What are you brewing?

[big d]

Well after jealously following this thread for so long and not brewing for over 4-5 months i can finally say ive set up my gear and laid to rest 2 brews in one day.An IPA and a Bohemian Pilsner.Not without its dramas-gas ran out so flogged the house gas bottle.The HLT leaked like a sieve and i forgot a few odds and ends but overall had a great day.Even the neighbours popped over with a few beers and whiskeys so ended up a great day.Think they have decided my shed is the place to be when im laying down a beer.Theyve even donated a couch for the shed so i will pick that up tomorrow before heading off for a BBQ.

Cheers
Big D

 

[warrenlw63]

Get this one going in around 6 hours from now. Plain old Sparkling Ale. :beerbang:

Sparkling Ale

A ProMash Recipe Report

BJCP Style and Style Guidelines
-------------------------------

06-B Light Hybrid Beer, Blonde Ale

Min OG: 1.038 Max OG: 1.054
Min IBU: 15 Max IBU: 28
Min Clr: 4 Max Clr: 12 Color in EBC

Recipe Specifics
----------------

Batch Size (L): 50.00 Wort Size (L): 50.00
Total Grain (kg): 10.40
Anticipated OG: 1.053 Plato: 13.04
Anticipated EBC: 12.7
Anticipated IBU: 24.8
Brewhouse Efficiency: 77 %
Wort Boil Time: 90 Minutes


Grain/Extract/Sugar

% Amount Name Origin Potential EBC
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
43.3 4.50 kg. Barrett Burston Ale Malt Australia 1.038 4
1.5 0.16 kg. Bairds Amber Malt UK 1.033 133
43.3 4.50 kg. Barrett Burston Pale Malt Australia 1.037 3
2.3 0.24 kg. Baird's Crystal UK 1.034 145
9.6 1.00 kg. Cane Sugar Generic 1.046 0

Potential represented as SG per pound per gallon.


Hops

Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
39.00 g. Pride of Ringwood Pellet 9.20 23.3 60 min.
15.00 g. Pacific Hallertauer Whole 6.50 1.5 15 min.


Extras

Amount Name Type Time
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
0.00 Oz Irish Moss Fining 15 Min.(boil)


Yeast
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Coopers Australian Ale


Mash Schedule
-------------

Mash Name: straight infusion

Total Grain kg: 9.40
Total Water Qts: 69.99 - Before Additional Infusions
Total Water L: 66.23 - Before Additional Infusions

Tun Thermal Mass: 0.00
Grain Temp: 15.50 C


Step Rest Start Stop Heat Infuse Infuse Infuse
Step Name Time Time Temp Temp Type Temp Amount Ratio
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sacc Rest 10 90 65 65 Infuse 68 66.23 7.05
Mashout 5 5 75 75 Decoc 100 21.58 3.13 (Decoc Thickness)


Total Water Qts: 69.99 - After Additional Infusions
Total Water L: 66.23 - After Additional Infusions
Total Mash Volume L: 72.51 - After Additional Infusions

All temperature measurements are degrees Celsius.
All infusion amounts are in Liters.
All infusion ratios are Liters/Kilograms.

Step Time for Decoction Steps represent how far back in time the Decoction was pulled.
Infusion amounts for Decoction Steps represent the amount pulled for the Decoction.
Infusion ratios for Decoction Steps represent the Decoction Thickness.


Warren -

 

[sqyre]

Not much going on here....

Woke up bright and early to get stuck in and relised my gas bottle is nearly empty.. :angry:

lucky i hadn't started the Mash...



Sqyre....

 

[oldbugman]

Blue Gun Pilsner

A ProMash Recipe Report

BJCP Style and Style Guidelines
-------------------------------

02-A Pilsner, German Pilsner (Pils)

Min OG: 1.044 Max OG: 1.050
Min IBU: 25 Max IBU: 45
Min Clr: 2 Max Clr: 5 Color in SRM, Lovibond

Recipe Specifics
----------------

Batch Size (L): 23.00 Wort Size (L): 23.00
Total Grain (kg): 5.10
Anticipated OG: 1.052 Plato: 12.91
Anticipated SRM: 4.4
Anticipated IBU: 40.2
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75 %
Wort Boil Time: 60 Minutes


Grain/Extract/Sugar

% Amount Name Origin Potential SRM
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4.9 0.25 kg. Carapils Germany 1.033 2
2.0 0.10 kg. Melanoidin Malt Germany 1.033 30
88.2 4.50 kg. Pilsener Germany 1.038 2
4.9 0.25 kg. Vienna Malt Germany 1.037 4

Potential represented as SG per pound per gallon.


Hops

Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
15.00 g. Green Bullet Pellet 11.00 23.3 60 min.
25.00 g. Green Bullet Pellet 11.00 10.4 15 min.
25.00 g. Green Bullet Pellet 11.00 6.5 5 min.

 

[Doc]

Not without its dramas-gas ran out so flogged the house gas bottle.

