Brew Day!! Watcha' got, eh!? 2018

[ben 10]

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Recipe: Nelson's Light Saison 174
Brewer: Grumpy
Asst Brewer: Monkeys
Style: New World Saison
TYPE: All Grain, BIAB, No Chill


Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size (fermenter): 21.00 L   
Estimated OG: 1.034 SG
Estimated Color: 4.2 EBC
Estimated IBU: 33.1 IBUs

Ingredients:
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Amt              Name                                             Type          #          %/IBU         Volume        
2.00 kg          Pilsner (Weyermann) (3.3 EBC)                    Grain         1          66.7 %        1.30 L        
1.00 kg          Wheat Malt (Barrett Burston) (3.0 EBC)           Grain         2          33.3 %        0.65 L        
75.00 g          Nelson Sauvin [11.50 %] - Steep/Whirlpool  20.0  Hop           3          33.1 IBUs     -             
1.0 pkg          Farmhouse Ale (Wyeast #3726)                     Yeast         4          -             -             


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25g more hops this time.

[porschemad911]

23 hours ago, Ben 10 said:

Nelson's Light Saison 174

Looks really nice Ben, what did you think of 3726 BTW? Just giving mine with Galaxy, Mosaic and Nelson a bit more time to carb up before sampling. 

Cheers, 

John 

[ben 10]

9 hours ago, porschemad911 said:

Looks really nice Ben, what did you think of 3726 BTW?

first try, based on your words somewhere saying how good it is.

going strong already, pitched this morning.

[porschemad911]

On 12/25/2018 at 5:10 PM, Ben 10 said:

first try, based on your words somewhere saying how good it is.

going strong already, pitched this morning.

... Good luck! Can't wait to try my latest one. Need to get another one going... Will be a tin of Coopers light LME for fermentables and hopped with Aramis and Bravo. 15 min boil with Bravo for bittering, then a 50/50 mix at flameout and as a dry hop. 

Cheers, 

John

[BlackSands]

Citra Pale Ale

(Partial Mash)

• Coopers OS Lager
• 2.15kg Gladfield American Ale Malt
• 250g Gladfield Med. Crystal Malt
• 100g Gladfield Sour Grapes
• 25g Citra @ 15 mins
• 50g Citra  - steep/whirlpool
• 50g Citra - dry hop
• Nottingham Yeast

[Otto Von Blotto]

That should turn out well. I did an all Citra pale ale last year or early this year that was quite nice

[BlackSands]

38 minutes ago, Otto Von Blotto said:

That should turn out well. I did an all Citra pale ale last year or early this year that was quite nice

I'm ever hopeful!   

The grains used are actually half of a milled AG bill that was done in error at the store.   Rather than see them tossed out I grabbed them as I could see they would make a suitable base for an APA.  They were milled a few weeks ago but I think they were OK.   Got my usual result from the mash.  The 2nd half of the grains I'll use again in a similar recipe... probably a different hop(s) for the next one.  Grains will be another week or two older by then though...   

[Otto Von Blotto]

Can you vacuum seal them? That'll keep them fresher longer.

[BlackSands]

4 hours ago, Otto Von Blotto said:

Can you vacuum seal them? That'll keep them fresher longer.

Unfortunately no.  

[Gullys Brewing]

Please critic the below recipie.... I'm going crazy on hops and making a session NEXPA. 

I'm really unsure of the hop combination but happy to test them out, as i have them in stock atm.

Remaining hops are;

Columbus 100g

EKG about a bucket

Green bullet 240g

SAAZ 70g

Hallertau 50g

I'll be brewing it tomorrow night and no-chillen the sucker

[Otto Von Blotto]

Those hops should go nicely together I'd think.

[Gullys Brewing]

Yeah they are all very similar in one way or another

[Gullys Brewing]

Also noted will try the full bodied mash temp of 68deg? getting adventures

[Smashed Crabs]

My "Little Fat Bastard" cider. 

5 x 2L - Apple + Blackcurrent juice

.7 kg - Dextrose

1kg -  Coopers Brewing Sugar 

.1 kg - lactose 

2 x Cerveza kit yeast

OG - 1.091

Made this a couple of times now mates don't mind it finishes quit dry but hoping the Lactose and Maltodex stop it from finishing as dry.  

[porschemad911]

On 12/27/2018 at 4:02 PM, BlackSands said:

Grains will be another week or two older by then though...   

I wouldn't worry about that at all. There was an Experimental Brewing podcast where Denny & Drew talked about using grains crushed many months ago with perfectly fine results.

Cheers,

John

[porschemad911]

I brewed up another extract Saison last night. I thought Aramis (lemon and herbs) and Bravo (floral and orange) might be an interesting hop combination. 1.041 OG, 7.2 EBC and 20 IBU (plus a few from the flameout addition). Will be interesting to see what sort of difference the lack of wheat makes.

