What are you brewing II ?

[Stubbie]

Hey Maple,

With all that wheat and rye, how did you go with the sparge?

I made a double batch weizen yesterday with 5kg of Wey wheat that proved a ******* to sparge. That's despite what I thought was an adequate addition of rice hulls. Took 2 hrs plus :angry: . No such problems with recent single batch weizens, so the slow/sticking sparge may have been due to a much deeper grain bed? Or - and I know I'm clutching at straws - perhaps the wheat and barley weren't mixed evenly enough as a result of crushing the 2 grains separately and then only giving them a cursary mix before mashing in?

Stubbie

 

[Fourstar]

Cleaning out the hop stocks in anticipation for a big order of hops (yep, including the Chinese). Thaught i'd better get rid of any dregs floating around as they will most certainly turn to cheese by the time i get around to using them again. The plan was todo an AIIPA but didnt have enough US hops floating around. so i backed her off to an amber instead.

Cheers! :beerbang:

Hop Cleanout Amber Ale
American Amber Ale

Type: All Grain
Date: 20/10/2009
Batch Size: 23.00 L
Brewer: Braden
Boil Size: 30.90 L
Boil Time: 60 min Equipment: My Brew Pot (40L) and Frosty Cooler (38L)
Brewhouse Efficiency: 68.0

Ingredients
4.50 kg Pilsner, Malt Craft Export (Joe White) (1.7 SRM) Grain 81.8 %
0.40 kg Crystal, Dark (Joe White) (86.7 SRM) Grain 7.3 %
0.40 kg Munich I (Weyermann) (7.1 SRM) Grain 7.3 %
0.20 kg Crystal (Joe White) (34.2 SRM) Grain 3.6 %
20.00 gm Galaxy [15.00%] (60 min) Hops 33.6 IBU
10.00 gm Amarillo [8.20%] (15 min) Hops 4.6 IBU
12.00 gm Galaxy [15.00%] (0 min) Hops -
31.00 gm Chinook [12.40%] (0 min) Hops -
2.00 gm Calcium Chloride (Mash 60.0 min) Misc
6.00 gm Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) (Mash 60.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs American Ale (Wyeast Labs #1056) Yeast-Ale

Beer Profile
Est Original Gravity: 1.050 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.012 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 5.0 %
Bitterness: 38.2 IBU
Est Color: 11.2 SRM

Mash Profile
Name Description Step Temp Step Time
Mash In Add 16.00 L of water at 71.7 C 66.0 C 60 min
Mash Out Add 10.00 L of water at 96.9 C 77.0 C 10 min

Notes
CaCl into mash.
CaSO4 into boil.

 

[sav]

Just wacked this down last night,will see how the super pride goes I think squire uses it for bittering.
First time using my plate chiller ,ice in my herms 20deg into the fermenter with tap water just cracked a little so easy.


Recipe: -JSGA
Brewer: sav
Asst Brewer: MURPHY
Style: American Pale Ale
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (35.0)

Recipe Specifications
--------------------------
Batch Size: 40.00 L
Boil Size: 47.35 L
Estimated OG: 1.050 SG
Estimated Color: 11.7 EBC
Estimated IBU: 29.8 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 80.00 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
5.95 kg Pilsner (2 Row) Ger (3.2 EBC) Grain 74.03 %
1.59 kg Wheat Malt, Ger (4.2 EBC) Grain 19.74 %
0.50 kg Caramunich 1 Malt (90.0 EBC) Grain 6.22 %
25.00 gm Pride of Ringwood [13.00 %] (60 min) Hops 20.0 IBU
40.00 gm Amarillo Gold [8.60 %] (10 min) Hops 7.7 IBU
20.00 gm Amarillo Gold [8.60 %] (5 min) Hops 2.1 IBU
30.00 gm Amarillo Gold [8.60 %] (0 min) Hops -
0.40 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 10.0 min) Misc
1.63 tbsp PH 5.2 Stabilizer (Mash 60.0 min) Misc
2 Pkgs American Ale (Wyeast Labs #US05) Yeast-Ale

 

[clean brewer]

Just wacked this down last night,will see how the super pride goes I think squire uses it for bittering.
First time using my plate chiller ,ice in my herms 20deg into the fermenter with tap water just cracked a little so easy.

