What are you brewing II ?

[Adamt]

Can ya smell it?

American Imperial India Pale Ale, for the case swap. Fresh Sauvin flowers (thanks Wayne!), cascade, bit of chinook, and a few surprises!

Cheers. :super:

 

[domonsura]

I'm brewing tomorrow and I'm going for something different, a 'helles' (probably only according to the numbers that promash shows me) but I'm going to bastardise it a little (or maybe a lot depending on who you ask I spose) and do it with Nottingham at 12 degrees as a 'pseudo helles' :lol:

Recipe is here, I'd appreciate comments on it. Going to try and get some more malt character to come out of the grain bill with a protein rest at 50 degrees, then a decoction (my first) to bring the temp up to 62-63 for the sac rest (60 mins). I've done this grain bill before but no decoction/protein rest, and it was good but needed more malt coming through to balance the similar bitterness (but with hallertau pacific)
First brew with either of Nelson Sauvin or Green Bullet. Been sleeping with the Nelson under the pillow for 'inspiration'....

But anyway, what I'm aiming for is a BIG crisp clean golden beer, enough hop bitterness in there for it to need some time to mellow slightly, and enough of the Nelson to cope with Nottingham's tendency to strip hop aroma out a little, I want the Green bullet to end up sitting in the background behind Nelson (I may end up dry hopping with some more Nelson or into the keg if it seems lacking)............1.070 OG but I'm expecting the Nottingham to chew it down to at least 1.015 if not 1.010 as it's a monster of a yeast, At predicted abv of somewhere between 7-8% depending on where it finishes, it should be a pleasant tallie in the sun this summer .
If it all comes good, it will be my swap contribution, though I expect it to not be at it's best until at least the new year. Hope you swappers like Hops and alcohol :lol:

 

[Jye]

Bindi I notice your using alot of sugar lately, is this a Belgian influence making its way into all of your brews?

 

[Screwtop]

Bindi I notice your using alot of sugar lately, is this a Belgian influence making its way into all of your brews?

Influence, it's his Deity. You should know you've visited the Abbey De Dicky Beach :lol:

 

[bindi]

Bindi I notice your using alot of sugar lately, is this a Belgian influence making its way into all of your brews?

Does not make it into all my brews, I have made this before and it's nice, very nice but do not add any sugar with any [a little may be OK?] wheat in the grain bill IMHO, especially with this much sugar, don't know what the reaction is but it's awful :huh: The Aussie Pride on tap has this much sugar POR and Cluster and it's Oh so nice and it's nothing like Mega swill.

Your right Jye, I have upped the grain bill and left out the sugar it's not a Belgian [this time :lol: ]

5.20 kg Pilsner (Weyermann) (1.7 SRM) Grain 96.12 %
0.15 kg Carahell (Weyermann) (13.0 SRM) Grain 2.77 %
0.06 kg Crystal, Dark (Joe White) (110.0 SRM) Grain 1.11 %
10.00 gm Northern Brewer [9.40 %] (60 min) (First Wort Hop) Hops 10.5 IBU
10.00 gm Cascade [6.40 %] (60 min) (First Wort Hop) Hops 7.2 IBU
20.00 gm Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] (30 min) Hops 13.3 IBU
15.00 gm Cascade [6.40 %] (10 min) Hops 3.5 IBU
1.00 tbsp PH 5.2 Stabilizer (Mash 60.0 min) Misc
1.00 items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs SafAle English Ale (DCL Yeast #S-04) Yeast-Ale

22L

 

[browndog]

I put this Cascade pale ale down yesterday and have decided to name it in honour of the election.

John's gone APA

Recipe: John's gone APA
Brewer: Tony Brown
Asst Brewer: Jess
Style: American Pale Ale
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (35.0)

Recipe Specifications
--------------------------
Batch Size: 24.00 L
Boil Size: 32.79 L
Estimated OG: 1.058 SG
Estimated Color: 11.3 EBC
Estimated IBU: 46.9 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 80.00 %
Boil Time: 75 Minutes

Ingredients:
------------
Amount Item Type % or IBU
5.00 kg Pale Malt (2 Row) US (3.9 EBC) Grain 86.96 %
0.50 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 20L (39.4 EBC) Grain 8.70 %
0.25 kg AA Wheat Malt (Barrett Burston) (3.0 EBC) Grain 4.35 %
15.00 gm Cascade Plugs [6.00 %] (Dry Hop 5 days) Hops -
20.00 gm Simcoe [11.90 %] (50 min) Hops 23.2 IBU
20.00 gm Cascade [6.00 %] (20 min) Hops 7.5 IBU
25.00 gm Cascade [6.00 %] (15 min) Hops 7.6 IBU
25.00 gm Cascade [6.00 %] (10 min) Hops 5.6 IBU
25.00 gm Cascade [6.00 %] (5 min) Hops 3.1 IBU
1.00 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 15.0 min) Misc
1.00 tsp Sodium Chloride (Boil 60.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs US-56 (Safale) [Starter 100 ml] Yeast-Ale


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Light Body, Batch Sparge
Total Grain Weight: 5.75 kg
----------------------------
Single Infusion, Light Body, Batch Sparge
Step Time Name Description Step Temp
75 min Mash In Add 14.98 L of water at 76.7 C 65.6 C


cheers

Browndog

 

[devo]

I did a batch of Pale Ale yesterday with minimal/simple ingredients.

