stquinto Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 6 minutes ago, iBooz2 said: Another groundhog brew day today. This is batch #88 AG#47. My Coopers Sparkling Ale Clone ver 3.0. Target beer is 5.8 % ABV and an IBU of 32, EBC is unknown so let it be what it will be using the malts chosen. My recipe: Grains: 5000 g Coopers premium pale malt (3.9 EBC). 250 g Wheat malt (4 EBC). 100 g Crystal Light (88 EBC) Hops: 20 g PoR (10.5 % AA) for 60” = 25 IBU 15 g PoR (10.5 % AA) for 5" = 6 IBU Mash: 5 ml lactic acid in mash water - 35 L filtered rainwater – no salts added 45 C for 20” 63 C for 30” 70 C for 30” 76.5 C for 10” So predicted result was ABV = 5.8 % EBC = 11 IBU = 31 Cheers mate, I’ll give that a go. Should get my stock of PoR down to under 900gm 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pezzza Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 11 hours ago, stquinto said: Cheers mate, I’ll give that a go. Should get my stock of PoR down to under 900gm Come on now mate - too much is barely enough!!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben 10 Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 On 10/13/2022 at 7:32 AM, Pezzza said: barely Barley 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stquinto Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 On 10/9/2022 at 8:13 AM, Dustin Frothman said: Bought a couple of new toys for the kettle recently. A grain basket increase disc and this very shiny whirlpool shovel from BAC brewing in Italy who make aftermarket toys for the Braumeister range. Expensive but well worth it so far. What does that propeller thing do mate ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussiekraut Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 (edited) Middle of the Road, a mid strength pale ale, happily boiling away. Edited October 16, 2022 by Aussiekraut 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 I have ordered some stuff from craftbrewer this morning, namely a new hop sock (not a great fan of the spider), some extract for yeast starters and a couple of new disconnects for the beer lines. Planning to make a pale ale of some sort next Saturday as my golf club is holding an ambrose that day due to greens renovations. Not a fan of the format so I figured perfect day to start the brewing up again, assuming the stuff arrives by then which it really should. Still need to get a new water still and 5 litre flask as well as a second cube but they're not as urgent for now. Looking forward to having beer back on tap again, and saving some much needed money as well. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic Brewing Co Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 1 minute ago, Otto Von Blotto said: I have ordered some stuff from craftbrewer this morning, namely a new hop sock (not a great fan of the spider), some extract for yeast starters and a couple of new disconnects for the beer lines. Planning to make a pale ale of some sort next Saturday as my golf club is holding an ambrose that day due to greens renovations. Not a fan of the format so I figured perfect day to start the brewing up again, assuming the stuff arrives by then which it really should. Still need to get a new water still and 5 litre flask as well as a second cube but they're not as urgent for now. Looking forward to having beer back on tap again, and saving some much needed money as well. Good one Otto, been a while nothing like beer on tap, look forward to seeing your posts, Cheers. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoppy81 Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 14 minutes ago, Otto Von Blotto said: namely a new hop sock (not a great fan of the spider) I'm with you on that. I find the utilization is s**t house with the spider, threw mine away. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic Brewing Co Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 15 minutes ago, Hoppy81 said: I'm with you on that. I find the utilization is s**t house with the spider, threw mine away. I bought one used it twice, just makes a mess & a bas.... to clean. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussiekraut Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 18 minutes ago, Hoppy81 said: I'm with you on that. I find the utilization is s**t house with the spider, threw mine away. The one that came with the Guten was absolutely atrocious. It took half hour to drain and all. I used to use small hop bags, one for each hop addition but that was a little painful as well. I tried using a paint strainer bag but that also wasn't that crash hot a thing to use. So I bought another hop spider and that one actually works quite well. The mesh isn't too fine to clog up immediately but fine enough to not release hop matter into the wort. So far, it's OK. