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

[Peter Smith]

Panhead XPA 

Next comes Quickchange Xtra Pale Ale (4.6 per cent). Once again an automotive connection in the beer's name - quickchange being a type of transmission fitted to drag racing cars.

Made with a simple grist of pale ale and lager malt and hopped with American hops (Citra and Mosaic), this bright, golden-hued brew offers a pungent aroma of tropical stonefruit (mango and lychee), citrus (orange and lemon) and pine. In the mouth there's a deft balance of marmalade-like fruit and caramelised sweet malt which leads into a sharply bitter finish. It's a flavour-packed and immensely quaffable brew that treads the line between an English summer ale and an American pale ale (APA). I love it.

[Peter Smith]

Matt I am going to steal the grain bill and try to make a Panhead XPA clone...

[Scott H]

Amber L Dip v1.1

American Amber Ale (6 B)

Type: All Grain
Batch Size: 18.93 l
Boil Size: 27.60 l
Boil Time: 60 min
End of Boil Vol: 22.80 l
Final Bottling Vol: 18.93 l
Fermentation: Ale, Two Stage

Date: 30 Jul 2013
Brewer: Ctrl-Z
Asst Brewer:
Equipment: 40L Pot & 30L Cooler Tun
Efficiency: 67.00 % - Needs adjusting still fine tuning 
Est Mash Efficiency: 77.6 %
Taste Rating: 30.0

Taste Notes:

Ingredients

Amt	Name	Type	#	%/IBU
5.00 kg	Pale Malt, Golden Promise (Thomas Fawcett) (5.9 EBC)	Grain	1	87.7 %
0.25 kg	Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L - Medium (157.6 EBC)	Grain	2	4.4 %
0.25 kg	Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L - Dark (236.4 EBC)	Grain	3	4.4 %
0.15 kg	Melanoiden Malt (39.4 EBC)	Grain	4	2.6 %
0.05 kg	Carafa II (811.6 EBC)	Grain	5	0.9 %
20.00 g	Chinook [13.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min	Hop	6	39.0 IBUs
20.00 g	Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 30.0 min	Hop	7	8.4 IBUs
0.11 g	Koppafloc (Boil 10.0 mins)	Fining	8	-
17.00 g	Lucky D 2 [10.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min	Hop	9	5.1 IBUs
1.00 mg	Chiller (Boil 10.0 mins)	Other	10	-
1.00 tsp	Yeast Nutrient (Boil 10.0 mins)	Other	11	-
17.00 g	Lucky D 2 [10.00 %] - Boil 0.0 min	Hop	12	0.0 IBUs
1.0 pkg	California Ale (White Labs #WLP001) [35.49 ml]	Yeast	13	-
40.00 g	Lucky D 2 [10.00 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days	Hop	14	0.0 IBUs

Gravity, Alcohol Content and Color

Est Original Gravity: 1.063 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.014 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 6.5 %
Bitterness: 52.5 IBUs
Est Color: 32.8 EBC

Measured Original Gravity: 1.046 SG
Measured Final Gravity: 1.010 SG
Actual Alcohol by Vol: 4.7 %
Calories: 427.1 kcal/l

Mash Profile

Mash Name: Single Infusion, Medium Body, Batch Sparge
Sparge Water: 18.95 l
Sparge Temperature: 75.6 C
Adjust Temp for Equipment: FALSE

Total Grain Weight: 5.70 kg
Grain Temperature: 16.0 C
Tun Temperature: 20.0 C
Mash PH: 5.50

Mash Steps

Name	Description	Step Temperature	Step Time
Mash In	Add 14.87 l of water at 74.0 C	66.7 C	75 min

Sparge: Batch sparge with 2 steps (4.89l, 14.05l) of 75.6 C water

Mash Notes: Simple single infusion mash for use with most modern well modified grains (about 95% of the time).

