BREW DAY!! WATCHA' GOT, EH!? 2019

[Otto Von Blotto]

Brew day went well yesterday despite a storm coming through and sideways rain coming through the patio/brew area while it was coming up to boil

Post boil SG was basically 1.048 so pretty close to target. I used Baird's Maris otter in it because I couldn't get hold of gladfield ale on Saturday. 

Planning another brew for this weekend, it will be a pale with Vic secret and something else from the freezer yet to be decided. 

[PaddyBrew2]

Did you use the molasses you were thinking of trying ?

[Journeyman]

60 bottles of beer on the shelf to join the 23 of the Kicker brew. 30 of Strong Brown Ale and 30 of Real IPA.

2 x Brown a bit yeasty so separated and 3 of the IPA - I'll be watching them as 'bombs' after the previous batch. If that is anything to go by the extra yeast matures them early so I'll get a heads up on how they are going.

2 x Kicker in the fridge for tonight - will be interesting to see if I can do 2 - at 8.3% it could be a beery night.

[MitchellScott]

Brew night. 

Anarchy IPA with a few little twists. Trying to use up the last of my Extract tins before making the move to AG. 

Happy Monday

[Pezzza]

9 minutes ago, MitchellScott said:

Brew night. 

Anarchy IPA with a few little twists. Trying to use up the last of my Extract tins before making the move to AG. 

Happy Monday

Good luck Cobber! Extracts + extra liquid malts makes good beer!  ; )

[Otto Von Blotto]

2 hours ago, PaddyBrew2 said:

Did you use the molasses you were thinking of trying ?

Golden syrup. Yes, just squeezed out about half the bottle into the boil with a bit under 15 minutes left. Would have melted and mixed through pretty quickly. 

[PaddyBrew2]

Good stuff. I’m gonna brew an esb next and will add the golden syrup 

[Naughty Corner Brewing]

Brew night last night.

Did the mash for the PM Coopers XPA knockoff and into the cube for tonight. Ended up a little under volume and put that down to not heating enough sparge water (I put it in the fermenter when I measured it, but could fit it in the pot to heat it), however gravity is “correct” in that I can add extra water tonight and still get to the same OG.

Smelt amazing in the garage last night!

[ozlizard]

5lt batch of ginger beer! Found a good recipe on YT so though I would give it a go and if it turns out ok I will make a full brew (23lt). OG was 1.112, no idea what the ABV is supposed to be, but I will find out in around 7 days. Bubbling already, so happy days, ginger beer by Xmas!

[PaddyBrew2]

On 11/30/2019 at 3:41 PM, Otto Von Blotto said:

Brewing my ESB style beer tomorrow, will post up the recipe in the morning. Decided to throw in some golden syrup, just 250g. Haven't tried this before so I'll be Interested to see if it makes any noticeable difference. I've seen it used in English ale recipes before so thought I'd give it a go. I'll add it to the boil with about 10-15 minutes left.

Hey mate. Any chance you’d put the recipe up. I’m gonna brew one for Xmas 

[Otto Von Blotto]

Yeah I will today, just got lazy with it  

I'll be making up a recipe for tomorrow as well so I might as well post both of them. 

[PaddyBrew2]

Such a tease 

[Otto Von Blotto]

2 hours ago, PaddyBrew2 said:

Such a tease 

Hope if pastes ok but here is the recipe for the ESB style brew. I didn't use Lyle's syrup but it's all that was in Beersmith.

Est Original Gravity: 1.0487 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.0117 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 4.9 %
Bitterness: 36.6 IBUs
Est Color: 20.3 EBC

36.00 L	Brisbane Water (ESB)	Water	1	-	-
4.01 g	Epsom Salt (MgSO4) (Mash)	Water Agent	2	-	-
3.42 g	Salt (Mash)	Water Agent	3	-	-
3.38 g	Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) (Mash)	Water Agent	4	-	-
2.47 g	Chalk (Mash)	Water Agent	5	-	-
0.50 g	Calcium Chloride (Mash)	Water Agent	6	-	-
4.500 kg	Pale Ale Malt (Bairds) (4.9 EBC)	Grain	7	87.5 %	2.93 L
0.200 kg	Crystal Malt - Medium (Thomas Fawcett) (150.0 EBC)	Grain	8	3.9 %	0.13 L
0.100 kg	Acidulated (Weyermann) (4.5 EBC)	Grain	9	1.9 %	0.07 L
0.050 kg	Caraaroma (Weyermann) (350.7 EBC)	Grain	10	1.0 %	0.03 L
0.040 kg	Chocolate Malt (Thomas Fawcett) (1100.0 EBC)	Grain	11	0.8 %	0.03 L
50.00 g	Challenger [5.60 %] - First Wort 75.0 min	Hop	12	29.2 IBUs	-
40.00 g	Styrian Golding (Savinja Golding) [2.90 %] - Boil 15.0 min	Hop	13	5.4 IBUs	-
0.250 kg	Lyle's Golden Syrup [Boil] [Boil for 10 min](0.0 EBC)	Extract	14	4.9 %	0.18 L
30.00 g	Styrian Golding (Savinja Golding) [2.90 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 15.0 min, 90.2 C	Hop	15	2.1 IBUs	-
1.0 pkg	West Yorkshire Ale (Wyeast Labs #1469)	Yeast	16	-	-
30.00 g	Styrian Golding (Savinja Golding) [2.90 %] - Dry Hop 4.0 Days

