Titan Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 Second batch of this Pilsner on its way. Strike water heating nicely. First batch currently in freezer sitting at 15.2 deg. Just prepping my yeast for pitching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 Epic day there. My pale ale batch is just about to start boiling. 80 minute boil for this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheap Drunk Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 On 5/31/2018 at 11:03 PM, Cheap Drunk said: Hi guys, I wonder if anyone can give me an idea of what my FG should be for the following brew, or point me to something that will let me work it out. 1.7kg can TC's pale ale 1.7kg can Homebrand Draught 1kg BE2 Made to 23L Started with 1.054 and pitched both tin yeasts. It's 16 days in the FV but it's been around 16°C and has been 1.017 or so for about a week. I just gave it a gentle stir and put a couple of hot water bottles next to it. It's in a non-working fridge and swathed in blankets. Should I expect it to get much lower? And if it doesn't do that after a few more days, can I just go ahead and bottle it in Pet? Cheers Well my FG didn't drop any further so I just bottled it. They're quite firm already after just six days so I fridged one and tried it today and it's very good. My best yet anyway. Once it gets fully carbed I'm going to enjoy it, although it's not a session beer. Might be a touch stronger than the 5.2% I calculated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 I suspect your OG was low. I have done a two kit plus kilo brew before and the OG was in the low 1.060s. Can't remember what the FG on it was now but the ABV was over 6.5%. I reckon yours would be somewhere between 6 and 6.5%, taking into account the high FG and additional ABV from the priming sugar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheap Drunk Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 9 minutes ago, Otto Von Blotto said: I suspect your OG was low. I have done a two kit plus kilo brew before and the OG was in the low 1.060s. Can't remember what the FG on it was now but the ABV was over 6.5%. I reckon yours would be somewhere between 6 and 6.5%, taking into account the high FG and additional ABV from the priming sugar. When taking the OG I just used the first sample, although I think I've read to chuck that and take another? I don't know why though, apart from bubbles. But I was definitely expecting a higher ABV so I might have mucked up somewhere. Anyway, I threw a few more in the fridge after trying the first and am having one now. Definitely higher than 5.2%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titan Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 Yep epic is not the words i would use. Second batch in the fermenter. Yeast in prep. Using s04 for this one and will ferment as an ale. By the way SG of this batch 1.055 so 5 points off 1st brew. Must admit this one seemed to go much better. Stirring the grains much easier and sparg took half the time. Now its a waiting game. Will drop temperature of first batch down to 10 deg tomorrow night. 2nd batch with the ale yeast will sit at 18 for 14 days then i will crank it up to 21 for the final 7 days. I will then crash them both for a further week before kegging. Kegs will sit in freezer at 5deg for 6 weeks. Looking forward to tasting my first lagers/pilsners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 2 hours ago, Cheap Drunk said: When taking the OG I just used the first sample, although I think I've read to chuck that and take another? I don't know why though, apart from bubbles. But I was definitely expecting a higher ABV so I might have mucked up somewhere. Anyway, I threw a few more in the fridge after trying the first and am having one now. Definitely higher than 5.2%. You won't have bubbles in an OG sample, they come from CO2 produced by the fermentation, which obviously hasn't started when you take an OG sample. I think the idea behind discarding the first bit is because of trub that builds up around the tap during the fermentation. It's more of a thing when you're taking FG samples. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottie Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 Quote The beauty of Valley Weather, today is like an English Summer with the temps hitting 14oC early in the day. Enough about the weather today I am brewing an English Extra Special Bitter, which I guess has a correlation to my opening statement. English Bitter in Targets and Name only OG 1.054 IBU 39.6 EBC 27.3 ABV 5.2% The Grain Bill is a mix match to make up the required 5kg with 2.5 GP, 1.5 Pils, .5 Ale and .5 Caramalt. Magnum to bitter, Fuggles to finish and rinsed ESB to ferment. Might even do a small dry hop of 10g. Cheers & Beers Scottie Valley Brew My up and down efficiency continues plus I ended up with an extra litre in the FV It was all a bit of rush in the end and I was rinsing the yeast from my previous EB and doing the cleanup in the dark with the temps dropping fast. Should've seen this coming as I didn't get the mash on until 1pm. Anyway I put 21 litres of lovely sweet wort at 1.048 into my FV. Due to the rush I pitched a litre of yeast slurry (dropping the OG by an estimated .02), a bit rule of thumb compared to all the calculations others yeast doctors perform so hopefully it gets up and going sometime today. Cheers & Beers Scottie Valley brew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Lao Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 2nd Brew day on the Robobrew. Hop Head IPA (recipe from brewmart) 4.75kg pale ale malt 0.23kg Munich malt 0.02 Caramunich malt 0.15kg Caramalt 0.2kg Cararye 15g Citra and Chinook 60min 15g Citra and Chinook 10min 15g Citra and 30g Galaxy 2min Will dry hop 15g of each of the above hops OG 1.058 IBUs 56 1.5 litre starter of Notty charging less than 12 hours after pitching Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 I didn't hit my OG yesterday, missed it by 1½ points, but the pre boil gravity was also lower. The boil added 8 points which is pretty normal so if I'd hit the