What Are You Brewing III

[vykuza]

You could lump it as an American IPA, but I categorise it as delicious!

 

[manticle]

Oatmeal stout if I get my dark grains cracked and steeping by friday eve.

Otherwise a variation of this with heritage crystal (slightly less), a bit of a hopburst with the flavour additions, IBU up to 40 ish and a different yeast (maybe 1028)

http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/forum/inde...amp;recipe=1372

Have sunday to consider the oatmeal stout, depending on what state I'm in from brewing and sampling HB* with wolfman on the saturday.

*from the december grain bulk buy

 

[fcmcg]

Here is my first post in this thread...
Was gonna run it through the blichman hopback with some Cluster, through the plate chiller and into the fermetor but managed ( pharked if i know how ) to strip the thread on the hopback...so just went straiht from the plate chiller into the fermentor......
Cubed Half into a jerry with 50 grams of Cluster flowers....

Type: All Grain Date: 3/03/2012
Batch Size (fermenter): 42l Brewer: Ferg the brewer
Ingredients
Amt Name Type # %/IBU
10.00 kg Pale Malt (2 Row) US Briess pale (3.9 EBC) Grain 1 87.0 %
0.50 kg Crystal (Joe White) (141.8 EBC) Grain 3 4.3 %
1.00 kg Caramunich I (Weyermann) (100.5 EBC) Grain 2 8.7 %
40.00 g Chinook [11.40 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 5 26.7 IBUs
40.00 g Simcoe [12.20 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 6 14.2 IBUs
40.00 g Simcoe [12.20 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 7 5.7 IBUs
200.00 g Chinook [9.00 %] - Mash 60.0 min ( flowers...)

And because i was shit and didn't get to my LHBS...
Pitched 2 pkts of nottingham at it.....ftw !
Look out...
Might be shite or it might be good !
Cheers
Ferg

Well, well , well....
I've sneaked an early forced carbed pint of this bad boy and it is pretty bloody good....
Pity I only made 42 litres.....
Cheers
Ferg

 

[Lord Raja Goomba I]

Well, well , well....
I've sneaked an early forced carbed pint of this bad boy and it is pretty bloody good....
Pity I only made 42 litres.....
Cheers
Ferg

Doesn't it suck, sitting there on a thursday night with a force carbed pint and thinking "wish I made more" and "sheesh, I'm alone on a thursday night (SWMBOWIP (SWMBO who is preggers) doesn't count, she can do nowt but sniff), wish I could share this with a fellow beer nerd".

I've got a pint of Rajadom. Man alive, I don't like singing my own praises, but this is a seriously good beer.

I have this rule of thumb - the first beer after an abject failure ends up being a massively good cracker of a beer. I had an abject failure, I now have the cracker, and it is sooooo worth it.

Hoppy Hefe can suck my hairy date - for the cost of the last batch (the failure I needed)+ this batch - I got double the amount of beer (or more, too tired/drinked up to care to calc) and it is so much better than anything they've produced.

Goomba

Goomba

 

[Gar]

I've brewed 3 IPA's in a row and I want something different for the next batch but that Rajadom is seriously tempting the crap outa me Goomba :icon_drool2:

 

[fcmcg]

[quote name='Lord Raja Goomba I' date='Mar 22 2012, 09:49 PM' post='893642'
I have this rule of thumb - the first beer after an abject failure ends up being a massively good cracker of a beer. I had an abject failure, I now have the cracker, and it is sooooo worth it.

Hoppy Hefe can suck my hairy date - for the cost of the last batch (the failure I needed)+ this batch - I got double the amount of beer (or more, too tired/drinked up to care to calc) and it is so much better than anything they've produced.

Goomba
[/quote]
mate ...I hears ya...
Did an American brown outta the same fermentor that I did a wit in...
Cleaned brilliantly...except for that bit of crud in the tap..less than a pin heads worth of shit....
American brown wit anyone ?
Still got 5 litres left to drink of it and whilst it's not true to style , it's not that bad rofl
This IPA , however is gold ... Manna from heaven..in my opinion lol

 

[Lord Raja Goomba I]

I've brewed 3 IPA's in a row and I want something different for the next batch but that Rajadom is seriously tempting the crap outa me Goomba :icon_drool2:

Give in to the temptation. Not for my sake, for yours. It is seriously good.

