What R U Brewing For Xmas?

[scottc1178]

It seems to be the time of year now to put down a special crowd pleasing brew for Xmas day if your gonna have the rellies over.

being in QLD, I'm sure its going to be hot as hell, I'm thinking a crisp czech pilsner might go nicely with my prawns and ham this year!

what are you brewing for santa??

 

[yum beer]

Bottled a batch of weizen a week ago and primed the bottles with cherry juice(fresh cherries from the orchard...I live in the cherry capital) and white sugar.

Hoping for some fresh chrissy feel..

 

[DU99]

:icon_drool2: YUM

 

[winkle]

This.

 

[Nick JD]

For the GoldClub's Xmas comp I made Chimay Noel aka Anal Leakage.

It has 700g of prunes in it. :wacko: I need a warning label about excessive consumption.

For Christmas I have a Nelson and Amarillo IPA.

 

[nathan_madness]

Well my family have a massive get together on Christmas day so I have:

Recipe: Vienna Lager
Brewer: Nathan
Style: Vienna Lager
TYPE: All Grain

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 45.92 l
Post Boil Volume: 35.69 l
Batch Size (fermenter): 28.00 l
Bottling Volume: 25.20 l
Estimated OG: 1.048 SG
Estimated Color: 22.5 EBC
Estimated IBU: 22.8 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 85.8 %
Boil Time: 90 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
1.00 tsp Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) (Mash 60.0 mins Water Agent 2 -
3200 g Vienna Malt (Weyermann) (8.0 EBC) Grain 3 50.8 %
2600 g Munich II Malt (Weyermann) (22.0 EBC) Grain 4 41.3 %
500 g Caramunich III Malt (Weyermann) (150.0 E Grain 5 7.9 %
28.00 g Hallertauer Mittelfrueh [8.00 %] - Boil Hop 6 18.8 IBUs
12.00 g Tettnang [8.00 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 7 4.0 IBUs
10.00 g Yeast Nutrient (Boil 5.0 mins) Other 8 -
1.0 pkg SafLager German Lager (DCL/Fermentis #S- Yeast 9 -


Mash Schedule: My Mash
Total Grain Weight: 6300 g
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Recipe: GCH Hefeweizen
Brewer: Nathan
Style: Weizen/Weissbier
TYPE: All Grain

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 39.50 l
Post Boil Volume: 29.28 l
Batch Size (fermenter): 24.00 l
Bottling Volume: 21.20 l
Estimated OG: 1.051 SG
Estimated Color: 10.5 EBC
Estimated IBU: 13.0 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 85.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 107.4 %
Boil Time: 90 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
10.00 g Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) (Mash 60.0 mins Water Agent 4 -
2250 g Wheat Malt Pale (Weyermann) (4.0 EBC) Grain 5 48.5 %
1415 g Pilsner Malt (Weyermann) (4.0 EBC) Grain 6 30.5 %
415 g Carapils Malt (Weyermann) (4.0 EBC) Grain 7 8.9 %
280 g Caramunich I Malt (Weyermann) (90.0 EB Grain 8 6.0 %
280 g Munich I Malt (Weyermann) (15.0 EBC) Grain 9 6.0 %
13.30 g Hallertauer Tradition [6.40 %] - Boil 60 Hop 10 7.8 IBUs
8.00 g Hallertauer Mittelfrueh [8.00 %] - Boil Hop 11 5.2 IBUs
10.00 g Yeast Nutrient (Boil 5.0 mins) Other 12 -
1.0 pkg Weihenstephan Weizen (Wyeast Labs #3068) Yeast 13 -


Mash Schedule: German Mash
Total Grain Weight: 4640 g
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Recipe: GCH Hefeweizen Dunkel
Brewer: Nathan
Style: Dunkelweizen
TYPE: All Grain


Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 43.00 l
Post Boil Volume: 32.78 l
Batch Size (fermenter): 25.00 l
Bottling Volume: 22.20 l
Estimated OG: 1.051 SG
Estimated Color: 37.7 EBC
Estimated IBU: 15.9 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 85.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 106.5 %
Boil Time: 90 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
1.00 tsp Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) (Mash 60.0 mins Water Agent 4 -
2655 g Wheat Malt Dark (Weyermann) (16.0 EBC) Grain 5 55.2 %
1385 g Pilsner Malt (Weyermann) (4.0 EBC) Grain 6 28.8 %
515 g Carapils Malt (Weyermann) (4.0 EBC) Grain 7 10.7 %
255 g Wheat Chocolate Malt (Weyermann) (1000.0 Grain 8 5.3 %
27.50 g Hallertauer Hersbrucker [3.50 %] - Boil Hop 9 9.3 IBUs
9.00 g Hallertauer Mittelfrueh [8.00 %] - Boil Hop 10 6.5 IBUs
10.00 g Yeast Nutrient (Boil 5.0 mins) Other 11 -
1.0 pkg Weihenstephan Weizen (Wyeast Labs #3068) Yeast 12 -
12.00 g Goldings, East Kent [5.40 %] - Dry Hop 3 Hop 13 0.0 IBUs


Mash Schedule: German Mash
Total Grain Weight: 4810 g
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Recipe: Coco Pops & Milk Porter
Brewer: Nathan
Style: Robust Porter
TYPE: All Grain

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 38.00 l
Post Boil Volume: 27.78 l
Batch Size (fermenter): 22.00 l
Bottling Volume: 19.20 l
Estimated OG: 1.069 SG
Estimated Color: 59.0 EBC
Estimated IBU: 28.3 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 98.1 %
Boil Time: 90 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
1.00 tsp Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) (Mash 60.0 mins Water Agent 3 -
2530 g Wheat Malt Pale (Weyermann) (4.0 EBC) Grain 4 38.8 %
1820 g Munich I Malt (Weyermann) (15.0 EBC) Grain 5 27.9 %
700 g Caramunich II Malt (Weyermann) (120.0 Grain 6 10.7 %
460 g Carapils Malt (Weyermann) (4.0 EBC) Grain 7 7.1 %
225 g Oats Rolled/Flaked KEEP SEPERATE AND TOA Grain 8 3.5 %
150 g Chocolate Malt Pale (Thomas Fawcett) (68 Grain 9 2.3 %
150 g Wheat Chocolate Malt (Weyermann) (1000. Grain 10 2.3 %
148 g Carafa Special T3 Malt (Weyermann) (10 Grain 11 2.3 %
340 g Milk Sugar (Lactose) (0.0 EBC) Sugar 12 5.2 %
14.50 g Northern Brewer [15.00 %] - Boil 90.0 mi Hop 13 20.5 IBUs
19.00 g Tettnang [4.50 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 14 2.7 IBUs
10.50 g Northern Brewer [15.00 %] - Boil 10.0 mi Hop 15 5.0 IBUs
10.00 g Yeast Nutrient (Boil 5.0 mins) Other 16 -
1.0 pkg London ESB Ale (Wyeast Labs #1968) [124. Yeast 17 -
110.00 g Coco Nibs (Secondary 0.0 mins) Flavor 18 -
50.00 ml Chocolate Essence (Bottling 0.0 mins) Flavor 19 -
25.00 ml Vanilla Extract (Bottling 0.0 mins) Flavor 20 -


Mash Schedule: My Mash
Total Grain Weight: 6523 g
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and for the girls Black Forest cider 9%

 

[Thefatdoghead]

I got 50L of Pilsner (probably 25L now ) and 38L of citra Amarillo american amber with 1469 on the beer engine. A heffe ill be brewing tomorrow with 2.5kg of passionfruit to add to secondary ferment so should be a great chrisy!

