Who's Brewing New Years Day?

[Mr Bond]

"Really? This was dropped off a few weeks back for a promo and I'm looking to offload it. No one around here drinks it"
:blink:




Cheers.

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PHILISTINES :excl:

 

[Josh]

I'll be brewing a belgian white to be fermented in the fridge at 18C. Just a partial mash and 60 minute boil tomorrow. Need that damn grain mill before I buy anymore grain.

 

[mje1980]

Just mashed in this:

1.5 kg vienna 28.8%
130g caramunich1 2.5%
420g melanoiden 8.1%
3kg light munich 57.7%
150g crystal wheat 2.9%

30g hall mit 5% 60 min IBU 20

833 bock lager yeast

og 1052 fg 1013
SRM 14
5.1%

Im going to try to lager this in the keg for 3 months!!. My birthday is in march, so i'll try!!.

 

[Ross]

Drinking all afternoon & evening - Bed at 3.00 - mashed in at 7.00...

Why do we do this to ourselves?...

 

[Duff]

Drinking all afternoon & evening - Bed at 3.00 - mashed in at 7.00...

Why do we do this to ourselves?...

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I think it's called dedication Ross. Doughed mine in at 6am, ready now for the first hop addition.

Cheers.

 

[mje1980]

Im lucky, its only a cool 35c here at the moment. I know its hotter elsewhere, and thankgod i have the steamy north westerly 35c wind to cool me down hahah!. Anyway, it will be interesting to see how my very basic immersion chiller run off tap water handles the weather!!. I usually use tap water, and once its down to 30 odd, i recirculate the water in a bucket full of ice, made from ice cream containers. I wish i had a better cooling system .

Cheers and good luck

 

[Peter Wadey]

mje1980,
No way Jose, I mash in the elements!

She was 40 degC in the shade at 10am this morning
She's 44.2 degC out the back in the shade now (2:30PM) and the slab of concrete I normally stand on to mash (no shade) is 57 degC!

Hottest day I ever mashed on was 38 degrees.

Too busy right now sucking the grid to keep the house at 25 deg C, and apart from occassional 'excursions' down to the kegs in the garage, that's where I'm staying too!

Happy New Year,
Peter
(from sunny Eastwood, NSW)

 

[Josh]

Our air con packed it in halfway through my boil on the stove top. Couldn't possibly stop the brew, so we're both sweltering. Haven't had the balls to check the temp out here at St Marys but I'm guessing well over 40C.

Belgian white partial mash now in the primary.

 

[Mr Bond]

Well the New years day pale(AG) is in the fermenter.

Dough in @ 9 am and all finished by 1.30 pm.

Strike temp was a little higher than I'd targeted as the grains were still warm from yesterday 68c instead of 66c,but in an ale a little more body is not such a bad thing.
Raining and much cooler 2day,25 maybe and steady shower activity.
Hopefully you guys/girls in the east will get some relief 2morrow.

Cheers and beers and a happy new year to all
Dave

 

[dicko]

What size kettle will I need if I want to brew batches around the 60-80L mark?

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It will depend on the kettle design.
In my experience a tall kettle will need a lot more headspace for the hot break than the same capacity in a more squat format.
I have got a 90 litre kettle.
I generally brew 50 litres at a time.
After a typical sparge I have somewhere between 63 and 70 litres in the kettle.
With losses in the boil and other areas I end up with the 50 litre fermentable wort.
When I had a smaller kettle I used to brew a beer to a higher SG and then top up the fermenter to make up the litres. This method is not accurate for hop utilisation.
I would suggest that a kettle of about 120 litres would be needed for an 80 litre fermentable wort.
I hope this helps
Cheers

 

[redbeard]

glad i didnt brew today. its 44 outside in the shade. the tap water is almost at strike temp ...

 

[Mr Bond]

glad i didnt brew today. its 44 outside in the shade. the tap water is almost at strike temp ...

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Maybe 2morrow is a goer for you guys,forecast looks a little more brew friendly


http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/wrap_fwo.pl?IDN10064.txt

 

[Ross]

2 brews in the fermenters & yeast pitched at 22c - it's been a long hot day....

time for a beer :chug:

 

[Guest Lurker]

Very slow start for me, but the head is getting better and the ESB is on the boil.

 

[muga]

Thanks for the info dicko, i'll go get some quotes

It's 42 degrees in wollongong, way to hot to be brewing.. have 120L of beer on tap so i'll be fine