What Are You Brewing III

[Dribs]

Only my second brew.

Coopers stout tin
500gm DDME
500gm rich brown sugar
S23 yeast (1 sachet)
20.5 litres because I'm blind.

Pitched the S23 yeast at 20 degrees. Went down to 12 degrees in a few days. Currently at day 11, OG 1037, now 1008, soon to be bottled. I'm enjoying drinking it from the hydrometer tube. It's hoppy enough. Possibly a simple Abbotsford Invade Stout clone. Will do a side by side test later.

Much better than my apple juice lager (which is still better than Hammer 'n' Tongs because it doesn't taste like water).

 

[DJR]

Back in the game here - using my new immersion chiller (have always no-chilled) that i made from the 18M of 1/2" copper coil i got for free from Polyaire the other day (pallet damaged but was fine for me just a bit to cut off on the sides)

Going to be a simple Pils as it's so damn cold here i thought better not let the cold weather go to waste so let's do a lager

21L - 1.048 SG - 38 BU - 5 EBC

4KG Wey Boh Pils
250g Wey Carahell
50g Acidulated

Touch of Cacl2 - about 2g

30g CZ Saaz 60m (5.5% AA)
30g CZ Saaz 20m
30g CZ Saaz flameout

S-189 dry yeast (I have a pouch each of wyeast 2001 and 2487 but i can't be bothered making a starter today... will use them another time)

It'll be interesting to see how much better the hops integrate using a chiller - i found it really hard to get the freshness and aroma out of the hops when no chilling.

I've just finished batch sparging and the boil is starting - the mash product smells divine B)

For the immersion chiller i have a 5000L water tank here in the new house so i'll just be recirculating into that - i worked out it will put all of about 0.5C into the water tank which is probably at about 5-10C at the moment with this weather!

 

[matho]

Sounds good mate, it will be good to see the immersion chill in action

Cheers steve

 

[DJR]

It's always something isn't it...

20 minutes before end of boil - out of gas

Tried the camp stove which was completely useless, ended up going up the road to the servo and doing swap'n'go at 11:20pm...

 

[Bizier]

Pitched my first homebrew for months this morning. Brown ale using 60% extract to comply with club comp rules. I love that I can get yeast from the US into my beer via a starter within a week of manufacture - the wonders of modern life.

Brewing at home has really made me happy after a lull from building.

Built a double coil chiller for my 100L pot a couple of days ago and will be hazing it with the following big IPA tomorrow first thing.

Imperial IPA
Final Bottling Volume: 40.00

Ingredients
Amt Name Type # %/IBU
10.00 kg Golden Promise (Simpsons) (3.9 EBC) Grain 1 71.4 %
2.00 kg Munich II (Weyermann) (16.7 EBC) Grain 2 14.3 %
1.00 kg Carahell (Weyermann) (25.6 EBC) Grain 3 7.1 %
1.00 kg Cane (Beet) Sugar (0.0 EBC) Sugar 4 7.1 %
50.00 g Magnum [14.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 5 41.9 IBUs
300.00 g Centennial [10.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 7 29.9 IBUs
100.00 g Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 8 14.0 IBUs
100.00 g Chinook [13.00 %] - Aroma Steep 10.0 min Hop 9 0.0 IBUs
1.0 pkg Safale American (DCL/Fermentis #US-05) [50.28 ml] Yeast 10 -
70.00 g Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 30.0 min Hop 6 11.7 IBUs


Beer Profile
Est Original Gravity: 1.075 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 8.6 %
Bitterness: 97.5 IBUs
Est Color: 13.7 EBC

Thanks to Kaiser Soze for the Magnum swap.

 

[mje1980]

Brewing a 10 min APA. The second one i've done. I dont change hop calcs for no chill.

86.2% BB ale
5.2% Caramunich 2
8.6% Munich 2

45g each Columbus and Cascade at 10 mins.

6g gypsum, 2g cal chl, 3g citric.

66c mash 75 boil.

I have US05, but i might use some top cropped 1318.

1.059
38 IBU
6% ( calc'd at 1.014 fg, though i expect it to get closer to 1.010 )

 

[Lord Raja Goomba I]

Brewed on Saturday (been off the interwebs for most this week):

HEC-free Celebration Ale (to finally celebrate getting my HECS debt monkey gone, and to remember the student austerity that started me on the home brew path):

5kg Bairds Pale Malt
.2kg Caramunich I

Mashed at 67 degrees (Colour 13.4 EBC)

20gm Smaragd at 60 minutes (19.87IBU) - these were leftovers in the freezer, so this beer was "cheap" in that I only paid for the malt.
20gm Nelson Sauvin at 10 m (7.92IBU and loads of flavour) - also leftovers.

Nottingham Yeast at average 10-15 degrees under the house (gotta love brick and cold snaps) - also leftovers.

Dry Hopped with 20g Nelson Sauvin last night (already smelled really good).

Really liking Bairds Perle Malt - it's cheaper, good malt backbone to work with, good conversion rate and flexible. It's my base malt of choice now.

Goomba

 

[yum beer]

putting down a Coopers Cerveza for a mate and a Lager for his missus, the mate cant believe how much better my brews are then the ones his Dad used to make,
something to do with brew temps of 28c, Id say.

