BREW DAY!! WATCHA’ GOT, EH? 2022

[kmar92]

5 hours ago, interceptor said:

Extra dark? https://hoppydaysbrewingsupplies.com.au/product/belgian-d2-extra-dark-candi-syrup-1kg/

http://www.brewman.com.au/web/showproduct.asp?prodid=109

Yeah thinking that I will go with the extra dark, just a little darker than the D-180, EBC 180 v EBC 197.

[MitchBastard]

Chalked up a new beer today. V1 of a new saison. Basic grain bill being just pils malt. No rye or Vienna as per my usual. Swapped back to the lally belle saison and a totally new late addition hop in the form of ekanuot. I’ve not used that hop before but since I couldn’t get huel melon, this is apparently a good sub. It’s almost like a new world  hop with a noble spice under tone. Quite interesting to be honest. why this hop, we’ll I’m gunna dump some stone fruit into the fermenter come day 4 and all the aroma and tasting notes of the hop pair well with the fruit I plan on using…..

I swore I’d not go back to belle but I wanted a basic saison yeast that wouldn’t be too complex but wanted the bone dry diastatic power of the belle which some of the WL yeasts don’t always achieve.  

[ben 10]

7 minutes ago, MitchBastard said:

I swore I’d not go back to belle

Nice, hope it works out. 
Now I am back to making a few saisons I much prefer them as a warm weather yeast than the kveik

[stquinto]

On 4/3/2022 at 12:42 PM, kmar92 said:

I am keen to try to clone a Westvleteren 12. What was your recipe @stquinto? I am having a few problems with trying to source candi syrup D-180, I have found a few other shades but not D-180 so far.

Here's the long version mate:

 

[kmar92]

Thank you @stquinto, appreciated.

[stquinto]

4 hours ago, kmar92 said:

Thank you @stquinto, appreciated.

A pleasure mate ! BTW, the secondary fermentation duration seems to have been cut off the screen (it was a screenshot from my PC). 60 days

Mine’s a week in and I put a reminder in the calendar to bottle it on the 29th of May. Best leave it another 6 months after that…

[ben 10]

Recipe: 777Stout


Recipe Specifications
--------------------------

Batch Size (fermenter): 21.00 L   
Estimated OG: 1.076 SG
Estimated Color: 79.7 EBC
Estimated IBU: 76.5 IBUs


Ingredients:
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Amt              Name                                             Type          #          %/IBU         Volume        
1.50 kg          Pale Malt, Galaxy (Barrett Burston) (3.0 EBC)    Grain         1          20.7 %        0.98 L        
1.50 kg          Pale Malt, Traditional Ale (Joe White) (5.9 EBC) Grain         2          20.7 %        0.98 L        
1.00 kg          Carapils (Briess) (3.0 EBC)                      Grain         3          13.8 %        0.65 L        
1.00 kg          Munich, Light (Joe White) (17.7 EBC)             Grain         4          13.8 %        0.65 L        
1.00 kg          Rye Malt (Weyermann) (5.9 EBC)                   Grain         5          13.8 %        0.65 L        
0.50 kg          Oats, Malted (Thomas Fawcett) (3.9 EBC)          Grain         6          6.9 %         0.33 L        
0.35 kg          Gladfield Roast Barley (1450.0 EBC)              Grain         7          4.8 %         0.23 L        
0.25 kg          Caraaroma (256.1 EBC)                            Grain         8          3.4 %         0.16 L        
0.16 kg          Gladfield Roasted Wheat (550.0 EBC)              Grain         9          2.2 %         0.10 L        
60.00 g          Super Pride [13.90 %] - Boil 60.0 min            Hop           10         76.5 IBUs     -             
1.0 pkg          Farmhouse    (Lallemand/Danstar #-)              Yeast         11         -             -             

 

[Pezzza]

58 minutes ago, interceptor said:

Recipe: 777Stout

Nice @interceptor Ceptor : )

@Classic Brewing Co Phil you might want to make a copy and file this for reference re AG Stoutage opportunities for the future...

Noting, however, that is quite a big beefy Brew... 

[Classic Brewing Co]

15 minutes ago, Itinerant Peasant said:

Nice @interceptor Ceptor : )

@Classic Brewing Co Phil you might want to make a copy and file this for reference re AG Stoutage opportunities for the future...

Noting, however, that is quite a big beefy Brew... 

Thanks I will, you are right it is a beast.

[ben 10]

33 minutes ago, Itinerant Peasant said:

Noting, however, that is quite a big beefy Brew... 

Hmm, maybe I can add some Bonox?

16 minutes ago, Classic Brewing Co said:

Thanks I will, you are right it is a beast.

Bear in mind a few things... the 1.5 of two pales is because I had some to get rid of, as is the 0.16 roasted wheat.

I just make stuff up.

[Classic Brewing Co]

22 minutes ago, interceptor said:

Hmm, maybe I can add some Bonox?

Bear in mind a few things... the 1.5 of two pales is because I had some to get rid of, as is the 0.16 roasted wheat.

I just make stuff up.

Fair enough it is a good guide nonetheless. 

[ben 10]

21 minutes ago, Classic Brewing Co said:

Fair enough it is a good guide nonetheless. 

Cheers.

I really like beersmith, when I choose a style it lists ingredients to be used and helps a lot < I assume whtever you use does the same?

I don't use other peoples recipes. 

[Classic Brewing Co]

11 minutes ago, interceptor said:

Cheers.

I really like beersmith, when I choose a style it lists ingredients to be used and helps a lot < I assume whtever you use does the same?

I don't use other peoples recipes. 

TBH I am still trying to work Brew Father out, I understand the basics but that's about it. I am not too worried about it ATM.

