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

[Stu McKinlay]

kegged this last week and had my first taste last night... it needs some isinglass, and a couple more weeks, but... hell yeah!!! I like this yeast.  I burtonised the water too, so it's as dry as the Eyre Basin in late summer.

 

Look forward to checking the Big Exit fermenter when I get home.

 

 

[jt]

Youseem to have realtively short times in the fermenter Stu ?
Especially compared with the 'and another week to let the yeast clean it up' sort of stuff I read

Does the conditioning count for more do you think ?

[Reviled]

I've posted this before, and still feel strongly that when the yeast has stopped eating, its stopped cleaning up too!! I've crashed my fermentation before to stop getting a low FG and my beer didnt taste like it needed 'cleaning up'

 

I think its hype tbh JT, there was a heap of info and a thread on it which I can't seem to find, but nothing in the literature indicated anything is 'cleaned up' really

[Mike Neilson]

Brewing this tomorrow everyones doing then so I might jumpish on the band wagon RED IPA's

 

88% Halcyon

8% Cara Red

4% Caraaroma

 

65Deg Mash

 

10Ibu Cascade @ 60

30g Cascade@ 10, 0

30g Southern Cross @ 10, 0

 

1.040 - 1010 4%abv

35Ibu

34/70 @ 10degrees  

 

 

[MrC]

Brewed this today.  My pale ale keg dried up on Xmas eve so I'm all out of pale ale for NY :-(

 

 

S-Sharp

OG 1.048

IBU 24

BU:GU 0.51

Batch Size (L) 22

Boil time(min) 60

 

Fermentables:

3.8kg Golden Promise

400g Caramel/Crystal Malt - 10L

150g Carared

150g Cara-Pils/Dextrine

100g Munich Malt II

100g Wheat Malt

 

Hops:

6g Simcoe @ 60 min [12.2 %AA]

6g Styrian @ 30 min [6.4% AA]

5g Simcoe @ 30 min

15g Styrian @ 10 min

10g Simcoe @ 10 min

30g Styrian @ 0 min

20g Simcoe @ 0 min

30g Styrian Dry 5 days

20g Simcoe Dry 5 days

Yeast:

Safale US-05

 

[stu young]

currently have coopers australian pale ale on the go. next week is my first try with real hops - starting with a basic fuggles bitter. any hints?

[denimglen]

I'd go with this.

 

But got 100% unhopped pale extract (ie don't use any amber, 5 - 6lb of pale extract) and one 11.5g sachet of SO5 or SO4 yeast.

[Martin Bridges]

I'm saying farewell to 2010 with an English pale ale, vaguely in the style of Timmy Taylor's Landlord. Two-hour boil to get some caramelisation, English hops and lovely lovely Wy1469PC West Yorkshire Ale.

 

I can see myself focussing more on session ales next year, really trying to nail a couple of styles. This is going to be one of them.

[denimglen]

"...really trying to nail a couple of styles..."

 

That's my plan for next year also, got three or four styles I really want to dial in.

[Martin Bridges]

Yup - I've got a go-to APA and Porter. I'd like to add a couple of session pale ales - NZ and English. Maybe an Amber also.

[denimglen]

My plain is to do a Helles style blonde-ale, APA, and ordinary bitter.  Might chuck an IPA or something dark into the mix too.  I do like me a good porter.

[MrC]

Good luck guys.  I've been trying to nail my NZ Pale all this year and my palate & preferences are changing faster than I can brew them.  

 

I'm pretty sure Aerosmith were singing about brewing when they said "Life's a journey, not a destination".  In fact they may even been singing specifically about B, C, D, P & S-Sharp.