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]

It's the strain used by Rogue Ales.Made even more popular in NZ thanks to the importers down in Wellington BOMBING the market with a massive selection of fantastic Rogue Ales. The beers are really nice - and have travelled well. I'm drinking a Brutal as we speak... and I'm taken aback with how good these beers are.

[denimglen]

It's also released via WYeast once and a while, and was one of the private strains available on the last order. You can culture it from their bottle conditioned beers also.

Apparently it's highly attenuative, hence 'Pacman' - eats everything in sight, very clean, floccs pretty well and will ferment coldish for an ultra-clean beer.

[Mark]

cool, similar to 1056 then?

[JoKing]

It seems to accentuate caramel flavours more than 1056 does - but this could be explained by massive amounts of light crystal / caramel etc used by the brewer... however there is definately a difference in how the yeast contributes flavour to the beer. I'm getting more and more keen to use it as I go through the rogue range.

Even that Tracktown 200 meter is wicked - and it;s the rogue house strain.

[Mark]

how's your amber coming along? mine's almost done, will filter and keg soon. it's got loads of crystal and hops, should be a suitably over the top beer. sounds like these rogue brews are the biz, will have to try and track some down

[JoKing]

My Amber is pretty damned fine I have to say. On Sunday night it had gone down to 1.016... just a point shy of where I want to be. The bitterness is firm (I hope it lasts) and balanced the body nicely. The overall impression is balanced - even a hint of dryness due to my 100ppm sulphate water profile.

The flavour is still a bit jumbled - I think that it'll need a few weeks in the keg to get clean, but in the short term there is a hell of a lot of caramalised pear along with some soft buscitty notes.

I think it'll turn out well... not bad for 21% caramel malts aye?

[Mark]

definitely! mine had a high percentage of caramel, medium and (thomas fawcett) dark, from memory well over 10%, which was quite high considering my grav got up to 1.060 odd. it's got right down to 1.012, thanks i think to nz pils, a fairly low mash temp and good ole SO5. it's crazy hoppy, probably needs some time in the keg before the flavours blend me thinks. i'll send you a bottle when it's ready, i've got loads of the stuff thanks to high efficiency on this batch

[JoKing]

Sounds awesome. I love dark hoppy beers. I ended up mashing at 67 as my grains were warmer than I accounted for... didn't hurt the beer any I dont think.

[denimglen]

Sounds similar, but different, haha.

Word on the street is that it's 1056 that mutated.

Agree with Joking, I thought the exact same thing, they seem a bit heavy handed, for me anyway, with their crystal malts, especially for an American brewery.

Shakespear stout is one of my most favourite beers. Ever.

[Tony]

Tomorrows...March madness

3.50 kg Pale malt (2 Row) UK (1.0 SRM)
0.50 kg Weyermann Rye malt (10.0 SRM)
0.30 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM)
0.30 kg Caramunich Malt (56.0 SRM)
0.12 kg Wheat bix (3.0 SRM)

60 min 25.00 gm Chinook [11.40 %] (60 min)
45 min 15.00 gm Chinook [11.40 %] (45 min)
20 min 15.00 gm Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] (20 min)
10 min 20.00 gm Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] (10 min)
5 min 15.00 gm Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] (5 min)

75 IBU's
5.3 % ABV

[Martin Bridges]

Busy night tonight. Kegged (and bottled a few) Oh To Be In Auckland (my standard bitter with Motueka), chatted to a very keen kit brewer about how to graduate to all-grain, and also managed to fit in a brew:

Pale Beauty v3 (re-brew of my award-winning NZPA)

5.7kg Maris Otter
0.25kg Wheat Malt
mashed at 67 degrees for 60 mins. Water adjusted as if for an APA.

22g Southern Cross @ 60
40g NZ Hallertau @ 30
40g NZ Cascade @ 15
30g Motueka @ 5
will be dry-hopping with 30g Riwaka

Wy1272 American Ale II (2nd gen, 2 litre starter)

Aiming for 1.060 & 68 IBU

[denimglen]

How have you found 1272? I've been pretty disappointed so far.