You ever get it, that you try a beer from the fermenter and your brewer brain goes "dude, if that's not the best beer I'll ever make, it won't be far short" - and then you're so right.

This is that beer for me.

Look, I'm not saying I'm a fantastic brewer, or that everything I produce is gold, but that tiny bit of spice the stella is giving over the massive whack of fruity hops is seriously excellent.

And my first FWH beer, I'm happy - the bitterness is there, man is it ever, but it's the right type of bitterness, not that cidery, wormwood bitterness.

 

[sponge]

Got this planned for tomorrow...

92% GP
3% Caramalt
3% Light crystal
2% Acidulated

1.065

70IBU Cascade/Centennial/Amarillo @ Cube

US05.


Loving single cube hop additions atm.


Sponge

 

[hsb]

How's this looking for a Baltic Porter? It's not completely to style (Colour, IBU). Drop the Black Malt? Too much Choc/Crystal? Hops look OK? Thanks.

Type: All Grain Date: 23/03/2012
Batch Size (fermenter): 23.00 l Brewer: hsb
Boil Size: 39.22 l Asst Brewer:
Boil Time: 90 min Equipment: Stainless Kegs (10 Gal/37.8 L) - All Grain
End of Boil Volume 27.86 l Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 %
Final Bottling Volume: 20.16 l Est Mash Efficiency 83.9 %

Ingredients
Amt Name Type # %/IBU
4.51 kg Pale Malt, Halcyon (Thomas Fawcett) (5.9 EBC) Grain 1 54.9 %
2.01 kg Munich I (Weyermann) (14.0 EBC) Grain 2 24.4 %
0.80 kg Crystal, Medium (Simpsons) (108.3 EBC) Grain 4 9.8 %
0.80 kg Chocolate Malt (Simpsons) (847.1 EBC) Grain 3 9.8 %
0.10 kg Black Malt (Simpsons) (1083.5 EBC) Grain 5 1.2 %

50.00 g Northern Brewer [11.40 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 6 51.9 IBUs
15.02 g Saaz [4.00 %] - Aroma Steep 10.0 min Hop 7 0.0 IBUs

Beer Profile
Est Original Gravity: 1.079 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.019 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 8.0 %
Bitterness: 51.9 IBUs
Est Color: 90.1 EBC

 

[jyo]

Hoping to crank this one out tomorrow in time for ANZAC day.

ANZAC Ale.
Australian Pale Ale

Recipe Specs
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Batch Size (L): 23.0
Total Grain (kg): 4.450
Total Hops (g): 35.00
Original Gravity (OG): 1.046 (P): 11.4
Final Gravity (FG): 1.010 (P): 2.6
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 4.66 %
Colour (SRM): 6.8 (EBC): 13.4
Bitterness (IBU): 31.7 (Average)
Brewhouse Efficiency (%): 74
Boil Time (Minutes): 90

Grain Bill
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3.200 kg Pale Malt (71.91%)
0.500 kg Flaked Oats (11.24%)
0.300 kg Wheat Malt (6.74%)
0.250 kg Golden Syrup (5.62%)
0.200 kg Biscuit (4.49%)

Hop Bill
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25.0 g Pride of Ringwood Leaf (11.1% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes (Boil) (1.1 g/L)
10.0 g East Kent Golding Pellet (4% Alpha) @ 5 Minutes (Boil) (0.4 g/L)

Misc Bill
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Single step Infusion at 66C for 60 Minutes.
Fermented at 18C with WLP009 - Australian Ale

Notes
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NOT BREWED YET

Dark Brown sugar is golden syrup added last 10 minutes.
Oats are toasted in oven until golden.

 

[vykuza]

Brewing the second half my my lambic/sour, and going US style. High alc, high bitterness.

23L 70% Efficiency
6.5KG pilsner malt
0.5kg Fancy porridge (rolled oats, barley, triticale, rice and rye)

50g of Saphire at 60 minutes for 28IBU

Not doing a turbid mash as I did with the first batch. I broke my mash paddle yesterday. (and life is too short.. seriously, what a pain!)