[Pezzza]

3 hours ago, interceptor said:

I really like beersmith, when I choose a style it lists ingredients to be used and helps a lot < I assume whatever you use does the same?

I use the same @interceptor and I think @Aussiekraut also uses Beersmith...   but fear at startup I deleted some of the library inf/style information - maybe you can point me where to look... but in general I think I can get by pretty much ok - I just pick a vaguely relevant style and then I manually add in what ingredients I am looking at putting in -- from experience and what I have maybe seen others do -- and then  you get some vague idea of what it will look like... and then after that I look forward with anticipation as to what the festive brew will be like...  not really been disappointed yet with the festive ongoing big AG experimental experience  : )

[stquinto]

Brew day with a(nother) Duvel clone. I thought I ‘d be clever and mill the grain last night. I started late (11pm) and for some reason the grain weren’t grinding, they were going out the other side, not between the rollers. Finally sorted it at 3am (with a trip down to the cellar by SWMBO at that time as an added bonus…)

I think a grain was blocking one of the rollers and once dislodged it milled up fine. Took me a while to figure it out. Shall we say my troubleshooting skills were a bit lacking at that time of the day, and my state of inebriation

Anyway, looking better today. I had wanted an early start but hey, better late than never. 
 

[Stickers]

@stquintonice 500mm ruler you've got there too

[RDT2]

11 hours ago, interceptor said:

Recipe: 777Stout


Recipe Specifications
--------------------------

Batch Size (fermenter): 21.00 L   
Estimated OG: 1.076 SG
Estimated Color: 79.7 EBC
Estimated IBU: 76.5 IBUs


Ingredients:
------------
Amt              Name                                             Type          #          %/IBU         Volume        
1.50 kg          Pale Malt, Galaxy (Barrett Burston) (3.0 EBC)    Grain         1          20.7 %        0.98 L        
1.50 kg          Pale Malt, Traditional Ale (Joe White) (5.9 EBC) Grain         2          20.7 %        0.98 L        
1.00 kg          Carapils (Briess) (3.0 EBC)                      Grain         3          13.8 %        0.65 L        
1.00 kg          Munich, Light (Joe White) (17.7 EBC)             Grain         4          13.8 %        0.65 L        
1.00 kg          Rye Malt (Weyermann) (5.9 EBC)                   Grain         5          13.8 %        0.65 L        
0.50 kg          Oats, Malted (Thomas Fawcett) (3.9 EBC)          Grain         6          6.9 %         0.33 L        
0.35 kg          Gladfield Roast Barley (1450.0 EBC)              Grain         7          4.8 %         0.23 L        
0.25 kg          Caraaroma (256.1 EBC)                            Grain         8          3.4 %         0.16 L        
0.16 kg          Gladfield Roasted Wheat (550.0 EBC)              Grain         9          2.2 %         0.10 L        
60.00 g          Super Pride [13.90 %] - Boil 60.0 min            Hop           10         76.5 IBUs     -             
1.0 pkg          Farmhouse    (Lallemand/Danstar #-)              Yeast         11         -             -             

 

Nice mate be interested to see how the super pride turns out at that volume of IBUs have you tried it before at that amount?

[stquinto]

56 minutes ago, Stickers said:

@stquintonice 500mm ruler you've got there too

There’s no graduations on the inside of the sparge heater (used to be my brew kettle when I was BIABing), and each litre of water corresponds to 1cm. Handy that

Edited April 9, 2022 by stquinto
Typo

[stquinto]

Had to fiddle a bit to the the OG up - I added 300d of dextrose. A bit short at 1.066 ( should have been 1.071)

After the 20 cold crash it might be down to 1.00 so it’ll be fine, especially as I’ll be bottling with 2g F2 yeast and some extra sugar 

[ben 10]

5 hours ago, RDT2 said:

have you tried it before at that amount?

no - is it not going to work?

[Dustin Frothman]

 

Cooking up my first all grain ESB in the little Braumeister this morning.

A simple recipe with ale, light and dark crystal malts, East Kent Goldings and Challenger hops.

Will ferment with Lallemand London Ale yeast.

[Classic Brewing Co]

19 minutes ago, Dustin Frothman said:

Cooking up my first all grain ESB in the little Braumeister this morning.

A simple recipe with ale, light and dark crystal malts, East Kent Goldings and Challenger hops.

Will ferment with Lallemand London Ale yeast.

Good Luck with it, nice machine, I have seen those on Grain & Grape's website but they are a tad expensive !!

[Dustin Frothman]

9 minutes ago, Classic Brewing Co said:

Good Luck with it, nice machine, I have seen those on Grain & Grape's website but they are a tad expensive !!

Buy once, cry once. 

They all make wort though so it’s certainly not necessary to spend that much on a kettle.

[Aussiekraut]

Rice lager boiling away happily but I am not convinced it is going to be good. Suffered a stuck sparge and by the look of it, the mash didn’t go to plan either. It initially cleared up well but after mashout, it was very starchy looking and the pre-boil sample was in the 1.050s, rather than the estimated 1.036. I often overshoot the pre-boil SG but not by 15+ points. Let’s see what happens.

 

[RDT2]

3 hours ago, interceptor said:

no - is it not going to work?

I don’t know I was just interested as I used super pride at 18 ibus in a simple lager (emu export clone) and it was just right. I would of thought it to be a harsh bitterness at a higher ibu just my thoughts no science or experience to back it up hence the reason I ask. In saying that your grist is obviously of a much higher og and darker grains etc so I will be interested to see what it’s like? Everywhere I read says it’s an excellent bittering hop and it’s stats don’t appear to say anything different? I’ve also have another 80grams in the freezer I could make another 4 export clones (I actually really enjoyed the beer) but if your piling it into a stout I could use it in other beers, also so I look forward to your results as always I enjoy looking at your recipes and thanks for posting