8.5kg BB Ale malt
600gms Pale crystal
1kg Corn sugar

50gm NZ Green Bullet whole hops, 60min
25gm Golding whole hops, 20mins
25gm Golding whole hops, 10mins

not sure what yeast to use as of yet? I have some dried Windsor but find it's attenuation is a tad low so may grab a wyeast London III or similar.

Will dry hop with about 20gm of Golding flowers in secondary.

 

[Screwtop]

I put this Cascade pale ale down yesterday and have decided to name it in honour of the election.

John's gone APA

You'll have to make a dark beer next Tony and call it RUDSLIDE !

 

[bconnery]

More summer stocks... Amarillo American Amber Ale...
I may drop the dry hop and just go for more late additions though...

Recipe: AAAA
Brewer: Mooshells
Asst Brewer:
Style: American Amber Ale
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (0.0)

Recipe Specifications
--------------------------
Batch Size: 23.00 L
Boil Size: 35.00 L
Estimated OG: 1.053 SG
Estimated Color: 28.5 EBC
Estimated IBU: 35.6 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.00 %
Boil Time: 75 Minutes

Ingredients:
------------
Amount Item Type % or IBU
4700.00 gm Pale Malt, Maris Otter (5.9 EBC) Grain 85.84 %
500.00 gm Munich I (Weyermann) (14.0 EBC) Grain 9.13 %
150.00 gm Crystal, Dark (Bairds) (216.7 EBC) Grain 2.74 %
75.00 gm Carafa Special I (Weyermann) (630.4 EBC) Grain 1.37 %
50.00 gm Pale Chocolate Malt (Thomas Fawcett) (689.Grain 0.91 %
20.00 gm Amarillo Gold [8.90 %] (Dry Hop 5 days) Hops -
20.00 gm Amarillo Gold [8.90 %] (60 min) Hops 20.4 IBU
30.00 gm Amarillo Gold [8.90 %] (10 min) Hops 11.1 IBU
20.00 gm Amarillo Gold [8.90 %] (5 min) Hops 4.1 IBU
1.00 tsp Salt (Boil 75.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs Safale S05 (US56) (Safale #S05) Yeast-Ale


Mash Schedule: My Mash, Single Infusion, Full Body
Total Grain Weight: 5475.00 gm
----------------------------
My Mash, Single Infusion, Full Body
Step Time Name Description Step Temp
45 min Mash In Add 16.42 L of water at 73.8 C 68.0 C
10 min Mash Out Add 7.66 L of water at 93.9 C 75.6 C

 

[randyrob]

20.00 gm Simcoe [11.90 %] (50 min) Hops 23.2 IBU

Browndog

Hey BD,

do you like simocoe bittering? i've noticed it has a very low Cohumulone (15-20%) and a very high Alpha acids (12.0 - 14.0%) was thinking of using it for bittering my next apa and i'm looking for something clean.

Let me know your thoughts.

Cheers Rob.

 

[Kai]

Simcoe gets my vote as a bittering hop. Not sure how it would fare outside an APA though.

 

[brendanos]

Speaking of Simcoe and APA, I'm brewing something along those lines to pop my brewing cherry at my new house.


Currently halfway into the boil of:

2kg JW Ale (30.8%)
2kg Weyermann Vienna
2kg Maris Otter
0.25kg Bairds Medium Crystal (3.8%)
0.25kg Bairds Light Crystal

23L, 1.057 @ 70% Eff
Mash 60mins @ 67 in 2.3l/kg
60ish IBU

90 min boil
60 min addn - 20g Horizon 9.3%AA
30, 20 and 10 min addns - 30g Riwaka 5.6%AA and 10g Simcoe 11.9%AA
Irish moss and yeast nut at 20 mins

I'm yet to brew with Riwaka, but I'm expecting great results, and hoping it goes down well with Simcoe. Does anyone know which of the kiwi beers use this hop as opposed to Motueka? I've found they just tend to reference "new zealand saaz" without specifying which one.

*Edit: Oh, and fermenting with S05.

 

[Kai]

New Zealand Saaz would probably mean Motueka / Saaz B. Never used Riwaka but that's a nice ballsy recipe you've got there.

 

[brendanos]

Thanks, and thanks. Hopefully the blend of base malts will add a decent malt complexity to balance the hops without being overwhelmingly melanoidin-esque.

