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Very interesting looking recipe there Ben. cool

 

Solo FWH addition & some of the Gladfield (NZ) malted grains. I recently crunched some of the toffee malt whilst at my LHBS. Very interesting flavour. It got me thinking about what sort of beer I might use it in.

Amber Ale/ESB/Red Ale sprung to mind.

 

I'll be interested in your take on this beer once drinking.

 

Good luck with the brew.

 

Lusty.

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Not quite a brew day today of course being at work... lol however I did take an SG sample of my Mosaic Pale Ale. What a fruity aroma! And then I hit it with a 35g dry hop of Mosaic, this time just went commando style since it'll be kegged anyway, after cold crashing of course. It tasted a little bit bitter, however, this seems to be normal for FG samples and they always mellow out by the time it's carbed and ready to drink, and exhibit as expected by then. Looking forward to this one being ready to tap soon! biggrin

 

This was the recipe:

 

4.500 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter (5.6 EBC) Grain 1 84.9 %

0.500 kg Munich Malt - 10L (23.0 EBC) Grain 2 9.4 %

0.300 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L (157.6 EBC) Grain 3 5.7 %

(Mashed at 66-67C for 90 minutes)

 

10.00 g Mosaic (11.70 %) - First Wort 75.0 min Hop 4 12.9 IBUs

10.00 g Magnum (12.20 %) - Boil 60.0 min Hop 5 11.7 IBUs

20.00 g Mosaic (11.70 %) - Boil 10.0 min Hop 6 8.2 IBUs

20.00 g Mosaic (11.70 %) - Steep/Whirlpool 15.0 min Hop 7 5.6 IBUs

1.0 pkg Safale American (DCL/Fermentis #US-05) Yeast 8 -

 

Est Original Gravity: 1.048 SG

Est Final Gravity: 1.010 SG

Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 4.9 % (5.3% in bottles)

Bitterness: 38.4 IBUs

Est Color: 16.7 EBC

 

Didn't quite hit the OG (1046, not that I care) but the FG if it is the same tomorrow is spot on at 1010/11. Should be about 4.7% in the keg.

 

It will be kegged next Saturday, while I have a friend over for the AFL grand final and a few pilsners off tap, then I'm headed out for my birthday party!

 

Cheers

 

Kelsey

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Hi Kelsey.

 

Yeah I get the same thing from hydrometer samples. Quite bitter, & I rarely take any notice of that aspect TBQH. When I sample them, I'm looking more at things like aromas/flavours & particularly if any off flavours have presented.

 

That should be a very tasty drop indeed once on the pour.

 

I do love Mosaic! love Yum!

 

Cheers,

 

Lusty.

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An easy drinking Saison to ease this packet of yeast into the world.

 

Recipe: Fugly Saison

Brewer: Grumpy

Style: Saison

 

Recipe Specifications

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Batch Size (fermenter): 23.00 l

Estimated OG: 1.041 SG

Estimated Color: 9.0 EBC

Estimated IBU: 25.3 IBUs

 

Ingredients:

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Amt Name Type # %/IBU

2.50 g Epsom Salt (MgSO4) (Mash 60.0 mins)

2.50 g Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) (Mash 60.0)

1.50 g Calcium Chloride (Mash 60.0 mins)

2.00 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter (5.9 EBC)

1.00 kg Munich II (Weyermann) (16.7 EBC)

1.00 kg Wheat Malt (Barrett Burston) (3.0 EBC)

50.00 g Fuggles [4.20 %] - First Wort 60.0 min

1.22 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins)

 

 

Mash Schedule: BIAB, Light Body

Total Grain Weight: 4.00 kg

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Currently (thanks to a rostered day off) am approaching the end of mash on my second BIAB. I have basically had another go at Kelseys well publicised Sierra Nevada PA recipe, albeit with some minor changes.

 

My first batch has only been in the bottle a week, but a sneaky taste showed it has lots of the right flavour, but perhaps a little more bitter than expected (yes it will mellow i know but this is all about experimentation after all, isn't it?). So I am dropping the 60 min Magnum add to 15g , the 30 min Perle up to 20g, and the flame out/steep down to 40g. I plan to dry hop the last 30g of cascade as I noticed it was lacking a lot of aroma (which I love).

 

Of course it wont be a "real" SNPA after this, but all I really want is a tasty easy to make APA and this fits the bill nicely.

 

Cheers!

Ken

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Just finished putting this one down, hopefully turns out ok

 

3kg light lme

500g light dme

400g pale crystal

25g cascade & 15 mosaic 30 mins

30g amarilo & 15 mosaic 10 mins

15 cascade & 15 mosaic 0 mins

us-05

 

12 litre boil topped up to 25 litres in the fv. OG was 1.048.

