jamiek86 Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 33 minutes ago, ozdevil said: @jamiek86 looks a goer mate, i often use nottingham in my oatmeal stouts used it couple of times before will be interesting to harvest the yeast and see difference second and third use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldcoast Crow Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Nothing current bearing my ciders in the fermenter but with footy season coming up soon it's time to chuck on a dark ale.... Looking for suggestions on hops, as I will be running 2 x 10ltr brews, happy to try 2 different hops. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozdevil Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 5 minutes ago, Goldcoast Crow said: Nothing current bearing my ciders in the fermenter but with footy season coming up soon it's time to chuck on a dark ale.... Looking for suggestions on hops, as I will be running 2 x 10ltr brews, happy to try 2 different hops. what type of Dark Ale you thinking maybe a bittering of magnum cascade and amarillo for flavour and maybe some citra for aroma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiek86 Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, ozdevil said: @jamiek86 looks a goer mate, i often use nottingham in my oatmeal stouts I've only used it a few times but very impressed lol thought I already replied but wasn't showing site lagging lol Edited February 13, 2021 by jamiek86 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldcoast Crow Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 1 hour ago, ozdevil said: what type of Dark Ale you thinking maybe a bittering of magnum cascade and amarillo for flavour and maybe some citra for aroma Looking either the flat coopers dark ale, Irish stout, or the Ruby porter fro t he Thomas coopers range Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naughty Corner Brewing Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 On 1/30/2021 at 3:14 PM, Shamus O'Sean said: I got a simple $120 twin roller grain mill from a LHBS a bit over 2 years ago. I mostly run it between 0.045 and 0.055 (1.14mm and 1.40mm). It is currently set on 0.035 (0.89mm) because my last all grain batch included wheat malt which is a smaller grain than barley. Malt King mill? Picked up mine for $90 on a monthly special a month or so ago. Does the job anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamus O'Sean Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 8 minutes ago, NewBrews said: Malt King mill? Picked up mine for $90 on a monthly special a month or so ago. Does the job anyway! Mine does not have a brand name or anything. Like you say through, it does the job. Stainless steel, so that's good. The hopper is smallish. Probably can only fit 2.5kg of grain. I made a cardboard hopper extender. It holds at least 6kg of grain. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naughty Corner Brewing Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 So actually got some time to do the Kolsch I’ve been planning on. Was still a bit rushed for time but got it done. Bit short on access to water at the moment, so went no chill for this one. The new tank coming in the next month or so should give me some more options for recirculating cooling water in and out of it. So for the recipe I went pretty plain and kind of to style, using Voyager Atlas with just a bit of light Munich. Hops were Tettnang, however I dropped the second lot back to 10g to cater for no chill. I’ll be kegging the manic kveik pale ale today so the Kolsch will be heading into a fermenter and in the fridge straight after that. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pezzza Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 7 hours ago, NewBrews said: So actually got some time to do the Kolsch I’ve been planning on. Nice work NB... really keen to see how you go with this : ) As I need to do one at some stage... had the yeast for a while but just not got around to it as there are soooo many different beers to make haha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozdevil Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 7 hours ago, NewBrews said: So actually got some time to do the Kolsch I’ve been planning on. Was still a bit rushed for time but got it done. Bit short on access to water at the moment, so went no chill for this one. The new tank coming in the next month or so should give me some more options for recirculating cooling water in and out of it. So for the recipe I went pretty plain and kind of to style, using Voyager Atlas with just a bit of light Munich. Hops were Tettnang, however I dropped the second lot back to 10g to cater for no chill. I’ll be kegging the manic kveik pale ale today so the Kolsch will be heading into a fermenter and in the fridge straight after that. Looks pretty good mate... I had brewed a kolsch a few weeks ago and its rather refreshing drink and would be a great on hot day nice and cold I was pretty pleased how much it cleans ups.. just a short video of my kolsch oh what program is that your using? 20210210_133217.mp4 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurice79 Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 First Harvest Ale for 2021 - Scorpion Breath Pale. 250g Chinook wet hops picked straight from the bine, whirlpool for 5 mins. First time using Voss Kveik. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDT2 Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 (edited) Saison brew day today went well other than I couldn’t find my bucket that I usually weigh my grains in so used a different container which appeared to not distribute the weight properly and ended up with 400 grams of grain more than I wantedTo counteract this I did a full volume mash and ended up one point lower than predicted so happy with that and correct volume. The grist was all Pilsner with styrian golding hops so now it’s sitting in the fermenter waiting for belle to takeoff. Can’t wait beautiful clear wort Also Edited February 15, 2021 by RDT2 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naughty Corner Brewing Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 On 2/14/2021 at 3:04 PM, ozdevil said: oh what program is that your using? BeerSmith on my iPad. Ive had one a while back and was keen to try it again. Can’t wait to try it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchBastard Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Revisited a style I brewed a few times in my early AG beginnings. XPA.....what ever that really means. Not wanting another hazy or ipa but something a bit jazzier than a pale?? Maybe... I dunno. It’s a bit of a weird style to try and make interesting so I went with a grain bill that is a bitta this and a sprinkle of that. pilsner malt Pale malt a sprinkle of wheat and a sprinkle of honey malt. honey malt? Anyone used it? It’s said to prop up your tropical-esk hops the same way Munich or caramalt props up your pine and resinous varieties. Certainly came through in the wort aroma. Should be interesting. warrior for bittering vic secret, eclipse and cashmere as a WP. VS and eclipse as a dry hop in a few days. Boring old 05 choofing at 18 deg. Post boil at 1.050 and dropping to 1.048 with a 2L starter. Bang on today which is good. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiek86 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 @MitchBastard looks good do you always take hydro reading with tube overflowing? If that happens to me I empty small bit wasn't sure if made difference or not 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iBooz2 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Brew #44 AG Batch #5 another crack at the Pacific Summer Ale. The purpose of this version 3 was to get my water chemistry correct and add the right salts etc. so my mash pH would get into the happy zone. It was going to be a 21 Litre batch but was concentrating so much on the pH numbers that the grain bill crept up a fair bit and ended up with a higher gravity beer than I usually drink. So first thought I would get the mates around to polish this batch off but then thought again, bugger them, topped it up with a couple of litres of cold filtered water to get it back to a "me" drink. Also made this batch a bit darker golden as the others have come out a little lighter in colour than Beer-Smith predicts. Pretty happy with the water profile now and think I have worked it out (will post my findings over on the new AG setup thread) as it may help others. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iBooz2 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 1 hour ago, jamiek86 said: @MitchBastard looks good do you always take hydro reading with tube overflowing? If that happens to me I empty small bit wasn't sure if made difference or not Makes it easier to read the numbers particularly if the tube has a bit of cloudiness from foam, yeast etc. this way you can see the meniscus / curvature clearly due to surface tension between the hydrometer and the test tube. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tone boy Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 5 minutes ago, iBooz2 said: Brew #44 AG Batch #5 another crack at the Pacific Summer Ale. Great drink the summer ale. One of my favorites. Hope it turns out well for ya fella. Motueka hops goes well in that drink too. Cheers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackSands Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 (edited) Harlequin Gold (20 litres) Giving the relatively new UK Harlequin hops a test drive today - a simple lower-carb/low-ish ABV British Golden Ale, and once again using Kveik Voss yeast : 2.7kg GF American Ale Malt 200g GF Aurora Malt 200g GF Sour Grapes 10g Harlequin @30mins 20g Harlequin @10mins 30g Harlequin @5mins 40g Harlequin @ FO 5g each Gypsum & Epsom Salts Voss After temperature correction looks like the OG will be around 1.035 - 1.036 - just as predicted by Beersmith (@75% efficiency). So, with Voss's generous attenuation this one should land at around 4%ABV after priming. Edited February 17, 2021 by BlackSands 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchBastard Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 On 2/16/2021 at 6:45 PM, jamiek86 said: @MitchBastard looks good do you always take hydro reading with tube overflowing? If that happens to me I empty small bit wasn't sure if made difference or not Not always mate but it makes it easier if it’s full to the top. Makes it a bit easier to read 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiek86 Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Just now, MitchBastard said: Not always mate but it makes it easier if it’s full to the top. Makes it a bit easier to read never thought of that good idea always struggle to tell diff between 2 points or so 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurice79 Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 On 2/14/2021 at 7:13 PM, Maurice79 said: First Harvest Ale for 2021 - Scorpion Breath Pale. 250g Chinook wet hops picked straight from the bine, whirlpool for 5 mins. First time using Voss Kveik. 48 hrs at 30c and it was done, down from 1.053 to 1010. Sample tasted good but needs to cool down. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pezzza Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Brew Day at Graubartigbräu Brewing: Traditional Pils style SMASH (w a little wheat thrown in)... Weyermann Pils Malt + Hallertau Mittelfrüh... on Rainwater: Smells great!!?!! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Journeyman Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 On 2/16/2021 at 6:32 PM, MitchBastard said: Does your hydro say if it is top or bottom of meniscus. It doesn't matter for your OG/FG as you'd do the same each time but if it's top of meniscus you're going to be out on the reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiek86 Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Recepie as pic below made to 20 litres pitched good old boring us-05 on 20.8 degrees. Will try to bring temp down to 18 before go to a birthday party this arvo. Forgot get OG reading straight away maby half hour later so not sure how accurate 1.056 will add eclipse hop tea after krausen gone down and hopefully keg it after drink the lighter version in keg next weekend. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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