 

[Tony]

Hey BD,

do you like simocoe bittering? i've noticed it has a very low Cohumulone (15-20%) and a very high Alpha acids (12.0 - 14.0%) was thinking of using it for bittering my next apa and i'm looking for something clean.

Let me know your thoughts.

Cheers Rob.

NZ Sothern Cross........ ssssssssssssssssmoooooooooooooooooth

15.9% AA and about 25% cohumulone.

I recently bittered a 1.068 beer to 68 IBU with it and its very smooth. the bitterness comes in late on the sides o your tongue and lingers but not harsh up ront.

I havnt tried Sincoe but plan to or this very reason.

cheers

 

[browndog]

Hey BD,

do you like simocoe bittering? i've noticed it has a very low Cohumulone (15-20%) and a very high Alpha acids (12.0 - 14.0%) was thinking of using it for bittering my next apa and i'm looking for something clean.

Let me know your thoughts.

Cheers Rob.

Hi Rob,
I do find simcoe great for bittering APAs and late in the boil or dry hopped I get passionfruit big time. Another of my favourites for bittering is magnum.

cheers

Browndog

 

[Screwtop]

Hi Rob,
I do find simcoe great for bittering APAs and late in the boil or dry hopped I get passionfruit big time. Another of my favourites for bittering is magnum.

cheers

Browndog

Same BD Magnum for bittering APAs, must harden up and explore simcoe. Your Magnum APA is a permanent fixture here, getting very close to 12 months since I made the first batch.

 

[randyrob]

Hey Guys,

thanks for the input, anythings gotto be better than what i've been using lately for bittering my apa's. i'll have to give em a go!

Rob.

 

[bindi]

Same BD Magnum for bittering APAs, must harden up and explore simcoe. Your Magnum APA is a permanent fixture here, getting very close to 12 months since I made the first batch.

Deleted what I was going to brew today as I had to change it due to a lack of some malts and hops ie no Amarillo hops and little Cascade left, removed the sugar on Jyes advice and added more malt.
This is what's mashing now.

Screwtop note the Simcoe, I like it.

22L

4.50 kg Pilsner (Weyermann) (1.7 SRM) Grain 82.87 %
0.72 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 13.26 %
0.15 kg Carahell (Weyermann) (13.0 SRM) Grain 2.76 %
0.06 kg Crystal, Dark (Joe White) (110.0 SRM) Grain 1.10 %
10.00 gm Northern Brewer [6.60 %] (60 min) (First Wort Hop) Hops 7.4 IBU
10.00 gm Simcoe [12.00 %] (60 min) (First Wort Hop) Hops 13.4 IBU
10.00 gm Cascade [6.40 %] (60 min) Hops 6.5 IBU
10.00 gm Simcoe [12.00 %] (30 min) Hops 9.4 IBU
10.00 gm Liberty [3.60 %] (15 min) Hops 1.8 IBU
10.00 gm Cascade [6.40 %] (15 min) (First Wort Hop) Hops 3.6 IBU
1.00 tbsp PH 5.2 Stabilizer (Mash 60.0 min) Misc
1.00 items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs SafAle English Ale (DCL Yeast #S-04) Yeast-Ale

Edit: Just finished washing up the gear and have 22L of 1.060 of wort in a cube with 10g of Simcoe.

 

[Screwtop]

Deleted what I was going to brew today as I had to change it due to a lack of some malts and hops ie no Amarillo hops and little Cascade left, removed the sugar on Jyes advice and added more malt.
This is what's mashing now.

Screwtop note the Simcoe, I like it.

22L

4.50 kg Pilsner (Weyermann) (1.7 SRM) Grain 82.87 %
0.72 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 13.26 %
0.15 kg Carahell (Weyermann) (13.0 SRM) Grain 2.76 %
0.06 kg Crystal, Dark (Joe White) (110.0 SRM) Grain 1.10 %
10.00 gm Northern Brewer [6.60 %] (60 min) (First Wort Hop) Hops 7.4 IBU
10.00 gm Simcoe [12.00 %] (60 min) (First Wort Hop) Hops 13.4 IBU
10.00 gm Cascade [6.40 %] (60 min) Hops 6.5 IBU
10.00 gm Simcoe [12.00 %] (30 min) Hops 9.4 IBU
10.00 gm Liberty [3.60 %] (15 min) Hops 1.8 IBU
10.00 gm Cascade [6.40 %] (15 min) (First Wort Hop) Hops 3.6 IBU
1.00 tbsp PH 5.2 Stabilizer (Mash 60.0 min) Misc
1.00 items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs SafAle English Ale (DCL Yeast #S-04) Yeast-Ale

See you've gone for a softer bittering hop, that looks like a tasty combo. Give me a hoy if your ever short of stuff.