Will dry hop with 10g cascade, 5g mosaic and 20g amarilo.

 

cheers,

tom

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Hi MPH.

Just finished putting this one down' date=' hopefully turns out ok

 

3kg light lme

500g light dme

400g pale crystal

25g cascade & 15 mosaic 30 mins

30g amarilo & 15 mosaic 10 mins

15 cascade & 15 mosaic 0 mins

us-05

 

12 litre boil topped up to 25 litres in the fv. OG was 1.048.

Will dry hop with 10g cascade, 5g mosaic and 20g amarilo.

 

cheers,

tom[/quote']

That should produce a ripping APA! cool

 

SMASH day today smile Marris Otter plus Citra' date=' with only a single FWH addition. Simples![/quote']

Citra is a very smooth hop even when used as a standard bittering addition due to its lower co-humulone level. FWH'ing generally smooths out a hops normal bittering impact, so in some situations when using a low co-humulone hop for the FWH addition, it can sometimes be advantageous to also use a standard bittering addition in conjunction with it.

 

It's a fairly sizable addition, so hopefully you attain an acceptable bitterness level at the glass. unsure

 

I'll be interested to hear how it turns out.

 

Cheers,

 

Lusty.

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Midstrength Nirvana v.2

 

Thomas Coopers Sparkling Ale kit 1.7kg

Light Dry Malt Extract 500gms

CaraHell grain 200gms

CaraBohemian 200gms

Cascade 25gms, Ahtanum 25gms, & Centennial 20gms 3½ litre hop tea steeped @ 75-80°C for 30mins

Centennial & Ahtanum 25gms each dry hopped

Nelson Sauvin & Motueka 15gms each dry hopped

US-05 yeast from 1 litre starter

Brewed to 23 litres

Ferment @ 18°C

OG = approx. 1.036

FG = approx. 1.009

EBC = 15.3

IBU = 36.2

Kegged ABV = 3.5%

 

If v.1 was anything to go by, this one should be even better! wink

 

Cheers,

 

Lusty.

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Hello,

Yesterday,

 

1.8 Kg Muntons Traditional Bitter kit

500g DME

150g Victory Malt (Hot steep)

25g Fuggles @ flame out (30+ mins steep)

Kit yeast (Pitched and fermented at 19C)

23L

OG 1032 FG 1010(est)

Not sure of the other numbers. The kit states,

OG 1040 - 1044

Colour EBC 27 - 33

Bitterness EBU 33 - 47. pouty

 

Cheers,

Dave.

 

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Raspberry Wheat Saison

(a Craft version of porschemad911's Raspberry Petite Saison)

Put this into an "Out of Style" competition at my local brew club' date=' managed to score a 38/50 and an honourable mention.

 

Pretty happy since I pitched my first ever batch of homebrew exactly 1 year and 1 day ago, and this was my first crack at a saison! [img']biggrin[/img]

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Brewday.

 

Bits & pieces clean-up brew, so something light for Dad.

 

Pilsner malt 500gms

Vienna malt 500gms

Munich malt 300gms

Aromatic malt 100gms

Wheat malt 250gms

Medium Crystal malt 300gms

Centennial 25gms @ 30mins

Nelson Sauvin 20gms @ flameout

Nelson Sauvin 25gms dry hopped

TC kit yeast

Brewed to 21 litres.

Ferment @ 18°C

 

Other figures unknown. Aiming for 1.029 OG. With my low sparging capabilities though, who knows. whistling

 

If I don't get close to that OG, I'll throw in some LDM to top it up.

 

Not really fussed about it, it'll still end up as beer. wink

 

Cheers,

 

Lusty.

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I ended up about 3 points shy of the 1.029 OG (roughly as expected), due to my inability to sparge larger volumes, so topped up with 150gms of LDM.

 

A bit of a shame that I had to add it in, as that would have been my first full AG brew. pouty

 

Oh well, why ruin a perfect record of NO full AG brews yet! wink

 

biggrin

 

Cheers,

 

Lusty.