Edited December 6, 2019 by Otto Von Blotto

[Otto Von Blotto]

And this is tomorrow's recipe. Both are 25 litres and based on 75% brewhouse efficiency. I haven't named it yet but I am definitely looking forward to it being on tap soon. I'm just using tap water for it with some adjustments since I haven't had time to get the still going. I'll start that up again tomorrow after brew day and keep going until all four cubes are full.

36.00 L	Brisbane Water	Water	1	-	-
8.54 g	Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) (Mash)	Water Agent	2	-	-
3.53 g	Calcium Chloride (Mash)	Water Agent	3	-	-
1.01 g	Epsom Salt (MgSO4) (Mash)	Water Agent	4	-	-
4.500 kg	Pale Ale Malt (Bairds) (4.9 EBC)	Grain	5	82.6 %	2.93 L
0.500 kg	Munich II (Weyermann) (16.7 EBC)	Grain	6	9.2 %	0.33 L
0.300 kg	Crystal Malt - Medium (Thomas Fawcett) (150.0 EBC)	Grain	7	5.5 %	0.20 L
0.150 kg	Acidulated (Weyermann) (4.5 EBC)	Grain	8	2.8 %	0.10 L
5.00 g	Cascade [6.80 %] - First Wort 75.0 min	Hop	9	3.7 IBUs	-
30.00 g	Vic Secret [19.60 %] - Boil 10.0 min	Hop	10	20.1 IBUs	-
10.00 g	Amarillo [7.20 %] - Boil 10.0 min	Hop	11	2.5 IBUs	-
20.00 g	Amarillo [7.20 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 15.0 min, 90.2 C	Hop	12	3.4 IBUs	-
20.00 g	Cascade [6.80 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 15.0 min, 90.2 C	Hop	13	3.2 IBUs	-
20.00 g	Amarillo [7.20 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 5.0 min, 90.2 C	Hop	14	1.4 IBUs	-
20.00 g	Vic Secret [19.60 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 5.0 min, 90.2 C	Hop	15	3.7 IBUs	-
1.0 pkg	American Ale (Wyeast Labs #1056) [124.21 ml]

Est Original Gravity: 1.0509 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.0110 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 5.3 %
Bitterness: 37.9 IBUs
Est Color: 15.4 EBC

[ChristinaS1]

21 hours ago, Otto Von Blotto said:

Hope if pastes ok but here is the recipe for the ESB style brew. I didn't use Lyle's syrup but it's all that was in Beersmith.

Est Original Gravity: 1.0487 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.0117 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 4.9 %
Bitterness: 36.6 IBUs
Est Color: 20.3 EBC

36.00 L	Brisbane Water (ESB)	Water	1	-	-
4.01 g	Epsom Salt (MgSO4) (Mash)	Water Agent	2	-	-
3.42 g	Salt (Mash)	Water Agent	3	-	-
3.38 g	Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) (Mash)	Water Agent	4	-	-
2.47 g	Chalk (Mash)	Water Agent	5	-	-
0.50 g	Calcium Chloride (Mash)	Water Agent	6	-	-
4.500 kg	Pale Ale Malt (Bairds) (4.9 EBC)	Grain	7	87.5 %	2.93 L
0.200 kg	Crystal Malt - Medium (Thomas Fawcett) (150.0 EBC)	Grain	8	3.9 %	0.13 L
0.100 kg	Acidulated (Weyermann) (4.5 EBC)	Grain	9	1.9 %	0.07 L
0.050 kg	Caraaroma (Weyermann) (350.7 EBC)	Grain	10	1.0 %	0.03 L
0.040 kg	Chocolate Malt (Thomas Fawcett) (1100.0 EBC)	Grain	11	0.8 %	0.03 L
50.00 g	Challenger [5.60 %] - First Wort 75.0 min	Hop	12	29.2 IBUs	-
40.00 g	Styrian Golding (Savinja Golding) [2.90 %] - Boil 15.0 min	Hop	13	5.4 IBUs	-
0.250 kg	Lyle's Golden Syrup [Boil] [Boil for 10 min](0.0 EBC)	Extract	14	4.9 %	0.18 L
30.00 g	Styrian Golding (Savinja Golding) [2.90 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 15.0 min, 90.2 C	Hop	15	2.1 IBUs	-
1.0 pkg	West Yorkshire Ale (Wyeast Labs #1469)	Yeast	16	-	-
30.00 g	Styrian Golding (Savinja Golding) [2.90 %] - Dry Hop 4.0 Days

Nice one Kelsey. I will be interested to hear what you think of it when its done. 