Carbonation and Storage

Carbonation Type: Keg
Pressure/Weight: 12.54 PSI
Keg/Bottling Temperature: 7.2 C
Fermentation: Ale, Two Stage

Volumes of CO2: 2.3
Carbonation Used: Keg with 12.54 PSI
Age for: 30.00 days
Storage Temperature: 18.3 C  

LD2 hop mix... - 

16g Amarillo
25g Simcoe
36g Mosaic

[Richard Rice]

For Richer for Porter (Robust Porter)

Original Gravity (OG): 1.051 (°P): 12.6
Final Gravity (FG): 1.013 (°P): 3.3
Alcohol (ABV): 5.01 %
Colour (SRM): 27.7 (EBC): 54.6
Bitterness (IBU): 32.9 (Tinseth)

75.66% Pale Malt
12.27% Crystal 90
5.93% Melanoidin
3.68% Chocolate, Pale
2.45% Black Patent

0.8 g/L Nugget (13.5% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes (Boil)
1 g/L Cascade (7.3% Alpha) @ 10 Minutes (Boil)
1.2 g/L Cascade (7.3% Alpha) @ 0 Minutes (Aroma)
1.2 g/L Cascade (7.3% Alpha) @ 0 Days (Dry Hop)
1.5 g/L Cascade (7.3% Alpha) @ 0 Days (Dry Hop)

0.3 g/L Irish Moss @ 10 Minutes (Boil)

Single step Infusion at 67°C for 60 Minutes. Boil for 60 Minutes

Fermented at 19°C with Safale US-05

[Sam Lind]

[Sam Lind]

And bottled....

[Mike Clark]

Thought I'd try something a bit bigger than usual, so went for a Pliny the Elder Clone (thanks to Karl from Allgrain.co.nz).

My efficiency has been a bit rubbish, so added an extra kilo of golden promise (as noted in the recipe below).  It did the job for me as I hit 1.071 into the fermenter which is 1 point higher than Plinys actual OG... Albeit with only 20 litres into the fermenter NOT the 23 targeted... 

Will keep working on the processes but this is smelling amazing :)

Batch Size: 6.08 gal	Style: Imperial IPA ()
Boil Size: 10.48 gal	Style Guide: BJCP 2008
Color: 6.7 SRM	Equipment: Pot (18.5 Gal/70 L) - BIAB
Bitterness: 208.3 IBUs	Boil Time: 90 min
Est OG: 1.079 (19.0° P)	Mash Profile: BIAB, Light Body
Est FG: 1.010 SG (2.6° P)	Fermentation: Ale, Two Stage
ABV: 9.1%	Taste Rating: 30.0

Amount	Name	Type	#
13 lbs 11.1 oz	Pilsner (Weyermann) (1.7 SRM)	Grain	1
2 lbs 3.3 oz	Pale Malt, Golden Promise (Thomas Fawcett) (3.0 SRM)	Grain	2
9.5 oz	Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM)	Grain	3
9.5 oz	Crystal Malt - 60L (Thomas Fawcett) (60.0 SRM)	Grain	4
11.1 oz	Sugar, Table (Sucrose) (1.0 SRM)	Grain	5
4.3 oz	Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.0%] - Boil 90 min	Hops	6
0.9 oz	Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.0%] - Boil 45 min	Hops	7
1.2 oz	Simcoe [13.0%] - Boil 30 min	Hops	8
1.22	Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15 min)	Misc	9
3.0 oz	Simcoe [13.0%] - Boil 0 min	Hops	10
1.2 oz	Centennial [10.0%] - Boil 0 min	Hops	11
2 pkgs	Safale American (DCL/Fermentis #US-05)	Yeast	12
1.2 oz	Centennial [10.0%] - Dry Hop 12 days	Hops	13
1.2 oz	Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.0%] - Dry Hop 12 days	Hops	14
1.2 oz	Simcoe [13.0%] - Dry Hop 12 days	Hops	15
0.3 oz	Centennial [10.0%] - Dry Hop 5 days	Hops	16
0.3 oz	Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.0%] - Dry Hop 5 days	Hops	17
0.3 oz	Simcoe [13.0%] - Dry Hop 5 days	Hops	18

[David R]

Looks good! Seems like a good time to boast that in a little over four weeks I'll be drinking Pliny fresh from the taps at Russian River... :P

I tried it last time Galbraith's got some in and it was good, but didn't knock my socks off. Hopefully the fresh stuff will live up to the hype.

[Mike Clark]

Nice one!  I've never tried it, so won't really have a base for comparison unfortunately.

Shame you aren't over there now for the Pliny the Younger release.  Would be interesting to see whether it deserves the rabid cult following it has

[Matt Smith]

Make sure you also try the row 2 hill 56. So good!

[David R]

Will do. Unfortunately it will only be a lunchtime visit and we have another 3 hours driving that afternoon up the twisty coast road so I'll have to restrain myself a little, but I'll be travelling with my wife and my parents so at least I won't have to drive!

[Matt Smith]

Oh nice. Well there's always bottles to go, they are about $5 each and you won't catch them selling any of their hoppy beers more than a few weeks after the bottling date.