Woke up bright and early to get stuck in and relised my gas bottle is nearly empty.. :angry:

My gas bottle ran out with 1min30sec left of the boil yesterday. Close enough to the end, so didn't switch over to the spare

Doc

 

[JCG]

1st brew in 6 months:

Morgans Amber Ale Kit
1 Kg Malt Extract
250g LDME
500g Dextrose
Hallertauer

Boilled for an hour added tblspoon hop at 3 30 min intervails.

Doesn't taste to bad out of the fermenter.

Went off in the fermenter overnight and am still cleaning up the mess!

Cheers JCG

 

[Barramundi]

just put my small batch all grain #2 into the fermenter, a basic ale using nottingham yeast, also have a coopers original pale ale in the rack ...

 

[winkle]

My gas bottle ran out with 1min30sec left of the boil yesterday. Close enough to the end, so didn't switch over to the spare

Doc

Note to self: refill my freakin gas bottle before the next batch - there isn't a spare!

 

[Jazzafish]

Note to self: refill my freakin gas bottle before the next batch - there isn't a spare!

Been a few times that I have had a speedy drive to get some gas!

 

[Tony]

I have 3 gass bottles.

1 for the BBQ
1 for the brew
1 full in case either runs out on me.

cheers

 

[Fingerlickin_B]

Almost ready to sparge today's effort.

Kept the hopping down on this one, hoping for a nice lawnmower beer

5kg Marris Otter (thanks Steve )
250g Torrified Wheat
17g Chinook for 60 mins
20g Nugget for 60 mins
15g Cascade for 15 mins
40g Amarillo at "flameout".

Will no-chill & ferment with US-56.

PZ.

 

[warrenlw63]

I have 3 gass bottles.

1 for the BBQ
1 for the brew
1 full in case either runs out on me.

cheers

Similar Tony but not totally the same.

1 for the BBQ
1 for the brew
1 full for the patio heater that never gets used (in other words 2 for the brew). :lol:

Warren -

 

[brendanos]

My gas ran out yesterday too, now that you all mention it. It was pre boil (I flame on first runnings) but luckily had a spare ready and waiting. Thank (zombie) christ for forethought*.







*and for the public holidays.

 

[Fingerlickin_B]

Usually the AG output of my brewery is only about one per month due to time constraints, but I got lucky and had a quite productive weekend:


(recipes already posted)

A mate came over today just before the boil started...we were so busy drinking and chatting that I forgot to set the timer when adding the 60 minute addition.
We took a guess and set the timer accordingly.
After cubing we both had a sip from the transfer hose and agreed it should be pretty good


I'm yet to run out of "gas"



PZ.

 

[brendanos]

I'd be pretty darn concerned if you did...

 

[Wardhog]

Put down my nod to JS Golden Ale on the weekend :

4.5kg pale ale malt
0.25kg Crystal 60L

15g POR @ 60
20g Amarillo @30
10g Amarillo @5

Single infusion mash at 64C, first drive of the SS braid mash tun - I'm impressed.

No-chilled, and tasted the next day while pitching, hmm that's a bit too bitter, needs some more malt.

+1kg Light DME, 1.058 pale ale fermenting like mad at 20C, going to be a ripper.
Biggest beer I've done.

 

[warrenlw63]

Couple of photos of my modified setup. Have been toying with the idea of putting a S/S false bottom in the kettle to do whole hop and plug brews.

Trialled it yesterday with the POR pellet addition in the hopsock and the 25-30g of Pacific Hallertau flowers tossed straight in the boiler.

Wort drained beautifully and the flowers in the boiler worked like a natural filter bed. Wort in the cubes was crystal clear with no gunk whatsoever.

This will allow me to do a 100% Pacific Hallertau Flower Pilsner soon. This I'm hanging out for. B)

Couple of pics.

Warren -

 

[Ross]

Couple of photos of my modified setup. Have been toying with the idea of putting a S/S false bottom in the kettle to do whole hop and plug brews.

Trialled it yesterday with the POR pellet addition in the hopsock and the 25-30g of Pacific Hallertau flowers tossed straight in the boiler.

Wort drained beautifully and the flowers in the boiler worked like a natural filter bed. Wort in the cubes was crystal clear with no gunk whatsoever.

This will allow me to do a 100% Pacific Hallertau Flower Pilsner soon. This I'm hanging out for. B)

Couple of pics.

Warren -

Excellent work Warren :super: I love it...

 

[tangent]

does it trap stuff that gets scalded on the bottom Warren?
Looks like a good idea.

 

[warrenlw63]

does it trap stuff that gets scalded on the bottom Warren?
Looks like a good idea.

Didn't seem to Tangent. Pot is aluminium (good heat distribution) so there's not much scalding anyway. Any protein gunk just gets absorbed through the flowers. More or less visible in the pic.

I wouldn't chuck any pellets in the mix though. Keep them in the sock.

Warren -