Whats In The Glass

[Bribie G]

Yardy, I kegged off an English Best Bitter straight out of primary after a fairly long fermentation around 2 weeks, and then (UK pub cellar style) added Isinglass to the keg then put into kegerator. After a week I tapped it and it was quite clear. I drew off a couple of bottles and entered one in the BABBs comp at the weekend. This afternoon I thought "wonder how the BB is tasting now". I nearly always get a keg and 4 tallies out of each brew and put the tallies away as an archive.

So I chilled a tallie and it poured looking just like your picture. I wondered WTF was happening then it occured to me that the tallies in question were pre-keg, not drawn from the keg, and therefore were not fined with IG. That's proved to my satisfaction that Isinglass will clear chill haze proteins as well as yeast.

Pity the stuff smells like a Chinese woman's bike saddle B)



don't ask.

 

[Shed101]

Pity the stuff smells like a Chinese woman's bike saddle B)

don't ask.

I wonder how the judges will express that ... could be a good name for the beer, though.

 

[under]

If you like dark lagers that are malty and bitter. Yummm.

Recipe: 13 - California Common
Brewer: Dazza
Asst Brewer:
Style: California Common Beer
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (35.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 23.00 L
Boil Size: 27.00 L
Estimated OG: 1.056 SG
Estimated Color: 24.2 EBC
Estimated IBU: 30.2 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.00 %
Boil Time: 75 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
4.20 kg Pilsner, Malt Craft Export (Joe White) (3.Grain 75.00 %
0.50 kg Carahell (Weyermann) (25.6 EBC) Grain 8.93 %
0.50 kg Vienna Malt (Weyermann) (5.9 EBC) Grain 8.93 %
0.30 kg Biscuit (Dingemans) (44.3 EBC) Grain 5.36 %
0.10 kg Chocolate Malt (Joe White) (750.6 EBC) Grain 1.79 %
20.00 gm Northern Brewer [9.60 %] (60 min) Hops 19.6 IBU
20.00 gm Northern Brewer [9.60 %] (15 min) Hops 9.7 IBU
20.00 gm Northern Brewer [9.60 %] (1 min) Hops 0.8 IBU
3.00 gm Calcium Chloride (Mash 60.0 min) Misc
6.00 gm Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) (Mash 60.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs California Lager (Wyeast Labs #2112) Yeast-Lager


Mash Schedule: My Mash
Total Grain Weight: 5.60 kg

Loving the Wyeast 2112 atm. Truly a great yeast for Cal. Common's, Cream Ales and Rice Lagers.

 

[glennheinzel]

Saison which was bottled in December. Nice maltiness. Still some lemony aroma from the Southern Cross hops. Flavour is a nice mix of hops and malt. Hints of tartness from the yeast.

 

[jyo]

APA. Centennial and Amarillo. Loving this Proculture 10 Sierra yeast. Such a clean profile.

 

[Screwtop]

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APA. Centennial and Amarillo. Loving this Proculture 10 Sierra yeast. Such a clean profile.

Nice John, yet to try Proculture! Centennial Bittering, Amarillo Late???????

Screwy

 

[jyo]

Nice John, yet to try Proculture! Centennial Bittering, Amarillo Late???????

Screwy

Spot on, mate. Centennial bittering, then a big handful of Amarillo at flameout. This is a nice one. I will definitely go the Proculture again. :icon_cheers:
Wheat has been the missing link in my Pale Ales, I think
Cheers, John.

 

[porky4776]

My quaffer bitter with a hint of Simcoe




My ruby porter

 

[reviled]

Spot on, mate. Centennial bittering, then a big handful of Amarillo at flameout. This is a nice one. I will definitely go the Proculture again. :icon_cheers:
Wheat has been the missing link in my Pale Ales, I think
Cheers, John.

Whats this proculture you speak of? Is it a wyeast special release?

 

[Wisey]

http://www.proculture.com.au/Index_files/Page439.htm

 

[Goofinder]

A while ago I brewed an Old Ale shortly after we found out we were having twins. Today the girls turned 1, so I cracked open another bottle to celebrate. :icon_cheers:

 

[jyo]

http://www.proculture.com.au/Index_files/Page439.htm

That's the one. I pick mine up from Nev at Gryphon in Perth, but I don't think he can post them anymore... I want to try some others now.

 

[drsmurto]

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A while ago I brewed an Old Ale shortly after we found out we were having twins. Today the girls turned 1, so I cracked open another bottle to celebrate. :icon_cheers:

Love a good Old Ale and what do you know, we are up to old ale/BW for the next BJCP study group :beerbang:

How does it stack up to your expectations and the guidelines?

 

[Goofinder]

Love a good Old Ale and what do you know, we are up to old ale/BW for the next BJCP study group :beerbang:

How does it stack up to your expectations and the guidelines?

Somehow it fermented out to 1.007 so it doesn't have the full body I was hoping for. The treacle is a little stronger than I was hoping for which is probably related. I'll have a bottle at the next BJCP session for tasting.

 

[winkle]

One of the last ESBs in the keg.

Might have a few more before a day sleep beckons.

 

[reviled]

One of the last ESBs in the keg.
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Might have a few more before a day sleep beckons.

Looks delicious mate, 30 mins to beer o clock for me :icon_drool2:

 

[winkle]

Looks delicious mate, 30 mins to beer o clock for me :icon_drool2:

It was mate :icon_cheers:

Next in the pissheads afternoons progress is the current Rootin' Saison on tap.

Bit of a tastebud shock after the ESB but re-education-thru-drinking continues.

 

[Fourstar]

a photo of my ryebox honey ale will be hitting the forums shortly! Man, i need to get out of the office!

 

[Fourstar]

a photo of my ryebox honey ale will be hitting the forums shortly! Man, i need to get out of the office!

As promised! exactly what i needed right about now! Let the weekend begin! :beerbang:

 

[Shed101]

Let the weekend begin! :beerbang:

OK - thanks

buuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrp!