iBooz2 Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 I could not see a new thread for this year so going to start one off. Link to last years thread is HERE. Another ‘Back to the Future’ brew day for me on Thursday. Batch #94. 1 x 1.7 kg tin of Cooper’s Innkeeper’s Daughter. 1 x 1.5 kg tin of Cooper’s Liquid Amber Malt. 500 g Coopers Light Dry Malt. Mini-mash of 250 g Carapils malt 250 g Maris Otter malt 250 g Light Crystal malt. Mash was 10 L filtered rain water at 45 C for 20’ then 63 C for 60 minutes. Dry hop of 25 Mosaic at around day 5 for 2 days. Yeast was whole trub of previous Back to the Future brew (batch #93) i.e. a dirty batch in the Coopers FV. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussiekraut Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 First double batch day of the year. The Clayton’s Lager is in the cube and the mash water for the Rye Lager is currently heating up. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussiekraut Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 Mash out on the 2nd batch is underway. It’s running very clear. I’m glad it out lots of rice hulls into the mash as it was a fairly thick affair. Hard to stir. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tone boy Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 Coopers Super Slurper Hazy IPA First time attempting a ROTM - I usually just make up my own recipes/cheat off others … No photos, but had to do a steep of 250g Golden naked oats. Pretty basic extract brew otherwise. Had to reduce the gap in the grain mill as the oats are tiny. So much quicker than my usual brew day, so that was nice. Even managed to bake a loaf of bread at the same time! Fermenting at 19 degrees C. Will attempt to have an early slurp on this one while those yummy hops are still present. Happy new year to you all. Cheers, Tone 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussiekraut Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 1 hour ago, Aussiekraut said: Mash out on the 2nd batch is underway. It’s running very clear. I’m glad it out lots of rice hulls into the mash as it was a fairly thick affair. Hard to stir. Of course it was supposed to read "I'm glad I added lots of rice hulls". Bloody autocorrect on the phone. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamus O'Sean Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 1 hour ago, Aussiekraut said: Mash out on the 2nd batch is underway. It’s running very clear. I’m glad it out lots of rice hulls into the mash as it was a fairly thick affair. Hard to stir. What proportion of Rye did you use? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussiekraut Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 33 minutes ago, Shamus O'Sean said: What proportion of Rye did you use? About 1:5. 3kg pale, 1kg Munich, 1kg Rye, 200g Carapils and 200g acidulated malt. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben 10 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 On 1/8/2023 at 10:37 AM, Aussiekraut said: Rye Lager Yummo! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben 10 Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Recipe: Aussie Wheat Recipe Specifications -------------------------- Batch Size (fermenter): 21.00 L Estimated Color: 6.3 EBC Estimated IBU: 35.1 IBUs Ingredients: ------------ Amt Name Type # %/IBU Volume 2.50 kg Pale Malt (Barrett Burston) (3.9 EBC) Grain 1 50.0 % 1.63 L 2.50 kg Wheat Malt (Barrett Burston) (3.0 EBC) Grain 2 50.0 % 1.63 L 10.00 g Pride of Ringwood [9.10 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 3 9.7 IBUs - 20.00 g Ella [14.80 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 20.0 min, 90.2 Hop 4 9.6 IBUs - 20.00 g Enigma [16.50 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 20.0 min, 90 Hop 5 10.7 IBUs - 10.00 g Galaxy [15.70 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 20.0 min, 90 Hop 6 5.1 IBUs - 1.0 pkg Bavarian Wheat Yeast (Mangrove Jack's #M20) Yeast 7 - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red devil 44 Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 Coopers XPA AG Clone Double Batch Just mashing in. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red devil 44 Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 Sparging, always use my come along to raise the mash pipe, saves the back, plus it’s a double batch. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic Brewing Co Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 10 minutes ago, Red devil 44 said: Sparging, always use my come along to raise the mash pipe, saves the back, plus it’s a double batch. Looks good RD, my shed is too low for one of those, so I am going to have to get some sort of frame built. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackSands Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 A 20 litre stove-top AG NZ pale ale went down today. Thought I'd try using pilsner malt as the base this time: 3kg GF Pilsner Malt 400g GF Supernova Malt 250g Sugar 25g Pacific Jade @25mins 20g Taiheke @10mins 30g Taiheke Steep/Whirlpool 50g Taiheke DH 5g Gypsum Kveik Voss 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben 10 Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 1 hour ago, BlackSands said: NZ pale ale yummo! