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

[denimglen]

I have a Dick Smith digital thermometer, has survived multiple dunkings into wort, sanitiser and water and is still going strong. Too bad it's out by 0.8C :-(

[martin w]

really! mine was out by 10c and it seems to stop at about 35c

[Mike Neilson]

Saluting a Noble Beer on Thursday 40L

80% Kolsch
12% Munich
4% Cara Red
4% Global Light Caramel

13.5g Simcoe @ 60
60g Simcoe @ 15
60g Amarillo @ 10
60g Amarillo @ 0
60g Simcoe @ 0

60g Simcoe and Amarillo Dry Hop after cold crash and fining

1.045
40 Ibu
2 Packs S05

[Stu McKinlay]

yum

[Mike Neilson]

Malt edit, im trying to broaden the caramel since its a slender beer with loads of hops so here it is. The malt is all milled and ready for tomorrow night

80% Kolesh
12% Munich II
2.7% Global Light Caramel (19ebc)
2.7% Carared (49ebc)
1.3% Bairds Light Crystal (90ebc)
1.3% Global Dark Caramel (200ebc)

Had a taste of the grain at the relative percentages at about 10g all up and it smelt and tasted superb!!

[Martin Bridges]

Based on my experience the Kolsch will give it a huge malt backbone. However, there's plenty of hop in there so it should balance up OK.

The ordinary bitter I'm sending over to the AGWB BBQ on Saturday is Kolsch based and is a mean malty mutha!

[Mike Neilson]

Yeah I have gone through 50kg of the stuff and Love it!! its the bollocks!! Its very german though!! Its going to make one mean Baltic Porter!!

[Matthew]

Nice, I was just working on some ideas very similar to your V1. kolsch, carared and munich. I'll add in the Light caramel too and see how we go. Thinking of using sauvin, motueka and cascade. NZPA

[Mike Neilson]

Yeah dude it will be the business!! How much Cascade you going to use? As that stuff can soak up the crystal malt!!

[Matthew]

Hmmm, tell me more...

Off the top of my head I have Sauvin at 60, then equal quantities of sauvin, mot, cas @ 20or15, 10, 0. Dry hop with cas & mot.

My thoughts at the moment are that the cascade will dominate the other two hops so you reckon I cut some of the cascade additions? Rescue both the malt and the hops...

[Mike Neilson]

Well into my 5th pint of the first day of drinking this 1 (day in the keg) and I was only going to have one and I trully dont know where this beer is going to take me!! Dudes you know the feeling when it tastes so so good.

[Matthew]

Awesome! Mines still in primary and I've found myself hugging the airlock numerous times just soaking in the hop aroma bubbling out.
Hopefully into secondary this weekend for some finings. Gutted I only got 17L and I'll lose a couple more from the trub. Just means a rebrew!!