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

[sockmerchant]

Brewed a Belgian Blond last weekend. Mixture of german and nz pils and a bit of aromatic.  Simple as pie. Wyeast 1214 is freakin machine. Keeps surprising me. I find it takes a while to settle out though and has a distinct taste to it. 

Last night i brewed an oatmeal stout (marris otter as the base) and split it.  Half is being fermented with safale 04, half with belgian (cause....why not?)

[Kelly Milligan]

You know those brew days where everything goes exactly to plan.. no suprises.. no stress.. That's today for me! :D 

This robust porter is boiling away as I type:

BIAB - Partial Mash

24L batch size (20-22l in fermenter)

75min boil time

43 IBU

26% 1.500 Munich Malt - 10L 76% 16 ~ 26% 1.500 Black Rock Light LME (NZ) 73% 8 ~ 17% 1.000 TF Marris Otter 73% 8 ~ 9% 0.500 Smoked Malt 80% 15 ~ 9% 0.500 Oat Malt 73% 5 ~ 3% 0.200 Pale Chocolate Malt 73% 656 ~ 3% 0.200 Crystal 90L 71% 149 ~ 3% 0.200 Caramunich II 65% 121 ~ 3% 0.200 Roasted Barley 54% 1200 ~ Batch size: 24.0 liters	Original Gravity 1.056 / 13.8° Plato (1.050 to 1.059) Final Gravity 1.015 / 3.8° Plato (1.013 to 1.016) Color 70° EBC / 35° SRM (Black) Mash Efficiency 75%
hops
USE TIME GRAMS VARIETY FORM AA boil 60 mins 10 Fuggles pellet 4.7 boil 60 mins 10 Pacific Gem pellet 14.6 boil 20 mins 15 Fuggles pellet 4.7 boil 20 mins 15 Pacific Gem pellet 14.6 boil 10 mins 20 Fuggles pellet 4.7 boil 1 min 20 Fuggles pellet 4.7

YUS!

[Stu H]

Brewing a clone of Epic Pale Ale today. For a laugh I thought I'd ferment half the batch on french oak chips, too see what they impart to the flavour. Could be a mess, who knows?

[Bambule]

What's become a bit of a pleasurable habit when you only have a couple of kilos of malt left in the sack along with a handful of other grains that needed using.  Mild Ale

the Heart of Monday night

Golden Promise 2.25kg

Smoked malt 0.5kg

Dark Crystal 0.4kg

cara munch 0.4kg

brown 0.06kg

black 0.06kg

Bittered to 18ibu with Bramling Cross.

S04- I struggle to recall a decent beer I've made with this yeast. But maybe if I give it one more shot...

[Michael]

Famous last words with S04! ;)

[jt]

Luck has nothing to do with it. Its recipe, technique and individual taste.

[Hutch]

Never had any problems with S04... guess I've just been lucky.

[Michael]

I just find it kind of destroys my hops. I do not hate the yeast, but find others much more pleasing.

[Dave W]

Never had any problems either, it's always been reliable.... Just not mad on the character it imparts.

[Dougal]

Try fermenting at 15C. I had a couple of good bitters from second generation S-04, fermented cold at the advice of Coop from Wigram Brewery. It still doesn't compare to the liquid strains, but the esters are much less dominant at that temp.      

[Michael]

Thats a fair point. I never went below 18c with S04. I did have one stout that I enjoyed that I used S04 to make. However, in general, its not my go to yeast.

Too each his own. That is one reason to brew your own beer, you get to choose how you like it!

[Michael]

Cooling down right now...

ESB based on the recipe noted in "Recipe Advice."

EKG Hops 40g@60, 20g@10, 20g@0.

Bairds Chocolate 1.2%Carrared  6.4%, Munich Malt  12.3%, Malteurop 80%

Wyeast 1098