How did the Plate Chiller go? What size is it?

Just heating water for this, Yardglass Session Lite(with some Carared)

BeerSmith Recipe Printout -
http://www.beersmith.com
Recipe: Docs Yardglass Session Red Lite
Brewer: Jody Fischer
Asst Brewer:
Style: American Pale Ale
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (35.0)
Recipe Specifications --------------------------
Batch Size: 45.00 L
Boil Size: 55.15 L
Estimated OG: 1.038 SG
Estimated Color: 9.4 EBC
Estimated IBU: 25.0 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.00 %
Boil Time: 90 Minutes Ingredients: ------------
Amount Item Type % or IBU
6.97 kg Ale Malt (6.3 EBC) Grain 87.17 %
0.78 kg Wheat Malt Pale (4.2 EBC) Grain 9.70 %
0.25 kg Carared Malt (43.0 EBC) Grain 3.12 %
22.50 gm Magnum [12.50 %] (60 min) Hops 17.0 IBU
31.50 gm Cascade [7.80 %] (15 min) Hops 7.4 IBU
31.50 gm Cascade [7.80 %] (1 min) Hops 0.6 IBU
1.13 tsp Kopperfloc (Boil 10.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs American Ale Yeast-Ale

:icon_cheers: CB

 

[sav]

Its the mashmaster mk111 I love this thing it was so quick I recirculated boiling wort through it for about 5 mins first,Had yeast piched in 10 mins 40lts .

 

[schooey]

First time using my plate chiller ,ice in my herms 20deg into the fermenter with tap water just cracked a little so easy.

Well there you go... used my plate chiller I got for fathers day for the first time last night also... man, took about an hour off my brewday compared to using an immersion chiller on a 54L batch.. Same deal, ice on a copper coil in the esky and ran the tap water through it, perfect 19C in to the fermenter, pitched and straight in the fridge... A lot more break in the fermenter though, but I'm thinking that will all drop into the trub... Happy = me

 

[Maple]

Hey Maple,

With all that wheat and rye, how did you go with the sparge?

I made a double batch weizen yesterday with 5kg of Wey wheat that proved a ******* to sparge. That's despite what I thought was an adequate addition of rice hulls. Took 2 hrs plus :angry: . No such problems with recent single batch weizens, so the slow/sticking sparge may have been due to a much deeper grain bed? Or - and I know I'm clutching at straws - perhaps the wheat and barley weren't mixed evenly enough as a result of crushing the 2 grains separately and then only giving them a cursary mix before mashing in?

Stubbie

Stubbie - It took along time, but it got there eventually. about the same 2-2.5 hrs. Tell ya, I was pissed as by the time it finished...and had the big brown on its heals waiting for the tun to free up.

 

[Screwtop]

Galaxy and Sauvin work great together, be interested to see what its like with S-04, have you tried it before?

Galaxy is a big (AAU) hop and balances well against a slightly higher FG, S-04 would be my choice, 05 would leave the hops standing out like dogs bollocks and maybe unbalance the beer.

Cheers,

Screwy

 

[schooey]

So... not to be deterred from the earlier f*#k up here, I just mashed this in...

BeerSmith Recipe Printout - www.beersmith.com
Recipe: Australian Imperial Pilsner
Brewer: Schooey
Asst Brewer:
Style: Classic American Pilsner
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (35.0)

Recipe Specifications
--------------------------
Batch Size: 21.00 L
Boil Size: 24.65 L
Estimated OG: 1.082 SG
Estimated Color: 9.6 EBC
Estimated IBU: 42.3 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.00 %
Boil Time: 75 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
6.75 kg Pilsner (IMC) (3.9 EBC) Grain 93.10 %
0.50 kg Wheat Malt (Barrett Burston) (3.0 EBC) Grain 6.90 %
20.00 gm Topaz [16.40 %] (60 min) Hops 30.1 IBU
15.00 gm Topaz [16.40 %] (15 min) Hops 11.2 IBU
15.00 gm Topaz [16.40 %] (1 min) Hops 1.0 IBU
1 Pkgs Budvar Lager (Wyeast Labs #2000) Yeast-Lager

Step Time Name Description Step Temp
60 min Step Add 21.75 L of water at 71.5 C 66.0 C


