Beerlust Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 I have bastardised a few of Cooper's IPA recipes (hence the title). I thought it was because "you knew nothing". Haha well played. It was from the Hop Slam recipe but I will take your advice on board and do a 10 minute boil of 15 g or so that way I can still do my standard 30 g dry hop. Thanks gents. (PS SPOILER ALERT: that wildling knew nothing about the arrow heading her way the other night). The IPA kit is a very forward flavoured & bittered kit. I personally would have just dry hopped all of the motueka as per the Slam IPA recipe & as you originally intended ICzed. Otherwise you're just fighting those forward flavours & adding unnecessary bitterness to the brew. Good IPA's have great aromatics. The Coopers IPA will give you great flavour & firm bitterness for the style' date=' so I enjoy the fact that I can primarily play around with the aromatics when brewing with it. [img']cool[/img] Each to their own though, & good luck with the brew. Anthony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antiphile Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 The taste of each of the kits is very subjective. Vive le difference! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben 10 Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Each to their own though' date=' & good luck with the brew. [img']wink[/img] And each to their own. I myself love the kit but have upped the IBUs in the past and it makes for a cracker of a heavily hopped, very bitter beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottie Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 MO Top Up 0.5kg Maris Otter Batch size 1/2 Litre Oven Mash in 1.3 litres of water at 69 degrees for 45 minutes Batch Sparge at 75 degrees Boil to down to 1/2litre Then add to yesterdays 60 cent brew Next time I need to exercise caution when brewing a low ABV brew, remembering I am only a beginner and my efficiency is variable at best. Pitched the yeast yesterday into an 1.26 SG Wort. Was going to see how it panned out, considered adding sugar or LDM post ferment but have decided on a top up batch now before a Krausen is formed. The things we do for Beer Scottie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Eh!L Posted June 15, 2014 Author Share Posted June 15, 2014 Woa! Damage control, eh! I hope it turn out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICzed Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Each to their own though' date=' & good luck with the brew. [img']wink[/img] And each to their own. I myself love the kit but have upped the IBUs in the past and it makes for a cracker of a heavily hopped, very bitter beer. Ended up doing the 10 min simmer with 15g & dumping in the other 30 g straight after the yeast. I'll let you all know how it turns out. The aroma of the fresh Motueka pellets was very promising. I'm pretty excited. Thanks everyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TobiasA Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Made a simple wheat beer a few nights ago, TC wheat kit, 1.5kg wheat dry malt, 2 packs of wheat kit yeast and up to 22 liters. Today I added 1.5kg strawberries. I'm not expecting miracles, but will be fun to see how it turns out :) Oh by the way, is there any way of knowing how much alcohol the strawberries will add? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeM16 Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Morning all One of the weekend jobs was getting a slab put down for the new shed - wasn't bad as I had 3 hearty chaps doing all the work for the service of humanity and a few hundred dollars. (Peter, Daniel and Lance, as it turns out.) They were building the foundation for the new brew shed, so I gave them a couple of last year's Russian Imperials. If you're out there, I hope they worked for you fellas! They do for me on a chilly night by the footy! This year's vintage is coming up for 4 weeks in the FV, temperature around 15 C. Cheers, Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guzz Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Today, Im brewing a recipe which "Valley Brew" posted in another thread. Doing "almost" exactly to his recipe, only difference is I'm using US-05 instead of Wyeast 1332. Atlantic Pale Ale (21 litres) 1.5 kg Light Malt Extract 1.5kg Wheat Malt Extract 250g Carahell (30 Minute Steep) 20g Galaxy@ 40 mins 15g Galaxy @ 25 mins 15g Galaxy @12mins 15g Galaxy day 5 Dry Hop US-05 OG: 1.046 Expected FG: 1014 Alc: 4.6% Cheers Guzz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICzed Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 Sounds awesome Guzz, good luck! I can't wait to do my first extract brew next month, similar recipe except a bit less wheat malt & some Cascade (leftover hops for the win). