CaffeinatedSentryGnome Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 I made a celebration ale boot maker edition the othe month. The keg did not last very long Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Payno Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 hey All Bought the Festive Funk IPA ROTM - never used a Saison yeast so should be interesting. On thing I noticed in the recipe - it only uses half the 25gm Nelson and Amarillo hops. What does anyone else plan on doing with the leftovers? - keeping them ( not that 13gm of hops is really worth keeping) or are you just going to chuck them in the dry hop with the Enigma? Ive always found the recipes to be a little light on the Hops for my taste so Im happy to use all the remaining hops but don't want to spoil the brew if it will. Does then beg the question as to why Coopers supply the hops in 25gm when the recipe only required 12-13gms....perhaps they don't have smaller amounts than 25gms. Going to ferment at a higher temp as per Ben's comment Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerlust Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 With all the chatter about recreating this beer on the forum of late, I think it's terrific that Coopers are listening. The new ROTM. Roger Roger Ale. I love this beer. Good stuff Coopers! Cheers, Lusty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingo 1525229558 Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 With all the chatter about recreating this beer on the forum of late' date=' I think it's terrific that Coopers are listening. [img']happy[/img] The new ROTM. Roger Roger Ale. I love this beer. Good stuff Coopers! Cheers, Lusty. I bloody love Rogers and this is going to go down a treat. Great shout by Coopers to bring this out. Can't wait to suck down a cold one of these in the heat of the Kimberley. Dingo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byrock Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Just ordered the Roger Roger ROTM and it makes 25 litres which is fine but thats getting beyond my lifting capacity - not getting any younger etc. So i was wondering what would happen if i made it up to only 23 litres - what would the effect be both on flavour and on ABV. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristinaS1 Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 With all the chatter about recreating this beer on the forum of late' date=' I think it's terrific that Coopers are listening. [img']happy[/img] The new ROTM. Roger Roger Ale. I love this beer. Good stuff Coopers! Cheers, Lusty. Have you read the instructions for this recipe? An overnight cold steep of dark Munich? Flame out addition of Cascade with a one hour steep? Not your usual recipe. @ Byrock, it will probably be better made to 23L. Cheers, Christina. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byrock Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Thanks for that Christina - easier to lift AND better !!! Just what i was hoping to hear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerlust Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Hi Christina. Have you read the instructions for this recipe? An overnight cold steep of dark Munich? Flame out addition of Cascade with a one hour steep? Not your usual recipe. The overnight cold steeps seem to minimize tannin type astringency from the grains that often appears in hot steeping darker grains' date=' so I think I understand that. I admit I don't understand the benefit of the 1 hour hop steep, but would certainly be interested to know why it is advised. @ Byrock, it will probably be better made to 23L. I disagree. The commercial beer this recipe is modelled on really became popular because of it's rich malt flavour, lovely hop notes, but most notably, it's unbelievably low 3.8% ABV. It shocked a lot of people (& still does) that a beer of this ABV% could taste this rich & flavoursome. It's meant to be a midstrength beer recipe, so I'd be brewing it to the 25 litres suggested, & be thankful for the extra bottles it will fill of very yummy beer! Cheers, Lusty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaydub Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 I’m with Lusty. The attraction to me is the fact that it is a mid-strength full flavoured beer. If it was closer to the 5% ABV then I don’t think it would as popular as what it is. Not to say brewing it to 23L would make a bad beer mind you so if it’s what you have to do then go for it, although the extra 2L is enough to make me stick to the suggested recipe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wobbly74 Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 I'm going to try a variation on the recipe for the rogers, based on some playing around with ianh's spreadsheet. Coopers pale ale 1.3kg Amber LME 1.4kg 500g dark crystal cold steeped Same boil and hopping schedule According to the spreadsheet should give me ~ 17 IBU and 33 EBC and 3.8% bulk primed in the keg with a few bottles left over. Leaves me about 1/2kg left over pale ale & amber malt extract to fridge for a bit and stick in something else... