyermann) (3.9 EBC) Grain 60.2 %
1.07 kg Vienna Malt (Weyermann) (5.9 EBC) Grain 17.1 %
1.06 kg Pilsner (Weyermann) (3.3 EBC) Grain 16.9 %
0.36 kg Caramunich I (Weyermann) (100.5 EBC) Grain 5.8 %
25.00 gm Hallertauer [5.70%] (90 min) Hops 15.2 IBU
15.00 gm Hallertauer [2.50%] (10 min) Hops 0.8 IBU
1.00 tsp Whirfloc tablet (Boil 3.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs Bavarian Wheat (Wyeast Labs #3638) [Starter 1500 ml] Yeast-Wheat

Beer Profile Estimated Original Gravity: 1.049 SG
Estimated Final Gravity: 1.013 SG
Estimated Color: 13.5 EBC (3.9-15.8 EBC)
Bitterness: 16.0 IBU

Slow sparging, right now. Really slow, and we'll see if that drags any extra efficiency out.
As long as I get to bed b4 midnight, I'll be happy.
Mmmm, Wheat Beer :lol: :icon_cheers:

 

[goatherder]

Nice one Les. I had my first taste of 3638 today when I cracked a virgin keg. All I can say is wow! Amazing flavour profile, I'm now converted to the word of Les.

 

[Tony]

Thinking of brewing a wheat with just pils and dark wheat malt.

3068 will be used.

Also thinking of no chilling 5 liters of the 50 and saving it till ferment is done and priming the keg with it. Only problem will be the break.

Sooooooooo my solution is to mix the unfermented wort with the finished beer and filter it to the keg, Then pitch a bit of fresh yeast and let it gas up, producing lots of fresh yeast for the drinking with the beer.

thats my silly plan anyway

cheers