Canadian Eh!L Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 Hey all, I thought I'd put this thread out there as a place to tell the tale of your brew day. Tell as much or as little about your day. Just give us a kit you brewed or the recipe you created, K&K, K&B, PM, AG, the misshaps, the triumphs, maybe you only have time to tell the style. You can get back to us to tell how it turned out![happy] Or maybe not.[crying] Some might share their entire brew day! We can only hope.[cool] Every little bit helps your fellow brewer along their way to brewing the best beer on Earth. For some of us it's about the brew day as much as the brew. Let me be the first (maybe the last) entry. Brew day: April 21/13 Extract brew Muddy's Full Nelson Ale OG 1.050 2.5Kg DME light 100g Crytal 40L 100g Carapils 30g Centennial 30mins 20g N. Sauvin 20mins 20g N.S. (dry hopped) 15L boil for 30mins topped up to 21L US-05 rehydrated Pitched @ 22C Right from grinding the grains to pitching the yeast this one was under 3 hours. Thats half the time of my AG batches but still three times as long as a K&K brew. It was all in all a fine brew day with no real hang ups or misshaps. It helps that I have done this recipe before and I know it is a good one. It's a nice PA that will be well sot after come mid-summer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilboBaggins Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 Nice one Chad. I'll be having a brew day on either Thursday or Friday. It's gonna be another ESB with all the usual suspects (EKG, Target, Challenger, Caraaroma, Choc, Roast) and I'll be getting really obsessive about nailing my boil off rates, efficiency, post & pre boil volumes etc. I'll fill you guys in as it happens, although I don't know if I've got it in me to do another pictorial. [crying] Nice thread eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Ruddager Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 I've been thinking of starting a thread called "Fail Ale and Other Brew Day Mishaps" at one stage, as for me brew day is usually a procession of disasters. In fact, god only knows how my beers end up being any good - must be hard to truly bugger it up! Anyway, this thread will do for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 I've been thinking of starting a thread called "Fail Ale and Other Brew Day Mishaps" at one stage, as for me brew day is usually a procession of disasters. In fact, god only knows how my beers end up being any good - must be hard to truly bugger it up! Anyway, this thread will do for now. It would end up being the longest thread in forum history.....and that would be just my posts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 I would post my porter recipe which was entirely an experiment, but I can't remember what it was. I had it in Beersmith but it went into a virtual grave when my last computer shat itself. I think I posted a thread about it so I'll go have a look and come back and edit this post with it if I find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH21 Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 would be good if you could find it Otto.... I'm keen to do a god porter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH21 Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 would be good if you could find it Otto.... I'm keen to do a god porter Good - not "God" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 Well I found it but rather than edit that post I figured I'd write a new one so it actually shows up. [lol] 6.00 kg Joe White Traditional Ale Malt 0.35 kg Black (Patent) Malt 0.20 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L 0.10 kg Chocolate Malt 0.10 kg Roasted Barley 30.00 g Fuggles [5.40 %] - Boil 75.0 min 30.00 g Goldings, East Kent [6.40 %] - Boil 60.0 min 20.00 g Fuggles [5.40 %] - Boil 20.0 min 0.50 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 10.0 mins) 20.00 g Goldings, East Kent [6.40 %] - Boil 10.0 min S-04 yeast It turned out about 6% ABV with quite a high FG of 1019-1020. OG was around 1055-1056. I can't remember my mash temps, but I'm guessing they were higher than I intended given the high FG. Even pitching a new pack of yeast didn't budge it. Then again, there is 750g of specialty grains in it. If you were to do this as an extract brew then simply sub the 6kg of base malt for a couple of tins of LME and maybe 500g LDM depending how strong you want it. Since I forgot to let everyone know how it went in the original thread I'll do it here. Flavour wise it's almost in stout territory, and as I predicted in the original thread it is sort of halfway between a porter and a stout, or what I referred to as a "storter". There's a definite hint of a chocolatey flavour in it. It's not overpowering but it's noticeable. I think the bitterness from the hops has balanced the sweetness from the malts nicely, though the roasted barley probably helps a bit too. I was a bit unsure about the black patent but having tasted it now I can confidently say at least for my tastes that it worked very well. I will have to brew this again, maybe with some Maris Otter pale malt next time. For something that was a total stab in the dark experiment, I'm really happy with how it has turned out. [biggrin] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH21 Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 hmmmm.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 hmmmm.... Dave, replace the 6kg ale malt with 4.5kg light liquid malt and you can do an extract version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH21 Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 OK - I'm bookmarking this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 Should have also added, I was going for about 45 IBUs with the hop additions. I don't know how the utilization would be affected by a smaller boil as this was AG it's a full volume boil. Also would be dependent on the AA% of the hops. [cool] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilboBaggins Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 I will have to brew this again, maybe with some Maris Otter pale malt next time. Let me know if you can taste the difference between Maris and JWM Kelsey. I sure as hell can't. [crying] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 I dunno if I will either in a recipe like that but I'll try it on a pale ale and see if there's any difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Eh!L Posted April 25, 2013 Author Share Posted April 25, 2013 Brew day: April 24/13 Extract brew Ginger Beeer OG 1.039 1.5Kg DME light 500g