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnaman Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 G'day put on a Fruit Salad Ale, just like this here..., Ok I did do a small 10 boil with the hops (50g) & will add 15g of each dry. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guzz Posted June 20, 2014 Share Posted June 20, 2014 G'day put on a Fruit Salad Ale' date=' just like this here..., Ok I did do a small 10 boil with the hops (50g) & will add 15g of each dry. Cheers. The Fruit Salad Ale is very very good and such a simple recipe. When I made mine, I too changed the recipe a little. I used ONLY Amarillo Hops - 60 gms (no cascade as the recipe wanted). Drinking one right now, 35 days in the bottle and I am really liking this beer. There is a flavour here I am really enjoying, must be the Amarillo. Im definately making this beer again. Cheers Guzz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnaman Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 The Fruit Salad Ale is very very good and such a simple recipe. When I made mine' date=' I too changed the recipe a little. I used ONLY Amarillo Hops - 60 gms (no cascade as the recipe wanted). Drinking one right now, 35 days in the bottle and I am [b']really[/b] liking this beer. There is a flavour here I am really enjoying, must be the Amarillo. Im definately making this beer again. Cheers Guzz G'day Guzz, Spot on mate, nice simple tasty beer for me, it will be a regular for some time. Today I put on a Hop Gobbler as per this Hop Gobbler..., used Mangrove Jack yeast M79 Burton Union, good smell and taste to the hydrometer sample, should be interesting when finished. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattrox Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 I put down a kit my wife got me for my birthday. In the FV cooling down to fermentation temps now. 1.7 kg Mangrove Jack's Belgian Lager 1 kg Beer Enhancer 40 (The LHBS's "Crown Lager coverter kit" DME, dex, maltodex, hops) 200g BE1 200g Crystal Grain (200) Saflager 34/70 x2 rehydrated 22L I wouldn't normally by a "converter kit" but the better half didn't know what to get in the LHBS and the guy wasn't much help. It's disappointing that the converter kit comes up short on ABV of the beer it is supposed to emulate. Crown is at 4.9% ABV and the tin + converter would be approx 4.1% it is well short of the ABV for the style. So I added BE1 to boost the ABV to about 4.6%. The converter kit says it has Australian aroma hops in it. I did a 5 min boil. I could not detect any hop aroma of note, I dare say there isn't much in the mix. I had to guess at quantities of the ingredients, but I am sure I am not far off due to the OG and the spreadsheet prediction. Anyway, I'll see how it turns out. I'll say its awesome so SHMBO buys home brew stuff more often. I am going to wash the yeast from this and re-use it straight away on a Coopers European Lager. I will tweak a recipe I tried before. The ambient temps are too low to brew ales without a heater and that I don't have, nor an STC1000. But I find I can manually control the fridge to maintain temps when I need to cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porschemad911 Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 Today I put on a Hop Gobbler as per this Hop Gobbler...' date=' used Mangrove Jack yeast M79 Burton Union, good smell and taste to the hydrometer sample, should be interesting when finished. [img']smile[/img] Hope your Hop Gobbler turns out well! I've had mine in the bottle for about 2 weeks now - the temp's lower than optimal here in Canberra winter so they are carbonating very slowly, but the final samples at bottling tasted great. I'm putting my Celebration Ale recipe pack on tonight. I was thinking about buying a case of the commercial version to add to my ESVA / Pale / Sparkling stocks but decided to make my own instead when I saw the recipe pack online in the new store. Can't argue with double the volume for a cheaper price + the satisfaction of having a hand in the process! