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

[warra48]

I've brewed a few Hobgoblin inspired beers, but have not been really happy with any of them. The recipes were based on those posted by others. All of them had a small % of Black, and I just don't think it fits.
This recipe is my own, so we'll see how we go. It's the first time I'm brewing this.
I'd prefer to use all MO or Golden Promise, but the 3.3kg is the last of a sack, so have to start on a new sack of Pale.
I think WY1469 should hopefully give me a better result than S04.

[denimglen]

For all the working class heroes out there...


Union Ale

Batch Size: 20.00 L
Boil Size: 29.50 L
Estimated OG: 1.065 SG
Estimated Color: 8.2 SRM
Estimated IBU: 63.9 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 66.00 %
Boil Time: 65 Minutes

5.77 kg ..Pale Malt (2 Row) UK (Bairds) (3.1 SRM) 91.68 %
0.42 kg .Carahell (Weyermann) (13.7 SRM 6.67 %
0.10 kg .Crystal, Pale (Bairds) (50.8 SRM) 1.65 %

.NMOSBS
90 min - 65.0 C

25.00 gm Warrior [16.40 %] (60 min)
30.00 gm .Centennial [7.20 %] (10 min)
30.00 gm .Simcoe [12.30 %] (5 min)
30.00 gm .Amarillo [8.40 %] (0 min)

1 Pkgs American Ale - US05

15.00 gm .Centennial [7.20 %] (Dry Hop 10 days)
15.00 gm .Amarillo [8.40 %] (Dry Hop 10 days)
15.00 gm .Simcoe [12.30 %] (Dry Hop 10 days)

[JoKing]

Warrior.... nice.

Looks like it'll be bitter.

I like bitterness: it's good.

[denimglen]

Meh, 65ish IBU, pretty tame in the scheme of things :-P

[Matthew]

Preparations complete. This is finally going down with a couple of mates tomorrow.

Bloody Hefe

23L
OG 1.050 SG
FG 1.013 SG
21.4 IBU
5% ABV

3.00 kg Wheat Malt
2.00 kg Koelsch Malt
15.00 gm Motueka (40 min)
30.00 gm Pacifica (15 min)
15.00 gm Motueka (10 min)
15.00 gm Pacifica (0 min)
1 tsp Tartaric Acid (Mash)
Blood Red Orange Flesh (Mash)
Blood Red Orange Zest (Boil 15.0 min)
T-58 Yeast @ 18.C

[JoKing]

Looks like a nice controlled experibeer. Not too OTT with the oranges at all... I'm picking it'll be one hell of a sour beer, which can be nice and refreshing. Be sure to boil for a full 90 mins to ensure you get nice clean malt flavours to back up the sourness. Just add enough water before the boil to account for the additional boil off volume.

Good luck.

[Matthew]

Cheers mate, good tip on the boil. I had planned 60.

Slight change of plan with the oranges. I'm not sure I want them boiled for the full 90min given they were going in the mash. I could lose a lot of the freshness and start heading towards a marmalade flavour. I'm going to boil the oranges and zest separately in about 2-3L of water (approx 20min) then add to the boil right at the end (or alternatively straight into the fermenter to avoid any extra flavour loss in the cool down). This should help make up for what is lost over the 90min.

[Matthew]

95% done.

Stuck sparge was the only issue. I think I'll stick with my bag for a while yet...

Couldn't be flagged chilling it (no coil for me) so now it's on an overnight cool and i'll pitch tomorrow. Call it a day of experiwheating. A pleasant, good days work, knackered feeling is just starting to hit. I need a beer.

[Matthew]

That yeast is on sugar P or something! The airlock's going nuts, it hasn't even been 12hrs yet. 2for2 for T-58. Mental yeast.

[Stu McKinlay]

Fat Elf Ordinary Bitter MkIV -1.035, 30ibu
Golden Promise, Caramunich II (ain't got any crystal) and a little Amber.
Who knows what hops I'll use... tomorrow's dawn will suggest something.
WLP002 starter all ready to go.

[Martin townshend]

Don't bother m8. Sounds crap all ready.........

[Stu McKinlay]

If only I'd read this before I mashed in... I would have taken the day off and just ordered a pin of your watery overpriced equine-filtered cask ale.

Great day here. This beer is screaming summer quaffer at me so I think I'll focus on some solid NZ hops to bitter and flavour and none at flameout... I want to check the yeast out, the first liquid yeast I ever used... it's been too long between uses.