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brewed up a few APA in the last couple of weeks.

5 pales
1 altbier.

Nice. I need to start brewing again, no beer left.

Is there anyone brewing anymore?

I don't often get the time but this weekend is it!

Going to try to make something like Innis & Gunn oaked aged ale.
All of my oaked beers have been Stouts or Porters so I have been wanting to try something lighter.

Yep. Hoppy hefe tomorrow. Bottled a smoked maple porter last weekend. After that a smoked rye american ale.

I havent brewed anything this year. Terrible. I may do something next weekend hopefully, maybe Earles stone and Wood.

After being in the disgraceful and embarrassing situation of not having brewed since last spring and being without a single bottle of homebrew in the house (Millennium Ale and a couple of imperial stouts notwithstanding) these two bad boys are now in cubes, with yeast to be pitched this evening:

No.87 DrSmurto's Rye Golden Ale
Estimated OG: 1.046 SG
Estimated Color: 17.1 EBC
Estimated IBU: 34.2 IBUs
Mash temp: 67 C.
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

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Amt                   Name                                     Type          #        %/IBU         
2.80 kg               Pale Malt, Maris Otter (5.9 EBC)         Grain         1        55.4 %       
1.00 kg               Rye Malt (Weyermann) (5.9 EBC)           Grain         2        19.8 %       
1.00 kg               Vienna Malt (6.9 EBC)                    Grain         3        19.8 %       
0.25 kg               Crystal, Dark (Simpsons) (157.6 EBC)     Grain         4        5.0 %         
15.00 g               Amarillo Gold [8.40 %] - Boil 60.0 min   Hop           5        15.6 IBUs     
10.00 g               Amarillo Gold [8.40 %] - Boil 40.0 min   Hop           6        9.1 IBUs     
15.00 g               Amarillo Gold [8.40 %] - Boil 20.0 min   Hop           7        9.4 IBUs     
0.25 Items            Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins)        Fining        8        -             
1.0 pkg               Safale American  (DCL/Fermentis #US-05)  Yeast         9        -             


No.88 SMaSH English Summer Ale
Estimated OG: 1.045 SG
Estimated Color: 9.2 EBC
Estimated IBU: 31.6 IBUs
Mash temp: 65 C
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

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Amt                   Name                                     Type          #        %/IBU         
4.70 kg               Pale Malt, Maris Otter (Thomas Fawcett)  Grain         1        100.0 %       
30.00 g               East Kent Goldings (EKG) [4.60 %] - Boil Hop           2        17.1 IBUs     
15.00 g               East Kent Goldings (EKG) [4.60 %] - Boil Hop           3        7.5 IBUs     
20.00 g               East Kent Goldings (EKG) [4.60 %] - Boil Hop           4        6.9 IBUs     
0.25 Items            Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins)        Fining        8        -             
Safale S-04


I might add 5g or 10g as dry hop in the fermenter.

Looks good Oliver. I reckon I've brewed once this year. 3 fresh liquid yeast in the fridge ready to go though

Well my brew day went down a treat, listened to music, got smashed, I must do it more often

Not all my handy work, 20 of 100L in each barrel is. Filled today.

Pliny the Elder on the left, Russian Imperial Stout on the right. They'll emerge in December.

Very nice. Would like to be at the tasting in December.

I brewed today, yay.
Light mild with a decoction, melba hops 20-10 mins, and my first decoction. Wlp ahs ale and wlp pacific ale yeast. Everything ran smooth as.
Happy days

No idea how it will go, but why not, it's friday


Amt

Name

Type

#

%/IBU

3.75 kg Gladfield Ale Malt (3.0 SRM) Grain 1 59.6 %
1.00 kg Joe white wheat malt (1.8 SRM) Grain 2 15.9 %
0.50 kg Gladfield Manuka Smoked Malt (2.0 SRM) Grain 3 7.9 %
0.27 kg Carared (20.0 SRM) Grain 4 4.3 %
0.25 kg Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) Grain 5 4.0 %
0.22 kg Gladfield Shepherds Delight Malt (152.3 SRM) Grain 6 3.4 %
0.20 kg Gladfield Aurora Malt (29.4 SRM) Grain 7 3.2 %
0.11 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 8 1.7

15.00 g Melba [10.20 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 9 15.4 IBUs
40.00 g Summer (Summer Saaz) [5.50 %] - Boil 20.0 min Hop 10 13.4 IBUs
35.00 g Amarillo [8.40 %] - Boil 20.0 min Hop 11 17.9 IBUs
35.00 g Melba [10.20 %] - Boil 20.0 min Hop 12 21.8 IBUs
0.28 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins) Fining 13 -
30.00 g Amarillo [8.40 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 14 0.0 IBUs
30.00 g Melba [10.20 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 15 0.0 IBUs
30.00 g Summer (Summer Saaz) [5.50 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 16 0.0 IBUs

Summer doesnt go with melba and Amarillo, but it could work. Never worry about that too much myself. I'd use most of it late, all of it late actually.

I get to taste my first melba brew tomorrow hopefully. Really should use my summer flowers next.

Hope to do a brew tomorrow.

It came from the Braumeister site.