Planning a 3 step AG Pilsener tomorrow if all goes to plan.

 

[Newbee(r)]

Putting this one on today

Team America - F..k Yeah IPA (American IPA)

Original Gravity (OG): 1.056 (P): 13.8
Final Gravity (FG): 1.014 (P): 3.6
Alcohol (ABV): 5.50 %
Colour (SRM): 9.5 (EBC): 18.7
Bitterness (IBU): 68.8 (Average)
Final Volume 23L

70% Maris Otter Malt
25% Pilsner
5% Crystal 80

1.2 g/L Stickebract (14% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes (Boil)
0.9 g/L Nelson Sauvin (11.5% Alpha) @ 15 Minutes (Boil)
1.3 g/L Amarillo (8.6% Alpha) @ 10 Minutes (Boil)
0.9 g/L Cascade (7.8% Alpha) @ 5 Minutes (Boil)


Single step Infusion at 66C for 90 Minutes. Boil for 60 Minutes

Fermented at 20C with Wyeast 1056 - American Ale

 

[winkle]

Well time for some Belgiumus-interuptus with a quick Bitter.

(is that?) Fanny Green
English Bitter
20 litre batch

TFMO - 3.4kg
CaraMunich 2 - 0.6kg
Roast barley - 32gm
Sugarz - 0.6kg
Challanger - 24gm @60min
EKG plug dry hop day 3.

Prepped up and ready for a lazy days brewin tomorrow. :icon_cheers:

 

[Nick JD]

IPA (10L)

3.2kg BB Ale
0.2kg BB Caramalt
0.05kg Wey Caraaroma

66C

8.3g Amarillo 60min
4.1g Citra 60min
17g Amarillo 15 min
9g Citra 15min

US05 @ 19C

Epic.

 

[Lord Raja Goomba I]

IPA (10L)

3.2kg BB Ale
0.2kg BB Caramalt
0.05kg Wey Caraaroma

66C

8.3g Amarillo 60min
4.1g Citra 60min
17g Amarillo 15 min
9g Citra 15min

US05 @ 19C

Epic.

Looks fantastic.

Good malt combo for this time of year, great hop combo for an IPA/APA/AAA. US05 plays well with the cara-malts and leaves fruity hops intact.

Just polishing off the last bottle of Nelson+Citra together plus Saaz and Tettnang at dry hop. I'll need to do a repeat batch of that. Similar to this, except with Perle and Caramunich.

Goomba

 

[donburke]

tomorrow's plan

Recipe: BOHEMIAN PILSNER
Style: Bohemian Pilsner
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (35.0)

Recipe Specifications
--------------------------
Batch Size: 85.00 L
Boil Size: 90.05 L
Estimated OG: 1.047 SG
Estimated Color: 7.0 EBC
Estimated IBU: 35.2 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.00 %
Boil Time: 90 Minutes

Ingredients:
------------
Amount Item Type % or IBU
17.00 kg Pilsner Bohemium Floor Malted (Weyermann) Grain 94.44 %
1.00 kg Maize, Flaked (Bairds) (2.5 EBC) Grain 5.56 %
150.00 gm Saphir [4.70 %] (105 min) (First Wort HopHops 24.0 IBU
150.00 gm Saaz [3.40 %] (30 min) Hops 11.2 IBU
2.00 items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 min) Misc
30.00 gm Calcium Chloride (Mash 60.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs German Ale/Kolsch (White Labs #WLP029) Yeast-Ale
1 Pkgs Staro Prague Lager (Wyeast Labs #2782) Yeast-Lager


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Medium Body
Total Grain Weight: 18.00 kg
----------------------------
Single Infusion, Medium Body
Step Time Name Description Step Temp
40 min Mash In Add 46.00 L of water at 70.6 C 63.0 C
40 min Step Add 18.00 L of water at 98.4 C 72.0 C
10 min Mash Out Add 14.00 L of water at 96.2 C 76.0 C

 

[vykuza]

Hey DB. nice one. Got a couple of questions though - why the corn? And why the Kolsch yeast as well as the lager yeast?

 

[donburke]

Hey DB. nice one. Got a couple of questions though - why the corn? And why the Kolsch yeast as well as the lager yeast?

the maize thins the beer out to make it more sessionable, not enough to make a big difference, plus i had 25kg of the stuff to go through

it will be cubed into 4 cubes, 2 of which will be fermented with the kolsch yeast, and the other 2 will be with the staro prague

should be ready to drink on the 1st day of spring

 

[vykuza]

I'll pay both of those!


So party at yours September 1st? :chug:

 

[donburke]

I'll pay both of those!


So party at yours September 1st? :chug:

didnt have one planned but you've planted a seed :beer:

 

[Florian]

I don't know why but in an outburst of absolute spontaneity I decided an hour ago to brew my MCCC APA. Looks like I'm in for a long night.
Tried copying the recipe from BS2, but somehow can't copy anymore like in BS1. Must be me doing something wrong, but how could i stuff up a simple copy and paste?

 

[_HOME_BREW_WALLACE_]

didnt have one planned but you've planted a seed :beer:

I'll Start walking...............

 

[donburke]

I'll Start walking...............

you'd be better off running to make it by september :lol: