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]

Just got an SG for this - 1.101 and a liter more wort than I was expecting. I'm happy. Can't drink the wort... but I'm happy.

[Mark]

It definitely looks like a rich mix, especially with the 450g or caraaroma. Drank an old ale of mine tonight with a load of this malt and it was like drinking a pixie caramel! Should be sublime with all those roasty malts in there. What's your yeast?

[JoKing]

It's White Labs WLP007 - the James Bond Strain.

[Matthew]

Nice :D

Once you go black...

Edit: Tick, tick, tick... now I get it it.

[Pilgrim]

Inuendo, that's an Italian suppository right?

[Mike Neilson]

This Sundays brew after I clear some fermenter space Tyler might of trademarked the Little IPA but this is my stlye of it!! Its the Pre AC/DC drinks!!!

Proabition Brown Ale

53% Golden Promise
24% Munich I
10% Barley, Flaked
4% Caramunich II
3% Pale Chocolate
2% Caramel (30.0 EBC)
2% Chocolate Malt
2% Thomas Fawcett Dark

Cascade US Pellets (30 min) 8.6 IBU

30g Cascade US Pellets (15 min)
14g Columbus (15 min)
20g Centennial (15 min)


20g Columbus @ 0
50g Centennial @ 0

60g Centennial Dry Hop


1 White Labs WLP001 Ale

Original Gravity: 1.038 SG
Estimated Color: 36.8 EBC
Bitterness: 35.3 IBU
Alcohol by Volume: 3.81 %

Water 75ppm Ca, 60ppm Chloride, 120pm Sulphate

[MrC]

Looks like a nice and complex small ale.
Do you reckon it will have enough body to pull off a decent mouthfeel?
Does it need some Carapils or mash temp greater than 67c maybe or with the flaked barley contribute to the mouthfeel?

[Mike Neilson]

I hope so I would be gutted if it dosnt!! I will be mashing @ 67 - 68, I only want it sweet enough to carry the hops. I hope its enough flaked barley to add enough body and silky mouthfeel to the beer.

[Reviled]

Mate that looks awesome, all pretty late hopping, should have plenty of mouthfeel, the IBUs are really low so its all gonna be mainly flavour and aroma from the hops! I reckon it should turn out really well!

Is that hopping for 20 or 40 litres?

[Mike Neilson]

Its for 20L, I might sub the flaked barley for flaked rye also? just a bit of extra dimension. The Ibus are 95% of starting gravity. I think the perception of bitterness is relative to the SG, 5ibus, diffrence in a slender beer like this is noticable 5ibu in a 1.060 beer is nothing. So I reacon the IBU's will be spot on.

[Mike Neilson]

Im going to double the recipe one is going to be fermented with WLP002 and the other is WLP001

[JoKing]

Can't wait to try this experiment side by side. Are you gonna dry hop both?