Whats In The Glass

[quantocks]

my second ever brew, bought a keg setup after my first woeful effort (brigalow bitter that was DISGUSTING), kegged a few days ago a Coopers Real Ale w/ BE2.

not spectacular, but compared to the brigalow this has me smiling from ear to ear. I finally have beer on tap!

 

[bulp]

First All Grain on my own Rig an SNPA clone, had to keep emptying the glass till i got the photo just right, damn shame that.

 

[quantocks]

**** this is dangerous. I am on my second schooner of Coopers Real Ale (admittedly not as good as the Paulaner I was just drinking) but still, it's 2:30am and I have to drop SWMBO at work at 9am. I still have a huge idiotic grin on my face.

and that beer looks mighty tasty bulp

 

[bulp]

**** this is dangerous. I am on my second schooner of Coopers Real Ale (admittedly not as good as the Paulaner I was just drinking) but still, it's 2:30am and I have to drop SWMBO at work at 9am. I still have a huge idiotic grin on my face.

and that beer looks mighty tasty bulp

Thats the good thing about Kegging ey Quontock don't have to count king browns any more i've just joined the keg club myself don't worry about the time mate it's 12:00 pm somewhere :beerbang:

 

[quantocks]

mate, kegging is awesome! well worth the huge amount of cash I spent on setting it up

now it's setup though, seeing as I'm only doing K&K's into kegs, the next huge spend is going to be all grain... or so I gather from pretty much every single one of you on this forum... haha

I imagine this is the sort of satisfaction the all grainers get each decent brew

second glass, still not quite as carb'd as I like but this is FANTASTIC!

 

[bconnery]

MMMMM Bitter looks delish Ben.... Recipe?? Really enjoyed your beers at BABBs last week...in fact all the beers I tried were. Kram's Schwarz and Troydos Dunkel were standouts!

I'm so shit at designing recipes atm...just relying on others and tweaking a touch!

Cheers!

Here it is.
Mashed at 65C to ensure that the Windsor finished low enough..

BeerSmith Recipe Printout - http://www.beersmith.com
Recipe: BC's Best
Brewer: Mooshells
Asst Brewer:
Style: English Special or Best Bitter
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (0.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 20.00 L
Boil Size: 34.00 L
Estimated OG: 1.043 SG
Estimated Color: 18.8 EBC
Estimated IBU: 32.4 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.00 %
Boil Time: 70 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
3300.00 gm Pale Malt, Maris Otter (5.9 EBC) Grain 83.02 %
225.00 gm Maize, Flaked (Thomas Fawcett) (3.9 EBC) Grain 5.66 %
200.00 gm Carared (Weyermann) (47.3 EBC) Grain 5.03 %
150.00 gm Crystal, Dark (Bairds) (216.7 EBC) Grain 3.77 %
100.00 gm Amber Malt (85.0 EBC) Grain 2.52 %
30.00 gm NZ Styrian Goldings [4.40 %] (Dry Hop 4 dHops -
20.00 gm Bramling Cross [5.10 %] (60 min) Hops 14.6 IBU
20.00 gm NZ Styrian Goldings [4.40 %] (60 min) Hops 11.3 IBU
20.00 gm Bramling Cross [5.10 %] (10 min) Hops 5.3 IBU
10.00 gm NZ Styrian Goldings [4.40 %] (5 min) Hops 1.1 IBU
1 Pkgs Windsor Yeast (Lallemand #-) Yeast-Ale

 

[Screwtop]

First All Grain on my own Rig an SNPA clone, had to keep emptying the glass till i got the photo just right, damn shame that.

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Heard about a couple of local brewers who get together at 2am for a beer :lol: You guys have got it bad.

Looks great bulp, clear as, and good white head. Can see the look on ya now, like a rat with a gold tooth :lol:

 

[Screwtop]

Mashed at 65C to ensure that the Windsor finished low enough..

What did it finish at Ben?

 

[bconnery]

What did it finish at Ben?

1013, which is about 3 lower than I'd often get with Windsor...

 

[Screwtop]

1013, which is about 3 lower than I'd often get with Windsor...

Yeah 69% attenuation from Windsor is good, would be nice and fruity complimenting the SG and BC I imagine.

 

[matti]

For the hop-heads out there

Big on the nose of Amarillo.
Big on the bitterness in taste and little or no residual sweetness
Recipe

I actually casked hop the cube with Cascade instead of dry hop with Amarillo.
Gelatine in the keg.

Next time I will use only Ale Malt and mash @ 68.
And leave all flavour hop to 10-15 min and FWH.

Only a week in keg maybe she'll get better if its last past the long w/end.

 

[quantocks]

my coopers real ale on day three of drinking from the keg, getting much nicer!

pity I sprayed most of it on the floor,

 

[winkle]

After the slobptoberfest thread I had to have a drink

1 A Single - also called UXB 6.5%
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2 A Dubbel - also called Carpathian Darkling 8.5%
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3 La Tripplette d'Hogshead 10.5% ABV
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edit: earth calling brain, wife wants to know why stereo in bar is on 11??

 

[Muggus]

Saw a bottle of this sitting around, so decided to crack it open:

The Stickler.
A lager I brewed last year with Sticklebract hops.
Very different kind of hop flavour; pine needle-like, intense citrus, i'd best liken to kumquat of all things!

 

[white.grant]

My dunkelweizen, only a week old and needs a bit more carb, but the flavour has bread a touch of toffee and a good balance of clove and banana. Just the thing after a hard day yanking weeds.



cheers

grant

 

[browndog]

Here is my Galaxy Blond Ale, 20g@60mins, 10mins and 5 mins. It was all passionfruit at first, but after a few weeks has mellowed nicely. I'll definitely be doing this one again.



cheers

Browndog

 

[reviled]

Here is my Galaxy Blond Ale, 20g@60mins, 10mins and 5 mins. It was all passionfruit at first, but after a few weeks has mellowed nicely. I'll definitely be doing this one again.

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cheers

Browndog

Passionfruit? Is that from the Galaxy hops?

 

[browndog]

Passionfruit? Is that from the Galaxy hops?

Sure is.

 

[reviled]

Sure is.

Sounds the business buddy, I might have to try and track them down... Are they an Aussie hop? Dont think I can get them in NZ <_<

 

[Mantis]

This is an attempt at a red ale, and if it came out really nice if I do say so myself.
I just need another homebrew nutter locally to critique it and others.