Muddy Waters Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 I've never endorsed one of my recipes so early but this one is a winner. Soooo goooood and soooooo easy.....I might put together a recipe pack to sell...will anyone give me $50 for a Muddy Brown recipe pack? I'll do it with free postage for $65 [biggrin] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH21 Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 Back on topic I have nothing much to offer except that I had a totally unplanned brew session last night. I found a can of Dark ale last night as I was continuing my cleaning process to decrapify and make room for my keezer so 5 mins into my cleaning session it turned into a brew session and an hour after that I had a American Brown Ale of sorts in the brew fridge. I haven't made a kit brew for a while but it was nice to do a simple and quick brew for a change - We'll se how it turns out but I'm sure it will be good if not better. Muddy's Downtown Brown 1 x Coopers OS Dark Ale 1kg LDM 250g light crystal/caramalt steeped 250g Dextrose Repitched US-05 I'll make the final decision on dry hopping when I actually do it but it will probably be something along the lines of 25g Cascade and 25g Centennial....and maybe a little something added to the keg....amarillo, mosaic??? I don't usually post recipes that aren't tried and true but as a kit recipe I can only take part of the blame if it doesn't turn out as it did in my head (but then again I usually put in a bit more thought than the 30 secs I gave this recipe). Just dry hopped this bad boy and added 40g each of cascade and centennial. Don't know if I should leave it at that or maybe dry hop the keg with 20g of citra or maybe mosaic???? I haven't used moasic before. Decisions, decisions [cool] This will be going on my US-05 trub from the American Amber Ale I am doing - thanks Muddy [biggrin] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PB2 Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Kegged/Bottled the Choc-Magnum yesterday. The chocolate aroma is huge [w00t] In my excitement, I poured half a glass from the FV and asked my oldest daughter to check out the chocolatey aromas - she said, "smells like beer" ... What can ya do?? [sad] Today, I put together a DIY Beer version of this year's vintage recipe [ninja] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muddy Waters Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Why do I suddenly feel like a chocolate magnum? [bandit] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottie Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Another crack at a LCPA clone. This time with Wyeast 1332. First time using a stir plate (the Digital Homebrew unit). A warning for those using a stir plate for the first time, make sure you retrieve the sir rod before rinsing out your jar. Had to pull the "S' trap apart to retrieve the rod. Anyway 21 litre brew with the yeast pitched at 20'C, smells good but only time will tell if its the real deal. LCPA III 1.5kg Coopers LME 1.5kg Coopers WME 250g Medium Crystal (120 EBC) 15g Centennial @ 40mins 20g Cascade @ 20mins 20g Galaxy @ 20mins 15g @ 7 mins 15g @ 7 mins planning to Dry Hop later in the week Cascade and Galaxy 10g each Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 My stir bar went straight into the wort with the yeast when I pitched my starter for my latest English ale. [lol] I'll just have to retrieve it from the FV after I mix up the trub with some water to rinse/wash/whatever you want to call it the yeast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamB8 Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Just Cubed a US Brown ale but for some reason finished with an unexpected 1.065 OG after doing a double batch sparge which had be scuttling back to the computer to re-tweak the recipe [annoyed] Once the brew has finished fermenting Im dropping a Coopers English bitter on the yeast cake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muddy Waters Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Details please Graham [biggrin] Brown Ales are my beer of the moment and I'm curious what you went with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamB8 Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 No worries Muddy 4kg Maris 500g Brown 680g Victory 450g Crystal pale 450g Flaked oats 120g Chocolate 2 pkts Notto yeast and a teaspoon of nutrient Mash came at about 65\xb0 for 70 or so minutes First runnings were 1.070, Second 1.055 and OG 1.065 (approx 76% Efficency) 25g Cascade in the mash 25g Coloumbus @60 25g Cascade @30 25g Cascade @15 10g Willamette @10 10g Cascade @5 Will dry hop with a Cascade/Coloumbus/Willamette cocktail As you can see below the numbers dont quite hit for a brown ale [biggrin] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Eh!L Posted May 20, 2013 Author Share Posted May 20, 2013 Nice looking Brown, Graham! Thanks for keeping this thread rolling.[cool] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 I brewed and cubed the following recipe on Thursday. I'm not really sure what style it would be classed as but will be interesting to see how it turns out. I'm calling it an Amber Ale anyway. 4.00 kg BB Ale Malt 300g Caraaroma 200g CaraPils 100g Black Patent 80 min boil 20.00 g Cascade [5.60 %] - First Wort Hop 8.00 g Super Galena [13.20 %] - Boil 60.0 min 20.00 g Centennial [10.00 %] - Boil 20.0 min Will use US-05 yeast and probably dry hop with 30g Cascade. Pre-boil SG 1032, post boil 1040. Efficiency 73.5% based on getting 25L for the batch (may be a little more). 