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iBooz2 Posted January 12, 2023 Author Share Posted January 12, 2023 On 1/11/2023 at 2:44 PM, Classic Brewing Co said: Looks good RD, my shed is too low for one of those, so I am going to have to get some sort of frame built. What's wrong with the 'ye ole frame ya got'? From all reports you are 6ft 2 inches. Surely that is big enough. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic Brewing Co Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 6 hours ago, iBooz2 said: What's wrong with the 'ye ole frame ya got'? From all reports you are 6ft 2 inches. Surely that is big enough. Yes Al, I am 6'2" - have been most of my life it is only because of my shoulder that I need to try & erect a pulley system to help with lifting the malt pipe. I can't do it inside, possibly could in the brick wall under the back verandah but if I built something out there it could be left there until brew day, it just means I could complete everything up to cubing the wort & store that in the laundry. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDT2 Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 Made this last night it’s actually Gash’s recipe but changed a couple of things the scale of the recipe, acid malt and I’m using trusty old southern German lager yeast which is firing up in a starter from the previous harvest. Making it for my mate so will be interested to see if it tastes anything like VB! I cubed it so I put the bittering hop in at 45 and por at 5! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamus O'Sean Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 I did another Coopers Original Pale Ale clone today. I hit the numbers almost spot on today. OG into the FV was off by 1 point: 1.041 instead of 1.042. The heat (35°C) made it not a pleasant brewday, but at least I was in the shade inside the garage. As discussed previously, today I tried a hopstand addition of Pride of Ringwood to try to bring out a fruitiness that I noticed in the commercial version that was not in my previous clone. Pic of transferring to the FV. This is my fourth and last brew with this Coopers Commercial Ale Yeast harvest. First up was the 2022 Vintage Ale, then a Original Pale Ale, next a Sparkling Ale and then this COPA. 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben 10 Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 7 hours ago, Shamus O'Sean said: bring out a fruitiness you think that is the hops and not the yeast? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Micky Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 15 hours ago, RDT2 said: Made this last night it’s actually Gash’s recipe but changed a couple of things the scale of the recipe, acid malt and I’m using trusty old southern German lager yeast which is firing up in a starter from the previous harvest. Making it for my mate so will be interested to see if it tastes anything like VB! I cubed it so I put the bittering hop in at 45 and por at 5! @RDT2 RD, please let us know how this turns out - keep us posted - many thanks. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDT2 Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 55 minutes ago, Mickep said: @RDT2 RD, please let us know how this turns out - keep us posted - many thanks. Sure mate no worries! I think I might keep a couple of litres for my self anyway as my stocks are lower than I thought! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Micky Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 3 minutes ago, RDT2 said: Sure mate no worries! I think I might keep a couple of litres for my self anyway as my stocks are lower than I thought! Cheers - ta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uhtred Of Beddanburg Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 51 minutes ago, RDT2 said: Sure mate no worries! I think I might keep a couple of litres for my self anyway as my stocks are lower than I thought! what yeast please if at the bottom was cut off for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iBooz2 Posted January 15, 2023 Author Share Posted January 15, 2023 1 hour ago, Uhtred Of Beddanburg said: what yeast please if at the bottom was cut off for me @Uhtred Of Beddanburg , he said in the text part that he is using Southern German Lager yeast. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iBooz2 Posted January 15, 2023 Author Share Posted January 15, 2023 18 hours ago, RDT2 said: Made this last night it’s actually Gash’s recipe but changed a couple of things the scale of the recipe, acid malt and I’m using trusty old southern German lager yeast which is firing up in a starter from the previous harvest. Making it for my mate so will be interested to see if it tastes anything like VB! I cubed it so I put the bittering hop in at 45 and por at 5! @RDT2 If I may offer a couple of suggestion, Change the style in your software from Ale to Lager. The amount of crystal maybe a tad high too. Having made many VB clones myself now I know you need add some dex or white sugar for an aussie style lager and drop the ale malt down accordingly to get your required ABV. Otherwise it looks ok for a 4.1% ABV clone. Does Gash put sugar in his? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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