King Ruddager Posted November 5, 2013 Author Share Posted November 5, 2013 A thought occurs: of course viking beer requires smoked malt - those guys burn shit down!! Next time I'm replacing all the crystal with smoked malt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Ruddager Posted November 13, 2013 Author Share Posted November 13, 2013 One week sample tastes awesome. Again, no real hint of juniper in the early stages, but that'll develop if it behaves like last time. Also, the wheat malt ... meh, doesn't really add anything. I think I'll go back to all-light next time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Ruddager Posted April 12, 2014 Author Share Posted April 12, 2014 Down to my last half dozen of these now and they're just terrific. Still haven't got a viking helmet for when I drink the stuff though. How lazy of me! Is Peter Van the Party Man open on Sundays? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Ruddager Posted April 15, 2014 Author Share Posted April 15, 2014 FINALLY!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnaman Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 FINALLY!!! Hey look' date=' it's Hagar's little brother. [img']happy[/img] That's our Hagar!... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Ruddager Posted April 15, 2014 Author Share Posted April 15, 2014 Decisions, decisions ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Ruddager Posted April 30, 2014 Author Share Posted April 30, 2014 Well, I just shared the last of the second batch with a fellow brewer so it's time to put my viking beer thinking hat (which I actually have now) on again. Let's see ... what do I want to change? 1 - Ditch the wheat malt 2 - More rye 3 - More smoked malt 4 - More bitter...er 5 - More colour - I'm going to add some roast barley Righto, what have we got then? Well, number one is easy - I'll just replace the 1.5kg wheat LME with light LME instead. I'm also going to be using a lot more grains so I can ditch the 100g of light DME that I had in the last one. Add 150g more smoked malt (200g total) and 200g more rye (600g total) a that takes care of the first three. Easy! Ok, more bitter...er. I think I said this last time too but looking back over the hop schedules I actually seem to have gone the other way by mistake!! From 28 down to 24 IBUs. How did I manage that? Anyway, going to add a touch of magnum early to help it out (and so that I don't have to use ridiculous amounts of hallertauer). More colour? I'm going to throw some roast barley in this time. 100g I reckon to try and get a bit of a reddish tint. I'm going to get rid of the dark crystal as well because it won't be doing anything any more. Oh, and I might put in a little more brown sugar. What've we got? 3kg light LME 250g brown sugar 600g rye 250g smoked malt 100g roast barley 5g magnum @60 40g hallertauer @60 10g hallertauer @20 28g juniper berries @20 10g hallertauer @10 10g hallertauer dry Nottingham yeast OG: 1.051 FG: 1.012 IBU: 30.8 EBC: 29.1 ABV: 5.5% The IBU is back where I wanted it to be, so that's a good start. Not much change in gravity or ABV so that's all good too. The EBC, of course, has gone from 20.2 to 32.4 - a significant change which means it's now a much darker beer than you see in the picture above. So, any concerns about what the roast barley might do to it? Could I use carafa instead, or is there no red in that? Also, what is it with me trying to brew something red lately? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Ruddager Posted May 2, 2014 Author Share Posted May 2, 2014 ... any concerns about what the roast barley (to add redness) might do to (the taste)? Could I use carafa instead' date=' or is there no red in that? Also, what is it with me trying to brew something red lately?[/quote']Bump! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PB2 Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 In an attempt to smooth out the bumps... 100g of Roasted Barley should yield some redness and is a moderate addition to flavour, considering the amount of rye and smoked . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Ruddager Posted May 2, 2014 Author Share Posted May 2, 2014 Thanks Paul!!! What about carafa or another alternative? (just exploring the options) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnaman Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 G'day Your Kingship, I was doing some research about something totally different and ran across this by accident and thought of your red beer and thought it may need some more research by you, maybe? Melanodin.... I just looked it up because I ran across it and had no idea what it was. