Steam beer

[Timmsy]

I got this recipe of this web site and was keen to put it down if i can get the ingridiants today after work. The problem is that it is set up for a 23ltr boil where i only have a 20lr pot so dont i have decrease to hop amounts?? Here is the recipe and let me know what you think....

2kg LDM
1.5kg Pale Malt (2 Row)
350grms Crystle Malt
200grms Chocolate Malt
30grmms Northern brewer @ 60mins
30grms Northern brewer @ 15mins
30 grms Northern Brewer @ 1min
1 Whirl Tab @ 15mins
California Lager yeast dry or liquid???

http://hopwild.com/2007/12/14/beer-brew ... ia-common/

I want to put a brew of some sought down tonight so i gota go to beer belly at lunch to get my ingridiants so keen to get some thoughts

[timmy]

That should be fine. If you have a smaller pot, leave out the LDME until the end of the boil. So, boil say 15L with the rest of the grains and hops and then tip in the LDME at the end of the boil. That will sanitise it and get you up to your target gravity once you add more water.

Can't comment on the dry vs liquid for that yeast but my experience is that liquid is normally better if you can cope with the extra work.

Cheers,

Tim

[rwh]

The problem is that it is set up for a 23ltr boil where i only have a 20lr pot so dont i have decrease to hop amounts??

You would have to increase your hop amounts if you do a more concentrated boil. Check out this: Hops FAQ. Scroll down to the Tinseth method. Essentially, the more concentrated the wort, the more difficult it is for the bitter compounds from the hops to dissolve.

Your other option is to do a partial boil, that is, do a smaller volume but only add a proportional amount of LDME. For example, if you do a 11.5L boil, add only half the fermentables, say all of the 1.5kg pale malt with say 500g of LDME or something.

2kg LDM
1.5kg Pale Malt (2 Row)
350grms Crystle Malt
200grms Chocolate Malt
30grmms Northern brewer @ 60mins
30grms Northern brewer @ 15mins
30 grms Northern Brewer @ 1min

Er, have you run that through an IBU calculator? Sounds pretty bitter to me.

1 Whirl Tab @ 15mins
California Lager yeast dry or liquid???

As far as I know California lager is only available as a liquid yeast. You could sub it with some other kind of generic dry yeast if you can't be stuffed frigging with liquid yeasts.

[homebrewer79]

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[Chris]

Tool? Didn't they do Lateralis?

[homebrewer79]

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[James L]

And an excellent album it is.....

[Chris]

Damn right. An album that you can listen to all the way through. Rare these days.

Great to drink a steam beer to.

[James L]

Steam beer...

Aim for SG between 1040-1055
FG between 1012 and 1018
IBUs between 30-40...

Aparently Northern Brewer is the hop of choice, and i think you're going to have to get yourself some Cal Lager Yeast 2112 if you dont already have some.

what aa % is the northern brewer you have? we might be able to work out the IBUs for you.

[Chris]

All I know is that the pieces fit, 'cause I watched them fall away.

[James L]

Ha.....

[James L]

I've done the math enough to know the dangers of our second guessing.

[gregb]

Sneakersupplier got flicked.

Cheers,
Greg

[homebrewer79]

Never made a steam beer but I know it doesn't have sneakers in it

edit: sorry but I've had a few and couldn't resist

[James L]

i too have now had a few...

I must admit that its hard to concentrate when all you guys in the eastern states start barking up at about 2:30 my time and i still have 2 hours to work till beer oclock....

I will retaliate by saying that thus far i have have drank nothing but LC pints.... 3 to be exact at 5 bucks even...

[Timmsy]

Steam beer...

Aim for SG between 1040-1055
FG between 1012 and 1018
IBUs between 30-40...

Aparently Northern Brewer is the hop of choice, and i think you're going to have to get yourself some Cal Lager Yeast 2112 if you dont already have some.

what aa % is the northern brewer you have? we might be able to work out the IBUs for you.

Sorry James for the late reply, i havnt brought the ingridiants as yet mate. That recipe was taken this site.

http://hopwild.com/2007/12/14/beer-brew ... ia-common/

Ive heard good about the Anchor Brewing co Steam Beer and wouldnt mind trying my hands at it

[James L]

ok i had a look at the recipe on that website...

your version looks ok... except they only ask for 0.03lb of chocolate which works out to be about 15-20g of chocolate... it looks as though they are only adding it for colour... so i would reduce the ammount that you are going to add...

also, when you buy your northern brewer you'll need to work out the bitterness depending on the aa% of the hops that you buy...

also as the other guys said, your bitterness will depend on how you boil it (malt/water ratio). so you'll need to tell us how you plan on doing it, and we'll go from there...

[Bizier]

"All I know is that the sneakers fit"

Thanks Timmsy, I might pilfer your recipe as I have a half Kg of NB I need to use.

[Chris]

Not bad.

[KEG]

All I know is that the pieces fit, 'cause I watched them fall away.

Tool?