24.0 l Pilsen, Czech Water 1 -
0.30 g Baking Soda (Mash 60.0 mins) Water Agent 2 -
0.30 g Chalk (Mash 60.0 mins) Water Agent 3 -
0.30 g Epsom Salt (MgSO4) (Mash 60.0 mins) Water Agent 4 -
0.20 g Calcium Chloride (Mash 60.0 mins) Water Agent 5 -
2500.0 g Munich I (Weyermann) (14.0 EBC) Grain 6 50.0 %
2000.0 g Pilsner (Weyermann) (3.3 EBC) Grain 7 40.0 %
500.0 g Caramalt (Thomas Fawcett) (29.6 EBC) Grain 8 10.0 %
40.0 g Tettnang [3.20 %] - Boil 70.0 min Hop 9 13.4 IBUs
4.00 g Brewbrite (Boil 10.0 mins) Fining 10 -
10.0 g Tettnang [3.20 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 11 1.2 IBUs
1.0 pkg Budvar Lager (Wyeast Labs #2000) [124.2 ml] Yeast 12 -

Can't wait for the December tasting Smurto!

I've done some interesting beers lately.


brewed an "APA" last month that I added roasted barley to, ended up a light bodied stout really and was amazing the first three weeks in the keg with the american hops, it then mellowed out to a tasty dark ale.

finally brewed out an altbier I had in a cube for 4 months, just maturing in a keg now. brewed with 1007 yeast.

threw another APA down with slurry of the 1007.

cooked up a smoked APA last night (twisted the daylights out of the roast barley apa recipe)

my first stout is going to be put in a cube in about ten minutes


fun times since I set up my brew rig in the laundry permanently, makes it much easier slap down a quick brew.

Been a while since I posted anything here.
I'm still brewing, and making the usual stuff ups.
Managed to mill my grain into the usual bucket, but forgot to take the lid off the bucket. It's not a lot of fun trying to recover 5.6 kg milled grain spilled everywhere.
Anyway, this is how it turned out:

23 litres AIPA, OG 1.058
90 min mash, 90 min boil

8.00 g Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) (Mash 60.0 mins Water Agent 1 -
5.00 g Calcium Chloride (Mash 90.0 mins) Water Agent 2 -
4500.0 g Pilsner (Weyermann) (3.3 EBC) Grain 3 80.4 %
1000.0 g Munich I (Weyermann) (14.0 EBC) Grain 4 17.9 %
100.0 g Caramunich I (Weyermann) (100.5 EBC) Grain 5 1.8 %
27.0 g Millenium [13.50 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 6 35.3 IBUs
30.0 g Cascade [7.60 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 7 8.0 IBUs
28.5 g Chinook [12.30 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 8 12.3 IBUs
5.00 g Yeast Nutrient (Boil 10.0 mins) Other 9 -
5.00 g BrewBrite (Boil 5.0 mins) Fining 10 -
25.5 g Cascade [7.60 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 11 3.7 IBUs
22.5 g Galaxy [13.80 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 12 6.0 IBUs
10.0 g Cascade [7.60 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 13 0.0 IBUs
10.0 g Galaxy [13.80 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 14 0.0 IBUs
1.0 pkg California Ale (White Labs #WLP001) Actually slurry harvested from previous batch.
25.0 g Cascade [7.60 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days Hop 16 0.0 IBUs
25.0 g Galaxy [13.80 %] - Dry Hop 0.0 Days Hop 17 0.0 IBUs

That looks delicious warra

warra48 wrote:Managed to mill my grain into the usual bucket, but forgot to take the lid off the bucket.

Can't say I've ever done that one.

American Amber Ale
Mashed 75 min @66 to 67ºC Boiled 90 min
Boil Size: 35.00 l
Batch Size (fermenter): 25.00 l

Measured OG: 1.053 SG
Estimated Color: 26.0 EBC
Estimated IBU: 52.5 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 80.00 %
Actual Mash Efficiency: 98 %
Boil Time: 90 Minutes
Local Water
5.00 g Calcium Chloride (Mash 60.0 mins) Water Agent 1 -
5.00 g Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) (Mash 60.0 mins Water Agent 2 -
4000.0 g Munich I (Weyermann) (14.0 EBC) Grain 3 75.0 %
900.0 g Pilsner (Weyermann) (3.3 EBC) Grain 4 16.9 %
300.0 g Crystal, Dark (Joe White) (216.7 EBC) Grain 5 5.6 %
100.0 g Amber Malt (43.3 EBC) Grain 6 1.9 %
30.0 g Chocolate Wheat (Weyermann) (817.5 EBC) Grain 7 0.6 %
25.0 g Millenium [13.50 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 8 34.2 IBUs
25.0 g Cascade [7.60 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 9 7.0 IBUs
25.0 g Chinook [12.30 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 10 11.3 IBUs
3.00 g Yeast Nutrient (Boil 10.0 mins) Other 11 -
5.00 g BrewBrite (Boil 5.0 mins) Fining 12 -
1.0 pkg Denny's Favorite 50 (Wyeast Labs #1450) Yeast 13 -

After using a drill to power my mill for the last couple of years, I went back to hand milling on my original MillMaster. I'll be doing that in future, as the slower hand milling doesn't tear the husks and makes for much easier run off and sparge. I batch sparge, and once I'd set the bed, I could run it off as fast as it would go. Probably saved myself about 45 minutes on the day compared to what I had been experiencing. All I had to do was to cut the top of the mash to allow it to run off properly.

Surely someone is brewing?
I brewed last saturday.
Just a pale ale bill to 1038 with galaxy and Celia to about 40 ibu.
I got to play with my new herms as well.



sent from my emptying glass