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Just a notto 4.3%

Heidleburg Pilsner Best Maltz 92%
Pale Wheat Wey 6%
Acidulated 2%

Went with CaSo4 1.2g , Cacl2 1.4g , mgSo4 2.4g in the mash
CaSo4 3g Cacl2 3.6g mgSo4 2.4g in the kettle
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Used Pearl for bittering & Tettnanger in the cube all up 17.2 ibu

Have a Kolsch on tap as well trying to keep my hands off it so drinking this more
but must say its growing on me quite a nice easy drinker
 
Another tester for quality control for oktoberfest.

Apfelwein @ 6.8%. 18L Aldi Apple juice, 500g dextrose/sugar and Wy3638 since kegged my hefe the same day I threw it down and I didn't have a spare yeast; plus it's German. Started at 1.052 and finished at about 1.001.

A really dry and tangy cider with plenty of apple flavour. This is far too drinkable for 6.8% and it has a slight alcohol warmth but not much. Can't say I'm much of a cider drinker (haven't had many good examples though) but I'm quite enjoying this.

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Dry hopped Brett saison. Been in the fermenter about 6 weeks. Belle saison and a bottle of orval. Thought it'd be a quick funky beer. Stuff all Brett lol and just a little dry hop flavour ( wakatu flowers ). Despite the hop bag, there's a lot of fine hop debris, which blocked the tube for a bit, and has caused massive head on pouring.

I used some flaked triticale, a high protein adjunct, for a bit of body and retention in Brett beers. Slightly creamy mouthfeel so far. Not sure if due to belle or the triticale. Got it in a just kegged porter so will see if it's the same.



Phone pics always turn out sideways :(

******* Apple ****

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Robv said:
Dark American Wheat - the sun makes it look lighter than it is
Is it kind of like an American amber wheat or is it darker than an amber ?

I'm imagining something like mountain goats fancy pants but with wheat as the base
 
******** dry white IPA

Was supposed to be a law mower style wheat IPA but bloody thing went to 0.998 fg

I'm reviewing my practises haha

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O’zapft is!

First lager and an Oktoberfest to boot (das boot!), along the lines of 50% Munich, 35% Pilsner with the remainder split between Vienna and CaraBoh.

~27 IBU, Southern German Lager yeast, 5 weeks since kegged... drinking nicely, perhaps a little too nicely.

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Lagers may be a pain in the arse (tying up my ferm fridge and/or valuable keg spots in the freezer while lagering), but they sure are tasty.
 
It was 1.040 and I used us-05

Think it was the 300 gm of dex and I mashed in at 50 and for ten minutes then took it up to 64-63 for an hour

No dex any more and everything's getting mashed higher
 
Looks like a nice lager there mofox.

I started using the quick lager method recently. Ferm fridge for 4 weeks, basically ready to drink once carbonated in the keg but they do improve in time. Still, not a much longer turnaround than my ales, which is good, I'll be brewing a lot more of them now!
 
An accidentally eised Oktoberfest. By the clearest beer I've made, a bit of gelatine in the keg really makes clear nicely.

Really malty beer, a bit too sweet for what I wanted but it drinks nicely. Also a bit stronger then planned thanks to the fridge getting a bit colder then expected during the CC.

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Coopers recipe of the month "Hopbomb IPA" as served from my newly installed keg. Had a bit of trouble with it earlier in that it was pouring ridiculously slow. Cutting the beer line from about 6ft to around 3 1/2ft helped, a lot!
 
All Pils malt

Hallertauer

Wyeast 1007 4.4%

Liking this one
 
Munich Helles. Grabbed 2nd place with this at WASABC, so we'll see how she goes at the Nats. I rarely brew largers, but I'm pretty happy with this.

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