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

[James P]

Brewed today.... Kolsch Pils

4.5kg Kolsch
.3kg munich
.2kg cara

No water chemistry today, as I got busy coding whilst brewing!

1.045 post boil or now I have my refractometer 11.2 brix
W34/70

Should be good drinking for Christmas.

[James P]

I "heard" yours was funky.... you shall get a sample! :)

[Ally Mcg]

I'll take any left over Cologne, Maybe you need to go imperialist and the malt will work for you.

[Ally Mcg]

Yeast, water and hops too? I think you are being rash sir. Give it time

[James P]

Thanks dude, ally has been texting me about it! Absolutely stoked about the US Coal getting a bronze considering it was a f up! :)

[James P]

BTW: Congrats on the GOLD!

[warra48]

Monday is bottling day for my Pilsner. Should be ready for Christmas, as our son-in-law is a fan of Euro style lagers (but he likes all my beers).

Wednesday was to be my Belgian brew day, but I'm still waiting for my delivery of Special B and dark liquid candy sugar. So, it will be plan B, a hefeweizen, just in time for Cristmas and summer drinking.

23.00 L Hefeweizen
Estimated OG: 1.053 SG
Estimated Color: 7.1 EBC
Estimated IBU: 14.3 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 85.00 %

2500.00 gm Wheat (4.0 EBC) Grain 47.00 %
2150.00 gm Premium Pilsner (2.5 EBC) Grain 46.00 %
250.00 gm Vienna Malt (6.9 EBC) Grain 5.00 %
100.00 gm Carahell (27.0 EBC) Grain 2.00 %
300.00 gm Rice Hulls (I don't enjoy stuck sparges)
32.00 gm Hallertau Germany [3.70 %] (60 min) Hops 12.4 IBU
10.00 gm Hallertau Germany [3.70 %] (15 min) Hops 1.9 IBU
1.00 items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 10.0 min) Misc
3.00 gm Chalk (Mash 10.0 min) Misc
3.00 gm Chalk (Mash 60.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs Bavarian Wheat (Wyeast Labs #3638) Yeast-Wheat

Ferulic Acid rest at 43ºC for 20 minutes, then straight to the final rest at 65ºC, then a 90 minute boil.

[Doublehoppy]

Where did you get the rice hulls? I thought they weren't available here.

[jt]

He's in Australia - I nearly called it the Lucky Country - then I saw the Wallabies score against England

[warra48]

I'm in Australia now.
Lived in Wellington and Gisborne during my time in NZ.
Spoke to my sister yesterday on Skype. She's in Martinborough (wine wankers country).
Will be in ChCh next January for my brother's 60th birthday.

I don't much care for football of any code, but still have a soft spot for the All Blacks.
About the only sport I ever watch now is MotoGP.
Even F1 is a wank these days.

[jt]

Simple ginger beer recipe experiment with the kids - I've had the recipe for awhile, think the recipe came from the Press

Bread yeast, sugar and water starter

Steep juice and zest of two lemons with one cup of sugar and two teaspoons ginger

Strain into a 1.5 litre bottle, top up and add yeast.

Says it takes anywhere between 12 hours and three days to be ready so it's nice & quick where kids are concerned.

Might have a play with this recipe. Any ginger beer fans out there got tips, tricks or suggestions ?

[Stu H]

Make it really strong, helps getting the kids to sleep!