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

[jt]

Not brewing today but I couldn't resist a post - closest I get is Bavarian Apple Strudel for tonight

 

A remix / repeat of 730 - Little Darky on the cards for next Sunday

[warra48]

All done, dusted and cleaned up with this one by 11 am this morning.

Munich Dunkel
Batch Size: 25.00 L
Brewhouse Efficiency: 85.00 %

4070.00 gm Munich I (Weyermann) (14.0 EBC) Grain 81.40 %
660.00 gm Vienna Malt (Weyermann) (5.9 EBC) Grain 13.20 %
100.00 gm Caraaroma (390.0 EBC) Grain 2.00 %
100.00 gm Wheat Malt, Dark (Weyermann) (13.8 EBC) Grain 2.00 %
70.00 gm Carafa Special T2 (1150.0 EBC) Grain 1.40 %
16.00 gm Hallertau NZ [8.10 %] (60 min) (First Wort Hop) Hops 13.9 IBU
18.00 gm Tettnang [4.10 %] (60 min) Hops 10.0 IBU
28.00 gm Strisslespalt Plugs [3.50 %] (10 min) Hops 3.2 IBU
1.00 items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 10.0 min) Misc

Original Gravity: 1.058
Estimated Color: 30.9 EBC (27.6-55.2 EBC) Color [Color]
Bitterness: 24.4 IBU (18.0-28.0 IBU) Alpha Acid Units: 7.2 AAU

 

Hops are using up some some odds and sods to clear the freezer of multiple bits and bobs.

Mashing at 66ºC.

I'm reduced to dry yeast. My starter of liquid yeast harvested from my previous lager failed, so I'm using 2 packs SafLager S-23. Ferment at 10ºC for 3 weeks, then into the lagering fridge while mrs warra and I visit France, Belgium, Germany, and Nederland.

Brother-in-Law is coming over from Martinborough in the Wairarapa to house sit for us while we're away. He saw it as a good opportunity to have some peace to pursue his writing, and have a break from my sister! Missing a month of winter in the Wairarapa is probably also not a bad thing. Darn cold there with snow on the hills east and west of the valley, and with a southerly blowing, it's arctic.

[Mark]

"All done, dusted and cleaned up with this one by 11 am this morning."

 

I dream of brew days like that!

[Richard Jack]

Got drank out of house and home by a flood of engineers on friday night, so up early today to try and rectify the situation with a double batch of pale ale (which will have a similar function to the zinc diode on an outboard motor - stop the important stuff from getting consumed).

The grain bill is roughly 82% GP, 10% munich, 5% carapils and 2% crystal, I'm rapidly settling on this mix as my house pale ale. I hop it different each time though. Today I'm doing a split boil, one US and one a NZ/US bastard brew.

 

9:30 and mashing out already!

[denimglen]

Time for me to hop the absolute shit out of something.  Was going to brew a Pliny clone but thought this would be a good opportunity to use up the Riwaka that's been in my freezer for a while.  Then thought I'd crank it up to eleven and see how far I can push my system hop wise.

 

Hop Mess

 

7.4 SRM, 194 IBU, 1.070 OG, 66C Mash

 

36L pre-boil, 26.5L post-boil, 21L into fermenter, 18.9L into keg



Ca - 88, Mg - 2, Na - 11, SO4 - 81, Cl - 53, HCO3 - 75.

 

44% Golden Promise

44% NZ Lager malt

4% Carapils

4% Pale Crystal

5% Table Sugar

 

60m - 30g Southern Cross

45m - 30g Southern Cross

45m - 30g Motueka

30m - 30g Southern Cross

30m - 30g Motueka

15m - 40g Riwaka

15m - 70g NZ Cascade

W/P - 70g Riwaka

W/P - 40g NZ Cascade

 

DH - 30g Motueka

DH - 30g Southern Cross

DH - 70g Riwaka

DH - 70g NZ Cascade

 

15g SO5

 

Total of 570g of hops, or 30g per finished litre :-D

[Richard Jack]

Holy shit, 11? I didn't know it went that high.

[denimglen]

;-)

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbVKWCpNFhY

[Druid]

570g of hops

and

194 IBU, 1.070 OG

 

Yowzah!!  2.7:1 IBU to OG - I haven't ventured past 0.9...

[Reviled]

Awesome stuff Glen - that is a shitload of dry hops!! haha, bet youll smell the beer before you even open the tap ;o)

[Barry]

You got yourself some big hairy man balls Glen.

[Andrew]

Your gonna have to eat that beer with a spoon

[Chris Scott]

Tomorrow I'm putting down a 20L batch of Foreign Extra Stout

O.G. 1.070

65% Pilsner

20% Flaked Barley

15% Home Roasted Barley

05% Home Roasted Chocolate

25gm Northern Brewer at 60 mins to about 40 IBU.

 

Cant decide whether to use US-05 or 1469, any advice?

Is 20% Flaked Barley too much?