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3 minutes ago, Otto Von Blotto said:

Usually about 20-25g, same as the other two late additions. I generally construct my recipes with the late additions first and then top up the bitterness with a 60 minute or FWH addition.

Roger. Yeah I construct my recipes the same way. 

Thanks.

Kirk

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So water is in the kettle. 

Riwaka & Mosaic hoppy pale.

OG 1.047 IBU 38ish Yeast WLP001

4kg BB pale malt, 1kg Munich 2

0.1kg Acidulated, 0.3kg Carapils

FWA 

20g Pacifica 

Boil 5mins

25g Riwaka, 15g Mosaic 

Whirlpool/Steep 10mins

40g Riwaka, 30g Mosaic 

Cube hop at 85 degrees

30g Riwaka, 20g Mosaic 

 

Hoping for a Sessionable IPA/Pale ale.

Probaby throw 100g dry hop in there too which will up the perseived bitterness as well.

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Looks good @The Captain1525230099.  My cube hops have gone from 40g up to the biggest recently at 110g.  Can say you lost a fair bit of wort to absorption with 110g!  I did squeeze as much as possible out too.  I was following a recipe where 110g was at sub-80C whirlpool steep, so cube hopping is the only way to do it with my set up (no chiller).

 

I like Mosaic a lot and Riwaka I'm just dabbling with but from what I can taste, I like it.  Bitter fruit flavour, maybe a hint of pineapple?  I can see this working with Mosaic well.

 

Keep us posted mate (i know you will)

 

Jools

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1 hour ago, Ben 10 said:

Pineapple hey? Could do a smoked ale with Riwaka - ham and pineapple beer.

I'd drink your beers Captain.

Add some salt and you’ve got a ham and pineapple Gose. Hmmmm.

Cheers for the compliments Ben

Cheers and Have fun

Captain

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Brew day

1.7 Kg Bootmaker Pale Ale

2 Kg Gladfield American Pale ale malt

0.3Kg Weyermann Rye Malt

25g Cascade @ FO

25 Cascade @ 30 mins post FO ( Wort @70C) for 30mins

25g Centennial @ Dry

23 L

US-05 @ 18C

 

OG 1041

IBU 35ish

 

Not sure if these are good numbers, especially the OG.  I thought that it should be higher.  Very new to this partial mash stuff!  

Cheers,

Dave

 

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Grains:

2kg pale malt

500g wheat

200g lt crystal

15lt mash at 68dec C.

3lt sparge

Hops:

10g mosaic at 60min

10g amirallo and 10g mosaic at 15min

10g amarillo and 10g mosaic at 5 min.8lt of frozen water in a bucket tipped into fermenter with 1.7kg of light liquid malt extract.  with hot wort siphoned from boil kettle straight onto FV.
(approx 15 lt) = equalise of temp to 20deg C.

Total volume = 23lt, 

OG = 1043. 

Happy days.

it worked, first time trying to do it like this.

 

 

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Welcome to the dark side.  It was only a matter of time and one of my friends gives me great feedback on my beers.  His love is with the dark beers and has been begging me for months to brew something dark for him.

I settled on a porter.  This is from the BYO robust porter page and the first recipe on the list.  Black Widow Robust Porter.


Brewer: Jools    
Batch Size: 22.40 l    Style: American Porter (20A)
Boil Size: 30.00 l    Style Guide: BJCP 2015
Color: 57.8 EBC    Equipment: Pot (13 Gal/33 L) - BIAB
Bitterness: 32.8 IBUs    Boil Time: 60 min
Est OG: 1.064 (15.6° P)    Mash Profile: Single Infusion, Light Body, No Mash Out
Est FG: 1.014 SG (3.6° P)    Fermentation: Ale, Two Stage
ABV: 6.5%    Taste Rating: 30.0
Ingredients
Amount    Name    Type    #
0.50    Campden Tablet (Potassium Metabisulfate) (Mash 0 min)    Misc    1
5.20 kg    Gladfield Ale Malt (6.0 EBC)    Grain    2
600.0 g    Gladfield Munich Malt (15.5 EBC)    Grain    3
400.0 g    Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (78.8 EBC)    Grain    4
300.0 g    Chocolate Malt (689.5 EBC)    Grain    5
200.0 g    Black (Patent) Malt (985.0 EBC)    Grain    6
42.0 g    Styrian Goldings [3.0%] - Boil 60 min    Hops    7
22.0 g    East Kent Goldings (EKG) [5.0%] - Boil 60 min    Hops    8
20.0 g    Fuggles [5.2%] - Boil 15 min    Hops    9
0.50    Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 10 min)    Misc    10
18.0 g    East Kent Goldings (EKG) [5.0%] - Steep 30 min    Hops    11
10.0 g    Styrian Goldings [3.0%] - Steep 30 min    Hops    12
1 pkgs    Safale American (DCL/Fermentis #US-05)    Yeast    13

Brewday went well, even with the big grain bill I got 73.4% efficiency.  The boil off was higher than I've ever experienced because I brewed in the shelter of the shed, out of the wind.  So my OG was 1.072 in 20.4L.  I'll dilute with water down to 1.064 when I pitch this cube.

