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

[vdog]

Interesting - I've not used pale choc without the regular choc, so you could well be right about the flavour. I still think for the sake of colour you'd want to up the dark stuff though, if you have/can get some.

[denimglen]

Our pale choc is similar in colour to what the Americans use as their regular choc malt. Our normal choc malt is quite a bit darker.

I prefer pale choc to regular, I always get this weird berry-like flavour with regular chocolate malt, not unpleasant but I still don't want it there.

[jt]

Regular chocolate always gives me a roasty taste, I don't get it with regular chocolate.

I'd be tempted to use 50% more pale chocolate to give me the same colour, with a bit of flavour, without the regular chocolate roasty-ness

[Bambule]

Just getting into character for this beervarna lark... and spring I can feel it

Five Leaves left ESB

4kg Gladfield organic pils
1kg Vienna
0.25kg 80L crystal
0.25kg 120L crystal
0.02kg black

15g NZ sauvin @ 60
20g NZ Goldings @ 30
30g NZ Golding @ 10
20g NZ Golding @ 0

May even dry hop it if I'm in the mood
1968 yeast
pinch of Gypsum in there as well.
OG aiming for 1.057

[Dougal]

Just started boiling my take on a Vienna lager without vienna malt. Re-jigged the recipe after finding out that Wigram makes theirs with Gladfield Ale Malt for the base.

Viennoiserie
1.050 OG
1.014 SG

Gladfield Ale Malt 2.102 kg 42.9 %
Gladfield Pilsener Malt 1.812 kg 37.0 %
Global Munich Malt 0.760 kg 15.5 %
Light Crystal 0.163 kg 3.3 %
Chocolate Malt 0.064 kg 1.3 %

NZ B Saaz (Motueka) 7.1 % 17 g 18.1 Loose Pellet Hops 60 Min From End
NZ B Saaz (Motueka) 7.1 % 24 g 6.7 Loose Pellet Hops 15 Min From End
Czech Saaz 4.1 % 15 g 1.7 Loose Pellet Hops 5 Min From End

Mashed at 65C, pitching Wyeast 2478 at 7C, warm up to 10C.

[Mike Neilson]

Well a quick brew before beervana today with Joking

NZ Wheatwine

70% Malted wheat
25% Pale Malt
5% Caramunich II

63 Degree Mash

120Ibu of NZ Cascade Southern Cross and Nelson Sauvin @ 60

1.105 - 1.020 - 11.2%
120Ibu
S05
Cloridy Sulphaty water

[Reviled]

Wheat wine eh?? That'd be a first for you wouldnt it Mike? Hope you boys have fun, wish I was down there with you brewing and drinking up a storm ;o)

[warra48]

Just pitched a jar of slurry of WY1968 from an IPA bottled yesterday.

This one's a Pommy Ale of some sort.
23.5 litres OG 1.048 About 40 IBU
454.00 gm Lyle's Golden Syrup [Boil for 10 min] Extract 10.08 %
3500.00 gm Pale Malt (2 Row) UK (5.9 EBC) Grain 77.71 %
200.00 gm Crystal Malt - 60L (Thomas Fawcett) (118.2Grain 4.44 %
200.00 gm Crystal Medium (145.0 EBC) Grain 4.44 %
100.00 gm Wheat Malt, Dark (Weyermann) (13.8 EBC) Grain 2.22 %
50.00 gm Carafa Special T2 (1150.0 EBC) Grain 1.11 %
40.00 gm Challenger '06 [7.90 %] (60 min) (First Wort) Hops 34.7 IBU
20.00 gm Styrian Goldings [2.30 %] (10 min) Hops 1.5 IBU
30.00 gm Fuggles [4.00 %] (10 min) Hops 4.3 IBU
1 Pkgs London ESB Ale (Wyeast Labs #1968) Jar of yeastcake.

The Lyle's was to lighten the body of the beer somewhat after Mrs warra complained that all my beers have too much body. I don't agree, but we need to humour our better halves for the sake of peace.

[Reviled]

Knocking this out either before or just after the weekend, something easy for my mates to drink at my bday whilst at the same time cleaning out a few ingrediants - im really trying to get through all the old malt that I have lying around so I can get some fresh stuff cranking again!! Its actually quite a task but the good thing about it is it has me brewing different types of beers again!

1.6kg Global Pilsner
900g Global Munich
500g Golden Promise
300g Global Cara Dark
150g Cara Amber
60g Roast Barley
220g Cane Sugar

60 - 5g Southern Cross 13.2%, 10g Pacifica 4.5%
20 - 20g Pacifica

US-05

[Mike Neilson]

Well blew 2 kegs dry this week thanks to warm weather and people staying around over beervana (which is great more brewing)

Rebrewtweak;

NZ Pale Ale

92% Maris Otter
4% Thomas Fawcett Light
2% CaraPils
2% Global Light Caramel
4% Light Crystal

25Ibu Nelson Sauvin @ 60
15g Nelson Sauvin @ 15
15g NZ Cascade @ 15
15g Motueka @ 4
15g Riwaka @ 4 Piece off shit hop!!!

20g Nelson Sauvin 10g Riwaka (Piece off shit hop!!!) 10g Motueka 10g Cascade 20 min Whirlpool

Mash Higher like 70 Degrees (my system my dodgy thermometer)

[Simon David kelly]

Is there a reason behind the Riwaka hatered??

[Haish]

Burnt tires I think