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Update: Kegged and sitting in the Kegerator at 4c. Batch was a lot smaller, I really need to put some line marks on my cubes, I have no idea what volume I had. It ended up with about 15-16l. Lighter looking than I expected, kegged at 1.006. Still a slight buttery finish.
Will try and lager for ...

Thanks TL, it really has got me thinking about too much early diagnosis clouding my opinions.
I had a sniff and sample tonight, before I had a taste of my hoppy APA, and whilst the aroma is still buttery, the taste is much less pronounced, either the sitting at lower temp for 24 hours is helping ...

"The diacetyl precursor - alpha acetolactate - undergoes a spontaneous oxidative decarboxylation and converts into diacetyl (2,3-butanedione)."

TL, I certainly won't be questioning your expertise on said subject.

I started down this "rest" path after reading the earlier posts. I think I understand ...

Thanks for all the help guys.
I brewed it with 7l in the end. Got my strike temp perfect. Used a 20l bucket wrapped in a windscreen shield (reversed), this held the temp to within 1c over the 45 mins. The sparged, but my sparging went very quickly, I need to work a better flow control, probably was ...

"Plan:
Boil 16l of water in urn to 70c and pour into bucket. Put in grainbag with grain. Get the temp of the water to 65c and put the lid on for 45 minutes."

I am worried about this part. Everything I have read shows me that I should be using only about 7l of water. 2.6-2.9 x 1kg grain. What will ...

I am brewing a partial tomorrow, have 2.5kg of grain. My original plan was to boil up 16l of water and then add the grain, but I am wondering what effect that will have on the wort, what is the disadvantage of boiling with 16l compared to 2.6l per 1kg grain?

Thanks

Diacetyl is a compound the yeast can produce depending on the temperature they're working at. It's described as a buttery flavour which is inappropriate for most styles of beer. A diacetyl rest is done by allowing temperature to rise (I think ale temps of around 17 or 18 are recommended), and ...

Assuming that you're using a lager yeast strain if you're planning to ferment at 12 degrees, I believe you'll want to allow up to 3 weeks for primary fermentation, then maybe a couple of days for a diacetyl rest, depending on the yeast used. After that, it should benefit from lagering at 0-1 ...

I dis run it over a IBU calculator and it was reporting low 30's for a IBU. I usually make my APA's in the 50's but I do want some thing less bitter for the bbq guests to sample. The tricky bit with the calc I used was that I had to state the OG so I guessed about 1.040

I'll go have a look at the ...

So I have been brewing for the last 12 months.
I have been brewing K&K, mainly APA's using a coopers pale ale premium and experimenting with Cascade, Chinook and Centennial. Now not all my friends like high hoppy bitter flavour of my preferred drop, so I wanted to have an alternate beer on tap for ...

Thanks for the reply.
I have used another kit before, I think it was a canadian pale ale, forget the brand. I also used a 12% Simcoe for 45 minutes, I think 40g, then another 20g Cascade, that was very bitter, I really liked it, but the first couple fo sips caused a few surprised looks on my friends ...

I am a big APA fan. I love Dogfish60 and I havent really found a good APA since returning to Oz. Little Creatures is ok, but bloody expensive. So it got me into homebrewing again. I haven't stepped back up to grain brewing, so have been playing with some kit recipes.

So if you are a fan of APA's ...

Just unpacking old boxes and found a homebrew kit I bought in the states 5 years ago. It is a full kit, with a bag of malt, un-cracked grain and 2 bags of hops. 1oz willamette, 2oz Liberty, sealed bags. Now lets assume they are at least 6 years old, since they are dried, can they still be used?

off to review that now.
Thanks

Thanks Zuma,
Interesting. The part that has me concerned is the temperature. we had a couple of warm days so its been sitting about 25, even up to 26 yesterday before I put it in the sink to cool a bit.
Obviously I am going to need to rack to do this. I don't want to throw it in the fermenter before ...

Whats actually in that SNAPA PAC? Never heard of that before.

After 4 years of trying American Pale Ales, I came across Dogfish head 60 minute IPA. A real hoppy beer that I really enjoyed.
I found a clone for it, but don't recognize a lot of the hops.

Based on what is readily availbale here in Oz, how would you modify this?


Following recipe from brew365.com ...

Not exactly my first brew, but first in a while.
Does your advice on not racking spread to bulk priming too? The last batches I made before my break from brewing I was very unhappy with over gassing, probably the type of bottles and difference in volume. since this is a APA, i dont really want it to ...

Thanks for that.
I gave it the swirl and twirl. I am very loathe to lift the lid this early. Hate to have my first one go off.
I'll stick with it and see how it ferments out. I would imagine that the yeast will get down and start work on the malt. I was surprised how long it took to cool, the ...

Hi all,
Its been 4 years since I brewed. Been in the US and now have a taste for American Pale Ales.
So started a kit on the weekend. ESB American PA, since it was the first for 4 years and I have more kids than i did on my last brew, I thought I would keep it simple. So just used the kit. I will ...