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[Red devil 44]

4 hours ago, Beer Baron said:

You’re supporting the wrong team!!

I follow how Scarborough FC are going ( where I was born ), but sorry to say it’s Man Utd all the way mate.

My brother is the Leeds supporter.

[Beer Baron]

5 hours ago, Red devil 44 said:

My brother is the Leeds supporter.

Please give him my condolences

[Beer Baron]

Next brew on my next days off will be a rice lager. I’m still not sure if I’ll use flaked rice or boil up my own rice and use that. 

Does anyone have any experiences in using both and can offer tips and or opinions. 

Cheers, BB

[Marty_G]

9 hours ago, Beer Baron said:

Next brew on my next days off will be a rice lager. I’m still not sure if I’ll use flaked rice or boil up my own rice and use that. 

Does anyone have any experiences in using both and can offer tips and or opinions. 

Cheers, BB

Ask @Greeny1525229549

[Greenyinthewestofsydney]

9 hours ago, Beer Baron said:

Next brew on my next days off will be a rice lager. I’m still not sure if I’ll use flaked rice or boil up my own rice and use that. 

Does anyone have any experiences in using both and can offer tips and or opinions. 

Cheers, BB

Depends if you want to spend the extra time to do it. Flakes you can just add to the mash. Store rice you have to cereal mash it. I say save some money and go the 1.20 per kg rice from woolies mate. 
 

Have a read of this. It’s pretty simple once you do it. Only thing I do is wash the rice before hand and I don’t bother milling it. I find it makes no difference to over all efficiency http://beersmith.com/blog/2013/09/06/cereal-mash-steps-for-all-grain-beer-brewing/

only other thing I do is a 90 min mash and 90 min boil. I think it was captain who suggested when I had clarity issues. Works a treat. 
 

I do mine on the stove and add it to the strike water to bring it up to the required temp then add the grains. Works well. 

[Beer Baron]

2 hours ago, Greeny1525229549 said:

Depends if you want to spend the extra time to do it. Flakes you can just add to the mash. Store rice you have to cereal mash it. I say save some money and go the 1.20 per kg rice from woolies mate. 
 

Have a read of this. It’s pretty simple once you do it. Only thing I do is wash the rice before hand and I don’t bother milling it. I find it makes no difference to over all efficiency http://beersmith.com/blog/2013/09/06/cereal-mash-steps-for-all-grain-beer-brewing/

only other thing I do is a 90 min mash and 90 min boil. I think it was captain who suggested when I had clarity issues. Works a treat. 
 

I do mine on the stove and add it to the strike water to bring it up to the required temp then add the grains. Works well. 

Thanks Greeny. 
I was going to use 1kg of flaked rice so would I just use 1kg of dried rice to cook and would the numbers be the same.  

Thanks

Edited January 22, 2020 by Beer Baron

[Beer Baron]

What to do next..........

My next batch will be a small batch for a 9.5L keg. 

I’ve never tried rye in a beer so I might make a rye pale ale. What percentage should I start with? @Ben 10 I think you’re the rye except. Do you have a simple recipe for me to try?

Cheers, Beer Baron

[Greenyinthewestofsydney]

Went past a produce/pet shop today. I have tropical fish so looked at them but also saw unmalted wheat at 1.50 a kg. Looked very clean so bought 2kg. I think a witbier might be happening with it. 

[ben 10]

11 hours ago, Beer Baron said:

Do you have a simple recipe for me to try?

Whole recipe or just the malt bill? I usually go 15% rye. Try that with just some base malt in a typical recipe you'd do and you'll get a feel for it.

[Journeyman]

10 hours ago, Greeny1525229549 said:

Went past a produce/pet shop today. I have tropical fish so looked at them but also saw unmalted wheat at 1.50 a kg. Looked very clean so bought 2kg. I think a witbier might be happening with it. 

Does that mean you then have to malt it or does it just go in the mash as is?

