Whats In The Glass

[Weizguy]

Hey Droid, it's almost Maibock season, and I'm planning a succession of lagers using the Wyeast Munich II-PC yeast.
I shall look forward to posting pics eventually.
A bit OT, but I was planning to brew my Schwarz yesterday and the Maibock today (both respectable 44 or 45 litre batches), and the 70 litre Helles in a few weeks in the cylindoconical which I'm yet to awaken.
I look forward to some decent beer on tap, since the flood (storm runoff) back in December wiped me out for a while.
*Edit: currently have a Marzen-style (actually Kellerbier) in the Brewbucket for the NSW case swap. Sample taste great, so far.
*Second edit link to BYO.com's Kellerbier style profile and recipe.

 

[droid]

Mick your wee heavy colour looks great, i can nearly taste it!
@Les, as i go back over the BJCP notes on the marzen i find myself drawn to the Kellerbier, it sounds good

 

[Thefatdoghead]

English IPA with redback malt.

Base malt pearl and hopped massively with EKG and Fuggles

 

[Rocker1986]

My usual pale ale grain bill consists of 85% MO, 10% Munich II and 5% medium crystal. Simple yet effective. I have one like it in a keg which is due to be poured from today, the other is a MO/Centennial SMASH ale, will grab photos later when I sample a glass from them.

Totally forgot to come back and post those photos. :lol: Anyway, here they are; top photo is the Centennial/MO SMASH, the bottom photo is a Cascade pale ale using that grain bill mentioned.

 

[mofox1]

English IPA with redback malt.

Base malt pearl and hopped massively with EKG and Fuggles

Dry hopped, or just a heap of late?

 

[Dan Pratt]

Totally forgot to come back and post those photos. :lol: Anyway, here they are; top photo is the Centennial/MO SMASH, the bottom photo is a Cascade pale ale using that grain bill mentioned.

The MO centennial smash looks great, what was the hop schedule?

 

[hwall95]

Fu@cken 21 and pumpen out good looken beers like that

I want to go to youre 40th youre beers will be something eles

happy 21st by the way when it happens

Cheers mate, yeah it should be good! Have a mocha stout, english mild, a hefe, raspberry wheat, and an APA to alongside it so it should be a good line up but been a bit of an effort over the last few weeks with brewing/kegging/cleaning etc. Will be worth it to share it with all the family and friends though, hopefully half of them will figure out how to pour their own beer by the end of the night :lol:

 

[Rocker1986]

The MO centennial smash looks great, what was the hop schedule?

Hi mate, cheers This was the hop schedule based on a 25 litre batch. I threw a 40 or 50g dry hop at it as well.

20.00 g Centennial [10.00 %] - First Wort 75.0 m Hop 2 23.8 IBUs
7.00 g Centennial [10.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 3 7.2 IBUs
20.00 g Centennial [10.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 4 4.1 IBUs
20.00 g Centennial [10.00 %] - Steep/Whirlpool Hop 5 5.1 IBUs

 

[Dan Pratt]

Hi mate, cheers This was the hop schedule based on a 25 litre batch. I threw a 40 or 50g dry hop at it as well.

20.00 g Centennial [10.00 %] - First Wort 75.0 m Hop 2 23.8 IBUs
7.00 g Centennial [10.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 3 7.2 IBUs
20.00 g Centennial [10.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 4 4.1 IBUs
20.00 g Centennial [10.00 %] - Steep/Whirlpool Hop 5 5.1 IBUs

Centennial is such a great hop. With the FWH and the 60m boil addition how did the bitterness edge go? FWH for roundness, boil addition for bitterness edge.

 

[Rocker1986]

It turned out really well, it has been sitting in the keg for a few weeks already, so it's probably mellowed a little in that time. But yeah nice and smooth and balanced I find. Might have to brew this again sometime!

 

[rude]

APA magnum & citra

 

[IsonAd]

Slowly refining my house APA. This one is pretty close to what I'm after, light body piney/fruity hop flavour.

42% MO
42% pils
10% Vienna
6% gladfield toffee

Target for 60 min bittering
Cascade, chinook and vic secret late.
About 40 IBU

 

[IsonAd]

Slowly refining my house APA. This one is pretty close to what I'm after, light body piney/fruity hop flavour.

42% MO
42% pils
10% Vienna
6% gladfield toffee

Target for 60 min bittering
Cascade, chinook and vic secret late.
About 40 IBU
Wy1728

 

[Batz]

My first brew from the barrel, Dark Saison that was soured late in the ferment. It turned out very well with a nice sourness but still good underlying Saison flavour. Quite happy about this.

Batz

 

[hwall95]

Got given a bottle of this today, a very interesting beer. Very fruit cakey, sour, porty and boozy. Lovely end of night beer that drinks like a wine. Shared the bottle with the housemates, probably a good idea seeing the percentage

 

[hwall95]

Just freshly kegged a mocha stout. Have had it sitting on 200g of roasted cocao nibs for last week. Just added 1L of cold steeped coffee beans straight to the keg and drained the beer on top. Stronger version at 7.8% and originally tasted a bit boozy but really balanced now, really happy with it. Third birthday beer now kegged

 

[TheWiggman]

This one's a shout out to all the haters out there, Tooheys Old clone y'all! Damn fine. I'll do a side-by-side in the future but if I handed over my hard-earnt at a pub and was handed this glass, I wouldn't bat an eye.
Sometimes I feel like an APA, sometimes an RIS, sometimes some Belgian wonder but right now this is what I want.

 

[Dan Pratt]

Recipe please.

 

[TheWiggman]

Full credit to Steve/_Brewman.
http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/index.php?/topic/88486-Tooheys-Old-Dark-Ale/page__view__findpost__p__1326593
I used 1469 and some water treatment, posted later in the thread. Otherwise followed it to the letter. So close I suspect some inside info may be at hand.

 

[billygoat]

Black Sheep Ale clonish.
4.5% ABV
83% Maris Otter
10% Torrified wheat
7% Simpsons Med crystal

Fuggles and Target at 90 mins
EKG at 10 mins.
38 IBU's.
SO4 yeast.

Nice malty flavour but finishes dry so a few can be knocked back. Bitterness spot on. Very nice.
First time using SO4 in an English Bitter and would use again.