Got to talking to the legend, Barry Cranston on the Sydney Pub Crawl and he was telling me about making an Australian Brown Ale... Reminiscent of how the yanks took styles and added 'American' to the front of them.. well Les the Weizguy and I got talking about this, and we (at the time) had just found Topaz hops at MHB's shop, so we decided that an Australian Imperial Pils was in order... So I finally got a chance to do it today to try and get over the disaster that was my Gonzo clone

 

[joecast]

Galaxy is a big (AAU) hop and balances well against a slightly higher FG, S-04 would be my choice, 05 would leave the hops standing out like dogs bollocks and maybe unbalance the beer.

Cheers,

Screwy

ended up splitting the batch so will be able to compare in a few weeks. the wort tasted damn nice though so if im left with all hops in one batch, i wont be disappointed.

 

[Screwtop]

ended up splitting the batch so will be able to compare in a few weeks. the wort tasted damn nice though so if im left with all hops in one batch, i wont be disappointed.

What a great thing to do, you will learn so much about the different behaviours and profiles of these yeasts and about balancing hop bitterness and sweetness.

Cheers,

Screwy

 

[Phoney]

I ordered 100g of Sterling hops about 4 or 5 months ago for a recipe that I never ended up doing, so to use them up ive thought of making an APA... What are your thoughts on this?

The 'other' aroma hop doesnt have to be czech saaz, im also thinking B saaz, or cascade or styrian goldings.... Any advice would be appreciated!



Style: American Pale Ale
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (35.0)

Recipe Specifications
--------------------------
Batch Size: 21.00 L
Boil Size: 24.04 L
Estimated OG: 1.045 SG
Estimated Color: 9.4 SRM
Estimated IBU: 30.6 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.0 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
------------
Amount Item Type % or IBU
3.80 kg Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 86.4 %
0.20 kg Aromatic Malt (26.0 SRM) Grain 4.5 %
0.20 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 20L (20.0 SRM) Grain 4.5 %
0.20 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L (80.0 SRM) Grain 4.5 %
20.00 gm Sterling [7.50%] (60 min) Hops 18.0 IBU
20.00 gm Sterling [7.50%] (25 min) Hops 12.5 IBU
10.00 gm Sterling [7.50%] (0 min) Hops -
15.00 gm Czech Saaz [4.00%] (0 min) Hops -
21.00 L Sydney Water
1 Pkgs SafAle American Ale (DCL Labs #S-05) Yeast-Ale


Mash Schedule: My Mash
Total Grain Weight: 4.40 kg
----------------------------
Name Description Step Temp Step Time
Step Add 28.00 L of water at 68.6 C 66.0 C 90 min

 

[brettprevans]

Galaxy is a big (AAU) hop and balances well against a slightly higher FG, S-04 would be my choice, 05 would leave the hops standing out like dogs bollocks and maybe unbalance the beer.

Cheers,

Screwy

i was thinking maybe cal common yeast might be a go? I must admit i pinched Joe's recipe and banged it out on the weekend. but i havent pitched the yeast yet.

 

[reviled]

Looking at knocking up a sort of Centennial Ale, looking to showcase what centennial is capable of with a fairly simple malt bill to back it all up :icon_drool2:

83% Maris Otter
10% Global Vienna
4% Global CaraDark (similair to caramunich II)
3% Medium Crystal


OG - 1057
IBU - 56

FWH - 18g Centennial 9.7%
20 - 25g Centennial 9.7%
10 - 25g Centennial 9.7%
5 - 25g Centennial 9.7%
Dry - 60g Centennial 9.7%

US-05 probably, which seems to be all I use lately h34r:

 

[Stuster]

Come on, reviled, you know you want to live a little. Try some of those yummy liquid yeasts. :lol:

Working at home on bits and pieces this week so enough time to make a few beers. :super:

Yesterday was a pretty standard bitter made with Thomas Fawcett Maris Otter, a touch of English crystal, Fuggle to bitter and EKG for aroma. Pitched 1469 on it this morning.

Today is an APA of sorts. Looking forward to seeing how the Denny's Favourite yeast goes. The Cent/Am combo will actually go in at flame out, just put at 10 for IBU calc purposes.


