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It's not like you to miss an important detail Lusty!biggrin

lol

 

It must be these 6.3%ABV IPA's I'm drinking' date=' that I overlooked that? [img']unsure[/img]

 

Unusual for Ben to sneak out the yeast he is using, so maybe I just looked at his recipe outline like I always do that contains no reference to the yeast EVER. LOL! tongue

 

Now I'm just @#$%ing envious about how he got hold of the Melbourne Ale strain to begin with!!

Last time I looked, the WLP strain was well short of release to the public.

 

I hope you'll keep us posted on the brew & results Ben.

 

Cheers,

 

Lusty.

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Now I'm just @#$%ing envious about how he got hold of the Melbourne Ale strain to begin with!!

Last time I looked' date=' the WLP strain was well short of release to the public.

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It's funny you know.

I was just sitting at the computer looking at AHB and there was a thread stating it was available.

Apparently I grabbed one of four vials.

 

 

And yes, I really should add the yeast into the recipe list I suppose.

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It's funny you know.

I was just sitting at the computer looking at AHB and there was a thread stating it was available.

Apparently I grabbed one of four vials.

Good stuff mate! cool

 

I hope the yeast throws something noticeable in the brew(s) you use it in.

 

Cheers & good brewing' date='

 

Lusty.[/size']

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Big bad IPA time. Run out of grains apart from BB Ale so I bought some flaked Rye.

 

Recipe: Golden RyePa

Brewer: Grumpy

Asst Brewer: Solar Power

Style: American IPA

TYPE: All Grain, BIAB, No Chill

 

Recipe Specifications

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Batch Size (fermenter): 23.00 l

Estimated OG: 1.071 SG

Estimated Color: 10.0 EBC

Estimated IBU: 71.7 IBUs

 

 

Ingredients:

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Amt Name Type # %/IBU

16.50 g Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) (Mash 60.0 mins Water Agent 1 -

1.50 g Calcium Chloride (Mash 60.0 mins) Water Agent 2 -

1.50 g Epsom Salt (MgSO4) (Mash 60.0 mins) Water Agent 3 -

5.50 kg Pale Malt, Ale (Barrett Burston) (5.9 EB Grain 4 81.5 %

1.00 kg Rye, Flaked (3.9 EBC) Grain 5 14.8 %

20.00 g Fortnight [13.90 %] - First Wort 60.0 mi Hop 6 26.6 IBUs

0.25 kg Sugar, Table (Sucrose) (2.0 EBC) Sugar 7 3.7 %

1.00 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins) Fining 8 -

50.00 g Amarillo [8.40 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 20. Hop 9 11.1 IBUs

50.00 g Cascade [5.50 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 20.0 Hop 10 7.2 IBUs

50.00 g East Kent Goldings (EKG) [6.50 %] - Stee Hop 11 8.6 IBUs

50.00 g Fortnight [13.90 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 2 Hop 12 18.3 IBUs

1.0 pkg New World Strong Ale (Mangrove Jack's #M Yeast 13 -

50.00 g Amarillo [8.40 %] - Dry Hop 0.0 Days Hop 14 0.0 IBUs

 

 

 

Total Grain Weight: 6.75 kg

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Brew day today.

 

Extract/partial mash.

 

Enigma Pale Ale:

 

Briess CBW Pilsen Light LME 1.5kg

Coopers Dry Malt extract 500gms

Ale Malt grain 500gms

Wheat Malt grain 250gms

Weyermann Dark Wheat Malt grain 100gms

CaraPils Malt grain 250gms

Fortnight 10gms @ 60mins

Enigma 10gms @ 15mins

½ tsp yeast nutrient @ 15mins

Enigma 20gms @ flameout

Enigma 25gms dry hopped

CCA yeast from 2 litre starter

Brewed to 21 litres

Ferment @ 19°C

OG = approx. 1.047

FG = approx. 1.012

EBC = 6.1

IBU = 26.1

Kegged ABV = 4.6%

 

Arguably the lightest colour brew I've ever done. It was very pale when mixed up in the FV.

 

Smelled good. happy

...1.0 pkg New World Strong Ale (Mangrove Jack's #M Yeast 13 -...

Welcome to the Full Disclosure Brewing Fraternity! tongue

 

Cheers & good brewing' date='

 

Lusty.[/size']

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Picked up my 25kg sack of Gladfield Pilsner malt today and got 4.2kg milled for this partial (if you could call 4.26kg of grain partial) mash. Man, those Gladfield grains are plump!

 

I was using a mish-mash of IanH's spreadsheet to devise this recipe, and got it very wrong. I was aiming for an OG of 1.055 and got 1.064. Oops.

