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1 hour ago, John304 said:

I have just adjusted the pid settings according to the kegland video, will now go out in the garage and test it with some water, as you said each location is different, might have to keep adjusting till I get a satisfactory result 

Forgot to mention the heating is set at 60 percent 

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1 minute ago, Classic Brewing Co said:

Sounds like lots of fun with your new toy mate.😀

Didn’t realise it was so technical, anyway on the right track,wasn’t going to beat me

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Cooler weather so it’s time for a stout. I made this recipe a while ago and it was very good, so making it again today…though I only had 280g of oats - no bother

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Looks like coffee 

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I will throw this down this afternoon.

My brother is currently in Japan on holidays so has been sending me pics of beers (I will post them on the Todays Tastings thread), so I thought why not, I’ll brew a Japanese Lager.

Now it will be in my large fermenting fridge with another Pale Ale so I chose the Novalager Yeast as I will be fermenting at 19 degrees. 

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A Munich Dunkel I pushed out before heading off to a night shift the other day. I never brewed a Dunkel before, so let's see how it goes. 

Grainbill is Munich, Munich II, Pilsner, CaraPils, Carafa II and Caramunich II. Lots of Munich and Cara 🙂 Hops are just Hallertauer mf and Tettnang and I'll use Diamond Lager to ferment in the FermZilla @15psi. 
 

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12 hours ago, Aussiekraut said:

A Munich Dunkel I pushed out before heading off to a night shift the other day. I never brewed a Dunkel before, so let's see how it goes. 

Grainbill is Munich, Munich II, Pilsner, CaraPils, Carafa II and Caramunich II. Lots of Munich and Cara 🙂 Hops are just Hallertauer mf and Tettnang and I'll use Diamond Lager to ferment in the FermZilla @15psi. 
 

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Munich dunkels are awesome, the mash smells amazing! I am low on pale/ale malt but have lots of munich so its on the cards for me too! 

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7 hours ago, RDT2 said:

Munich dunkels are awesome, the mash smells amazing! I am low on pale/ale malt but have lots of munich so its on the cards for me too! 

This one contains 3kg of Munich and 1.5kg of Pilsner as base malts, so there is wiggle room 🙂 

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On 5/27/2024 at 1:58 PM, Tone boy said:

Cooler weather so it’s time for a stout. I made this recipe a while ago and it was very good, so making it again today…though I only had 280g of oats - no bother

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Looks like coffee 

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Without looking too much into it, what would the ABV be with this @Tone boy

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Recipe: Hazy IPA
Brewer: Grumpy
Style: Hazy IPA
TYPE: All Grain


Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size (fermenter): 20.00 L   
Estimated OG: 1.071 SG
Estimated Color: 9.9 EBC
Estimated IBU: 72.1 IBUs


Ingredients:
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Amt              Name                                             Type          #          %/IBU         Volume        
3.00 kg          Pale Malt, Ale (Barrett Burston) (5.9 EBC)       Grain         1          46.2 %        1.96 L        
3.00 kg          Wheat Malt (Barrett Burston) (3.0 EBC)           Grain         2          46.2 %        1.96 L        
0.50 kg          Oats, Flaked (2.0 EBC)                           Grain         3          7.7 %         0.33 L        
5.00 ml          Citra Hop Extract [50.29 %] (CO2 Extract) - Boil Hop           4          27.0 IBUs     -             
20.00 g          Cryo - Citra [24.50 %] - Steep/Whirlpool  20.0 m Hop           5          17.5 IBUs     -             
20.00 g          Cryo - Simcoe [24.50 %] - Steep/Whirlpool  20.0  Hop           6          17.5 IBUs     -             
20.00 g          LUPOMAX® Centennial [14.00 %] - Steep/Whirlpool  Hop           7          10.0 IBUs     -             
1.0 pkg          Hophead Ale Yeast (Mangrove Jack's #M66)         Yeast         8          -             -             
50.00 g          Azacca [12.20 %] - 3.0 Days Before Bottling for  Hop           9          0.0 IBUs      -             


Mash Schedule: Robobrew Mash and Sparge Light Body
Total Grain Weight: 6.50 kg
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Created with BeerSmith - http://www.beersmith.com
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21 minutes ago, John304 said:

Second brew with the Brewzilla, Scottish mild, no pics but went a lot better. Only thing the boil off was more than allowed for 

What did you lose in the boil off? Did you have both elements on?

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25 minutes ago, Back Brewing said:

What did you lose in the boil off? Did you have both elements on?

About 4 1/2 Lts, which is about right , with the gen 4 you can choose the heat output not the element, I had it set to 84 percent which was a nice boil, just have to bump up the boil off in beersmith 

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2 minutes ago, John304 said:

About 4 1/2 Lts, which is about right , with the gen 4 you can choose the heat output not the element, I had it set to 84 percent which was a nice boil, just have to bump up the boil off in beersmith 

With my digiboil which basically is a brewzilla without the pump I can select the elements I boil with the 1900w element and end up with a tad over 3 litre boil off with both elements it's about the same as you

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25 minutes ago, Back Brewing said:

With my digiboil which basically is a brewzilla without the pump I can select the elements I boil with the 1900w element and end up with a tad over 3 litre boil off with both elements it's about the same as you

Next time I might drop it down a tad more 

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English IPA today.  This is about the biggest ABV brew I can do with my process of making 22 litres of concentrated wort plus 8 litres of top up water in the fermenter for a 30 litre batch.  Unfortunately, due to my bad assumption about brewhouse efficiency (predicted 73%; actual 66%), it did not turn out as "big" as I hoped.  I ended up only adding 5 litres of top-up water for a 27 litre batch at my intended Original Gravity of 1.062.

The malt pipe was as full as it can get.  To get all the grain in, I used an idea I got off the Flying Wombat YouTube channel.  They run 1-2 litres of mash water from under the malt pipe.  That makes the top of the grain bed drop in height.  Then you can squeeze in a bit more grain.  Once the grain is mixed in, you carefully put the run-off mash water back on top of the grain bed.

Aiming for 6% ABV; OG 1.062; FG 1.016; 49 IBU; 26 EBC; BU:GU Ratio 0.80

  • 4.8kg Coopers Ale Malt
  • 2.5kg Coopers Pale Malt
  • 400g Acidulated Malt (for pH control)
  • 150g Chocolate Malt
  • 150g Coopers Wheat Malt
  • 150g Crystal Malt
  • 50g Magnum 50 minute boil (41 IBU)
  • 15g Fuggle 20 minute boil (3 IBU)
  • 10g Fuggle 10 minute boil (2 IBU)
  • 15g Fuggle 2 minute boil (2 IBU)
  • 10g Fuggle 20 minute hopstand at 90°C (1 IBU)
  • Fermenting with 2 x Pkt S-04 English Ale yeast at 19°C, will up to 21°C toward end of ferment

Starting with 8.15kg of grain and 25.5 litres of mash water

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Here is where I pumped out 1-2 litres so the grain bed would drop and I could fit it the last of the grain

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And here is the malt pipe after the last lot of grain was stirred in and the mash water added back

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Part way through the mash.  I restricted the recirculation flow rate or else the flow would sneak out the handle holes at the side of the malt pipe.  

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Hop additions

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Starting transfer

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Transferred, topped up with water and yeast pitched

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