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Time for my Rye beer again

 

Recipe: Benny's Big Red IV

 

Style: American IPA

 

Recipe Specifications

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Batch Size (fermenter): 23.00 l

Estimated OG: 1.062 SG

Estimated Color: 29.4 EBC

Estimated IBU: 60.6 IBUs

 

Ingredients:

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Amt Name Type # %/IBU

3.50 g Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) (Mash 60.0 mins Water Agent 1 -

1.50 g Calcium Chloride (Mash 60.0 mins) Water Agent 2 -

4.00 kg Pale Malt, Ale (Barrett Burston) (5.9 EB Grain 3 63.7 %

1.00 kg Munich II (Weyermann) (16.7 EBC) Grain 4 15.9 %

1.00 kg Rye Malt (Weyermann) (5.9 EBC) Grain 5 15.9 %

0.25 kg Caraaroma (Weyermann) (350.7 EBC) Grain 6 4.0 %

0.03 kg Gladfield Roast Barley (1450.0 EBC) Grain 7 0.5 %

50.00 g Challenger [8.30 %] - First Wort 60.0 mi Hop 8 42.5 IBUs

1.00 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins) Fining 9 -

140.00 g East Kent Goldings (EKG) [4.60 %] - Stee Hop 10 18.1 IBUs

 

 

Mash Schedule: BIAB, Light Body

Total Grain Weight: 6.28 kg

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I put my latest batch down on Sunday.

1 can Coopers Australian Pale Ale

1kg LDM

Boiled the LDM in approx 5 litres water

15g Amarillo boiled for 20 mins

15g Galaxy boiled for 10 mins.

 

Filled to slightly over 23 litres (about 24 litres).

OG 1040.

 

Currently sitting at 22c, a little warmer than I prefer, but should still be ok, & the hops should have a bite more bite if anything for not being down in the usual 18 - 20c range.

 

I keep thinking of doing an extract brew, but it's just too convenient doing kits & bits, so eventually I'll get to it, but maybe not until I've got a good stockpile of brew sitting around, so I can really let it mature, rather than drinking it as soon as it's carbed up, as I've been doing lately.

 

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Hey everyone.

 

I put down two quick brews on the weekend, one for myself & one for my in-laws. My Mother & Father in law have been brewing on and off for a while but they only ever use what is available at the supermarket. So I put a recipe together and showed them a few new tricks. I think they were impressed, they especially liked how their house smelled after our brew day. This was their brew:

 

Mosaic Pale Ale

1.7kg Coopers Pale Ale tin

1kg LDM

250g Caramalt

200g Dextrose

15g Mosaic @ 10 minutes

15g Mosaic steep @ flameout

US05 yeasties

23 lt batch

 

And on Saturday I just chucked a fresh wort kit in the fermenter.

 

All Inn Annie Rye IPA

Pale 64%

Wheat 18%

Rye 12%

Crystal 6%

Mosaic to 70 IBU

 

- OG 1048 after topping up to 20 litres.

- Fermenting with Wyeast 1272 American Ale II.

- 120g Centennial dry hop for four days when the time comes.

 

Cheers + beers,

Mark

 

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Just bottled 50 litres with another 25 to go... need to free up 4 bottles for that.

Threw my Big Red Rye in the FV and have just put the following on...

 

Recipe: Hop2iT XII

Brewer: Grumpy

Style: American IPA

 

Recipe Specifications

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Batch Size (fermenter): 23.00 l

Estimated OG: 1.067 SG

Estimated Color: 12.0 EBC

Estimated IBU: 68.4 IBUs

 

Ingredients:

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3.50 g Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate)

1.50 g Calcium Chloride (Mash 60.0 mins)

1.50 g Epsom Salt (MgSO4) (Mash 60.0 mins)

5.00 kg Pale Malt, Ale (Barrett Burston) (5.9 EB 76.9 %

1.00 kg Munich II (Weyermann) (16.7 EBC) 15.4 %

0.50 kg Wheat Malt (Barrett Burston) (3.0 EBC) 7.7 %

20.00 g Dana [13.90 %] - FWH 27.4 IBUs

1.00 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins)

50.00 g East Kent Goldings (EKG) [4.60 %] - Steep 6.2 IBUs

50.00 g Galaxy [13.60 %] - Steep 18.4 IBUs

50.00 g Sticklebreact [12.10 %] - Steep 16.4 IBUs

25.00 g Galaxy [13.60 %] - Dry Hop

25.00 g Sticklebreact [12.10 %] - Dry Hop

 

 

Mash Schedule: BIAB, Medium Body

Total Grain Weight: 6.50 kg

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How could you, Ben? You heretic! You heathen! You pagan! Doing something to distract you from the TV on a holy day of obligation. I hope the Spanish Inquisition catch up with you. Blasphemer!

 

Ooh! I forgot to mention I was about to do that IPA you corrected for me when I checked and found the citra and simcoe were getting towards 18 months old. Even though they've been kept in the freezer, I was a bit concerned about the freshness regarding late and dry hop additions. Received new supplies on Friday, so next Tue or Wed is brewday now. Thanks, blasphemer.

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