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

[Mike Neilson]

Yeah defintly drowned my sorrows yesterday!! and feeling a little worse for wear!! Just going to bottle it and chuck it in the fridge as if I enter that garage today to brew its likley to happen again!!

[JoKing]

Dude...








Doooooood.

[Reviled]

I just had a 1469 shower, im fermenting my Old ale in a cube cos I dont want to infect one of my fermenters with brett and not be able to get rid of it, and ive been venting the lid every so often, I popped home for lunch and it seems that having it cracked a wee bit to let out built up pressure wasnt enough, I took the cap off and was covered in 1469 slurry...

Mmmm, smelt like bread yeast hardout! lol

[James P]

LOL, head down to plastic box / payless plastics and get another cap for the cube, drill a hole in it and use an airlock with grommet!

[denimglen]

Or go into your kitchen, get a hunk of foil and just cover the hole with that. Allllllll goooooooooooood.

[JoKing]

Very true Glen.

I dont use anything other than the best - 100m of Gilmours foil for 18.99

[James P]

First try at an American styled PA (due to an addiction to buy American hops lately!)

5.00 kg Pilsner (2 Row)
0.25 kg Cara-Pils/Dextrine
0.25 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L
10.00 gm Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] (60 min) Hops 9.5 IBU
10.00 gm Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] (60 min) Hops 15.7 IBU
10.00 gm Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] (20 min) Hops 5.8 IBU
20.00 gm Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] (0 min) (Aroma Hop-Steep) Hops -
1.22 tsp Irish Moss (Boil 10.0 min) Misc

Mashed in @ 6:30 this morning when the temperature outside was minus 2.... my balls are fken cold...

Would a 45min protein rest cause any issues? The urn decided to throw a mental and after finding a new cord to run it and get up to temperature about 45 mins had past... any issues you guys can see?

[Mike Neilson]

Why bother with the protein rest? and tripple those hops!!

[James P]

The theory is to get a better extraction from the pilsner malt... but that my be a little deluded on my behalf.

Triple??? That would throw the IBU up to about 90 odd! Never had anything with that leave of IBU....

[Mike Neilson]

No add them all at the end less Ibu's more flavour and aroma and a big dry hop, dont get Dutch on it get american!! Bigger is Better!!

[James P]

Sweet, so 60 min additions as is, drop the 20min and up the flameout? Weight suggestions Mike?

[JoKing]

Pull that 20min addition down to 10mins, and up it to 40g. Your flameout addition could go up to about 60grams - but it's up to you... these hops aren't cheap!

That would give you 100g at the "end" of the boil... I generally go for that type of figure for a "hoppy" beer.