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Ruddager Posted May 3, 2014 Author Share Posted May 3, 2014 Hmmm, interesting, might have to check that out. In the meantime though I've already been to Beerbelly and got everything I need for the next one. Grain bill is: 600g rye 250g smoked 75g roased barley + another 25g in a separate bag for luck They were out of hallertau too so I've got Czech saaz instead. More gypsy-y than viking-y but the closest thing I could get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Eh!L Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 Where the Pilsner or Pale malt?. How much grain/volume can you comfortably mash. If one is going to the trouble of doing a mini-mash they should make sure a little base malt get into the grist. It's for the freshness! Try to get at least 500g into you recipe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Eh!L Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 Where's the Pilsner or Pale malt?. How much grain/volume can you comfortably mash. If one is going to the trouble of doing a mini-mash they should make sure a little base malt get into the grist. It's for the freshness! Try to get at least 500g into you recipe and back the extract a little more. I know you've already gone shopping for this one but keep it in mind for the next Viking brew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Eh!L Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 Hic-up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Ruddager Posted May 3, 2014 Author Share Posted May 3, 2014 I need a base malt now too? Aaargh! I should just bite the bullet, get and urn and start BIAB-ing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Eh!L Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 I need a base malt now too? Aaargh! I should just bite the bullet' date=' get and urn and start BIAB-ing[/quote']Nah, get one of these: Brew Easy Edit: I can't get the link to work. Look up Blichmann Engineering and the BrewEasy system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Ruddager Posted May 3, 2014 Author Share Posted May 3, 2014 Looks a bit like a Braumeister. Don't know the price, but Crown Urns still seem like a pretty good deal to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnaman Posted May 5, 2014 Share Posted May 5, 2014 G'day Your Kingship, what can I say but, I see red, I see red, I see red, found this by accident also, it may also be something to be considered for investigation??? Rex X malt?... available here and other places I'm sure. National Homebrew Red X malt?... Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Eh!L Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 Well, it finally time for another Viking beer for me. It's been along time since my last one I've make a couple chance on my first one. I've got some Munich , Wheat and black patent in this one and no victory malt. I'm smoking the rye over juniper and cherry wood as I speak(type) with the brew to go down tomorrow. My three boys, my mother and I went out for a hike today to collect Juniper berries and wood for this brew. It really feel good to be able to go out and collect ingredients off the land for a brew. This is tomorrow's brew: Viking II 3.4Kg Pilsner 1.2Kg Rye malt (400g smoked over Juniper wood) .4Kg Wheat malt .2 Kg Crystal 60L .2 Kg Brown Sugar .05Kg Black Patent 10g Hallertau 6.7% FWH (75mins) 15g Hallertau (0mins) 10g Perle (0mins) 2- 15cm branches of Juniper wood (in the mash) 15g Juniper berried (crushed) [25mins] 5g juniper berries [0mins] 21L WLP002 (fresh cake) mashed @ 68C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Eh!L Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 I'm drinking my latest Viking beer. Man, it turned out great! It's very woodsy, junipery, but very drinkable. It's quite a bit different that my last VB. not nearly as rich and sweet. this is probably due the yeast choice this time (notto in stead of S-04). I'm very impressed with this beer. For those that like a specialty beer this one is a winner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Ruddager Posted June 29, 2014 Author Share Posted June 29, 2014 My latest one (version III) is ok, but not really an improvement over v.II. It's got too much of everything! Too much rye, too much smoked malt, a little bit too much roast barley and perhaps even too much juniper! It's only just over a month old though and this is when I'm usually at my most pessimistic about all my beers, so watch this space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Eh!L Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Sounds like you should try drinking something else for awhile and come back to your Viking beer later. It doesn't sound like it's the beer that you are craving right now. My VB is gone now. It was a fine brew! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Ruddager Posted July 1, 2014 Author Share Posted July 1, 2014 Be careful calling it "VB" - people might misunderstand and put you on their black lists. Also, didn't you only just brew your latest batch? Or is that the last of your very first effort? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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