BREW DAY!! WATCHA’ GOT, EH? 2022

[Aussiekraut]

Today, I planned a Hefe Weizen but mid brew day, I went inside to get a cuppa and when I came back out, the assistant brewer had taken over operations in an apparent coup de chienne. Not sure what she decides to make
 

[Tricky Micky]

1 hour ago, Aussiekraut said:

Today, I planned a Hefe Weizen but mid brew day, I went inside to get a cuppa and when I came back out, the assistant brewer had taken over operations in an apparent coup de chienne. Not sure what she decides to make
 

With Attitude! 

[Classic Brewing Co]

2 hours ago, Aussiekraut said:

Today, I planned a Hefe Weizen but mid brew day, I went inside to get a cuppa and when I came back out, the assistant brewer had taken over operations in an apparent coup de chienne. Not sure what she decides to make

It is probably saying where's my biscuit !! 

[Classic Brewing Co]

BOTTLING OF MY FIRST AG BREW

I just bottle the American Pale Ale, my first AG Brew smelt & looked like beer & finished bang on 1.010.

In a couple of weeks or so I will tell what I think of AG Brewing. 

[Shamus O'Sean]

29 minutes ago, Classic Brewing Co said:

BOTTLING OF MY FIRST AG BREW

I just bottle the American Pale Ale, my first AG Brew smelt & looked like beer & finished bang on 1.010.

In a couple of weeks or so I will tell what I think of AG Brewing. 

I cannot wait to hear your verdict.  The colour in the sample tube looks great and already pretty clear.  Did you cold crash or add any fining agents?

Very impressive filling levels in the Grolshies.  They all look identically filled.

[Classic Brewing Co]

4 minutes ago, Shamus O'Sean said:

I cannot wait to hear your verdict.  The colour in the sample tube looks great and already pretty clear.  Did you cold crash or add any fining agents?

Very impressive filling levels in the Grolshies.  They all look identically filled.

Cheers Shamus, I am also anxious to see the result in spite a few minor first time blues but I thought it was nice & clear as well.

I didn't add Finings or CC but left it in the FV for a few extra days, the only thing I added was 1/2 Wirflock tablet at last 5mins of the boil. I do try to get the same levels in the in bottles, if you have a system it's not hard. 

[RDT2]

5 hours ago, Classic Brewing Co said:

BOTTLING OF MY FIRST AG BREW

I just bottle the American Pale Ale, my first AG Brew smelt & looked like beer & finished bang on 1.010.

In a couple of weeks or so I will tell what I think of AG Brewing. 

Two weeks??? I doubt you will wait that long! I know I wouldn’t

[Classic Brewing Co]

2 hours ago, RDT2 said:

Two weeks??? I doubt you will wait that long! I know I wouldn’t

Well I'll try 

[ben 10]

Recipe: Lawn Food Stout
Brewer: Grumpy 
Style: Foreign Extra Stout

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size (fermenter): 21.00 L   
Estimated OG: 1.074 SG
Estimated Color: 83.0 EBC
Estimated IBU: 77.5 IBUs


Ingredients:
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Amt              Name                                             Type          #          %/IBU         Volume        
4.00 kg          Pale Malt, Galaxy (Barrett Burston) (3.0 EBC)    Grain         1          57.6 %        2.61 L        
1.00 kg          Munich, Light (Joe White) (17.7 EBC)             Grain         2          14.4 %        0.65 L        
1.00 kg          Rye Malt (Weyermann) (5.9 EBC)                   Grain         3          14.4 %        0.65 L        
0.50 kg          Chocolate Malt (Joe White) (750.6 EBC)           Grain         4          7.2 %         0.33 L        
0.25 kg          Crystal, Dark (Joe White) (216.7 EBC)            Grain         5          3.6 %         0.16 L        
0.20 kg          Roasted Barley (Joe White) (1398.7 EBC)          Grain         6          2.9 %         0.13 L        
60.00 g          Super Pride [13.90 %] - Boil 60.0 min            Hop           7          77.5 IBUs     -             


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[Shamus O'Sean]

5 hours ago, interceptor said:

Recipe: Lawn Food Stout
Brewer: Grumpy 
Style: Foreign Extra Stout

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

Batch Size (fermenter): 21.00 L   
Estimated OG: 1.074 SG
Estimated Color: 83.0 EBC
Estimated IBU: 77.5 IBUs


Ingredients:
------------
Amt              Name                                             Type          #          %/IBU         Volume        
4.00 kg          Pale Malt, Galaxy (Barrett Burston) (3.0 EBC)    Grain         1          57.6 %        2.61 L        
1.00 kg          Munich, Light (Joe White) (17.7 EBC)             Grain         2          14.4 %        0.65 L        
1.00 kg          Rye Malt (Weyermann) (5.9 EBC)                   Grain         3          14.4 %        0.65 L        
0.50 kg          Chocolate Malt (Joe White) (750.6 EBC)           Grain         4          7.2 %         0.33 L        
0.25 kg          Crystal, Dark (Joe White) (216.7 EBC)            Grain         5          3.6 %         0.16 L        
0.20 kg          Roasted Barley (Joe White) (1398.7 EBC)          Grain         6          2.9 %         0.13 L        
60.00 g          Super Pride [13.90 %] - Boil 60.0 min            Hop           7          77.5 IBUs     -             


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Boom!

