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...

[Peter Smith]

If you like this style you should also try

Hallertau #4   Deception

Schwarzbier

5.1%

This number is not what he seems.
A bit of a trickster really. Smooth.
Firm. Dark. Light. Bitter. Sweet.
Coffee. Intricate. Chocolate.
Subterfuge. You’ve been warned.

Its the clone beer for WBC competition next month so there might be a few recipes around in about 5-6 weeks time, or come out to the competition and sample the entries..

[Nick Good]

Thanks, where is the competition?

[Peter Smith]

Hallertau brewery 17th May      3pm

http://www.forum.realbeer.co.nz/group/westernbrewersconference/foru...

[Rob Thomas]

Hey,

I'm doing a clear out of my hop box from the fridge and want to do an IPA with what I've got. 

Can I get advice on a worthy grain bill and some suggestions on hop additions? I'm a BIAB brewer and I think I'll go for a small 10-15L batch for this brew so could probably make it a DIPA.

These are the hops I've got to work with:

15g UK Goldings- 6.4% AA

40g Pacifica- 5.3% AA

40g Pacific Jade- 13.5% AA

40g Nelson Sauvin- 12.1% AA

50g Centennial- 9.7% AA

I've got a nice US05 yeast cake on stand by so I can afford to make this a strong one.

Suggestions very much welcome. Cheers

[Peter Smith]

http://www.forum.realbeer.co.nz/group/clone-brews/forum/topics/hall...

Hallertau Maximus is a great beer with a simple grain bill,  you could leave the goldings out use the pac jad and NS for early  bittering and flavour and hop burst the pacifica/centennial/remaining NS in the last 15 mins, you have plenty of great flavour hops.

Grain/Extract/Sugar

% Amount Name Origin Potential EBC
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89.2 4.59 kg. Gladfields Ale Malt NZ, Canterbury 80.07 5
9.3 0.48 kg. Bairds Caramalt 30 UK 73.58 30
1.5 0.08 kg. Weyermann Acidulated Germany 80.07 5

[Rob Thomas]

Sweet. It shall be done. 

Cheers

[Adrian Woodhouse]

Thinking of brewing a red pale ale and I have some Simcoe, Amarillo and centennial hops. Any thoughts on a malt base for this and hop ratios.

Cheers Adrian

[Scott H]

Red pale ale or an amber?
I have a nice amber recipe I'll put up shortly when I get home.

[Adrian Woodhouse]

Amber would be great just trying to transits ion into a richer malt profile for the cooler months. Love my IPAs but just wanting to enrich things now.

[Scott H]

Amber L Dip - original

American Amber Ale (6 B)

Type: All Grain
Batch Size: 20.00 l
Boil Size: 28.20 l
Boil Time: 60 min
End of Boil Vol: 23.40 l
Final Bottling Vol: 19.00 l
Fermentation: Ale, Two Stage

Date: 30 Jul 2013
Brewer: Ctrl-Z
Asst Brewer:
Equipment: 40L Kettle & 50L Pot Tun
Efficiency: 67.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 75.4 %
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	38.0 IBUs
20.00 g	Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 30.0 min	Hop	7	8.2 IBUs
0.01 g	Koppafloc (Boil 10.0 mins)	Fining	8	-
17.00 g	LD 1 [10.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min	Hop	9	5.0 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	LD 1 [10.00 %] - Boil 0.0 min	Hop	12	0.0 IBUs
1.0 pkg	US West Coast Yeast (Mangrove Jack's #M44)	Yeast	13	-
40.00 g	LD 1 [10.00 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days	Hop	14	0.0 IBUs

Gravity, Alcohol Content and Color

Est Original Gravity: 1.059 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.015 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 5.9 %
Bitterness: 51.2 IBUs
Est Color: 32.3 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: 19.04 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 17.87 l of water at 72.8 C	66.7 C	60 min

Sparge: Batch sparge with 2 steps (3.44l, 15.60l) of 75.6 C water 

[Scott H]

The LD1 is a special hop mix of my own.

You could use all the hops u have in something similar use the cent as bittering and in place of the cascade. Then use your Simcoe and Amarillo in place of the LD 1

[Adrian Woodhouse]

Thanks for that I'll let you know how it pans out