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

[Barry]

Nup. sounds like a grand plan. As long as you work out your priming rate properly. And as long as it's terminal after 4 days.

[Mike Neilson]

Shes about 5-6 points off terminal now I hope it makes it through to Thursday? I was hoping to get a brew in on thursday, Damit!! Oh well if not it will have to wait till Sat!!

[Reviled]

Hey Mike I was reading on AHB Ross from CBrewer was planning on doing this, naturally carbing in the keg this way, then he was planning on setting up a closed filter line so he can then filter all of the beer and have crystal clear naturally carbed beer..

[Mike Neilson]

True I dont think I would need to filter as I think this yeast is pretty high flocer!! I think Im going to miss the boat though as I need the whole yeast cake for my beer this week. And I dont think the yeast will wait for me.

[Reviled]

Could still rack it in with 2 grav points left would leave you a good yeast cake..

[JoKing]

Crash cool it 4 points before FG to floc the majority of the yeast, then keg it and leave the keg in a warm spot for a week.

Waddyareckin?

[Mark]

Brewed a porter for the old man:
Amount Item Type % or IBU
5.00 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 84.7 %
0.30 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 5.1 %
0.20 kg Carafa I (337.0 SRM) Grain 3.4 %
0.20 kg Chocolate Malt (450.0 SRM) Grain 3.4 %
0.10 kg Black Barley (Stout) (500.0 SRM) Grain 1.7 %
0.10 kg Caraaroma (130.0 SRM) Grain 1.7 %
25.00 gm Super Alpha [12.50%] (60 min) Hops 29.3 IBU
20.00 gm NZ Golding [4.10%] (2 min) Hops 0.6 IBU
5.00 gm Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) (Mash 60.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs SafAle American Ale (DCL Yeast #S-05) Yeast-Ale



Beer Profile

Est Original Gravity: 1.055 SG
Measured Original Gravity: 1.010 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.016 SG Measured Final Gravity: 1.005 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 5.1 % Actual Alcohol by Vol: 0.6 %
Bitterness: 29.9 IBU Calories: 90 cal/l
Est Color: 31.3 SRM

Initial tastings are nice, very malty (high temp mash)

[JoKing]

What is the volume that you end up with in the fermenter, and where are you getting your malt crushed Mark?

[Mark]

Ended up with 25odd liters, although there was a bit of trub and hot break in that. All malts are from brewers coop, I suspect you're curious about the crystal? Not sure if 60L is right, but "medium crystal" seems to give quite a bit of colour so I pretty much guess each time I use it. And the barely is normal roast barely :)

[JoKing]

I was curious about your efficiency - but seeing as you're getting 25 Liters into the fermenter... it looks like it's pretty high. Mike (brewers coop) seems to have the crush pretty much spot on... especially when people are producing figures like yours. Keep up the good work.

Another question though.... do you end up with slightly "husky" type of grain flavours in the finished beer? Or are all the malt contrubutions "sweet" and "clean"?

Just curious mate!

[Mark]

sorry, forgot to mention - i crack the grains myself, have got a crankenstein 2 roller mill, does the business pretty well. Mostly the flavours are sweet and clean, especially with the brew unit from morebeer, but i do tend to err on the side of over crushing rather than under crushing. i'd love another opinion on that as my palette isn't as advanced as some peoples here. my efficiency ranges from around 75% with a hot mash to well over 80% for a cooler one. took a few goes to get it up there (haven't had the brew system for all that long), but once i'd sorted out ph and sparge times it all came together quite nicely. lag time between sparge and boil is my biggest problem at the moment!

[JoKing]

I might pop down (once things have settled with my Baby) for a brew day... Palmy is only a couple hours drive and check out this Morebeer system. I'm guessing from your recipes that you have the gap on your mill set about right - you dont need to overdo it here. It took me quite a few batches to get my gap back to the best spot (for my system) from when I had it to fine. It was on a wheat beer batch as well. Talk about concrete.... sheesh.

Lag time in there you say? I suppose you are using gas - and fly sparging straight into the kettle?

If I had gas... I would decant my runnings into the kettle a jug full at a time (with the gas on) so that by the time it is full, it would either be boiling already, or pretty close to it.