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

[Reviled]

Hmm, wasnt a fan of the carahell when I used a kilo of it, didnt add much IMO..

Might have to try it again tho...

[jt]

ha ha ha .. it was probably hiding behind your kg of Munich ?

[JoKing]

I'm dying to brew at the moment - the weather as absolute crap: perfect for a day in the brewery!

Unfortunately all 3 of my fermenters are full... but some stock rotation might see me right. Bit worried about kegging the Global Pale Ale too early though: it's only been a week. Had a glass of it last night (straight out of the fermenter) and it tastes really impressive. The slight banana ester needs to be reabsorbed by the yeast before I can keg it though.

Once it gets kegged - I can transfer the Megaweizen into that carboy with the dry hops... then the Debilated defender can go into the empty carboy from the Megaweizen.

Sheesh... 3 weeks to attenuate from 1.112! Seems like an age! Those Barleywines certainly aren't a quick turnaround type beer are they? I'm pretty keen to get the beer of that yeast now... there'll be a shitload of glycogen floating around in that fermenter if I don;t do anything soon.

Cheers boys - happy brewing!

[Reviled]

Nice, I too would love to do a brew today, but also have all 3 fermenters full, and all 5 kegs are near full as well :o( Ive got too much bloody beer, whats a guy to do? haha - I just need more kegs really!!

Im currently fermenting my English IPA, a Cream Ale, and im dry hopping my WBC APA which is smelling awesome! If I dont have a spare keg im considering bottle conditioning the english IPA to get that smooth carbonation thing going on...

In the kegs ive got a CAP, Old ale, Amarillo Ordinary, English Summer Ale, and my Summer Pilsner...

Jo - I reckon youll be sweet to keg the Global pale ale now? You could even leave the keg at room temp for a while if youre worried about the yeast cleaning up a bit more?

[Tony]

Mate, share the love!

[jt]

I'm dying to brew at the moment

Me too, but I enjoyed a sleep in, a rare cooked brekkie with the girls .. followed by a peek in the garage to remind me I didn't need to.

the weather as absolute crap:

Same here, the southerly's blowing spitty rain across the yard. I'd love to finish up the stuff I started in the garden yesterday, but maybe another day. Got the second lot of spuds planted yesterday, got a couple of sprouted agria left over if anyone local's interested

cheers, jt

[Bambule]

Just in the middle of the boil for my WBC APA effort (acronyms eh, who needs 'em?)

Swordfishtrombones APA
6kg Maris Otter
.25kg 60L crystal
.25kg Caramunich

15g Nelson Sauvin @60
50g NZ cascade @ 15
15g NZ cascade @5
15g NZ cascade @0
Dry hopped with cascade, 2g/L
US 05
OG: 1.057 IBUs 55

[JackoNZ]

Put down my take on Jamils West Coast Blaster today.

Brooklyn Blaster

5Kg Bairds Pearl Pale Malt
0.4Kg Bairds Pale Crystal
0.4Kg Weyermann Munich I
0.2Kg Weyermann Caraamber
0.2Kg Bairds Dark Crystal
0.02Kg Chocolate Malt

20.00 gm .Nelson Sauvin [11.20 %] (60 min) Hops 24.6 IBU
15.00 gm Williamette, NZ [6.30 %] (60 min) Hops 10.4 IBU
30.00 gm .Pacific Hallertau [4.50 %] (10 min) Hops 5.4 IBU
25.00 gm .Nelson Sauvin [11.20 %] (10 min) Hops 11.2 IBU
25.00 gm Cascade, NZ [5.80 %] (10 min) Hops 5.8 IBU
25.00 gm Cascade, NZ [5.80 %] (0 min) Hops -
25.00 gm .Pacific Hallertau [4.50 %] (0 min) Hops -
25.00 gm .Nelson Sauvin [11.20 %] (0 min) Hops -

US 05, 57IBUs
Was aiming for 20L at 1.068 but ended up with only 15L of 1.070, diluted with a litre of water to finish up with 16L at 1.066.

Will this likely end up more bitter than planned with such a shortfall on the volume? Is it worth adding some more water even though the yeast has been added?

[denimglen]

Nah, just leave it I reckon.

Where did you loose your volume? If you didn't have enough pre-boil then it will be a little more bitter than planned. If your pre-boil was fine and you lost it to trub your IBUs will be the same. If you use brewing software play around with the recipe and see what your numbers actually ended up at, that may help you make the decision.

First time I brewed the recipe I screwed up. Didn't have enough base malt - so kitchen-sinked it with like 3 different base malts and some DME. Still short falled my OG.

Then I rebrewed it - everything went to plan and it was nowhere near as good as the original.

[JackoNZ]

I think I lost it to trub. I was a few points over expected pre boil gravity and volume matched my numbers in Beersmith. I ended up with 23L post boil and expected to lose 3L to trub to hit my 20L. But for some reason ended up losing another 5L somewhere, bizarre! Maybe the large numbers of hops used soaked up more wort than I expected.

[Reviled]

Jacko are you doing the wort recovery process ala Jokings blog??

[JackoNZ]

Hey mate, yeah I thought I would give it a whirl last night. I only had the 1 jug that would fit in the fridge though 1L. Checked this morning and only about 200ml on top had cleared up. When I cleaned up last night I did throw out a heap of trub from the bottom of the pot so I think that's where I lost it all. If I get spare fridge I can start collecting it all and see if I can get a few extra litres out.