Recipe Advice Thread

[denimglen]

Thought it might be handy to have a thread for some of the more advanced brewers to give some advice on recipes.

Let's see how it goes eh...

[denimglen]

I'd reuse it.

Can always pitch a touch more to be safe if you're worried.

Oh and give it a 'rinse' too, should get rid of most of the hop debris.

[Reviled]

Meh - Gonna pitch an APA on it so dont think the 10gms of Motueka will make too much of a diff... Will prolly just pitch without rinsing..

[Reviled]

OMG - Was just reading about Rye, and saw the concept, Smoked Roggenbier?!?!?!

I reckon it would be so awesome! Someone should make one :oP lol

[MrC]

Sounds like a great candidate for CS3. Surley you've got some rye left Rev?

[Mike Neilson]

Wont be me making one Rye can suck my balls!! Im going to smoke my own malt one day I have some cherry wood chips I reacon that would add a nice sweet flavour to the smoke!! seems to add it to fish!!

[Reviled]

lol, you make an awesome Rye beer then hate on it??? I dunna get it? :oP

Should buy some Rye and smoke that? ;o)

[Mike Neilson]

Yeah Mad aye!!

[Reviled]

Feel the love bro :o)

[Mike Neilson]

Im Going to brew the beer again but im going to sub the rye for something maybee for munich to fatten the beer up!! and I might add 20points of sugar, to dry it out and make it huge!!

[Reviled]

Only 150gms and was thinking of adding it to an Old ale im planning...

Might just have to get another 5kgs ;o) I did actually quite like it, its just a wee bit pricy having to get it from welly :o(

[JackoNZ]

As the forecast for rain on Saturday has changed to sun it looks like I'm brewing my second BIAB beer this weekend! This recipe was going to be my first all grain brew but as it got warm I did a Hobgoblin clone instead. Now it's gone cold again I think a lager is in order. Has anyone brewed this recipe before, it's a Jamil one for a Schwarzbier:

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 20.00 L
Boil Size: 29.46 L
Estimated OG: 1.051 SG
Estimated Color: 28.7 SRM
Estimated IBU: 31.3 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.00 %
Boil Time: 90 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
2.78 kg Munich Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 57.14 %
1.57 kg Pilsner (2 Row) Ger (2.0 SRM) Grain 32.14 %
0.17 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) Grain 3.57 %
0.17 kg Chocolate Malt (450.0 SRM) Grain 3.57 %
0.09 kg Carafa II (412.0 SRM) Grain 1.79 %
0.09 kg Roasted Barley (300.0 SRM) Grain 1.79 %
30.32 gm Hallertauer [5.50 %] (90 min) Hops 22.9 IBU
17.32 gm Hallertauer [5.50 %] (20 min) Hops 7.4 IBU
17.32 gm Hallertauer [5.50 %] (2 min) Hops 1.0 IBU
0.01 gm Koppafloc (Boil 15.0 min) Misc
1 Pkgs SafLager West European Lager (DCL Yeast #SYeast-Lager
1 Pkgs SafLager West European Lager (DCL Yeast #SYeast-Lager

Any advice on this recipe?

[Mike Neilson]

My advice is your boil of volume 29L to 20L 9L in 1 1/2 hours it must be a vigourus boil or that that calcs are wrong and you will be woundering why you ended up with more in the fermenter or huge ciggy buts in your beer.