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

[Reviled]

Going to make the starter for this tonight so I can brew this either mid week or first thing sat morning...

Revs Cream Ale Mk III

2.49kg Maris Otter
720g Flaked Maize
90g Kolsch
90g CaraPils
36g CaraMunich II
180g Cane Sugar

60 - 5g Columbus 14.2%
15 - 15g Amarillo, 10g Simcoe 12.2%
0 - 12g Amarillo, 12g Simcoe
Dry - 8g Columbus, 8g Amarillo, 8g

WLP-080 Cream Ale blend

[Ally Mcg]

Looks pretty tasty to me - nice blend of Simcoe and Amarillo.

Be interesting to try this one and the new GTB one side by side

[Reviled]

This is pretty much my house ale, except ive subbed Munich for kolsch cos im out at the mo, and trialling this new yeast blend which is sposed to be the bizness! I normally use Nugget for bittering as well but you convinced me to try it with Columbus :o)

Did you guys use S-05 for the GTB?

[Ally Mcg]

The pilots used Wyeast Cali lager and SO5. GTB used S-05. Never used the white labs - be keen to know what it comes up like

Columbus for bittering is the business IMO - we played about with columbus, simoce and amarillo in various quantities before settling on the final hop schedule, which I can't recall at the moment

[Reviled]

Interesting you tried a blend of cali lager and s05? Cos the cream ale blend is sposed to be lager and ale strains which im quite looking forward to finding out what its like with a warmish ferment...

Yeah I rebrewed a summer ale and the only change I made was bittering hop from nugget to columbus and its pronounced the Amarillo so much more than with the nugget which I found really interesting!! Columbus is the bizness all round IMO ;o) Dont be afraid to throw em in the dry hop!!

You dry hopping GTB?

[Ally Mcg]

No, did a few batches - some with cali and some with S05 - did think about doing a blend but never got round to it. The idea behind that was to try and replicate the white labs blend you've got.

No dry hopping with the GTB - we went 60, 30, 15 and 0. Hopefully you'll see some of it in AKL, but I'm not too sure about that. Otherwise I'm sure we can sort something

[Reviled]

Howd you find the cali lager batches? Obviously not as good otherwise you wouldve used it for GTB yeh? ;o)

Hopefully it does come to AKL, otherwise ill be hitting you up for a bottle :o) Swap ya for one of my Cream Ales? lol

[Ally Mcg]

Both good, but S05 was maybe a bit more rounded.

Yeah, keep an eye on our FB page as thats where we update suppliers, otherwise I'll sort out a rigger or something :)

[Reviled]

Awesome mate, will keep my eyes peeled :o) Cheers!

Good luck with the release too, no doubt once a few kiwis try it it will run out extremely quickly! Specially with the damn heat weve been having!!

[Mike Neilson]

Wheres the Cream in the recipe bro? Or is it the secret ingredient?

[Reviled]

lol, cant you see the cup of cream @ 10 mins? ;oP lol

[Mike Neilson]

Hahaha:) You should call it Dauphinoise