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

[JoKing]

Something I've been wanting to brew for about 6 months now. I'm brewing this to show my brother'n'law how to brew all grain. He's on his way down to Richmond (Nelson) to live so I'm hoping you Nelson fellas (Dale...) will help him out when he's needing it.

He's connected...

Single Hop Simcoe
14-B American IPA
Author: J Wood
Date: 10/06/2010

Size: 24.72 L
Efficiency: 85.0%
Attenuation: 81.0%
Calories: 207.42 kcal per 12.0 fl oz

Original Gravity: 1.063 (1.056 - 1.075)
Terminal Gravity: 1.012 (1.010 - 1.018)
Color: 22.65 (11.82 - 29.55)
Alcohol: 6.68% (5.5% - 7.5%)
Bitterness: 72.8 (40.0 - 70.0)

Ingredients:
5.5 kg Golden Promise Pale
.3 kg Aromatic Malt (Amber 50)
.3 kg Pale Crystal
25 g Simcoe (12.2%) - added during mash
10 g Simcoe (12.2%) - added first wort, boiled 90 min
15 g Simcoe (12.2%) - added during boil, boiled 60 min
25 g Simcoe (12.2%) - added during boil, boiled 20 min
50 g Simcoe (12.2%) - added during boil, boiled 10 min
50 g Simcoe (12.2%) - added during boil, boiled 0 min
50 g Simcoe (12.2%) - added dry to secondary fermenter
Pacman yeast.


00:03:00 Mash In - Liquor: 21.35 L; Strike: 71.49 °C; Target: 66 °C
01:03:00 Mash - Rest: 60.0 min; Final: 66.0 °C
01:03:00 Sparge - Sparge Volume: 25.45 L; Sparge Temperature: 75.6 °C; Runoff: 25.53 L

[Dale]

More than happy too Jo, When's he moving down?

[JoKing]

He's coming down tomorrow with a big pot and a bag. I told him that for the amount of effort involved - BIAB is the way to go. He's got a 47 Liter pot and he's seen how it's done. He'll just need a bit of reinforcement and a bit of a palate to help him progress.

I'll be in touch mate - Cheers!

[jt]

and a bit of a palate

He'll need it to cope with the

Bitterness: 72.8

[Dale]

Sounds like I need to practice on some of these big IBU CS beers!!!!!

[JoKing]

73IBU?

Sheesh...

Lolly water!

[Reviled]

lol, love how no matter what you brew Jo you allways have to sneak outside of the IBU guidelines :o) haha

[Stu McKinlay]

6.68%... the neighbour of the beast, eh?

[Chris Scott]

At the moment a bit of a Red Ale(hopefully) 20L aiming for about 1.056SG

Pilsner 3.00KG
Munich 0.40KG
Biscuit 0.50KG
Melanoiden 0.50KG
Carared 0.50KG
Roasted Barley 0.10KG

Green Bullet 15gm 60mins
Nelson Sauvin 15gm 30mins
Motueka 15gm 15mins

[JoKing]

Looks nice and rich. It'll definately be on the dark side of red... Where'd you get the inspiration for this recipe?

[Chris Scott]

Yeah the plan was for something very full bodied and on the a bit on the sweet side. No real inspiration, just experimentation at the moment to see what works for me.Do you think the hop profile will be alright? I was wanting something very kiwi in that regard.Estimating at about 41.8 IBU not overwhelming, just balanced.

[JoKing]

I reckon 40ish IBU would be about right. It looks like a beer that will finish pretty sweet, so a decent bitterness wold hit the spot. I don't think there would be a big hop presence on the palate, but by the sounds of things it's malt that you want there.... looks good.