Whats In The Glass

[sponge]

US wheat. 50/50 wheat/pils late hopped with cascade and citra and fermented with 1469.

3 days in the keg and already gloriously clear. The picture doesn't do it justice unfortunately.

This keg will not last long.. real quaffable.

#nofilter #nogelatine

Yea that picture is pretty disappointing. I was hoping it was just not showing too well on my phone but also looks pretty hazy on the computer.

The bottom half of the glass can show its clarity a little better than the top half though. The colour is a real light straw colour as well, as opposed to the more golden shown in the photo.

Really is a delicious beer though and one I'll be making a bit of over summer. The mrs absolutely loves the aroma of this beer as well, as she does with all my beers with citra late in the boil. Pretty sure she'll be leaving me for a big of citra in the not-too-distant future..

 

[Bribie G]

Last of the Summer Lagers.



Now for the first of the Winter Lagers. :lol:

 

[DU99]

centennial blonde

 

[mje1980]

Porter, straight off the garage shelf, no need to put in the fridge tonight .

Got a little peat malt in this one, very happy with it. May have another.

 

[Danwood]

Sounds good. What % peat malt, mate.

I'm thinking of an ESB next with a portion of home smoked malt.

I'll probably smoke a bit of the Marris Otter base with apple wood. I know it'll probably turn out a bit stronger than commercial examples and I only want a subtle hint to (hopefully) work nicely with the medium and dark crystals.

Cheers.

 

[Tahoose]

centennial blonde

Looks good, does have me wondering when there's a tube of lube there though....?
:lol:

 

[rockeye84]

ROKO's American Pale Ale Rev 2.0
Maris Otter, Light Munich, C80
Citra, Chinook & Cascade
WY American Ale II

44IBU
5.0%
FG: 1.012

Hopstand & dryhops really make the hops shine, likely one of my best to date.

Note:- This photo is unaltered, as is, straight off my camera.

 

[bullsneck]

Hot Scotchie
First runnings of a bitter (1.080) at mash out temps with a nip of Glenlivet 12. Certainly is a winter warmer.

 

[DU99]

"tube of lube" just finished doing some keg maintence. :icon_offtopic:

 

[mje1980]

Sounds good. What % peat malt, mate.
I'm thinking of an ESB next with a portion of home smoked malt.
I'll probably smoke a bit of the Marris Otter base with apple wood. I know it'll probably turn out a bit stronger than commercial examples and I only want a subtle hint to (hopefully) work nicely with the medium and dark crystals.
Cheers.

4% mate, worked quite well. I really like it.

 

[Kingy]

esb that I put aside in the keg at Xmas as it was way to bitter and sweet. 6months later it's turned into liquid gold and I reckon there's only about 5 or 6 glasses left.
To scared to feel the keg as I don't want to disturb it lol. It's sat quietly for so long.

 

[Beertard]

Oktoberfest, liquid lunch, i was kiddin myself thinking some of this would last until october.

 

[Beertard]

A few of these

 

[hwall95]

My best pale yet - Amarillo and chinook pale ale: a hopper version lil creatures. Photo's colour is bad but it's a mid way point between straw and amber colour



Edit: Thought I'd add, I was out for dinner and beer with friends, and had Burrow's DIPA and Little Breaking Triple and still I found this really nice.

 

[Liam_snorkel]

Great lacing, looks like a hoppy little bugger yummmm

 

[sponge]

The same US wheat after a week in the keg.. lurrrvely.

 

[Dan Pratt]

Just about to blow the Keg on my Electric IPA - Warrior, Amarillo/Centennial & Citra/Crystal Dry Hop

6.3% 62ibu

 

[Beertard]

A better picture of my American pale ale, Pride of ringwood and Cascade delicious grapefruit flavour.

 

[Dan Pratt]

Recently I kegged an American Amber Ale and after carbonation I tried the beer and it was as expected very cloudy. I used to cold crash in a secondary container for about 2-3wks but these days just keg and pour and the freshness is great but the clarity is poor for various reasons.

So I tried Gelatine! After proofing it with 20c water and raising the temp to 67c in the microwave I purged the keg, added gelatine. Added o2 and purged oxygen, shook keg and set at serving pressure......6days later the beer is crystal clear( the first glass was full of cloudy muck which was discarded )

The photo doesnt really do it justice but the result is great. I think I will be adding gelatine to the keg prior to filling from the fermenter at packaging time.

The photos are 1.4mb each and wont fit onto the one post so I attached them to a word doc.

View attachment AAA with Gelatine.docx

 

[GrumpyPaul]

Grumpy's CTZ Red IPA



Red enough?????

