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

[Stu H]

Just got my mash on... Brew Your Magazine's Oatmeal Stout...


• 5.5 lbs. English two-row malt (Subst w/ UK Pale)
• 1 lb. flaked oats
• 0.75 lbs. crystal malt (80° Lovibond)
• 1 lb. carapils or dextrin-type malt
• 0.50 lbs. chocolate malt
• 0.25 lbs. roasted barley
• 6.4 AAU Bullion hops (Substituted with Target)
◦ (0.75 oz. of 8.5% alpha-acid) - 90 minutes
• 4.5 AAU Kent Goldings hops (Substituted with NZ Goldings)
◦ (1 oz. of 4.5% alpha-acid) - 15 minutes
• Koppafloc - 15 minutes
• 1 pt. starter of English ale yeast
◦ (Wyeast 1318 or White Labs WLP-002) (Substituted with Gervin)



The recipe states a 60 min mash, but since I'm doing it BIAB I'm going to mash for 90 minutes, then do a Reviled-style sparge.

I'm using some unfiltered Auckland rainwater... One of these days I should really pull my finger out and start adding adjuncts, ah well one step at a time!

[MrC]

Nice. That's pretty solid looking recipe for an oatmeal stout. A good brew day and a good ferment and you'll have a very nice beer on your hands there.

[jt]

Brewing ?
The plan is for an approximation of Mr Cherry's B-Sharp
I'm butchering the grain bill - sorry chap - no wheat, Special K, carapils or carared
Come to think of it I don't have any Sauvin or Riwaka either

So it's a real rough approximation.
Going to use the current standard pale base of malturop, Munich I, caramalt and pale crystal with a handful of black.
Then use Super Alpha to bitter and then Motueka with the only surviving original ingredient, the Styrians !

I loved the look of the Styrian Goldings in this, and I loved the Riwaka & Styrian combination in P-Sharp

[jt]

Are you there Mr Cherry ?

All finished, tastes good, you're due a bottle and a beer at the P&J if I can get there when it's open !

cheers, jt

[MrC]

Sounds good jt. I'll likely be brewing another B-Sharp'ish beer soon. I happily swap ya a sharp for a sharp.

Glad you're happy so far. What was your hopping in the end?

[jt]

I'd forgotten how good styrians smell in the boil, I'm in love with them again !

The hopping was exactly the same as yours - well super alpha and Motueka subbed for Sauvin and Riwaka but additions the same.

Gravity 1.040 as planned so just a bit more on the side of the hops than the original

[MrC]

Nice. US-05? I used 1272 which is slightly less attenuative.

[jt]

yup, wouln't use '04 for that Mr C !

[denimglen]

Weighing out the grist for this tonight to brew Saturday.

Recipe: Moon Hop
Style: American IPA

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 20.00 L
Boil Size: 31.02 L
Estimated OG: 1.062 SG
Estimated Color: 7.3 SRM
Estimated IBU: 97.5 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.00 %
Boil Time: 65 Minutes

Ingredients:
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4.64 kg Pale Malt, ADM NZ
0.38 kg Cara Malt (Bairds)
0.38 kg Munich II (Global Malt)
0.19 kg Biscuit Malt (Dingemans)
0.19 kg Wheat Malt, Pale (Weyermann)

10.00 gm .Simcoe [12.30 %] (60 min)
30.00 gm .Simcoe [12.30 %] (30 min)
30.00 gm .Amarillo [8.40 %] (30 min)
30.00 gm .Amarillo [8.40 %] (10 min)
30.00 gm .Simcoe [12.30 %] (10 min)
30.00 gm .Amarillo [8.40 %] (0 min)
30.00 gm .Simcoe [12.30 %] (0 min)
30.00 gm .Simcoe [12.30 %] (Dry Hop 7 days)
30.00 gm .Amarillo [8.40 %] (Dry Hop 7 days)

1 Pkgs Safale US-05

Water - Ca - 112, Mg - 18, Na - 11, SO4 - 145, Cl - 50, HCO3 - 110.

NMOSBS

60 min Mash In Add 19.91 L of water at 70.4 C 65.0 C

[Reviled]

Yum, looks good bro!!

[Mark Kessell]

brewing this today. slightly changed from what i posted the other day.

Amount Item Type % or IBU
4.00 kg .Pale Malt, Golden Promise (Bairds) (2.5 SRM) Grain 88.89 %
0.20 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 30L (30.0 SRM) Grain 4.44 %
0.15 kg .Cara-Pils (Weyermann) (2.5 SRM) Grain 3.33 %
0.15 kg .Munich I (Weyermann) (8.1 SRM) Grain 3.33 %
20.00 gm .Riwaka [5.40 %] (Dry Hop 6 days) Hops -
20.00 gm Cascade, NZ [5.80 %] (Dry Hop 6 days) Hops -
16.00 gm .Rakau [10.50 %] (60 min) Hops 21.0 IBU
15.00 gm .Motueka [7.80 %] (20 min) Hops 8.9 IBU
15.00 gm .Riwaka [5.40 %] (20 min) Hops 6.1 IBU
18.00 gm .Motueka [7.80 %] (10 min) Hops 6.4 IBU
12.00 gm Cascade, NZ [5.80 %] (10 min) Hops 3.2 IBU
15.00 gm .Riwaka [5.40 %] (0 min) Hops -
15.00 gm Cascade, NZ [5.80 %] (0 min) Hops -

[warra48]

Looks like a nice APA recipe. I've had good results with Golden Promise in APAs, love that malt.

Which yeast?