What are you brewing?

[nzbrewer]

Since this is the most popular thread on the RealBeer.co.nz forum I thought I would start it here just to see what happens

[jt]

Cascade and Styrians, I've never thought of that, looks good

[jt]

Brewing ?

I've got a brown ale in the fermenter - which would be more at home with a lager yeast than an ale the way things feel at the moment ...

[Dougal]

Lager? 

It's snowing outside and my garage is 5C. I'm tempted to climb into the fermentation fridge with the lagers to warm up.

(When I was young we used to eat gravel for breakfast etc, etc..)

[jt]

Well the obvious question is when are you posting pics of the snowman then !

 

I'll count myself lucky, only sleet and a toasty 10C in the garage this morning

[Bambule]

Definitely snowing here! 

[Ralph]

I put a brown down today too, loosely based on Janets Brown. Mashed this morning, and then was reminded of an afternoon birthday thing... so the wort sat in the kettle for 3 hours before I got back to boil it. Dunno if it will make any difference?? In the fermentor now.

[Ralph]

Yeh, I sat my brewing gear outside the shed last night to clean up when I had some daylight... 

[Michael]

Sheesh! Where do you live?

 

I assume you do not have problems chilling your wort!

[Ralph]

Christchurch!! Wort chilled down in about 10 minutes last night... was no snow on the ground then tho!

[Michael]

14 lb 2-row

3lb Crystal 10L

 

60 Mins 1oz Amarillo (8.5%)

15 Mins 2oz Amarillo (8.5%)

15 Mins Whirlfloc

0 Min 1oz Nelson Sauvin (14%)

 

Yeast -- Wyeast 1056

 

Secondary Dry Hop 2oz Nelson Sauvin

 

I just kegged this. It has a pineapple aroma, and citrus/grape flavour. I like it.

[Darrin Smith]

Looks real tasty!  Alcohol high? 

[James Lawson]

Not sure exactly what style you'd call this...

 

3kg Malteurop pils

1kg Weyermann vienna

250g Bairds torrified wheat

 

9g Pacific Jade @ 60

13g (all I had left) Motueka @ 15

10g Pacific Jade @ 10

10g Pacific Jade @ 0

 

~28IBU

 

1.6L intermittently shaken starter of Fermentis W34/70 lager yeast, hopefully enough. Pitched at 10degC - pretty bloody cold for Auckland tap water!