The Captain!! Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 @Beer Baron i reckon it looks like a cracker. Interested in how the orange works too. Let us know in a couple of weeks I guess 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer Baron Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 27 minutes ago, The Captain!! said: @Beer Baron i reckon it looks like a cracker. Interested in how the orange works too. Let us know in a couple of weeks I guess I’ll definitely let everyone know via that ‘What are you drink’ thread 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer Baron Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 3 hours ago, Beer Baron said: I’ll definitely let everyone know via that ‘What are you drink’ thread How good is my English!! You can tell I’ve had one or two tonight ha ha ha 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Captain!! Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 And to think I was just gonna let that one go........ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John304 Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 big day in the garage today, 0930 to 16.30 bottled an English bitter, then put down another Pacific Ale. this time 23ltrs with the new urn. for the price the urn doesn't stack up to the Crown, but I gotta say it performed ok. Doesn't have a continues boil but maintains a constant slow boil. so far reasonably happy. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 I'm doing another brew day tomorrow, was gonna be Monday (I took Mon and Tues off), but other things have popped up for then, so tomorrow it is. Another red ale batch, this one hasn't been seen on tap since last year some time so it has been a while. Nothing much has changed with it other the base malt because I didn't want to buy the more expensive Gladfield at the time, although I will go back to it when I can get on a bulk buy. Also upped the FWH Cascade addition as there is no Magnum left after I used it all in the big stout. Batch size is 25L based on 75% brewhouse efficiency. Also using untreated tap water (aside from potassium met) as I've found it to suit this recipe the best.Water 36.00 L Brisbane Water Water 1 - -Grains 4.000 kg Pale Malt, Ale (Barrett Burston) (5.9 EBC) Grain 2 86.6 % 2.61 L 0.300 kg Caraaroma (Weyermann) (350.7 EBC) Grain 3 6.5 % 0.20 L 0.200 kg Carapils (Weyermann) (3.9 EBC) Grain 4 4.3 % 0.13 L 0.070 kg Black Malt (Thomas Fawcett) (1300.2 EBC) Grain 5 1.5 % 0.05 L 0.050 kg Acidulated (Weyermann) (4.5 EBC) Grain 6 1.1 % 0.03 LMash at 66C for 70 mins, 72C for 15 mins, 78C mash outHops 31.00 g Cascade [6.60 %] - First Wort 75.0 min Hop 7 23.3 IBUs - 20.00 g Centennial [10.00 %] - Boil 20.0 min Hop 8 12.0 IBUs -75 minute boilYeast West Yorkshire Ale (Wyeast Labs #1469) ferment at 18C.The Stats Est Original Gravity: 1.0434 SG Est Final Gravity: 1.0120 SG Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 4.1 % Bitterness: 35.3 IBUs Est Color: 31.9 EBC 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer Baron Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 51 minutes ago, Otto Von Blotto said: I'm doing another brew day tomorrow, was gonna be Monday (I took Mon and Tues off) I haven’t taken sickies for quite a while. The beer looks good!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 Not sickies annual leave as I have car stuff to sort out. This is a regular beer in my brewing schedule, usually on tap once every few months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddyBrew2 Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 What’s a good sickie excuse for a bus driver. I’m an office monkey so gastro always works 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 Don't need one. Just "not feeling well" seems to work alright. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porschemad911 Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 (edited) 17 hours ago, Otto Von Blotto said: Also upped the FWH Cascade addition as there is no Magnum left after I used it all in the big stout. I reckon that'll taste better for this style anyway so you might find you're onto a good change to your usual recipe. A bit like what you found with the pilsners, running low on Saaz that time. Good luck with it! Cheers, John Edited March 30, 2019 by porschemad911 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted March 30, 2019 Share Posted March 30, 2019 (edited) Yep I've done it before in the past and it has worked well. Sometimes I've done it for the reason today and other times it's been because the Magnum addition would have been too small to bother with. Either way, it should turn out a nice beer, so I'm definitely looking forward to it. Almost time to go fill the urn, starting later than I wanted but I'm not working tomorrow so it's not too bad Edited March 30, 2019 by Otto Von Blotto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 Mash has just begun. I daresay I'll be leaving most of the cleanup for tomorrow, probably just do the grain bag and hop spider today. I'll have pretty much