 

[indica86]

****.
Recipe for your purple IPA please.

 

[GrumpyPaul]

****.
Recipe for your purple IPA please.

Grumpy's CTZ Red IPA
American IPA

Recipe Specs
----------------
Batch Size (L): 25.0
Total Grain (kg): 6.660
Total Hops (g): 160.00
Original Gravity (OG): 1.059 (°P): 14.5
Final Gravity (FG): 1.019 (°P): 4.8
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 5.26 %
Colour (SRM): 17.5 (EBC): 34.5
Bitterness (IBU): 127.6 (Average - No Chill Adjusted)
Brewhouse Efficiency (%): 70
Boil Time (Minutes): 60

Grain Bill
----------------
6.000 kg Pale Ale Malt (90.09%)
0.500 kg Caraaroma (7.51%)
0.110 kg Melanoidin (1.65%)
0.050 kg Roasted Barley (0.75%)

Hop Bill
----------------
20.0 g Apollo Pellet (18.5% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes (Boil) (0.8 g/L)
15.0 g Apollo Pellet (18.5% Alpha) @ 15 Minutes (Boil) (0.6 g/L)
15.0 g CTZ Pellet (13% Alpha) @ 15 Minutes (Boil) (0.6 g/L)
15.0 g Apollo Pellet (18.5% Alpha) @ 10 Minutes (Boil) (0.6 g/L)
15.0 g CTZ Pellet (13% Alpha) @ 10 Minutes (Boil) (0.6 g/L)
15.0 g Apollo Pellet (18.5% Alpha) @ 5 Minutes (Boil) (0.6 g/L)
15.0 g CTZ Pellet (13% Alpha) @ 5 Minutes (Boil) (0.6 g/L)
50.0 g CTZ Pellet (13% Alpha) @ 0 Days (Dry Hop) (2 g/L)

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

Single step Infusion at 67°C for 90 Minutes.
Fermented at 18°C with Safale US-05


Recipe Generated with BrewMate

 

[hwall95]

Unfortunately the head didn't keep in this bottle but this our 4 month old Australian Imperial Stout (AIS - as we call it). One of our earlier brews but she's turning out really nice. Nice way to end a brew evening and cool night.

 

[bak]

Chocolate Coffee Porter. Pretty stoked with how this came out. Chocolate Rye plus cacao nibs soaked in Uigeadail scotch whiskey, the coffee was picked by a friend from the Redcliffe botanical gardens and I peeled, fermented dried and roasted the beans myself (would never do that again). cold dripped the coffee and added about 750ml.

DSC05907 by brett in japan (back in Australia), on Flickr

 

[drewstertherooster]

1.5 years later, second last bottle of my first brew. A pacific ale. Obviously not so hoppy as it was but now it's something megaswill drinkers would like, but still a touch of passionfruit and citrus.

 

[Lecterfan]

First, I've not found a liquid yeast for APA/AIPAs that I like as much as US05 and BRY97.

But after about two years of using nothing but dried yeasts to try this, that, and the other – and I'm talking about my taste buds now, this is a subjective opinion not an objective comment – I would like to say a hearty **** YOU to all the supposed "English" dry yeasts, and a tearful HUZZAH for wy1968 (pictured) and wy1469.

Now that the hysteria is over I feel much the same way Belle sasion to be honest. MJ yeasts, for example, serve a purpose and they make good beer…but by the Fiery Beard of the Sky Demon, if you want a particular flavour then use the real deal.

Dry yeast will always have a place in my brewery, but there are some styles that need the real deal.

 

[Donske]

100% cube hopped Chinook pale ale, pale malt and 3% medium crystal, didn't even worry about dry hopping.

Really enjoying this beer, need to get the second cube into a fermenter soon, can't be much left of it.

 

[A3k]

Looks good donske, how is the hop profile with only cube hops? Mind sharing recipe specs (og, fg & ibus). Also, what time did you assume for hops ?

Cheers

 

[Donske]

Looks good donske, how is the hop profile with only cube hops? Mind sharing recipe specs (og, fg & ibus). Also, what time did you assume for hops ?

Cheers

Turns out there is 10 IBUs of Topaz at 60 and the grist is Vienna and Caramunich III, should have checked before posting.

The aroma without dry hop is fantastic, that nice piney/resin aroma expected of Chinook, there is also a good hit of citrus/grapefruit in the aroma too, not as full on as Centennial though. Pretty much no malt in the aroma at all.

Flavour is much the same, except the citrus/grapefruit flavour is the first thing I get, the pine/resin combines well with the slight sweetness of the Caramunich III and lingers. Bitterness is pretty well balanced, I'd maybe up it a few IBUs next time around, maybe not, it's quite smashable as is and would be a great summer time beer.

I just use the no chill button in Brewmate and put them at 0, I've pretty much got it dialled in for my tastes.

Recipe below;

Pale Ale 15 (American Pale Ale)

Original Gravity (OG): 1.048 (°P): 11.9
Final Gravity (FG): 1.010 (°P): 2.6
Alcohol (ABV): 5.03 %
Colour (SRM): 7.4 (EBC): 14.6
Bitterness (IBU): 39.5 (Tinseth - No Chill Adjusted)

96% Vienna
4% Caramunich III

0.2 g/L Topaz (17.8% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes (Boil)
1.9 g/L Chinook (12.1% Alpha) @ 0 Minutes (Boil)

0.4 g/L Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) @ 60 Minutes (Mash)
0.0 g/L Whirlfloc Tablet @ 10 Minutes (Boil)

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

Fermented at 18°C with Safale US-05

Notes: 0 minute addition split and added to the 2 cubes.

Recipe Generated with BrewMate

 

[indica86]

Rosella Wheat. Top stuff, light and refreshing, what a great drop.

And next... 8% and 73 IBU

Stink Eye IPA.

A few days older now, and disturbingly drinkable.
Definite caramel taste coming through... 250g carapils and 400g JW Crystal. Wow, I wonder why I used that much? Seems to work though.