 

Style: Dortmunder Export (recipe adapted from Brewing Classic Styles)

 

4.20 kg Pilsner (2 Row) Ger (3.9 EBC) Grain 1

60.0 g Aromatic Malt (51.2 EBC) Grain 2

1.50 kg Briess Munich LME (22.5 EBC) Extract 3

68.0 g Tettnang (Tettnang Tettnager) [3.7%] - Boil 60 min Hops 4

27.0 g Hallertauer Mittelfrueh [3.0%] - Boil 5 min Hops 5

27.0 g Hallertauer Mittelfrueh [3.0%] - Steep 15 min Hops 6

 

I mashed at 65.7C in about 22L of water for 60min. Sparged/topped up to 30L for the boil and added the can of Munich LME. New equipment, so was guessing the boil off rate.

 

60min boil. I wanted to do a 75-90min mash and a 75min boil, but the day got away from me so settled for 60/60.

 

Post-mash volume was 19.07L with a gravity reading of 1.048.

 

Post boil I had 24.6L of wort in the kettle and measured that I got 22.90L into the cube with an OG of 1.064. I can't believe I got it so wrong.

 

So I purchased Beersmith this evening and punched in the recipe and it appears I should have only mashed 3.4kg of Pilsner malt instead of 4.2kg.

 

So that this doesn't come out ridiculously strong, I am going to dilute it when I pitch into the FV with 3.7L of Campden-treated water. Should bring OG down to 1.056, which is within style. The hops and IBUs will be diluted, but I hope it will still be somewhat balanced.

 

I don't want/need a 6.1% dortmunder export lager.

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Doing a wheat beer. Haven't done one in quite a while

 

Simple recipe of 19L

 

2kg JW ale malt

2kg JW wheat malt

20gms Saaz 4% @ 60 mins

Irish Moss @ 10 mins

10gms Saaz 4% @ 5 mins

WB-06 750ml starter

 

OG 1045

IBU 11.7

 

Bottle Conditioned once its done.

 

Mashed @ 66c and fermented at 24c on the heat belt.

 

Purposely underpitching this one to see if I get some banana out of WB-06

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A much more pleasant brew day than the last, currently a balmy 15 degrees C. Just finishing mashing my grains for my DPA American Pale Ale. I've got American Ale Malt with Caramalt, Medium Crystal, and a touch of Acid. My favourite bittering hop, Magnum, and my favourite flavouring and aroma hop Cascade. There will also be lashings of Mosaic. Finished off with the yeast that never lets you down, US05.

 

Cheers & Beers

Scottie

Valley Brew

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A much more pleasant brew day than the last, currently a balmy 16 degrees C. Just finishing mashing my grains for my DPA American Pale Ale. I've got American Ale Malt with Caramalt, Medium Crystal, and a touch of Acid. My favourite bittering hop, Magnum, and my favourite flavouring and aroma hop Cascade. There will also be lashings of Mosaic. Finished off with the yeast that never lets you down, US05.

 

Cheers & Beers

Scottie

Valley Brew

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The numbers came out close bandit

 

OG on this brew is 1.050 same as my first one (trying to clone my best brew ever), I did however end up with about 300 ml extra in the FV.

Pitched the yeast at 14.5 degrees.

Can't wait to see if this is as good as my best brew ever.

 

Cheers & Beers

Scottie

Valley Brew

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There's a Kiwi Bitter going down at the moment. Mashed and sparged 2kg of Gladfield grain for 60 mins @66.5ºC. 10-11 litres of 1.046 wort collected which will be paired up with with a Coopers OS lager can and made up to 23 litres.

 

Will do a 45min boil this time - 10g Waimea going in soon for additional bittering, flavour/aroma (@15mins) followed then by 25g Southern Cross for a FO steep.

 

I've got some spare LME on hand just in case I fall short of expected OG of 1.042.

 

cool

 

 

 

 

 

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Hey Lads,

Fairly excited for tomorrow. First all grain brew day.

40L crown urn BIAB brew, no chill, well......... chilling in a cube in the swimming pool.

 

4.8kg BB Pale malt

.6kg Munich malt

.2kg medium crystal

.1kg acid malt

 

6g magnum 60 mins

5g Columbus 15 mins

15g Columbus 10 mins

15g Simcoe 10 mins

20g Columbus 5 mins

25g Simcoe 5 mins

 

25g Columbus and 25g Simcoe dry hop on day 5, maybe day 3

 

US05 yeast

 

Hope it goes alright, been getting all the last minute things today like a pulley system and a cube.

 

I spoke with a couple of brewers at the LHBS today about this recipe, unfortunately they really are effing useless as they mostly brew extract. I'm thinking it's really a distribution place then a place you can get some good advice. That's what you get for living out of a metro area I suppose.