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilboBaggins Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 I'm brewing 16L of unbittered wort to patch up my over bittered stout from a few weeks ago. Just: 80% Maris Otter 10% Wheat 10% Various roasted grains that I have lying around. In the interests of a faster brew day I am trying full-volume, no-sparge for this batch. I've dialled back my efficiency to account for lack of a sparge, but I have heard of people getting great results with this technique. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilboBaggins Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 Do you even SPARGE bro? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Eh!L Posted June 22, 2014 Author Share Posted June 22, 2014 Hey Phil, How are blending the two brews? Have you already bottle the bitter stout? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilboBaggins Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 Hey Phil' date=' How are blending the two brews? Have you already bottle the bitter stout?[/quote'] Haven't bottled or fermented it yet mate. I think I'll ferment the first one, rack it, then ferment the next one on the cake. Blend at bottling time when I bulk prime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Eh!L Posted June 22, 2014 Author Share Posted June 22, 2014 Sounds like a good plan the me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilboBaggins Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 Yeah, I was considering blending prior to ferment, but that means juggling 2 starters and 2 FVs and I just can't be arsed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben 10 Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 Hmmm, what to brew this week? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfman101 Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 Road rash red ale 350g crystal 500g dark dme 500g light dme from coopers 30g fuggles @60mins 30g fuggles @ 20mins 20g Amarillo @20mins 10g Amarillo @fo Amber malt extract 250g dextrose 21 litres Mangrove jack burton Union yeast which was a spur of the moment choice Got the colour bang on which was a nice surprise Put it down last night and it's not looking like any things happening in there. The yeast was quite old from lhbs so I'm wondering if that might be the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Eh!L Posted June 23, 2014 Author Share Posted June 23, 2014 Brew Day!! Honey Brown Ale 7.5Kg Pale Ale Malt .8 Kg Honey Malt .6 Kg Chocolate Malt 10g Magnum (60mins) 10g Chinook (40mins) 10g Amarillo (0mins) 10g Cascade (0mins) 10g Simcoe (0mins) 1 Whirlfloc tab 42L WLP090/US-05 (I plan to ferment half the batch now with the San Diego Super yeast and keep the second cube for a later date and ferment it with what ever yeast I choose). Mashed @ 67C, No-chill, IBU 25, OG 1.055 My brew house efficiency was 87%!!. My new setup seems to be a lot more efficient. Still working out the adjustments! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben 10 Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 Hmmm' date=' what to brew this week?[/quote'] A bitter with Mangrove Jack's Burton Union Yeast. Recipe: Winter Bitter Style: English Best Bitter Estimated OG: 1.040 SG Estimated Color: 20.6 EBC Estimated IBU: 33.6 IBUs Ingredients: ------------ 3.50 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter (5.9 EBC) 0.25 kg Melanoidin (Weyermann) (59.1 EBC) 0.20 kg Caraaroma (Weyermann) (350.7 EBC) 10.00 g Millenium [13.90 %] - Boil 60.0 min 50.00 g Fuggles [4.70 %] - Boil 20.0 min 25.00 g Styrian Goldings [4.80 %] - Boil 5.0 min ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- And I enjoyed the original so much here is take 2. Recipe: Hop2iT II Style: American IPA Estimated OG: 1.065 SG Estimated Color: 17.7 EBC Estimated IBU: 64.0 IBUs Ingredients: ------------ 4.75 kg Pilsner (Weyermann) (3.3 EBC) 1.25 kg Munich I (Weyermann) (14.0 EBC) 0.25 kg Crystal (Joe White) (141.8 EBC) 0.25 kg Melanoidin (Weyermann) (59.1 EBC) 0.25 kg Wheat Malt, Malt Craft (Joe White) 15.00 g Chinook [13.00 %] - First Wort 60.0 min 15.00 g Millenium [13.90 %] - Boil 60.0 min 20.00 g Citra [13.50 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 20.0 20.00 g El Dorado [15.60 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 20 20.00 g Waimea [16.90 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 20.0 20.00 g Citra [13.50 %] - Dry Hop 4.0 Days 20.00 g El Dorado [15.60 %] - Dry Hop 4.0 Days 20.00 g Waimea [16.90 %] - Dry Hop 4.0 Days ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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