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

[Kempicus]

Now that sounds sexy!

[Stu McKinlay]

It finished bang on 1.100.

[Kempicus]

What yeast did you use? i had a few problems with mine....

[Stu McKinlay]

Three packets of US05. It's gently kicking off now - no bubbles, just pressure and a wee foam on top. I'll let you know how I go.

What problems did you have?

[Kempicus]

Stuck ferment mainly, i don't like to rouse but had to a couple of times, attenuation wasn't the best i wanted it to be slightly cleaner but given the result i'm pretty happy with it ;0)

[jt]

Do you rehydrate or are you a sprinkler, or a sprinkler & stirrer

[Kempicus]

i rehydrate, i make a starter with some of the cooled wort

[Stu McKinlay]

Dry hopping with 100g of NZ Cascade flowers today. Thanks to Craig Bowen.
The ferment was on the button, as controlled as John Key's election campaign - 20c and it never got more than about 2 inches of krausen. I would have been concerned if the krausen started coming out the airlock, that's a bad sign in my house.

There's so much hop matter at the bottom of the fermenter that I'm considering a secondary...

James - 3 packs of S-05 seems to have been spot on.

[Kempicus]

holy shit your considering a secondary....crazy! ;0)

Coolio three packs it is next time!

[Stu McKinlay]

If it didn't mean mucking around with another round of cleaning and sanitising I'd be doing it right now. Maybe I'll just keg it...

[Kempicus]

how long will it last if you keg it? ;0)

[Stu McKinlay]

If I keep taking hydrometer samples at the rate I'm drinking them (oh, I mean, "checking" them) it will be 200 days (unless my hydrometer samples increase to full pint size, then it'l last a lot less).

I'm really going to try to be good with this one. I've got two kegs of Mild to keg this week, so tat'll keep me happy for a while. I'll also try to brew a couple of beers, or one at least, before head back to work (25th looking likely).