all day anyway. Since I'm not adding any flameout hops I'll raise the hop sock at flameout and drain it before doing a whirlpool then draining to the cube. Hopefully I can get the full 25 litres, so I can start doing my blended kegs again now that I've replaced the leaking PRV on the little keg, and the lid seal itself just because. I'd had some interesting beers doing that in the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer Baron Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 18 hours ago, PaddyBrew2 said: I’m an office monkey so gastro always works Surely gastro would be good enough in every job unless your job is testing toilets 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackSands Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 NZ APA/XPA 1.7kg LME 2.0kg GF Amercan Ale Malt 0.2kg GF Light Crystal Malt 0.2kg GF Wheat Malt 20g Moutere Hops (40 min) 25g Taiheke Hops (5min) 50g Riwaka Hops (whirlpool @ 49ºC) 100g Sugar MJ M42 Yeast And maybe 50g Riwaka dry-hop... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackSands Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 (edited) I've still got 4kg's of an unknown stout grain bill left lying around and as it's bucketing down outside so thought I'd do a quick(ish) "short 'n' shoddy" 15 litre AG batch: 4kg of ?grain ( base malt, plus crystals and roasted barley etc... but who knows?) 20g Moutere Hops (30 mins) 5g Moutere Hops (5mins) 1 x Coopers Kit Yeast (have about 20 pkts in the fridge!) Aiming for an OG of around 1.055-ish. Edited April 6, 2019 by BlackSands 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Captain!! Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 Trying some raw wheat today in a pale. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 Doing my FWH Cascade pale ale today. Mash is nearing its end now. Just my usual pale ale malt bill, with a 55g addition of Cascade at FWH for a 75 minute boil, to about 39 IBUs. No late or flameout additions and probably won't dry hop or keg hop it either. I expect it won't be as hoppy as they usually are but I want to see what FWH brings by itself. Also smoking up a rolled beef rib roast while I'm brewing. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamus O'Sean Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 Mexican Saison 1.7kg Mexican Cerveza 1kg Light Dry Malt 100g Carapils 12g Saaz 15 minute boil 12g Saaz 15 minute steep 200ml Harvested MJ French Saison Yeast 12g Saaz dry hop planned OG 1.039 compared to IanH spreadsheet prediction of 1.040 Into fermentation freezer at 23° +/-0.5° 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Captain!! Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 Having a crack at this vic secret pale again today. Less late hops and more bittering. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popo the Reprobate Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 23 minutes ago, The Captain!! said: Having a crack at this vic secret pale again today. Less late hops and more bittering. Good job mate. It's a long time between rebrews for me. I reckon I'd see a fair bit of improvement if I could do them back to back like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Captain!! Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 5 minutes ago, Popo said: Good job mate. It's a long time between rebrews for me. I reckon I'd see a fair bit of improvement if I could do them back to back like that. That’s actually why I rebrew close together, so I can nail a recipe. It does help when the beer was actually really tasty anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamus O'Sean Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 3 hours ago, The Captain!! said: Having a crack at this vic secret pale again today. Less late hops and more bittering. Hi Captain - Is there a typo in your recipe? A 30g Vic Secret 10 minute steep and a 60g Vic Secret 10 minute steep? Is the 30g meant to be a 10 minute boil addition? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Captain!! Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 6 minutes ago, Shamus O'Sean said: Hi Captain - Is there a typo in your recipe? A 30g Vic Secret 10 minute steep and a 60g Vic Secret 10 minute steep? Is the 30g meant to be a 10 minute boil addition? Yeah it’s a BeerSmith thing. I steep 15 mins after the boil at around 92 degrees for ten minutes in this case, then cube hop at 82 which I count as a ten minute addition. That make sense? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 Yesterday's brew day went well, missed target OG by half an SG point so for all intents and purposes, OG was on target. Mash efficiency was half a % under predicted, so an improvement on the last batch. Only thing I did different this time was slightly reduce the mill gap, as I think the BB ale malt isn't quite as plump as the Gladfield. Now just to see if the target 25 litres was achieved, when it goes into the fermenter after the red ale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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