36.3 IBU, 30.5 EBC. Should get somewhere around 4.4% - 4.8% ABV in the bottle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregT5 Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Sorry Chad, for hijacking this thread. I don't have a Brown Ale on the go, nor have I had a "Brew Day" as such. Just put down a Wheat Beer. Nothing complicated as it is my first wheat & I want a base line for future comparisons. 1 x Coopers Wheat Concentrate 1kg Dry Wheat Malt Danstar Munich yeast 22 litres (should have been 21 but I overshot the mark [crying] ) Planning to brew at 23 deg. As I said, it wasn't a "brew day" - more like a "brew 45 mins" [cool] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Looks good Greg. It is similar to one I put done a while ago. I had been doing a lot a extract and partial mash brews and spending hours brewing. So I timed my wheat beer prep - 20 minutes including cleaning up. You must have had cruisey one Greg [biggrin] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregT5 Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 20 minutes including cleaning up. You must have had cruisey one Greg [biggrin] Yeah, it wasn't rushed too much. The 45 minutes was from first step - "pour 425ml of homebrew into the brewer" to final step - "put rubbish in the bin & pour another 425ml of homebrew into the brewer". [cool] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muddy Waters Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 No worries Muddy Thanks Graham sounds good. I've never used Coloumbus or Willamette as I usually sub them with hops I have on hand (which is too many [pinched] )....have you used them much? How would you rate them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muddy Waters Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 As I said' date=' it wasn't a "brew day" - more like a "brew 45 mins" [cool'] [lol] The brown I mentioned putting down was only about a 30 min "brewday" - and that included recipe planning. But it turned out a great beer [love] ....it isn't the size of your brewday that matters, it is what you do with it [innocent] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamB8 Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 How would you rate them? Coloumbus is an awesome hop, very strong resin skunky profile (think Cannabis aroma) one of my favorite IPA hops. Willamette I bought because my supplier at the time didnt have Fuggles, to be honest with you Ive only used it once in a sparkling ale kit and I didn't particulary enjoy the flavour combined with that kit so thats all I can say about it at this stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Eh!L Posted May 22, 2013 Author Share Posted May 22, 2013 I've had a hard time making Willamette taste good.[annoyed] I have a good size bag of the stuff so I'm keen to hear of some good recipes to use it up. I've recently put down an American Cream Ale that has W. as bittering which has promise. Who Knows?[unsure] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 Same here Chad. I am drinking an amber ale currently which used Willamette as bittering and flavouring additions, and it's not too bad. It's kinda fruity, not my best brew ever but definitely not tip-down-the-drain worthy either. I dry hopped it with 35g Fuggles too so that may be why it's better than the extract version I brewed. I'm currently boiling a 5L flask of wort for a lager starter (4L) for my next batch. I bottled my Sussex Suntan Ale today, I was going to cold crash it but I wanted to get it bottled before the weather gets too much colder so it carbs properly. It will sit in the fridge until next week when I'll be putting another lager in the FV. [biggrin] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 Sussex Suntan Ale [lol] Is it an ultra pale ale? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Von Blotto Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 [lol] Not really. However, I posted a status on Facebook when I brewed it to see if anyone could come up with a name just for fun. Someone suggested that because it's an English Pale ale and I thought it was funny so I went with it. [biggrin] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Eh!L Posted May 26, 2013 Author Share Posted May 26, 2013 Hey Gang, I had a brief break in a hectic work schedule so I figured I'd put down a simple brew. I thought I'd make a Porter using the OS stout can... It seems that I can't do a simple brew anymore. I'm always thinking about trying new things and this time it's toasting malt! I decided to try toasting 200g of wheat malt @ 350F for 20mins.[sideways]. This is what I came up with. Honey Porter 1.7Kg OS Stout 1.0Kg DME (Light) 500g Pale ale malt 350g Honey Malt 200g Wheat Malt (toasted @ 350F for 20mins) 23L water (12L boil) Mashed @ 65-68C for 60mins 6g Fuggles 30mins 10g EKG 5mins 11.5g US-05 sprinkled dry @ 21C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilboBaggins Posted May 26, 2013 Share Posted May 26, 2013 Sounds nice Chad. I've got a second rendition of my Styrian ESB mashing at the moment, and I hope it's gonna be nice! I'm using my new adjustable medium pressure regulator for the first time, and whoa mamma it gets things cooking! [cool] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilboBaggins Posted May 26, 2013 Share Posted May 26, 2013 I wish to reiterate just how chuffed I am with the new regulator. Once up to the boil, I can turn all the rings off except the outer one, and WOW!! Still a wicked awesome boil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamB8 Posted May 26, 2013 Share Posted May 26, 2013 nice recipe Chad, Im still a Honey malt virgin but keen to give it a try Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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