[Pale Man]

7 hours ago, Shamus O'Sean said:

Boom!

Thats what i thought, theres some flavour going on there.

[ben 10]

On 4/19/2022 at 8:31 PM, interceptor said:

Recipe: Lawn Food Stout

13 hour mash!

[ben 10]

20 hours ago, Pale Man said:

Thats what i thought, theres some flavour going on there.

Hopefully this one survives and doesn't live up to it's name

[Pale Man]

4 hours ago, interceptor said:

Hopefully this one survives and doesn't live up to it's name

Looks a lovely recipe.  I like the look of the Rye addition. Which yeast?

[ben 10]

Llallemand Farmhouse

[Shamus O'Sean]

7 hours ago, interceptor said:

13 hour mash!

So did you mash overnight or something else?

I am planning a 12% IIIPA soon, with a reiterated mash.  The idea of doing the first mash overnight is appealing, from a time perspective on the main brew day.

[ben 10]

8 minutes ago, Shamus O'Sean said:

So did you mash overnight or something else?

It's only from convenience.

I am running low on beer and I work 12 hour shifts.

So I set the water to 50c overnight, so I could heat to mashing temp before work. I then set my Crown to 60c incase the temp dropped too much.

And boiled when I got home. It still smelt like a stout when the boil was on so hopefully okay

[Tricky Micky]

This feels like cheating but well it is what it is.

Finally got hold of the Kegland Fresh Cube 3 lager AG FWK. ($31.00)

Est: SG @15 liters Volume 1.068

Add 6 Liters of pre boiled water.

Est: SG @ 21 liters Volume 1.056

Dubbya Slurry.

Pitched 10 degrees C.

Additions None. - That is Naked!!

Lets see how this tastes in about 4 weeks from now.

 

[Dustin Frothman]

A Balter XPA clone cooking today with the ANZAC Day footy on the radio later.

[Dustin Frothman]

The Braumeister always produces extremely clear wort after the mash.

[Pale Man]

4 hours ago, Dustin Frothman said:

The Braumeister always produces extremely clear wort after the mash.

Is it me or is that malt pipe too small for the kettle. I'm not familiar with the machine.

[Dustin Frothman]

2 minutes ago, Pale Man said:

Is it me or is that malt pipe too small for the kettle. I'm not familiar with the machine.

No it’s just you. 

This is the smallest Braumeister kettle so the malt pipe fits approx 3kg grain max.

It’s designed to be compact and for small batches.

[Pale Man]

2 minutes ago, Dustin Frothman said:

No it’s just you. 

This is the smallest Braumeister kettle so the malt pipe fits approx 3kg grain max.

It’s designed to be compact and for small batches.

Ah no worries, i thought it looked a bit different for it to be a full size kettle. As long as it makes good beer is all that matters.

[Dustin Frothman]

11 minutes ago, Pale Man said:

Ah no worries, i thought it looked a bit different for it to be a full size kettle. As long as it makes good beer is all that matters.

I’m sure it makes a good beer.

Whether the operator does is a different story altogether!

[kmar92]

Back in May 2020 I did a Coopers ROTM - Belgian Chocolate Stout https://www.diybeer.com/au/recipe/belgian-chocolate-stout.html, and I was impressed with the result. So thinking about getting a stout down now that we are heading into the cooler months and having the ingredients I thought that I would try it again. Compared to the original Coopers recipe I just changed a couple of things: I swapped out the 1kg LDME for a 1.5kg Coopers LME tin of goop, I upped the vanilla essence somewhat and I used Nottingham instead of the S-33, + the 7g Coopers yeast with the Devil's Half Ruby Porter. OG was 1.060. It is in the ferment fridge @ 19° at present.

Original finished Belgian Chocolate Stout from a couple of years ago and the new version in the ferment fridge hopefully beginning its ferment, fermenter krausen ring in place as from memory the 1st of these I did wanted to climb out of the fermenter (the yellow in the fermenter is the RAPT Pill which is now reporting to Brewfather via a webhook)..