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I was struggling with my efficiency until lately  used to get 70-75% when I had grain milled by the LHBS, but it had dropped to 62.5-65% when I got my own mill. A mashmaster mini mill too!

I have made a couple of positive changes in the last two brews and it has brought my efficiency back up. I made the grind a bit finer, but I don’t think that was the key. I’ve recently started double milling. The first crush left a few unbroken grains. Second crush sorted it out and it was consistent and all cracked, but not crushed like flour.

 

need a new grain bag. the combination of a big grain bill, squeezing the bag and it being over a year old has split it at the seams. $7 once a year I can live with!

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Monday night I brewed up a 1.080 OG Doppelbock, then a 1.050 OG Nelson Sauvin amber lager with the second runnings (final recipes attached). It was a bit of a long brew evening - I mashed in on the Doppelbock at 8pm and finished up the second runnings beer just before 2am.

After a 60 minute mash, the first runnings for the Doppelbock came in a little under the target gravity, but a little over the target volume, so I boiled for 90 minutes to hit the 1.080 target. This meant that the second runnings batch continued to mash for another 90 minutes (with a bit of new grain in the mix), and so the gravity on the second runnings was a bit higher than expected. In hindsight it might have been better to have planned a 90 minute mash on the Doppelbock.

But never mind that, I definitely call having 10 litres of 1.080 Doppelbock fermenting in my Coopers Craft fermenter and 8 - 9 litres of another 1.050 lager fermenting in my cube a success. Good thing they both fit into my Cool Brewing Bag nicely. But I probably won't do another partigyle batch for a while, only having one boil kettle makes for a fairly late night.

Cheers,

John

brew_calc_doppelbock_partigyle.xlsx

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On 5/16/2018 at 5:25 AM, porschemad911 said:

Monday night I brewed up a 1.080 OG Doppelbock, then a 1.050 OG Nelson Sauvin amber lager with the second runnings (final recipes attached). It was a bit of a long brew evening - I mashed in on the Doppelbock at 8pm and finished up the second runnings beer just before 2am.

You're starting to sound & brew like Ben 10! ? ?

That Dopplebock will keep you warm during the winter for sure. ?

Good luck with the brews.

Lusty.

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13 hours ago, Ben 10 said:

Have you seen my recent brews? ?

Yes. Very out of character for you. ?

That's OK though. Winter is fast approaching so we'll see if any extra alcohol starts to sneak back into your beers. ?

49 minutes ago, The Captain1525230099 said:

How’s That Nelson light going mate? Cracked one yet?

+1

I reckon it's a cracking beer for that ABV%. ?

Cheers,

Lusty.

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Another Hoppy Pale tomorrow. Trying some oats in a hoppy pale and a new yeast. 

OG 1.050 FG 1.010

IBU 35ish ABV 5.4%

Idaho 7, Taiheke Pale

4.3kg BB Pale Malt

1kg Munich 2

0.3kg golden naked oats

0.1kg Acidulated

FWA: 8g Warrior 

Boil 5 mins: 30g Idaho, 20g Taiheke 

Cube hop at 85: 30g Idaho, 20g Taiheke, 20g Nelson Sauvin 

Yeast: Mangrove Jacks new world strong M#42

Not sure on dry hop yet but probably the same ratios of Idaho and Taiheke 

Captain.

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Brew day went well today, but once again can not find my brew paddle anywhere. And yes I’ve checked under the couch. 

Think im going to have to purchase another two just to make sure I have at least one there for brew day. 

Drives me nuts.

Captain

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On 5/21/2018 at 12:21 PM, The Captain1525230099 said:

Another Hoppy Pale tomorrow. Trying some oats in a hoppy pale and a new yeast. 

OG 1.050 FG 1.010

IBU 35ish ABV 5.4%

Idaho 7, Taiheke Pale

4.3kg BB Pale Malt

1kg Munich 2

0.3kg golden naked oats

0.1kg Acidulated

FWA: 8g Warrior 

Boil 5 mins: 30g Idaho, 20g Taiheke 

Cube hop at 85: 30g Idaho, 20g Taiheke, 20g Nelson Sauvin 

Yeast: Mangrove Jacks new world strong M#42

Not sure on dry hop yet but probably the same ratios of Idaho and Taiheke 

Captain.

Interesting brew Captain.

I'll look forward to your tasting notes of it down the track.

Cheers,

Lusty.

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Going to brew a stout tomorrow.

Captains Choc Vanilla Stout

ABV 5.5% OG 1.053 FG 1.011ish

IBU 40

4.2kg Pale malt BB

0.53kg Aromatic 

0.3kg Golden naked oats 

0.23kg Roasted Barley

0.23kg Chocolate malt

0.8kg Flaked Barley 

FWA 65g East Kent Goldings

Boil 5mins 20g Columbus 

Couple of vanilla beans in fermenter after primary fermentation has finished for approx 3-5 days.

Captain 

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