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scottc1178

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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??
 
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..
 
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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.
 
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%
 
I got 50L of Pilsner (probably 25L now :D ) 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!
 
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
 
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).
 
It's our second Xmas up here and away from the relo's :D

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
 
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:
 
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
 
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 <_<
 
Jabuticaba Belgian Wit.
 
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.
 
Jabuticaba, hmmmmm I think you are trying to out-Winkle Winkle with that one.
 
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
 
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. :p

Batz
 
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.
 
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