The Captain!! Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 just been looking at grain and grape and they have some very cheap hops in there if you buy per the kilo. Its out of control. Mosaic, $77 kg Cascade $49.50kg Vic secret $55kg 3kg of good hops for under $200 delivered. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 I remember that ridiculous Saaz order. Thankfully the beers themselves turned out well but I'm glad I haven't had to do it again. Was about 350g per batch I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coops63 Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 Put a batch on last night. Will have to see how it turns out. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben 10 Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 Kegged a beer with the simcoe and lemondrop combo today. Smell is fabulous... should be great. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzala Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 What qtys of hops did you use Ben? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben 10 Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 Quote Recipe: LemonSim Session IPA Brewer: Grumpy Style: American Pale Ale TYPE: All Grain Recipe Specifications -------------------------- Batch Size (fermenter): 21.00 L Bottling Volume: 19.60 L Estimated OG: 1.046 SG Estimated Color: 17.8 EBC Estimated IBU: 48.8 IBUs Ingredients: ------------ Amt Name Type # %/IBU Volume 3.00 kg Pale Malt (Barrett Burston) (3.9 EBC) Grain 1 71.8 % 1.96 L 0.88 kg Coopers Pale Malt (4.2 EBC) Grain 2 21.1 % 0.57 L 0.25 kg Crystal Rye Malt (Thomas Fawcett) (157.6 EBC) Grain 3 6.0 % 0.16 L 0.05 kg Chocolate Rye (Weyermann) (482.6 EBC) Grain 4 1.2 % 0.03 L 10.00 g Simcoe [13.20 %] - First Wort 60.0 min Hop 5 16.7 IBUs - 50.00 g Lemondrop [5.20 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 20.0 min Hop 6 9.1 IBUs - 50.00 g Simcoe [13.20 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 20.0 min Hop 7 23.0 IBUs - 1.0 pkg Liberty Bell Ale (Mangrove Jack's #M36) Yeast 8 - - 50.00 g Lemondrop [5.20 %] - Dry Hop 0.0 Days Hop 9 0.0 IBUs - 50.00 g Simcoe [13.20 %] - Dry Hop 0.0 Days Hop 10 0.0 IBUs - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Caveat: I have not had the Coopers XPA. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchellScott Posted July 7, 2019 Author Share Posted July 7, 2019 I was thinking about putting my XPA brew down today but I the LHBS isn't open so my only option is to use DME instead of the LME. I'd also have to use tin yeast so I'm not sure. I do have two tin yeasts from the coopers APA here so I could use both and that way I have 14g of yeast. Or wait till the LHBS is open and get some us-05 instead... Decisions..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 The kit yeast is pretty similar to 05 in flavour, so you can probably sub it in without affecting things much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchellScott Posted July 7, 2019 Author Share Posted July 7, 2019 2 hours ago, Otto Von Blotto said: The kit yeast is pretty similar to 05 in flavour, so you can probably sub it in without affecting things much. The recipe calls for coopers commercial yeast but I'm too lazy for that. It does say you can use kit yeast as a replacement though so will probably just do that. I ran out of time to get to it today so will probably be a job one night this week now 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 Makes sense being a Coopers commercial beer. Can't say I've ever bothered reculturing it either though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchellScott Posted July 15, 2019 Author Share Posted July 15, 2019 Well my Coopers XPA went down on Friday night. No pics unfortunately as I was in a bit of a rush. Fermenting happily away now with two packs of rehydrated APA kit yeast. Will continue to update as time goes on. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzala Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 I’m brewing my XPA tomorrow - I don’t have any CC yeast and only 1 APA kit yeast - not sure if I should add (or substitute) another yeast? I have US-05, S04 and Nottingham available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben 10 Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 I'd go the kit yeast..... 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchellScott Posted July 16, 2019 Author Share Posted July 16, 2019 (edited) 13 hours ago, Gazzala said: I’m brewing my XPA tomorrow - I don’t have any CC yeast and only 1 APA kit yeast - not sure if I should add (or substitute) another yeast? I have US-05, S04 and Nottingham available. I'd use the Kit yeast as the recipe says if you do not have access to CC yeast. I would probably be rehydrating it though as my OG was 1.050 which may be a little high for 7g of yeast to efficiently get through when added dry. I rehydrated two packs as I had a spare pack in the fridge from a previous APA tin. Edited July 16, 2019 by MitchellScott 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzala Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 Cheers Ben & Mitch - I do have a spare kit yeast in the fridge but I can’t remember which kit it came from - possibly Lager but may be Dark Ale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchellScott Posted July 17, 2019 Author Share Posted July 17, 2019 33 minutes ago, Gazzala said: Cheers Ben & Mitch - I do have a spare kit yeast in the fridge but I can’t remember which kit it came from - possibly Lager but may be Dark Ale This might help you out to determine if it is the same 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzala Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 Aha - turns out it was from a mex cerveza tin left over from the Shark Attack recipe! Cheers for the link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 39 minutes ago, Gazzala said: Aha - turns out it was from a mex cerveza tin left over from the Shark Attack recipe! Cheers for the link. That's the same as the kit yeast in the APA kit. May as well use both of them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzala Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 Yep that’s what I was thinking. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzala Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 It’s now in the fermenter. Pitched the 2 packs of kit yeast about 2 hours ago at 18C - currently sitting at about 18.5. The yeast has formed a circle in the middle of the FV - never seen that before (but this is only my 10th batch). Is that normal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchellScott Posted July 17, 2019 Author Share Posted July 17, 2019 3 hours ago, Gazzala said: It’s now in the fermenter. Pitched the 2 packs of kit yeast about 2 hours ago at 18C - currently sitting at about 18.5. The yeast has formed a circle in the middle of the FV - never seen that before (but this is only my 10th batch). Is that normal? Probably from the whirlpool that you would have created when stirring the wort. Looks fine man :) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzala Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 Cheers mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerlust Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 I think the yeast are collectively scared of the satan-like dog box on the shelf above & have huddled together in fear. Cheers, Lusty. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchellScott Posted July 17, 2019 Author Share Posted July 17, 2019 7 minutes ago, Beerlust said: I think the yeast are collectively scared of the satan-like dog box on the shelf above & have huddled together in fear. Cheers, Lusty. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzala Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 12 hours ago, Beerlust said: I think the yeast are collectively scared of the satan-like dog box on the shelf above & have huddled together in fear. Cheers, Lusty. There’s a nice krausen forming this morning so I think the yeasties must have got over their fear of the dog... 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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