 

[DU99]

i am lucky...none of my crowd drink..more for me...i went out and got this
New World Ale
A hoppy ale with loads of the best of the Pacific Rim hops Sorachi Ace, Galaxy, Citra and Nelson Sauvin. An easy drinking session ale with a malty backbone using Australian pale malt and Briess Caramel 60

 

[warra48]

For Christmas Day we will provide lunch for:

1. Daughter Dear and Husband (known on here as Beerisyummy)
2. Father-in-Law
3. Mrs warra's Brother and Wife
4. Mrs warra and warra48

I'm getting a free ham from my vets golf club, so I'll be baking a glazed ham on the Weber. Daughter dear doesn't eat the 3 little pigs, so she'll have to nibble on a turkey buff. Salads to go with all this.

As for beer, whatever is in my beer cellar, no special brews as such, although I just bottled an APA this afternoon, which should be just about right for Christmas day.

Might also look in my wine cellar. A 2002 Mitchell Riesling and a 2000 Elizabeth Semillon are possibilities. Might even crack a red frrom 1995 or 1996, but only if Beerisyummy is willing to share the bottle with me (no good wasting an aged red on philistines).

 

[3GumsBrewing]

It's our second Xmas up here and away from the relo's

I have a American Amber with all falconers flight hops, a nice dry Saison, half a keg of vanilla bourbon porter and I think I might squeeze in a yanky dark ale next weekend.

3G

 

[Fourstar]

I'm ready to keg my "destroyed the false bottom" pumpkin ale some time next week and in anticipation of the 4 lb of 2012 northern hemisphere hops I've ordered, I'm brewing a clean-out IPA tomorrow to reduce the volume of hops currently stored in my freezer.

450g@45L IPA sounds like a fair amount of hops! :chug:

 

[adryargument]

Few friends are coming down for the week so I'm busy pumping out:

- 60l EKG English bitter @ 4% - us05 - kegged
- 60l Saaz English bitter @ 3.8% - us05 - kegged
- 20l choc porter @ 5.5% - Irish ale yeast - fermenting
- 20l choc porter @ 5.5% - London ale yeast - fermenting
- 40l Saison - planning
- 40l dubbel - planning
- 60l APA - split 3 ways with different dry hopping - planning

 

[Bribie G]

Moby Wheat, two if I can pump them through

50/50 Ale and Wheat Malts to about 5%

Magnum or anything bitter for 60 mins
Cascade late hop

All to about 30 IBU

American Ale 2

Looks like VB, tastes a bit like Fat Yak or some equivalent "entry level" ale. I also like it.
I made the mistake of doing Vienna Lagers etc which were dutifully sipped until Terry or Johhno arrived with the VB "anyone for a VB?"

Feeding frenzy <_<

 

[Batz]

This.
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Banjo did that after eating a dead turkey.

 

[Batz]

Jabuticaba Belgian Wit.

 

[Midnight Brew]

Ive got two beers already brewed for xmas that are ready next week with two spare cubes to adjust if needed.

Both midstrength, blonde ale and amber ale/could be classed as standard bitter. (got a spare cube so throw it on some Essex yeast for good consumptions sake.

If I've got time im thinking a weizen for new years.

 

[Bribie G]

Jabuticaba, hmmmmm I think you are trying to out-Winkle Winkle with that one.

 

[Bada Bing Brewery]

Witbier, Aussie lager and Pils.
I must attend a work party tonight with the bar stocking such wonderful drops as:
Carlton
VB
Emu
Hahn
and for something really different, Millers.

Plan
Shotgun first three cans, show the youngsters how it's done. Then I'm sure everything will be ok.....

Cheers
BBB

 

[Batz]

Jabuticaba, hmmmmm I think you are trying to out-Winkle Winkle with that one.

Old dude next door has 300 trees all in fruit, the whole lot get wasted. Want some?

I think you are trying to out-Winkle Winkle with that one.

I don't think I'm even close to being in the same league, but hell I'll give it a shot.

Batz

 

[nathan_madness]

Jabuticaba Belgian Wit.

:icon_offtopic: Sorry.
Wow I thought that we were the only ones with Jabuticaba trees. My kids pretty much suck those off the trees along with the flying foxes.