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]

Heh... hard case! I got some NZ Chinook... so can;t get too jealous!

 

Has your new lid shown up yet Dale?

[Dale]

No lid so far we'll see tomorrow. Thanks Jo.

[Richard Jack]

Ah, I take it that no one will be executed then.... Yes Dale is the awesome overnight courierer of hops.

[Richard Jack]

I've concluded (after neglecting this beer for far too long) that it's tasting far, far too balanced for what I set out to make, although it is yummy... I've decided to chuck in some kilned sauvin flowers (2011 harvest, courtesy of Dale) to dryhop, with a smidgon of amarillo and cascade to smooth things along. I'm really enjoying those three hops together. I guess it's no longer a harvest IPA... Oh well. I did have a small amount of wet sauvin still in the freezer, but I chickened out on dry hopping with them - I think they might be past it.

[JoKing]

Just came up with a new name for my next brew to be released:

 

Liberty Brewing Co. High Carb Ale.

 

It'll feature fresh Chinook Hops, 7% booze, 90IBU's and plenty of simple carbohydrates.

 

Looking forward to brewing it.

[jt]

High Carb Ale ... ® ?

[Barry]

<american radio voice>

Get your carbo BLAST with new High Carb Ale® from Liberty Brewing. All the carbs you can taste with that great alcoholic hit..."

[Richard Jack]

"More Carbs than your body has room for!"

[JoKing]

Indeed - I forgot my ®.

 

®

[JoKing]

Sweet as. So I rinsed, caustic washed at 90degrees, hot rinsed, cold rinsed, acid rinsed, cold rinsed and acid sanitised (who said professional brewing was fun?) the fermenter that had Sexual Chocolate® in it... ready to receive Liberty Brewing Co®. "High Carb Ale®." Featuring NZ Chinook 1272 yeast and of course plenty of IBU's.

 

I haven't had the best afternoon though. I broke one of my favourite drinking glasses doing some quality assurance, and cut myself cleaning up one of the 279 pieces that it broke into. I decided to console myself by drinking some IPA - and type this out as a bit of a bitch session, however unfortunately the hot Taranaki sunshine that is beaming through the window skunked the beer in my glass as it sat infront of me. Fuck it all - there is so much isohumulone in my glass that only the smallest exposure to ultraviolet light has reacted with the riboflavins in my IPA creating 3-methylbut-2-ene-1-thiol. It is for that reason that I have decided that IPA is a Autumn / Winter / Spring beer.

 

On a more positive note, I am now ready to brew one excellent beer tomorrow.

[denimglen]

Fail®

 

;-)

[denimglen]

IPA/strong pale ale this weekend.

 

Usually I'd aim for about 300g of hops in an IPA, but due to the shortage and all I'm seeing how much character I can get out of 200g, twice what I'd use in a APA.  Trying to get as much out of them as I can so going with only FWH and whirlpool in the kettle then a pretty big double dry hop.  Have braced myself that it may only be a 'strong pale ale' and not an IPA if it doesn't go well.

 

20L, 1.063OG, 72IBU

 

5.50kg/92% Golden Promise

0.48kg/8% Caramalt

 

65C mash

 

19g Simcoe FWH

19g Columbus FWH

30g Simcoe W/P 15m

30g Columbus W/P 15m

20g Simcoe DH1 (7 days then removed)

20g Columbus DH1 (7 days then removed)

35g Columbus DH2 (another 7 days)

35g Simcoe DH2 (another 7 days)

 

14g SO5