1.5kg Coopers Light LME
15g Bravo @15 mins
10g Aramis @flameout (15 min steep)
10g Bravo @flameout (15 min steep)
20g Aramis dry hop in a week or so
20g Bravo dry hop in a week or so
Wyeast 3726 slurry

Man my Cool Brewing Bag is great! It was 36° C here today and with the help of this and a few ice bricks the beer is sitting at 17° C with a large krausen. Will let the temp slowly rise over the next 24 hours and then free-rise after that.

Cheers,

John

[Smashed Crabs]

Solid action on this brew, I don't mind the Cerveza kit yeast.

[Hoppy81]

Doing a couple of brews over the next couple of days, new hops to me so hopefully they are nice.

Kohatu ale

Australian-Style Pale Ale
4.9%
Batch Volume: 26 L
Boil Time: 60 min

Vitals

Original Gravity: 1.045
Final Gravity: 1.008
IBU (Tinseth): 33
Color: 12 EBC 

Mash
Temperature — 65 °C — 60 min
Mash Out — 75 °C — 10 min

Malts (5.25 kg)
4 kg — Bairds Maris Otter — Grain — 5 EBC
600 g — Weyermann Wheat Malt Pale — Grain — 3.9 EBC
400 g — Briess Oats, Flaked — Grain — 2.8 EBC
250 g — Gladfield Medium Crystal Malt — Grain — 111 EBC

Hops (150 g)
20 g — Kohatu 6.5% — Boil — 60 min
40 g — Kohatu 6.5% — Boil — 10 min
50 g — Kohatu 6.5% — Aroma — 15 min hopstand @ 80 °C
50 g — Kohatu 6.5% — Dry Hop — 4 days

Yeast
1 pkg — Fermentis US-05 Safale American

 

Motueka Ale

American Pale Ale
5.0% 
Batch Volume: 26 L
Boil Time: 60 min

Vitals

Original Gravity: 1.049
Final Gravity: 1.011
IBU (Tinseth): 36
Color: 15.2 EBC 

Mash
Temperature — 65 °C — 60 min
Mash Out — 75 °C — 10 min

Malts (5.8 kg)
4 kg — Maris Otter Pale Malt, Maris Otter — Grain — 5 EBC
500 g — Briess Oats, Flaked — Grain — 2.8 EBC
500 g — BestMalz Red X — Grain — 30 EBC
500 g — Weyermann Wheat Malt Pale — Grain — 3.9 EBC
300 g — Gladfield Medium Crystal Malt — Grain — 111 EBC

Hops (110 g)

10 g — Topaz 17% — Boil — 60 min
30 g — Motueka 7% — Boil — 15 min
30 g — Motueka 7% — Aroma — 20 min hopstand @ 80 °C
40 g — Motueka 7% — Dry Hop — 4 days

Yeast

1 pkg — Fermentis US-05 Safale American

[Naughty Corner Brewing]

First all grain BIAB on to mash 

Blue Moon Clone 11l

1.25kg pale malt

1kg Wheat malt

.25kg Flaked Oats

60min mash

13g Hallertau m/f @ 60 mins

1/2 whirlfloc @ 10 mins

12g ground coriander seed @ 10 mins

3g ground sweet orange peel @ 10 mins

US/05

Smells yum!

[grogdog]

@Hoppy81  If you keg put those dry hop additions in your keg

[Hoppy81]

1 hour ago, grogdog said:

@Hoppy81  If you keg put those dry hop additions in your keg

Still bottling at this stage mate, will be kegging early on in the year though.

Cheers,
Hoppy

[BlackSands]

16 hours ago, porschemad911 said:

I wouldn't worry about that at all. There was an Experimental Brewing podcast where Denny & Drew talked about using grains crushed many months ago with perfectly fine results.

Cheers,

John

Good to know! 

[Naughty Corner Brewing]

Brew all done and in the fermenter.

Given I didn't have any reference - I didn't hit my numbers, but am happy with what we got to.

Target mash SG was 1.042, actual SG was 1.036 which makes a measured efficiency of 65.7%. Post boil volume was low so obviously the grain absorbed more that I thought (even after a good squeeze), but I decided to leave it rather then dilute it further.

Post boil volume was down to about 9.5l and post boil gravity 1.044 after expected gravity of 1.050 (using a default of 75%).

Great exercise - was actually easier than I thought however I have some learnings from it:

• Need a better burner - keeping a solid boil was challenging using the wok burner on my BBQ (I'm sure my kitchen hot plate doesn't have a chance);
• I'll be dropping my expected efficiency down to 66% and recalculating my next planned recipe based on that; and
• I think I'll be trying out a no chill cube for my next brew - chilling 11l takes a lot longer than chilling 6l, and a cube is a lot cheaper than a counter flow chiller.

I think I'm a new AG brewer!!!

 

[Greenyinthewestofsydney]

What size is your pot mate? 

[Naughty Corner Brewing]

3 minutes ago, Greeny1525229549 said:

What size is your pot mate? 

18l BigW special