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farls Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 G'day Byrock, I have similar issues with lifting my fv when brewing, anything beyond 15kg isn't much good for a back that has been stuffed for nearly 20 years. I brew in the kitchen or laundry then move the fv to the garage. To solve the lifting issue I move the fv when it's filled to around 15-18 litres to its spot in the garage where I then top up the remaining litres using a couple of jugs. Works for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerlust Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Hi Farls. G'day Byrock' date=' I have similar issues with lifting my fv when brewing, anything beyond 15kg isn't much good for a back that has been stuffed for nearly 20 years. I brew in the kitchen or laundry then move the fv to the garage. To solve the lifting issue I move the fv when it's filled to around 15-18 litres to its spot in the garage where I then top up the remaining litres using a couple of jugs. [/quote'] I've noticed recent posts of yours speaking of this problem. I remember a few guys in the past on the forum that had similar issues transporting their FV's around their homes from where they brew them to where they ferment them etc. I tried to find the old threads that spoke of this without success. Anyways, the crux of those threads was that they built a suitable sized mobile platform to help them with this problem. Basically a box table on trolley wheels. They just lowered the FV onto the mobile table, then pushed it to where they needed, & then off-loaded it. One bloke went as far as making a pneumatic height adjusting mechanism on the mobile table to almost eliminate his need for lifting at all during the shift. Gotta admire that sort of dedication to the cause. Food for thought at least. Cheers, Lusty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristinaS1 Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Re: lifting. Lusty has some good suggestions. He is a thoughtful guy. As a woman I find lifting 23L from floor to counter challenging, especially if I am fermenting in a glass carboy. What I learned from my MIL is to set a chair near the counter and first lift the fermenter onto the chair, using my legs, then set a second chair near it, stand on that, and lift again from the chair to the counter. Another trick I often use is to make a recipe with 4L less water than called for (so to a higher gravity) and then top up with the remainder at bottling time; however, I bulk prime. If you use carbonation drops and bottle from your primary that trick wouldn't work so well. I also bought a little carboy cart at my LHBS, to wheel a full carboy from one room to the next. It is only a few inches high. It is easy to lift the carboy from the ground onto the cart. Cheers, Christina. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farls Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Cheers lusty and Christina for the comments. Lots of different ways to get around the lifting, and a decent workshop trolley is an easy one. Even if you have a few stairs along the way to deal with it can still take most of the work out of it. I like my jugs method as I have them chilled in the garage fridge, so the extra 5-8 litres also does the job of getting the wort to a good pitching temp. And I'm also very glad the roger is on the recipe list, I haven't done I think with the grains so am looking forward to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingo 1525229558 Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 G'day brewers! I hope your weekend is going great. I cracked open a couple of the Festive Funk IPAs last night. They were pretty delicious and quite bitter at the same time. Is this something usual from Saison yeast strain? These were only bottled for 11 days so i think they might need a bit longer to ages. Dingo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaffeinatedSentryGnome Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 IPAs tend to be quite bitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeachBanjo Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 only a craft ROTM? Funnily enough I have almost everything in stock for that one, i might give it a go! Hoping a full size one pops up too though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popo the Reprobate Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 There was one there yesterday but it seems to have disappeared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaydub Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Yep, both were up around 3pm yesterday. I commented on both but my post was removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeachBanjo Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Yep' date=' both were up around 3pm yesterday. I commented on both but my post was removed. [img']ninja[/img] oooooh conspiracy! What was it called? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaydub Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Can't remember, it was the picture only. When clicking through to the recipe it gave a 404 error. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB44 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Yep' date=' both were up around 3pm yesterday. I commented on both but my post was removed. [img']ninja[/img] oooooh conspiracy! What was it called? ...something to do with the bible society perhaps??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popo the Reprobate Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Funnily enough, I think it was Saints Golden Ale - or something like that. Maybe someone thought a name change might be in order haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaydub Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Yes, that was what it was called. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaydub Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Interesting, i didnt even put 2 and 2 together with reference to the thread and ROTM but now i see. Quite amusing to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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