Could you please cross post it in the English Bitter thread?

[Otto Von Blotto]

If it turns out well it's going into the fermenter tomorrow so given there's only really one keg on tap at the moment it'll probably go on tap pretty much as soon as it's kegged. 

Previous brews turned out a little sweet, so for this one I've increased the long boiled bitterness and dropped the caraaroma down to 50g to just get a hint of its flavour. I don't know what effect the golden syrup will have but interested to see if I can notice anything from it. It's probably right up the top end of the guide for bitterness, maybe over it, but I can never seem to get them balanced when I keep it inside the guidelines so stuff it. 

[Otto Von Blotto]

Brew day went well yesterday. Pre boil SG was lower than target but post boil SG half a point above. Not sure I'll get the full 25 litres though. 

I threw the cube in the pool after 10 minutes sitting there. It cooled down pretty quickly. ESB cube is in the brew fridge and will be pitched today. 

[ben 10]

Belgian Imperial Stout... (why not?)

Quote

BeerSmith 2 Recipe Printout - http://www.beersmith.com
Recipe: Belgian Stout
Brewer: Grumpy
Style: Imperial Stout
TYPE: All Grain

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size (fermenter): 21.00 L   
Estimated OG: 1.106 SG
Estimated Color: 93.5 EBC
Estimated IBU: 88.3 IBUs

Ingredients:
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Amt              Name                                             Type          #          %/IBU         Volume        
3.00 kg          Pale Malt, Maris Otter (5.9 EBC)                 Grain         1          33.7 %        1.96 L        
2.00 kg          Munich, Light (Joe White) (17.7 EBC)             Grain         2          22.5 %        1.30 L        
2.00 kg          Smoked Malt (Weyermann) (3.9 EBC)                Grain         3          22.5 %        1.30 L        
0.50 kg          Chocolate Malt (Joe White) (750.6 EBC)           Grain         4          5.6 %         0.33 L        
0.20 kg          Carafa III (Weyermann) (1034.2 EBC)              Grain         5          2.2 %         0.13 L        
0.20 kg          Roasted Malt (Joe White) (1199.7 EBC)            Grain         6          2.2 %         0.13 L        
1.00 kg          Sugar, Table (Sucrose) [Boil] (2.0 EBC)          Sugar         7          11.2 %        0.63 L        
60.00 g          Bramling Cross [6.30 %] - Boil 60.0 min          Hop           8          27.6 IBUs     -             
37.00 g          Styrian Goldings [4.60 %] - Boil 60.0 min        Hop           9          12.4 IBUs     -             
30.00 g          Melba [12.50 %] - Boil 60.0 min                  Hop           10         27.4 IBUs     -             
28.00 g          Centennial [10.20 %] - Boil 60.0 min             Hop           11         20.9 IBUs     -             
3.65 g           Brewbrite (Boil 10.0 mins)                       Fining        12         -             -             

Wyeast Belgian Dark Ale
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No reason behind the hopping apart from cleaning out the freezer.

[The Captain!!]

I was about to say I interesting on the choice of melba. 
 

Looks pretty cool Ben, looking forward to your review. 
 

Such a big beer

Edited December 8, 2019 by The Captain!!

[Norris!]

Last brew of the year, probably. A nice tropical pale ale. With a 40g dry hop of each hop besides horizon.

 

Edited December 8, 2019 by Norris!

[Otto Von Blotto]

I'd be surprised if it gets as low as 1.006 with those ingredients and mash temp but looks like a nice brew 

[Norris!]

Yeah I don't know what is up with Brewfather, but I get really low FG? Maybe I changed a setting or it is the app. I expect between 1.010 and 1.009ish.

[Norris!]

Or the app is making up for my bad efficiency trying to keep my hopes up.

[Otto Von Blotto]

Who knows. The one I did yesterday with the same mash temp but almost 1kg more malt gave an FG of 1.011 in Beersmith. However, the OG was 1.051. 

I'd still expect yours to be around where you said though. 

[Norris!]

Brew day went well. 4 hours with clean up. Post boil was suppose to be 1.043 I got 1.040ish almost 1.041 so I am happy with that. Very clear running into the cube. Should be a light quaffer. I had a good cone from the whirlpool, and had about a liter or more to play with. So maybe I might adjust my grain absorption rate down which should increase efficiency due to less water needed.

My next batch I wanted to do a full volume mash. Not so much as to save time but to try it but now I will keep playing with the figures and maybe brew the same grain bill but different hops and still sparge.

On another note, what do you all do with the spent grain? Any recipes for dog treats or maybe bread that you have tried...I could Google but...here I am.

Edited December 8, 2019 by Norris!