Carapils(Cracked & steeped 30mins) 100g Crytal 40L(C&S) 500g honey @ F-out 375g Fresh ginger root (pounded) (30mins), 295g @ 10mins 2 lemons halved & squeezed (10 mins) 20g Perle 8.6% (60 mins) 15g Cascade 5.3% (20mins) 15g Cascade (5 mins) 22 litres (it was supposed 21) US-05 on the trub This is a recipe that I normally used the Mexican Cerveza kit. This time I went with all DEM. I did a 60 minute full wort boil with a pre-boil volume of 28 litres. I ended up with 1 more litre than I was expecting. This reduced the expected OG from 1.040 to 1.039 and got an extra litre of wort. Not too bad. I pounded the ginger and I did two additions rather than one in previous recipes. And I put it in a bag this time. This time I backed the lemon additions up to 10 mins rather than 20 mins. And the lemons also went in the bag. I threw the whole lot onto the yeast cake of my GPA @ 22C> Within 2 hours it had a 2 cm krausen and within 8 hours there was a whirl of activity within the FV. All in all it was an excellent brew day. The sun was shining. The boys helped out and there no major mishaps. Fingers crossed that this is a good summer drinker in a month or two. Still hoping to see some of your brew day stories posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muddy Waters Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 That sounds good Chad! I'll post my brew day once I get clear of my work days [cool] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulG24 Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 Got a Smotty Ale in the FV, but also got a can of Amber Malt laying around. How will a brew with 1 can APA and 1 can Amber Malt turn out? Was maybe thinking of doing the same hopping schedule as for the Smotty. And then, as it is hopefully going to get cooler in the next month or so (30C today in Cape Town), I was thinking about doing something with the Heritage Lager. Was thinking 1kg DME and 250g dex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 I did a brew with a can of APA and a can of amber malt once and it was way too sweet for my liking. You'd probably be best to boil extra hops for bitterness to counter it. Anyway, I also did a brew day today. I brewed up another German lager, in pretty much the same recipe as my original one. I just used less malt this time in order to not end up with a 6.4% ABV beer! I had a couple of friends over to check out the process and we had a few beers, one of them brought some ingredients for pizza and cooked us a pizza so that was pretty awesome. Watched a bit of the footy. Then went to Black Sabbath tonight which kicked major arse[devil]. All in all a pretty awesome day![biggrin] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Eh!L Posted April 26, 2013 Author Share Posted April 26, 2013 Anyway' date=' I also did a brew day today. I brewed up another German lager, in pretty much the same recipe as my original one. I just used less malt this time in order to not end up with a 6.4% ABV beer! I had a couple of friends over to check out the process and we had a few beers, one of them brought some ingredients for pizza and cooked us a pizza so that was pretty awesome. Watched a bit of the footy. Then went to Black Sabbath tonight which kicked major arse[devil']. All in all a pretty awesome day![biggrin] Thanks for the post, Otto! That sounds like a great brew day. I've never had friends come over for a brew day. I think it would be great fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 It really was! I've never done that before either actually. But I thought it'd be nice to hang out with a couple of friends for the day instead of sitting around here by myself while I waited for all the various things during the brewing process to happen. [lol] I reckon I'll have to do it again sometime. And I've also got my mate interested in taking up brewing after he sampled one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Eh!L Posted April 26, 2013 Author Share Posted April 26, 2013 I've got a Lager in the pipline. Maybe tomorrow[biggrin] . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottie Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 Nice thread Chad I've got a big brew weekend install. Both my current brews are 3 weeks in the FV and due for kegging. Brew Day 1 I have the Cascarillo Amber and I'll be tweaking the bitterness a bit with some Centenial. Other than that it is as per the recipe of the month. Brew Day 2 is my own creation Two Sisters IPA. 1.5kg Coopers Amber Malt extract 1.5kg Coopers Light Malt extract 250g Victory Malt 6 litre boil 30g Ella @ 40 mins 20g Ella @ 10 mins 25g Sylvia @ 5 mins 25g Sylvia Dry Hopped Rinsed Wyeast 1332 Made to 20 litres Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilboBaggins Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 Cubed an ESB today. Will phil you in tomorrow coz I'm buggered. [pinched] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilboBaggins Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Okay, here's my recipe from Friday. After my last few English beers being way too sweet and cloying I've changed my recipe formulation a little to include less crystal, and 5% sugar. I'm also mashing at 66c. We'll see how we go! 4.078kg JWM Traditional Ale 249g Cane sugar 249g Wheat malt 102g Caraaroma 102g Dark Crystal 50g Chocolate Malt 40g Black Malt 20g Roasted Barley I'm hitting around 75% efficiency regularly now that I have my system figured out. That gives me 1.052 OG 60 min boil with 15g Target (11.5%) @ 60 mins 23g Challenger (6.1%) @ 0 mins 25g EKG (5.3%) @ 0 mins 0 min additions are at whirlpool. This should give me roughly 34IBU. Brew day went according to plan except for some reason I got way more evap/boil-off than usual and had to top up. [pinched] I pitched this morning with a healthy real-wort starter from the same batch of Wyeast 1275 - Thames Valley Ale. Hope I can break the bad spell! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guest1525228310 Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Brew day went according to plan except for some reason I got way more evap/boil-off than usual and had to top up. [pinched] Why do you think that is Phil? I find provided I am using the same pot (36L) on the same gas setting(flat out) on the kitchen cooktop that I get a consistent 4L per hour boil off. Wonder if it could be the outdoor brewing and different weather that accounts for the variation. Must not miss an opportunity to give this calculator a plug. I find it a great help on brewday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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