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

[MrC]

Looks like an interesting beer.  Let us know what those hops are like.

[Hamish Jones]

Yeah, it was supposed to have Carabohemian malt but owing to the fact it was sunday I subbed caraaroma as it was the closest grain at hand, looking forward to the taste test as it was a bit of a mission getting the hops, lucky I knew someone coming over for Christmas that could bring them in for me

[JackoNZ]

Brewday!

 

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Boil Size: 28.44 l
Post Boil Volume: 24.44 l
Batch Size (fermenter): 20.00 l
Bottling Volume: 19.00 l
Estimated OG: 1.055 SG
Estimated Color: 9.7 SRM
Estimated IBU: 49.3 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 83.2 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
4.25 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 1 86.7 %
0.23 kg Crystal, pale (50.8 SRM) Grain 2 4.7 %
0.14 kg Crystal, dark (121.8 SRM) Grain 3 2.9 %
0.08 kg Carared (20.0 SRM) Grain 4 1.6 %
15.00 g Target [10.20 %] - Mash 60.0 min Hop 5 3.4 IBUs
15.00 g Target [10.20 %] - First Wort 60.0 min Hop 6 18.8 IBUs
0.20 kg Sugar, Table (Sucrose) (1.0 SRM) Sugar 7 4.1 %
20.00 g Northdown [8.70 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 8 19.4 IBUs
40.00 g Fuggles [4.70 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 9 7.6 IBUs
50.00 g Goldings, East Kent [4.50 %] - Boil 0.0 Hop 10 0.0 IBUs
1.0 pkg London ESB Ale (Wyeast Labs #1968) [124. Yeast 11 -

[Liam Callaghan]

Making an ESB today, with a dash of Special B, hops are a mix of whatever is left in the workshop, green bullet, cascade and motueka... Should be a cracker!

[Grant R Baker]

Homemade Special B..?

 

I have been looking for Special B and Victory to try... but Biscuit malt has been doing itself proud in a few beers lately.

[Kelly Milligan]

I think Brewers Coop are carrying Victory and Special B? Pretty awesome ;) 

[Richard Jack]

They had victory and special roast when I was last there - no spec B though.

[Mark Jackman]

They sell caraaroma in place of spec B

[Liam Callaghan]

They stopped selling Special B I believe, or it was not being imported any more.  I scored a couple of kg's beforehand and been sitting on it waiting to brew this one.

[Chris P]

Brewshop have it on their site now if people are looking

[Kelly Milligan]

SICK!

[Grant R Baker]

Wellington is NZs best city to live in ... but sometimes... grumblebumble....