[Beer Baron]

6 hours ago, Ben 10 said:

Whole recipe or just the malt bill? I usually go 15% rye. Try that with just some base malt in a typical recipe you'd do and you'll get a feel for it.

I’ll just try 15% in a simple pale to start with. Thanks

[Greenyinthewestofsydney]

8 hours ago, Journeyman said:

Does that mean you then have to malt it or does it just go in the mash as is?

You have to cereal mash it first mate to get at the sugars. This is quite a good article on it and will explain better than i can

 

http://beersmith.com/blog/2013/09/06/cereal-mash-steps-for-all-grain-beer-brewing/

[King Ruddager]

Okie dokie I know what I want to do next, just not in which order. These are ...

• Chocolate porter
• SNPA clone

Perhaps the porter in preparation for winter

Hey @Otto Von Blotto, did you ever do the rinse/sparge thing mentioned a few pages back?

[Otto Von Blotto]

Yeah, can't remember which batch I did it on now but I think the OG only increased by a point or something, unless it was the one currently carbonating which came out about 7 points higher than normal. Next lager I make I'll try it again and make a note of it. That high OG batch was also brewed with fresh pilsner malt instead of older stuff, although I haven't usually found this makes that big of a difference. 

[King Ruddager]

1 seems like not much, 7 seems like way too much. I reckon I get 3-4?

[Otto Von Blotto]

Yeah I dunno. Perhaps because I let the bag drain for half an hour then squeeze it out, doing a bit of a sparge may not make much difference. 

I'll have to try it on that lager malt bill again or a pale ale, because they are consistent each batch of those styles I brew so it can be compared against batches done my usual way. 

[King Ruddager]

Hmm yeah, half an hour is a long time to drain. Do you keep it suspended above your kettle? The steam might get in there, condense and drip back in with more sugar

[Otto Von Blotto]

Yep just hoist it up above the wort, the bottom probably sits about level with the top of the urn, or a little higher. 

I only leave it for half an hour because I'm not in a rush on brew days to get everything done ASAP. I tend to go at a leisurely pace. Plus it allows me to do small tasks while I wait like clean up and put away equipment I no longer need on the day.

Edited February 20, 2020 by Otto Von Blotto

[King Ruddager]

On 2/18/2020 at 11:21 AM, King Ruddager said:

Perhaps the porter in preparation for winter

The porter won.

[Titan]

3 hours ago, King Ruddager said:

The porter won.

Good choice. I love em.

[King Ruddager]

Yeah same. Actually I wanted to do this one more on the brown side than black but unfortunately the LHBS didn't have pale chocolate 

[Beer Baron]

I just ordered ingredients for a 23L pale ale which will feature vic secret hops plus ingredients for a 13L Black IPA

[Beer Baron]

Next up will be my Black IPA which I will brew on Friday. 

On the weekend I’ll order ingredients for my house IPA and brew that as soon as my Black IPA is kegged. 

The plan is to fill all kegs in my keezer. I have never had all of my taps occupied. 

[The Captain!!]

On 2/16/2020 at 7:13 PM, Greeny1525229549 said:

Went past a produce/pet shop today. I have tropical fish so looked at them but also saw unmalted wheat at 1.50 a kg. Looked very clean so bought 2kg. I think a witbier might be happening with it. 

I bought about 5kg of it a while back. I use it a lot. I’m a fan. I love using it for mouthfeel

[King Ruddager]

On 2/27/2020 at 9:28 PM, King Ruddager said:

Yeah same. Actually I wanted to do this one more on the brown side than black but unfortunately the LHBS didn't have pale chocolate 

Well, second time 'round for the porter (first was infected ) and they did have pale choc Forgot to swap out some base for smoked malt though ... oh well can't win 'em all.

The list now?

1. SMOTY ale
2. Chocolate do-over porter
3. SNPA clone
4. Leftovers pale