 

[bradsbrew]

Will brewing this up this arvo, might even have a crack at some stepped mashing to see what all the hoo haa is about.

lager lager lager
Bohemian Pilsener

Recipe Specs
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Batch Size (L): 44.0
Total Grain (kg): 7.750
Total Hops (g): 180.00
Original Gravity (OG): 1.045 (P): 11.2
Final Gravity (FG): 1.011 (P): 2.8
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 4.42 %
Colour (SRM): 3.8 (EBC): 7.5
Bitterness (IBU): 33.9 (Average - No Chill Adjusted)
Brewhouse Efficiency (%): 82
Boil Time (Minutes): 60

Grain Bill
----------------
6.000 kg Pale Malt (77.42%)
1.000 kg Munich I (12.9%)
0.750 kg Wheat Malt (9.68%)

Hop Bill
----------------
60.0 g Tettnanger Pellet (4% Alpha) @ 45 Minutes (Boil) (1.4 g/L)
40.0 g Hallertau Tradition Pellet (5.7% Alpha) @ 10 Minutes (Boil) (0.9 g/L)
40.0 g Hallertau Tradition Pellet (5.7% Alpha) @ 0 Minutes (Boil) (0.9 g/L)
40.0 g Tettnanger Pellet (4% Alpha) @ 0 Minutes (Boil) (0.9 g/L)

Misc Bill
----------------

Single step Infusion at 66C for 60 Minutes.
Fermented at 20C with Wyeast 2042 - Danish Lager

Cheers

 

[sponge]

How's this looking for a Baltic Porter? It's not completely to style (Colour, IBU). Drop the Black Malt? Too much Choc/Crystal? Hops look OK? Thanks.

Just looking at it id be thinking the 20% cara/choc may be a bit much, but happy to be proven wrong though.


Apart from that, looks delicious. What yeast are you using?



Sponge

 

[hsb]

Thanks. I'll scale it right back to 10% total. Just about to mill the grain.
Not sure on yeast yet, haven't go that far! It'll go in the cube for a week until my APA gets kegged.
To hand are a few relatively neutral ones, 1098, 1099 I think, British Ale ones 1968, 1469, have to check what else I've got to hand. I could just be lazy and just drop it on the cake from the APA - that was 1098 I think but lashings of Amarillo in there that ideally I don't want coming across in any way.
Updated recipe:

Amt Name Type # %/IBU
4.67 kg Pale Malt, Halcyon (Thomas Fawcett) (5.9 EBC) Grain 1 62.1 %
2.07 kg Munich I (Weyermann) (14.0 EBC) Grain 2 27.6 %
0.39 kg Crystal, Medium (Simpsons) (108.3 EBC) Grain 4 5.2 %
0.39 kg Chocolate Malt (Simpsons) (847.1 EBC) Grain 3 5.2 %
38.53 g Northern Brewer [11.40 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 5 41.4 IBUs
10.00 g Saaz [4.00 %] - Aroma Steep 10.0 min Hop 6 0.0 IBUs

 

[sponge]

Thanks. I'll scale it right back to 10% total. Just about to mill the grain.
Not sure on yeast yet, haven't go that far! It'll go in the cube for a week until my APA gets kegged.
To hand are a few relatively neutral ones, 1098, 1099 I think, British Ale ones 1968, 1469, have to check what else I've got to hand. I could just be lazy and just drop it on the cake from the APA - that was 1098 I think but lashings of Amarillo in there that ideally I don't want coming across in any way.
Updated recipe:

You could always just grab half a cup or so of the 1098 cake as opposed to dumping the entire thing to minimise any residual hop flavour from the APA.

It's my standard practice if I want to reuse a yeast cake without worrying about hop flavours or any of that.

Plus it takes away from over pitching and whatnot...


Sponge

 

[Wolfman]

Oatmeal stout if I get my dark grains cracked and steeping by friday eve.

Otherwise a variation of this with heritage crystal (slightly less), a bit of a hopburst with the flavour additions, IBU up to 40 ish and a different yeast (maybe 1028)

http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/forum/inde...amp;recipe=1372

Have sunday to consider the oatmeal stout, depending on what state I'm in from brewing and sampling HB* with wolfman on the saturday.

*from the december grain bulk buy

Not a good day for brewing Sunday if we having a biggy Saturday! Bullshit brewing's best done hungover!.

I am going to be brewing Tony's Kolsch http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/forum/inde...amp;recipe=1339


Looking forwards to drinking those bulk buy beers too. It's only been 3 months!



Wolfman

 

[manticle]

It's not the brewing next day hungover that's the issue - it's remembering to crack and steep the dark grains the night before (ie when we are posssibly too hammered to remember each others' names) that's the potential issue. IF at 5 pm, you can encourage me to go into the shed and weigh out, crack and steep 600 odd grams of various roasted grain, then I'll pull out 2 batches this weekend.

