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

[Martin Bridges]

Shakespeare was a Rogue - attempted clone of Rogue's Shakespeare Stout (American Stout)

3.85kg Kolsch malt
0.59kg Crystal 120L
0.59kg Chocolate malt
0.56kg flaked oats
80g roast barley
Mashed at 70 degrees

90 minute boil
70g US Cascade @ 60
35g US Cascade @ 0

Yeast is WY1764PC Rogue PacMan (1.5L starter)

Aiming for an OG of 1.057 and 60 IBUs

Mashed in and it looks and smells gorgeous.

[MrC]

Looks nice Martin. At first glance I thought you must have mistyped the Roast Barley at 80g but that amount of chocolate is quite significant. Might seem more like a porter though. I've never tried Rogue's Shakespeare Stout though.

[Martin Bridges]

It's certainly dark enough! Hydrometer sample tastes really interesting. A real fruit sweetness in there behind the roastiness. Wort looks great. Just need a good ferment now and we're laughing.

[denimglen]

Let us know how it comes out mate, I really like this beer.

Is this the CYBI recipe?

[Martin Bridges]

Yup, it's the CYBI recipe, minus the colossal amounts of Whirfloc! I'm looking forward to this one. Should be available at a certain birthday-related gathering in about 6 weeks...

[JoKing]

Got some new stock in that might interest a few of you:

http://www.libertybrewing.co.nz/content/thomas-fawcett-pale-crystal...

http://www.libertybrewing.co.nz/content/us-summit-pellets-159-aa

[Dale Cooper]

Awesome, I had some Liberty Summit after the SOBA beerfest. It was great!

[JoKing]

Put a brew down last minute cos the weather was shit and Tyler had a real pissed off look on his face when I said I couldn't be bothered brewing while he was down here...

Hopefully it turns out to be a tasty example of the style:

Improvised Porter
12-B Robust Porter
Author: J Wood
Date: 27/06/2010

Size: 23.28 L
Efficiency: 83.0%
Attenuation: 77.0%
Calories: 198.21 kcal per 12.0 fl oz

Original Gravity: 1.060 (1.048 - 1.065)
Terminal Gravity: 1.014 (1.012 - 1.016)
Color: 54.2 (43.34 - 68.95)
Alcohol: 6.03% (4.8% - 6.5%)
Bitterness: 48.3 (25.0 - 50.0)

Ingredients:
4.5 kg Thomas Fawcett Floor Malted Maris Otter Pale Ale Malt
.5 kg Thomas Fawcett Pale Crystal Malt 68 EBC
.5 kg Thomas Fawcett Pale Chocolate Malt 800EBC
.3 kg Thomas Fawcett Brown Malt
40.0 g Target (10.2%) - added during boil, boiled 60 min
50 g Fuggle (4.2%) - added during boil, boiled 5 min

00:03:00 Mash In - Liquor: 20.3 L; Strike: 74.61 °C; Target: 69 °C
00:33:00 Rest - Rest: 30 min; Final: 69.0 °C
01:03:00 Sparge - Sparge Volume: 24.2 L; Sparge Temperature: 75.6 °C; Runoff: 24.25 L

[Mike Neilson]

Just put this in now for the morning

50% Plain Flour
45% Wholemeal Flour
3% Gladfields Palemalt
2% CaraMunich II
1% Melanoidin
2gms of Cascade

Wyeast 1318

420mls Southern English Brown Ale

Yip its Bread!! Hahaha

[Simon David kelly]

Post 5000 ... congratulations on it being a proper beer :o)

[Mike Neilson]

How did you find that out?

[Stu H]

That is mental