 

Anyways have fun and cheers,

Kirk

 

 

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Rye IPA today , how can 2 of my favourite things ( rye and loads of hops ) not be a good thing

 

4.4 kg BB ale malt

1.2 kg rye malt

.25 kg carahell

.15 kg acidulated

.085 kg carafa I for colour

Wyeast 1272 just because i like it and have it

 

hopping with summit , brooklyn ,citra and cascade ( pellets and flowers )

Exp OG 1.066

IBU 67

FG 1.013

ABV ~7% in keg

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German Pilsner, first time I have brewed this style!

 

4.3kg Gladfield pilsner malt

75min mash 64C

75min boil

27g Perle @ 60min

15g Tettnanger @ 15min

0.5 Whirlfloc @ 10min

15g Tettnanger @ 1min

 

OG 1.047. New pot and the boil off rate is much lower than my previous one. Very happy with efficiency with my new set up (BIAB with a small 7L sparge).

 

Will pitch in four or so days time after my S-23 lager yeast starter has built up the cell count and will pitch the starter cake.

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German Pilsner' date=' first time I have brewed this style!

 

4.3kg Gladfield pilsner malt

75min mash 64C

75min boil

27g Perle @ 60min

15g Tettnanger @ 15min

0.5 Whirlfloc @ 10min

15g Tettnanger @ 1min

 

OG 1.047. New pot and the boil off rate is much lower than my previous one. Very happy with efficiency with my new set up (BIAB with a small 7L sparge).

 

Will pitch in four or so days time after my S-23 lager yeast starter has built up the cell count and will pitch the starter cake.[/quote']

 

Would keep the temp way down ~10c on the S23 mate. The few times I have used it it gave the cleanest results down at that temp. Gets above 12 or 13 and will throw fruity type flavours.

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Thanks for the tip Green. I'll set the STC for 10C when. I pitch that cube. I want it clean like a German Pilsner is supposed to be.

 

 

What are your thoughts on W34/70? I made a starter from 2 packets and have the STC set at 12C for my Dortmunder Export, above. The yeast data sheet said best 12-15C so I didn't do it lower. I usually set it for around 10.5C for my lagers.

 

It's exactly 12hrs in now and 8mm krausen is present. Can easily turn down is W34/70 throws undesirable esters at 12C

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Rye IPA today ' date=' [/quote']

 

yum

 

If it doesn't get infected or tipped it may well be yum , horrible brewday

 

home made hop spider sank releasing a few hundred grams of pellets and whole cones after whirpool and blocked up ball valve making transfer to cube impossible .

Had to use a measuring cup to get wort into a spare FV and chill that in a spare fridge , loads of hop matter included so may end up massively bitter instead of a pleasant 70 IBU

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Brew day!

 

1kg Gladfield American ale

3kg Golden Promise

1kg Munich

250g Medium Crystal

60 min mash at 67C

10g Columbus FWH 60 min

10g each Columbus,Chinook,Nelson,Moutere Flameout, 20 min steep

30g Columbus Dry hop

40g each Chinook,Nelson,Moutere Dry hop

US-05 from starter at 18C

 

Cheers

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Brew day!

 

1kg Gladfield American ale

3kg Golden Promise

1kg Munich

250g Medium Crystal

60 min mash at 67C

10g Columbus FWH 60 min

10g each Columbus' date='Chinook,Nelson,Moutere Flameout, 20 min steep

30g Columbus Dry hop

40g each Chinook,Nelson,Moutere Dry hop

US-05 from starter at 18C

 

Cheers[/quote']

 

So just finished putting this down, and i have a question about my pre boil gravity. I got 1.052 pre boil in 30 litres and a post boil gravity of 1.046. How does that work? I was thinking that maybe because i didn't mix the wort before taking a sample is why its higher than after the boil. Can anyone shed some light on this for me please?

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First brew day in 3 months today and the first in the new place too. Today's brew is a Bohemian pilsner, with much less hops this time as the AA% of the Saaz is 3.8%. I can't be arsed writing the whole recipe out on my phone but it will be a 21 litre batch of about 5% ABV and 44 IBUs. OG around 1.048 and FG predicted 1.008. Fermented with wyeast 2000 budvar yeast on my usual lager schedule.

 

Cheers

 

Kelsey

 

 

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Hi Kelsey.

 

Good luck with the first brew at the new abode. Have fun with lifting the grain bag out tongue, & I'll be interested in your view of the Budvar strain on your Bohemian Pilsner recipe once it's in the glass.

 

Cheers,

 

Lusty.

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another triple batch down yesterday

Too low on OG to really be an IPA and at 90 IBU far too bitter to be an APA ...meh its got nearly 1.5 kg of hops from FW to dry so it'll be right up our alley no matter what

Not my recipe or it'd have far less crystal and munich

6.6 kg wey pale

4.5 kg munich 1

1.5 kg wheat

.75 kg med crystal

.07 kg carafa

 

OG 1.062

IBU 90

62 litres

Hops ? lots !

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