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 45 minutes ago, Hoppy81 said: I'm with you on that. I find the utilization is s**t house with the spider, threw mine away. I'll keep it for emergencies but I've always used the socks with wire legs put on at home to hold it in place during the boil. Then I just hoist it out with the grain bag pulley to drain/squeeze it out afterwards - not being able to squeeze it out was the biggest annoyance with the spider for me, but I did notice my pilsner didn't seem as bitter as it usually is. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchBastard Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 Squeezed in a brew day on Sunday after I got all the chores done. A brand new saison on the way. Stripped back all the specialty malts on this one. No rye or Vienna which I’d normally chuck at it. Bog standard pils. All Saaz in the boil except for a late charge of motueka. Motueka recently pricked my ears. Being a Belgian version of saaz but on steroids with a more tropical finish rather than spice. Hard to explain to be honest as the tropical I refer to isn’t really what you’d associate with “tropical”……anyway belle saison choofing away as I type and a lil dry hop on the way in a few days. Ousss oussss 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iBooz2 Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 (edited) Brew day today for another 44 L batch of LL in readiness for Christmas party/s drinking. This is batch #89 AG#48. Predicted 5.0% ABV but overshot my numbers, same grist bill of grains as previous batches but put it down due to a tweak in my usual water volumes and mash schedule so this one is now going to be 5.4%, that is unless I decide later to water it down a bit when it gets tossed into the FV. It will go in on top of the whole trub from the previous LL which is overdue to be kegged (no time so its sitting at 2 C lagering in the FV). Edited October 18, 2022 by iBooz2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben 10 Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 Style: Australian Strong/Foreign Extra Stout TYPE: All Grain Recipe Specifications -------------------------- Batch Size (fermenter): 21.00 L Estimated OG: 1.065 SG Estimated Color: 96.1 EBC Estimated IBU: 45.0 IBUs Ingredients: ------------ Amt Name Type # %/IBU Volume 4.00 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter (5.9 EBC) Grain 1 69.0 % 2.61 L 1.00 kg Munich, Light (Joe White) (17.7 EBC) Grain 2 17.2 % 0.65 L 0.20 kg Gladfield Dark Chocolate Malt (1300.0 EBC) Grain 3 3.4 % 0.13 L 0.20 kg Gladfield Eclipse Wheat (1400.0 EBC) Grain 4 3.4 % 0.13 L 0.20 kg Gladfield Shepherds Delight Malt (300.0 EBC) Grain 5 3.4 % 0.13 L 0.20 kg Roasted Barley (Joe White) (1398.7 EBC) Grain 6 3.4 % 0.13 L 100.00 g Fuggle [4.50 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 7 45.0 IBUs - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have some oak cubes that were used to make spirits, they will be dumped in the fv when feremtnation is done for an oak barrel aged feel 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic Brewing Co Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 6 hours ago, beach_life said: Style: Australian Strong/Foreign Extra Stout TYPE: All Grain Recipe Specifications -------------------------- Batch Size (fermenter): 21.00 L Estimated OG: 1.065 SG Estimated Color: 96.1 EBC Estimated IBU: 45.0 IBUs Ingredients: ------------ Amt Name Type # %/IBU Volume 4.00 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter (5.9 EBC) Grain 1 69.0 % 2.61 L 1.00 kg Munich, Light (Joe White) (17.7 EBC) Grain 2 17.2 % 0.65 L 0.20 kg Gladfield Dark Chocolate Malt (1300.0 EBC) Grain 3 3.4 % 0.13 L 0.20 kg Gladfield Eclipse Wheat (1400.0 EBC) Grain 4 3.4 % 0.13 L 0.20 kg Gladfield Shepherds Delight Malt (300.0 EBC) Grain 5 3.4 % 0.13 L 0.20 kg Roasted Barley (Joe White) (1398.7 EBC) Grain 6 3.4 % 0.13 L 100.00 g Fuggle [4.50 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 7 45.0 IBUs - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have some oak cubes that were used to make spirits, they will be dumped in the fv when feremtnation is done for an oak barrel aged feel That