Mikes15 Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 Having got to the point of brewing 80% of the beer I was drinking & even starting to play with making my own extract, grain steep & bits boil up recipes I ground to a halt & after getting used to using the brew fridge as an extension of the kitchen fridge during lock downs I didn't get around to brewing again. Secondly to that a LOT of my beers were getting off flavors, I think due to my FV being to old & having micro cracks / a rough internal surface. But, having found a cheap small fridge, to use as a fridge & having purchased a shiny new Mangrove Jack S/s brew bucket type FV I'm finally back into it & have a brew down today Started off with a nod to the Raspberry wheat beer recipe, as such, 1x 1.8kg Munton's connoisseur range wheat beer kit, 1kg Mangrove jacks brew malt 20 (LDM & Dex blend) 11g Morgans American ale yeast 3.5g (half) of the kit yeast 300ml of chilled simple syrup I boiled 2 dozen black boy peaches in to preserve yesterday I'm going to chuck what Hops I have in the freezer in as a DH being, 30g Styrian Golding 45g Nelson Sauvin Let ya know how it pans out! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozdevil Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 welcome back on the horse sounds like you have a good extract going on there 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tone boy Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 6 hours ago, Mikes15 said: 3.5g (half) of the kit yeast Why is that Mike? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikes15 Posted March 23, 2022 Author Share Posted March 23, 2022 10 hours ago, Tone boy said: Why is that Mike? As per the coopers raspberry recipie. Ive kept the other half in the fridge incase it stalls but going great guns so far. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tone boy Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 1 hour ago, Mikes15 said: As per the coopers raspberry recipie. Ive kept the other half in the fridge incase it stalls but going great guns so far. Cool mate. Sorry just realized it’s a wheat kit yeast. Looks like a tasty recipe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikes15 Posted March 28, 2022 Author Share Posted March 28, 2022 (edited) Bit blow away by this but the brew went like a train, didn't really slow down then stopped on Saturday eve and has sat at 1012 since, that's a 3 day ferment! Possibly a little high so might have stalled, think I might pitch the other 3.5g of kit yeast in to see if it will come down a touch before I CC & DH. Edited March 28, 2022 by Mikes15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikes15 Posted March 29, 2022 Author Share Posted March 29, 2022 Haddnt totally stopped, now down to 1010, will give it a few more days rather than adding more yeast. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozdevil Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 39 minutes ago, Mikes15 said: Haddnt totally stopped, now down to 1010, will give it a few more days rather than adding more yeast. i dont think you will need more yeast at all its not going to drop much more i wouldnt imagine , just leave it to finish and bottle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikes15 Posted April 21, 2022 Author Share Posted April 21, 2022 (edited) Early days but not a bad drop, very slight peach note an black boy bitterness, nice an smooth once its gassed off. Not much from the hops but i ddi back out an knly go with 30g in the end. Edited April 21, 2022 by Mikes15 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malter White Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 I came here looking for a tip at Caulfield later today. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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