Otherwise 1 and it will be challenger esb.

 

[Newbee(r)]

Basic Amber Ale this weekend:

4.5kg Marris Otter
350g caramunich II
40g carafa II
40g styrian @ 60
35g styrian @ 15
Mash 65 for 90 min
Boil 75 min
Pride of Ringwood yeast

And one I am really looking forward to: Rochefort 8 style trappist brew planned for mid week (on leave!)

23L
O.G 1.078
FG 1.018
IBU 26

Belgian Pilsner 74.1%
Caramunich 11.13%
Special B 3.75%
carafa I 1.1%
Dark belgian candy sugar 9.65% at 5 minutes to flameout
bottle of kriek boon (brew like a monk suggests it gives a great additional dimension to these beers)

Mash - 61c for 30 min, 67c for 60 min, 75c for 5 min
boil for 75
50g styrian @ 60
20g Hallertau @ 30
10g Hallertau @ 5
5 g crushed coriander seed @ 5

Wyeast 1762 Belgian Abbey II - 3 weeks in the primary @ 20c
Bottle condition for 5 months
Any thoughts on this recipe greatly appreciated as it is my first trappist. It is close to a rochefort 8 'clone' recipe I found on the net, with the exception of the kriek, and I left out their addition of flaked corn.

 

[Newbee(r)]

Updated percentages to actual grain bill (percentages were a bit off!)

23L
O.G 1.078
FG 1.018
IBU 26

Belgian Pilsner 5.6kg
Caramunich 900g
Special B 320g
carafa I 80g
Dark belgian candy sugar 800g at 5 minutes to flameout
bottle of kriek boon (brew like a monk suggests it gives a great additional dimension to these beers)

Mash - 61c for 30 min, 67c for 60 min, 75c for 5 min
boil for 75
50g styrian @ 60
20g Hallertau @ 30
10g Hallertau @ 5
5 g crushed coriander seed @ 5

Wyeast 1762 Belgian Abbey II - 3 weeks in the primary @ 20c
Bottle condition for 5 months
Any thoughts on this recipe greatly appreciated as it is my first trappist. It is close to a rochefort 8 'clone' recipe I found on the net, with the exception of the kriek, and I left out their addition of flaked corn.

 

[malt_shovel]

Was in K-Mart and saw some kits with long used by date, so figured it was about as fresh as I could get (Dec 2013) and thought I should revisit my brewing roots.

First two-can, and me thinks the Real Ale was not a good choice, but will see.

Toucan IPA
American IPA

Recipe Specs
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Batch Size (L): 20.0
Total Grain (kg): 4.700
Total Hops (g): 142.00
Original Gravity (OG): 1.073 (P): 17.7
Final Gravity (FG): 1.012 (P): 3.1
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 8.00 %
Colour (SRM): 10.6 (EBC): 20.9
Bitterness (IBU): 78.8 (Tinseth)
Brewhouse Efficiency (%): 70
Boil Time (Minutes): 20

Grain Bill
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3.400 kg Liquid Malt Extract - Light (72.34%)
0.850 kg Brown Sugar, Light (18.09%)
0.150 kg Bairds Pale Crystal (3.19%)
0.150 kg Caramunich I (3.19%)
0.150 kg Victory (3.19%)

Hop Bill
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72.0 g Pride of Ringwood Pellet (9% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes (Boil) (3.6 g/L)
15.0 g Columbus Pellet (14.3% Alpha) @ 20 Minutes (Boil) (0.7 g/L)
55.0 g Cascade Pellet (5% Alpha) @ 5 Minutes (Aroma) (2.6 g/L)

Misc Bill
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Single step Infusion at 66C for 60 Minutes.
Fermented at 20C with Danstar Nottingham

Notes
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PoR addition @ 60mins used to estimate IBU's from Real Ale kits x 2 (approx 65)

Added LME and hopped wort to coolish 15Ltrs of filtered water added to the yeast cake

3/23/2012 13:30 : Aerated for 5mins shaking / rolling before placing into lager fridge to cool down.

Need to add brown sugar during ferment.

3/23/2012 21:30 - Going beserk moved to ale fridge (16degC)

3/24/2012 08:30 - Added brown sugar.

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