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

[Rhyno]

First brew for years, in the fermentor now and hoping to bottle this weekend so I can get onto my next one :)

BCS Bitter, will be interesting what it turns out like

This one is next I found online, hopefully shouldn't have any issues with it. 

[Ben Frazer]

One of my favourite beers going round at the moment is Lakeman Hairy Hop.  Would love to have a crack at brewing something that tastes very similar to this.  Any thoughts anyone might have on grain bill and hop schedule would be hugely appreciated.

[Michael]

5.32 kg	Gladfield American Ale Malt (2.5 SRM)	Grain	1	81.6 %
0.51 kg	Caramunich Malt (56.0 SRM)	Grain	2	7.8 %
0.23 kg	Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM)	Grain	3	3.5 %
0.23 kg	Caramunich III (Weyermann) (71.0 SRM)	Grain	4	3.5 %
0.23 kg	Melanoiden Malt (20.0 SRM)	Grain	5	3.5 %

12.00 g

Mosaic (HBC 369) [13.00 %] - First Wort 60.0 min

Hop

6

16.6 IBUs

35.00 g	Mosaic (HBC 369) [13.00 %] - Boil 15.0 min	Hop	7	21.9 IBUs
35.00 g	Mosaic (HBC 369) [13.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min	Hop	8	16.0 IBUs
35.00 g	Mosaic (HBC 369) [13.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min	Hop	9	8.8 IBUs
35.00 g	Mosaic (HBC 369) [13.00 %] - Boil 1.0 min	Hop	10	1.9 IBUs

85.00 g

Mosaic (HBC 369) [13.00 %] - Dry Hop 4.0 Days

Hop

12

0.0 IBUs

2Pk US04

23L

EstOG 1.057

EstFG  1.016

65.2IBU

[Michael]

I kegged and tasted this beer yesterday.

I really like it. With all of the late addition hops, and the bit at first wort, it does not have any astringency.

Although I think the Crystal Malt sweetness is carrying the hop flavour, I may drop it down a wee bit next time as it tastes a touch sweet for me. My wife likes it, which is saying something as she does not like the bitterness I usually love.

The North WLG brewers know how much I like to slam the hops on. :)

[Michael]

Thoughts?

Centenial_IPA_10_April_2020
American IPA (21 A)

Equipment: Pot and Cooler (10 Gal/37.8 L) - All Grain
Efficiency: 62.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 71.4 %

Ingredients
Amt Name Type # %/IBU
7.48 kg Gladfield Ale Malt (3.0 SRM) Grain 1 93.7 %
0.25 kg Gladfield Dark Crystal Malt (96.4 SRM) Grain 2 3.1 %
0.25 kg Special Roast (50.0 SRM) Grain 3 3.1 %

Hops
35.00 g Centennial [9.70 %] - First Wort Hop 4 28.4 IBUs
40.00 g Centennial [10.00 %] - Boil 20.0 min Hop 5 21.0 IBUs
35.00 g Centennial [9.70 %] - Boil 1.0 min Hop 6 1.3 IBUs

Yeast
2.0 pkg SafAle English Ale (DCL/Fermentis #S-04) [23.66 ml]

Est Original Gravity: 1.062 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.015 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 6.1 %
Bitterness: 50.6 IBUs
Est Color: 10.5 SRM

Measured Original Gravity: 1.060 SG

Mash Name: Single Infusion, Medium Body, Batch Sparge

[jt]

Hey Michael, I'm not that keen on S04 - do you like it or can't find S05 ?

Plenty of in hops there, just surprised you're not dry hopping it too :-)

Cheers!

[Michael]

I have been playing with S04 lately, as I like how it floculates nicely. However, I have found that it seems to squash my hops. Maybe it just tastes that way as it does not attenuate as well as s05 or Wy1056.

In the future, I will likely do this again with Wy1056 that I harvested on a previous batch.

The only reason I did not dry hop is because I reckoned I could use that same 100g on another brew instead of a dry hop The local brew shops are slammed now that some are shipping again, and I do not know how fast I can get more hops.

On the bright side, I hit all of my numbers on this brew!