Batch Size: 21.00 L
Boil Size: 25.74 L
Estimated OG: 1.048 SG
Estimated Color: 10.6 EBC
Estimated IBU: 41.0 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 80.00 %
Boil Time: 75 Minutes

Ingredients:
------------
Amount Item Type % or IBU
1.00 kg Munich II (Weyermann) (16.7 EBC) Grain 25.00 %
1.00 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter (5.9 EBC) Grain 25.00 %
1.00 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter (Thomas Fawcett) (5Grain 25.00 %
1.00 kg Wheat Malt, Malt Craft (Joe White) (3.5 EBGrain 25.00 %
25.00 gm Horizon [10.90 %] (75 min) (First Wort HoHops 30.9 IBU
15.00 gm Centennial [7.20 %] (10 min) Hops 4.7 IBU
15.00 gm Amarillo [8.20 %] (10 min) Hops 5.4 IBU
15.00 gm Centennial [7.20 %] (Dry Hop 3 days) Hops -
15.00 gm Amarillo [8.20 %] (Dry Hop 3 days) Hops -
0.50 items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 5.0 min) Misc
4.00 gm Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) (Mash 60.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs Denny's Favourite (Wyeast Labs #1450) Yeast-Ale

 

[Fourstar]

Looking at knocking up a sort of Centennial Ale, looking to showcase what centennial is capable of with a fairly simple malt bill to back it all up :icon_drool2:

FWH - 18g Centennial 9.7%
20 - 25g Centennial 9.7%
10 - 25g Centennial 9.7%
5 - 25g Centennial 9.7%
Dry - 60g Centennial 9.7%

I dont think you are using enough hops there Rev! Didnt even break the 200g marker!

 

[reviled]

Stu - I know, ive been slack, but every time I look at my liquid selection I think about making a starter, and then give up, which is really slack, but I just find that for most of my beers, which are hoppy pale ales, US-05 is tops :icon_cheers: Must give the 1272 a shot some time soon tho!!

And 4star, I know, i know, its dwindling stocks from my last bulk buy I noticed the centennial was running low and realised I havnt showcased it yet! Better get brewing eh :beerbang:

 

[Stuster]

I've made an all Centennial APA with US-05 a couple of years back and was very happy with it. A really nice hop IMO. :icon_drool2:

 

[brettprevans]

Batch Size (L): 23.00 Wort Size (L): 23.00
Total Grain (kg): 4.65
Anticipated OG: 1.057 Plato: 14.00
Anticipated SRM: 7.8
Anticipated IBU: 41.2
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70 %
Wort Boil Time: 60 Minutes

% Amount Name Origin Potential SRM
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
59.1 2.75 kg. JWM Traditional Ale Malt Australia 1.038 3
36.6 1.70 kg. Generic DME - Light Generic 1.046 8
2.2 0.10 kg. JWM Wheat Malt Australia 1.040 2
2.2 0.10 kg. JWM Crystal 140 Australia 1.035 74

Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
8.00 g. Galaxy Pellet 15.00 16.6 60 min.
8.00 g. Nelson Sauvin Pellet 12.60 13.9 60 min.
14.00 g. Galaxy Pellet 15.00 5.8 10 min.
14.00 g. Nelson Sauvin Pellet 12.60 4.9 10 min.
14.00 g. Galaxy Pellet 15.00 0.0 0 min.
14.00 g. Nelson Sauvin Pellet 12.60 0.0 0 min.

Yeast
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DCL Yeast S-04 SafAle English Ale

Galaxy is a big (AAU) hop and balances well against a slightly higher FG, S-04 would be my choice, 05 would leave the hops standing out like dogs bollocks and maybe unbalance the beer.
Screwy

i was thinking maybe cal common yeast might be a go? I must admit i pinched Joe's recipe and banged it out on the weekend. but i havent pitched the yeast yet.

anyone have a comment on cal common for this? ive been slack and still havent pitched. must pitch tonight.

 

[reviled]

I've made an all Centennial APA with US-05 a couple of years back and was very happy with it. A really nice hop IMO. :icon_drool2:

Yeh its def an awesome hop, ive chewed through about 350gms using it in various beers, I definately like what it adds with other hops, but no better way to find out what it can truely do than to use it as a single hop!!