pre boil gravity I'd have been pretty well on target. Oh well, it will still be a nice beer, I'm not concerned with minor differences like that. If it was 5 or 10 points out I'd be concerned though. Cheers Kelsey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titan Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 Its clean up time for me after yesterdays brew day. Glad to report both brews have kicked off. Nice health krausen on the batch with the ale yeast first thing this morning. Lager yeast batch has just started to form its Krausen. Started to step down the temperature in the freezer. Should be at 10 deg before close of business tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben 10 Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Quote Recipe: kolsch III 343 Brewer: Grumpy Style: Kölsch TYPE: All Grain Recipe Specifications -------------------------- Batch Size (fermenter): 23.00 l Estimated OG: 1.054 SG Estimated Color: 8.3 EBC Estimated IBU: 36.7 IBUs Ingredients: ------------ Amt Name Type # %/IBU 3.50 g Calcium Chloride (Mash 60.0 mins) Water Agent 1 - 3.50 g Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) (Mash 60.0 mins Water Agent 2 - 1.50 g Epsom Salt (MgSO4) (Mash 60.0 mins) Water Agent 3 - 3.00 kg Pale Malt, Ale (Barrett Burston) (5.9 EB Grain 4 57.1 % 2.00 kg Wheat Malt (Barrett Burston) (3.0 EBC) Grain 5 38.1 % 0.25 kg Munich II (Weyermann) (16.7 EBC) Grain 6 4.8 % 10.00 g Super Pride [13.90 %] - First Wort 60.0 Hop 7 15.2 IBUs 30.00 g Enigma [15.90 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 20.0 Hop 8 14.3 IBUs 15.00 g Galaxy [15.90 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 20.0 Hop 9 7.2 IBUs 1.0 pkg German Ale (Wyeast Labs #1007) [124.21 m Yeast 10 - 30.00 g Enigma [15.90 %] - Dry Hop 0.0 Days Hop 11 0.0 IBUs 15.00 g Galaxy [15.90 %] - Dry Hop 0.0 Days Hop 12 0.0 IBUs ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote Recipe: English Porter 266 Brewer: Grumpy Style: English Porter TYPE: All Grain Recipe Specifications -------------------------- Batch Size (fermenter): 23.00 l Estimated OG: 1.044 SG Estimated Color: 54.2 EBC Estimated IBU: 32.5 IBUs Ingredients: ------------ Amt Name Type # %/IBU 3.50 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 Salt (Mash 60.0 mins) Water Agent 3 - 3.00 kg Pale Malt, Ale (Barrett Burston) (5.9 EB Grain 4 66.7 % 1.00 kg Brown Malt (128.1 EBC) Grain 5 22.2 % 0.20 kg Caraaroma (Weyermann) (350.7 EBC) Grain 6 4.4 % 0.20 kg Chocolate Rye (Weyermann) (482.6 EBC) Grain 7 4.4 % 0.10 kg Roasted Malt (Joe White) (1199.7 EBC) Grain 8 2.2 % 60.00 g East Kent Goldings (EKG) [4.60 %] - Firs Hop 9 32.5 IBUs 1.0 pkg Irish Ale (Wyeast Labs #1084) [124.21 ml Yeast 10 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Captain!! Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Looks sensational as always Benny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben 10 Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 cheers, hope so. Stole the enigma and galaxy from @Beerlust I think.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben 10 Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Started my Irish Ale on Saturday night with a fresh packet of Irish Ale yeast... It's almost done and tastes superb! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Captain!! Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 5 hours ago, Ben 10 said: cheers, hope so. Stole the enigma and galaxy from @Beerlust I think.... Well @Beerlust does know his hops. I’ve never used enigma before and I do have a fair bit of galaxy at home. Captain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porschemad911 Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Enigma and Galaxy make for a great combo ... I used them in tandem in my Coopers Session Ale-inspired mid-strength and it was great. Cheers, John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben 10 Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 7 hours ago, porschemad911 said: Enigma and Galaxy make for a great combo That's right, was it 2:1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porschemad911 Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 2 hours ago, Ben 10 said: That's right, was it 2:1? 3:2 Enigma:Galaxy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerlust Posted June 13, 2018 Author Share Posted June 13, 2018 I likened Enigma to Nelson Sauvin in some ways. Not as pungent, but had enough similar traits (I thought) that it would be what I would use in place of Nelson Sauvin if I couldn't get hold of that hop. Cheers & good brewing, Lusty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_G Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 92 Litres .... 23 litres of 86 days Pilsner, 1kg of LDM and kit yeast, 23 litre of real ale 1kg of LDM and kit yeast, 46 litres of Australian Pale Ale, 500 g of LDM, 1 kg of Enhanser 2, kit yeast ... Ale fined 3 days ago and ready to bottle ... other 2 doing their stuff ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowbrew Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 A bit thirsty mate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerlust Posted June 18, 2018 Author Share Posted June 18, 2018 MartyG's gonna have fun bottling that lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Captain!! Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 I don’t think it takes that much time to bottle. If your doing 330ml bottles then yeah that’ll take you a week. They’ll be bottle conditioned before ya finish but if your doing king Browns I reckon it’ll only take him a couple of hours. Captain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 3 minutes ago, The Captain1525230099 said: I don’t think it takes that much time to bottle. If your doing 330ml bottles then yeah that’ll take you a week. They’ll be bottle conditioned before ya finish but if your doing king Browns I reckon it’ll only take him a couple of hours. Captain The 19 litre stainless steel bottles make bottling even easier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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