Muddy Waters Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 Centennial works great as a late addition in an Amber Ale....I used some in my Amber 100 a kits n' bits experiment to use up some ingredients I had lying around and it was and is very nice [love] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted September 26, 2011 Author Share Posted September 26, 2011 My hop schedule was: Centennial 20g @ 30 Amarillo 20g @ 20 Amarillo 20 @ 10 Centennial 10g @ 10 I am looking forward to trying the late addition of centennial. Its the late addition of bacteria/infection I'm not so keen about. Plus I couldn't a hold of Coopers Amber Malt at the time so I used Briess Sparkling Liquid Amber Malt [bandit] It comes in a plastic container and I found it harder to get all the malt out of it. The tins are much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilg Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 Just put down a American Amber, coopers pale LME 1.5 can X2 crystal 60 malt @ 600g 14g Centennial @ 60min 28g mt Hood @ 30min 28g Willamette @ 15min US-05 yeast 19Lt OG-1050 IBUs-25-40 I was thinking of use a amber LME can for my next brew along with a pale LME.Keen to see how yours works out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted September 30, 2011 Author Share Posted September 30, 2011 Coincidently I was thinking of using Pale LME and using Crystal to create the "Amberness". Let me know how your beer turns out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilg Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 all has stopped in fermenter and my krausen has gone shiny and looks like plastic.I think it may have got an infection.The turb was racing up and down for most of the week then on saturday all was still? No change and about 2in of shiny looking krausen,so I'm not holding my breath. atleast my IPA is still good to go - slam that saaz B! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muddy Waters Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 How does it smell and taste Gilg? That may answer or allay all your fears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilg Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 taste is good but smell is bad like cider maybe even solventlike. But taste is good out of the hydrometer.Should I bottle a head of time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muddy Waters Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 Never bottle ahead of time - That is a recipe for disaster [rightful] If it tastes ok there is a very good chance it will be ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulM1111 Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Hi all, I would like some advice on my proposed American Amber extract attempt in terms of the hop schedule. Was thinking the following: Coopers Liquid Amber Malt 1.5kg 1 kg Light Dry Malt 200g Crystal Grain 50g Choc Malt 20g Chinook @ 30 mins 15g Cascade @ 20 mins 15g Cascade @ 5 mins 20g Cascade Dry Hop @ Day 3 Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted October 5, 2011 Author Share Posted October 5, 2011 I think it looks pretty good Paul. What is the AA% of your Chinook? Is it around 11%? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulM1111 Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Thanks Hairy. Yeah the Chinook is 11.4%. Was also thinking about subbing the 5 min addition of Cascade with Chinook, how does this hop go as a late addition? Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted October 5, 2011 Author Share Posted October 5, 2011 I'm yet to use Chinook hops. But I think Little Creatures Pale Ale has late additions of chinook and cascade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Eh!L Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 Hey Gang, I just started drinking my amber ale. I have to say it is my finest brew to date. It is very smooth and malty, with a nice amber colour and a wonderful citris aroma and flavour.[love] Golden Amber Ale 1.7Kg OS Draught 1/2 can (850g) Canadian Blonde 566g Amber Malt (liquid) 275g Crystal Malt 10g Cascade 15mins 10g Centenial 10mins 10g Cascade dry hop 10g Centenial dry hop 23L water 11.5g US-05 yeast (rehydrated) 176g Dex Bulk Primed OG 1.046 FG 1.012 ABV 5% I am quite proud of this one.[cool] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 Yes Chad, it looks nice. Cascade and Centenial go real well together. I would try it but personally I don't like having part open cans around. [annoyed] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Eh!L Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 Hi Bill, It does seem a bit weird to use 1/2 cans but I've found they keep quite well in the frig with a bit of wax paper and an elastic band over the top. I try to use them up in the next brew or so. The way this one turned out I'de think I would make two GAA's back to back.[love] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted October 11, 2011 Author Share Posted October 11, 2011 And if you are unsure of its state of sanitation, you can use that half can in your boil for the hops. [wink] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 I maybe able to squeeze 1 can in the fridge but I can see the misses now as I reckon it wouldn't impress her at all [crying] At the moment I need to find room for 7kg hops as I have 6kg on order and have 1kg in the fridge already. I also have about 15 jars of yeast and have almost a kilo of yeast on order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muddy Waters Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 Surely you have space in Obelix for some of your brewing supplies Bill [rightful] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted October 11, 2011 Author Share Posted October 11, 2011 Bill, it sounds like you could soon open your own LHBS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 Surely you have space in Obelix for some of your brewing supplies Bill [rightful] That's a great idea but my problem is that Obelix isn't on all the time. I turn him off when I am out of beer, to save on power [crying] Big problem is too many beer drinkers here. Nevertheless, I guess I may be able to leave him on for that little extra until some stocks are used up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 Bill' date=' it sounds like you could soon open your own LHBS.[/quote'] lol yeah I guess so... I am stocking up and almost ready to switch to BIAB. I have everything I need now except time. I am hoping I'll get one done on Saturday but only time will tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyW Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 Bill' date=' it sounds like you could soon open your own LHBS.[/quote'] lol yeah I guess so... I am stocking up and almost ready to switch to BIAB. I have everything I need now except time. I am hoping I'll get one done on Saturday but only time will tell. Working up to BIAB myself, buying a bit of kit here and there. My next beer is extract and cracked grain, so some steeping of the grain and the boiling of the hops required. Doing a little less extract and kit to each brew and eventually should be AG, but it it easy and quick to get a few brew going with a kit and kilo and they are more than drinkable [love] . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted October 11, 2011 Author Share Posted October 11, 2011 Let us know how it all goes. I am planning on doing small batch AG brews using a drink cooler as a mash tun. Around 10-11 litre batches. And do partials if I want bigger batches. I want to be able to do it all on the kitchen stove in my 19 litre pot and not a full 25-30 litre boil using a burner. Also, small batches will allow me to brew more often without ending up with massive amounts of beer stockpiled. I don't have enough friends to give them away [crying] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyW Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 Just spent half the night reading this All Grain for $30 going to get a 19litre pot from woolies like i 1st planned and start here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted October 12, 2011 Author Share Posted October 12, 2011 I've been looking at that too. And I keep vacillating between BIAB and the cooler as a mash/lauter tun method. I know that BIAB will be simpler and a little quicker, but I think it is the romanticism of the more "traditional" method that draws me to that. Anyway, I might do both for the experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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