is impressive looking recipe BL & I am guessing it is going to be strong 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben 10 Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 19 minutes ago, Classic Brewing Co said: I am guessing it is going to be strong Nah, only 7% 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic Brewing Co Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 11 minutes ago, beach_life said: Nah, only 7% Yeah, just Lolly water 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben 10 Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 Recipe: Fugly Lager Style: International Pale Lager Recipe Specifications -------------------------- Batch Size (fermenter): 21.00 L Estimated OG: 1.044 SG Estimated Color: 5.2 EBC Estimated IBU: 23.1 IBUs Ingredients: ------------ Amt Name Type # %/IBU Volume 3.50 kg Pilsner (Weyermann) (3.3 EBC) Grain 1 87.5 % 2.28 L 0.50 kg Carapils (Briess) (3.0 EBC) Grain 2 12.5 % 0.33 L 40.00 g Fuggle [4.50 %] - First Wort 60.0 min Hop 3 23.1 IBUs - 1.0 pkg Californian Lager (Mangrove Jack's #M54) Yeast 4 - - ------------ 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussiekraut Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 2 hours ago, beach_life said: Recipe: Fugly Lager Style: International Pale Lager Recipe Specifications -------------------------- Batch Size (fermenter): 21.00 L Estimated OG: 1.044 SG Estimated Color: 5.2 EBC Estimated IBU: 23.1 IBUs Ingredients: ------------ Amt Name Type # %/IBU Volume 3.50 kg Pilsner (Weyermann) (3.3 EBC) Grain 1 87.5 % 2.28 L 0.50 kg Carapils (Briess) (3.0 EBC) Grain 2 12.5 % 0.33 L 40.00 g Fuggle [4.50 %] - First Wort 60.0 min Hop 3 23.1 IBUs - 1.0 pkg Californian Lager (Mangrove Jack's #M54) Yeast 4 - - ------------ You are a fan of the good old M54 right? I am using it a fair bit myself for some "lagers". Contrary to popular belief, I don't find the yeast to be a slow started. It usually is well underway after 24 hours, whereas yeasts like US-05 take a lot more time to get cracking. How on earth do you print those recipes as plain text out of Beersmith? Is it a stone old version? 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben 10 Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 3 minutes ago, Aussiekraut said: You are a fan of the good old M54 right? I am, i like it.... works very well Change that drop down to plain text 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussiekraut Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 39 minutes ago, beach_life said: I am, i like it.... works very well Change that drop down to plain text Look at that. I never knew this was there Cheers for that. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 (edited) My stuff arrived today. First order of business is to make a small yeast starter for the 1056 to see if it's still alive. I'll probably do that on the weekend, so plenty of time before the batch is brewed to either buy more or if it works to have it ready to make another starter for the batch. Edited October 20, 2022 by Otto Von Blotto 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben 10 Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 26 minutes ago, Otto Von Blotto said: My stuff arrived today Welcome back 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 23 minutes ago, beach_life said: Welcome back Cheers. Hopefully this time I don't get lazy and stop for ages again 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tone boy Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 7 hours ago, Aussiekraut said: You are a fan of the good old M54 right? I am using it a fair bit myself for some "lagers". Contrary to popular belief, I don't find the yeast to be a slow started. It usually is well underway after 24 hours, whereas yeasts like US-05 take a lot more time to get cracking. How on earth do you print those recipes as plain text out of Beersmith? Is it a stone old version? I used M54 early on in my brew journey, but found it to throw green apple - which cleared up in time. I have since moved on to w34/70 and find it much cleaner. And fast too. Am aware that @beach_life Beachy is north, and no temp control, so brew with the seasons and use the warmer yeast - great thinking - no point fighting nature. As a great man once said (you there @Pezzza?) many ways to the top of the mountain in the journey… Glad you guys are enjoying it. cheers 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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