Pot ~ 70L, a way into AG....

[drsmurto]

Anyone in Melbourne looking for a decent sized brew pot then i reckon this one might do the job!

Linky

If only that was in Adelaide! Only had my 50L kettle for 6 months and i already want to upgrade!

[regan]

cheers for that dr, got it for $50

[Kevnlis]

Geez that is an excellent price, looks pretty heavy duty. Even if it is aluminium...

[drsmurto]

1 bid, now thats my kind of ebay purchase! Well done mate. You must be close to the dark side now with that beast! You could easily do 50L batches in it!

[regan]

thats the idea, 40-45lt will do 2 cornies and way more long necks then i can be botherd capping. the missus is going to the fabric shop later for a bag that will fill the pot, a false bottom may replace that eventually

this will be my first all grain AND first brew in my new cellar.. i have been dying for a keg of lager since october, lets see what i can do to maintain low temps. i am thinking about a pilsener so if anyone wants to post a recipe or link me to one go for it!

[drsmurto]

hers a few...

Bo Pils (something like Budvar)
4.80 kg Pilsner (Weyermann) (3.3 EBC) Grain 100.00 %
80.00 gm Saaz [3.20 %] (60 min) Hops 29.8 IBU
24.00 gm Saaz [2.50 %] (40 min) Hops 6.1 IBU
24.00 gm Saaz [2.50 %] (20 min) Hops 4.2 IBU
0.50 items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs Budvar Lager (Wyeast Labs #2000) [Starter 5000 ml] Yeast-Lager

30 min Protein Rest Add 9.60 L of water at 57.3 C 50.0 C
60 min Saccrification Add 5.60 L of water at 99.4 C 66.0 C

Then onto the yeast cake went this - A german pils
4.75 kg Pilsner (Weyermann) (3.3 EBC) Grain 100.00 %
45.00 gm Tettnang [4.20 %] (60 min) Hops 23.1 IBU
20.00 gm Tettnang [4.20 %] (40 min) Hops 9.0 IBU
10.00 gm Tettnang [4.20 %] (20 min) Hops 3.1 IBU
0.50 items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs Budvar Lager (Wyeast Labs #2000) Yeast-Lager

30 min Protein Rest Add 11.18 L of water at 55.0 C 50.0 C
60 min Saccrification Add 6.15 L of water at 97.4 C 65.0 C


And then onto that yeast cake went this - a knappstein type beer
4.25 kg Pilsner (Weyermann) (3.3 EBC) Grain 94.44 %
0.25 kg Melanoidin (Weyermann) (59.1 EBC) Grain 5.56 %
20.00 gm Nelson Sauvin [12.60 %] (20 min) Hops 19.8 IBU
20.00 gm Nelson Sauvin [12.60 %] (10 min) Hops 11.9 IBU
20.00 gm Nelson Sauvin [12.60 %] (5 min) Hops 6.5 IBU
0.50 items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs Budvar Lager (Wyeast Labs #2000) Yeast-Lager

60 min Mash In Add 11.89 L of water at 74.2 C 66.0 C

That should do it for now

[regan]

nice cheers for them. there was only 2kg of pills grain the the brew shop that i was going past today, they suckerd me into some amber malt to get me up to 4kg and another 500 of ale malt becuase they ran out of amber also

got some more sterling (us saaz) and a pack of brewcellear european lager yeast becuase thats all they had.

it should still make some beer. and a leaning experience also.

[lethaldog]

A tip for the home brewer, a HBs that only has 2 kg of a selected grain in stock is not that much of a HBs ( for an AG brewer that is) Find yourself somewhere better or order online

[drsmurto]

Lethals right regan. Let us know where you live and we can point you in the direction of a proper HBS!

[regan]

im kinda in a dry area for brew shops... basically tullamarine.i have been to every shop within 30 minutes and there is 4, but none of them are within 20 minutes. i dont have much of an excuse to go down to yarraville (G&G) so being the lazy bugger i am just end up at a brew shop when ever i go remotely close and deal with whatever crap i can find normally.i really should invest more time into driving to grain and grape more often then again a u brew it is opening down the road soon, i hope they can get me what i want.

i braught my pot home late last night, unfortunatly my sober half would rather sleep and go to work then stich me up a custom sized grain bag .. and here i sit with a day off, grains and a pot.

[Ross]

nice cheers for them. there was only 2kg of pills grain the the brew shop that i was going past today, they suckerd me into some amber malt to get me up to 4kg and another 500 of ale malt becuase they ran out of amber also

got some more sterling (us saaz) and a pack of brewcellear european lager yeast becuase thats all they had.

it should still make some beer. and a leaning experience also.

please tell me they gave you amber extract & not Amber grain??
2kg of amber malt in a 4.5kg brew will most likely be undrinkable. If that's what they've given you, take it back for a refund. Amber malt is very intense & biscuit like & should be used very sparingly. If it's amber extract, the beer will be fine, as it refers to the colour rather than the grain type.

cheers Ross

[regan]

thanks for the warning ross.. damm it

[Kevnlis]

I would have used 500g Amber and 2 kilo of Ale along with the 2 kilos of Pilsner. That will make a decent brew