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

[denimglen]

Brewing this up either tomorrow or Sat.

A recipe similar to this was my first IPA I ever brewed so I'm hoping I'll be as impressed with this one as I was the original three years ago.

20L batch, 13 SRM, 78 IBU, 1.066 OG, 67C mash

5.02kg Pale Malt, ADM NZ
0.39kg Cara-Pils (Weyermann)
0.39kg Crystal, Pale (Bairds)
0.19kg Crystal, Dark (Bairds)
0.19kg Munich II (Global Malt)

21.00g Chinook (Mash Hop)

13.00g Columbus (60 min)
60.00g Centennial (15 min)
24.00g Cascade, NZ (5 min)
36.00g Cascade, US (5 min)
36.00g Cascade, US (Whirlpool)
24.00g Cascade, NZ (Whirlpool)

5.00g Columbus (Dry Hop)
30.00g Cascade, US (Dry Hop)
39.00g Chinook (Dry Hop)
30.00g Centennial (Dry Hop)

1 Pkgs Safale American Dry Ale

[jamis]

WOW now that looks like a shithot recipe!

[denimglen]

Cheers, but I can't take credit.

Recipe

Discussion

[Phil]

Double brew weekend :)
Eviltwin from Jamils site, and my attempt at another epic clone with the help of brew network :)


Recipe: Evil Twin
Style: American Pale Ale
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (35.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 23.00 L
Boil Size: 28.80 L
Estimated OG: 1.066 SG
Estimated Color: 17.1 SRM
Estimated IBU: 33.0 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.00 %
Boil Time: 90 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
5.50 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 78.91 %
0.45 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) Grain 6.46 %
0.45 kg Munich Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 6.46 %
0.25 kg Victory Malt (25.0 SRM) Grain 3.59 %
0.22 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L (120.0 SRM) Grain 3.16 %
0.10 kg Chocolate Rye Malt (250.0 SRM) Grain 1.43 %
14.00 gm Centennial [10.00 %] (20 min) Hops 8.1 IBU
14.00 gm Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] (20 min) Hops 6.9 IBU
28.00 gm Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] (10 min) Hops 8.3 IBU
28.00 gm Centennial [10.00 %] (10 min) Hops 9.7 IBU
28.00 gm Amarillo Gold [8.50 %] (0 min) Hops -
28.00 gm Centennial [10.00 %] (0 min) Hops -
1 Pkgs Safale 05 (Fermentis) Yeast-Ale


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Medium Body, Batch Sparge
Total Grain Weight: 6.97 kg


BeerSmith Recipe Printout - http://www.beersmith.com
Recipe: Epic Pale Ale
Brewer: P Quinn
Asst Brewer:
Style: American Pale Ale
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (35.0) 1052, 45 ibu, ebc 18, golden promise, caramalt 35 ebc, carapils/carahell, t fawcett light crystal 1500kg: 100 crystal 150 caramalt 50 carahell
55C 10 min protein rest - 68.5 single mash. CaCL. US cascade 90min boil. 75min 30 10 0 whirlpool
6 gallon

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 22.00 L
Boil Size: 27.59 L
Estimated OG: 1.050 SG
Estimated Color: 6.5 SRM
Estimated IBU: 19.9 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.00 %
Boil Time: 90 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
3.74 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 79.91 %
0.47 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 10L (10.0 SRM) Grain 10.04 %
0.31 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 20L (20.0 SRM) Grain 6.62 %
0.16 kg Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 3.42 %
57.00 gm Cascade [5.80 %] (Dry Hop 3 days) Hops -
57.00 gm Cascade [5.80 %] (Dry Hop 7 days) Hops -
7.00 gm Cascade [5.80 %] (75 min) Hops 4.8 IBU
14.00 gm Cascade [5.80 %] (30 min) Hops 7.1 IBU
34.00 gm Cascade [5.80 %] (10 min) Hops 8.1 IBU
42.50 gm Cascade [5.80 %] (1 min) (Aroma Hop-SteepHops -
42.50 gm Cascade [5.80 %] (0 min) (Aroma Hop-SteepHops -
1 Pkgs Safale 05 (Fermentis) Yeast-Ale


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Medium Body, Batch Sparge
Total Grain Weight: 4.68 kg

[Dougal]

Looks good Phil. What are you substituting for Victory malt in the Evil Twin recipe?

[Phil]

Trying biscuit. Not sure if it will work, but first time brewing this recipe, so wont have anything to compare it to.
Am really tempted to dry hop on top of things, but this was part of jamils article on massive late hopping, and Im thinking that if I really want to know what that tastes like as a method, i better stick to the written recipe the first time. Of course you never know....

[Dougal]

I gather that Victory and CaraAmber are just proprietary names each company has for their own biscuit?
I'm planning to make that recipe myself too, after I make the Epic clone next weekend. Let us know how it turns out.

[JoKing]

Boys... Those names are definately proprietary: CaraAmber = Weyermann and Victory = Briess.

We'll never see briess malts in NZ in the immediate term... and there are some substitutions you can make with malt available in NZ. There was a discussion on it a while back where CaraAmber was assumed to be the best substitute for Biscuit however since I started stocking buscuit - the differences were like black and white.

CaraAmber is just a crystal malt - it gives an Amber colour to the wort (hence the name). It's no different in production to CaraRed, CaraMunich etc... Don't get the "Amber" part of the name mixed up with any pre conceptions as related to UK amber malt.

Infact - UK Amber malt is a better substitute for Buscuit malt than CaraAmber...

So - what's the best available substitute for Victory in NZ? Either Biscuit from Dingemans or UK Amber if you can find that.

Happy brewing fellas!

[martin w]

just came across this link
http://obak.info/misc/malt.pdf
can't vouch for its reliability but i do like the suggestions for home roasting/toasting

[MrC]

After a wee break from brewing I decided to brew another beer, she's almost ready to be boiled. The last beer I was involved in brewing was the Coconut Porter at Hallertau almost 5 months ago!!!

This beer is a twist on my favourite Pale Ale B-Sharp. In this recipe I have increased the specialty malts a little to provide more body and some additional complexity and depth to the flavour that I thought the previous version lacked a little.
I have also broken my "two flavour hops only" rule by introducing a third flavour hop. I've tried the Styrian/Riwaka and Styrian/Motueka combos and liked them equally, this time its Styrian/Riwaka/Motueka.

It should be ready just in time to ship a couple of bottles off to the Tron for the NHC to support the event and get some expert feedback.


Beer Name: XXXXX

Stats:
OG 1.045
FG 1.011
Color (SRM) 5
IBU 27
BU:GU 0.60
ABV (%) 4.5
Batch Size (L) 23
Boil time(min) 60

Fermentables:
3.600kg Global Cologne
0.150kg Wheat Malt
0.150kg Caramalt 15L
0.250kg Carared
0.150kg Cara-Pils

Hops:
20g Motueka [7.8% AA] 60min
10g Styrian [6.4% AA] 15min
5g Motueka [7.1% AA] 15min
5g Riwaka [5.1% AA] 15min
10g Styrian [6.4% AA] 5min
10g Motueka [7.1% AA] 5min
10g Riwaka [5.1% AA] 5min
30g Styrian [6.4% AA] 0min
15g Motueka [7.1% AA] 0min
15g Riwaka [5.1% AA] 0min
30g Styrian [6.4% AA] Dry (5 days)
15g Motueka [7.1% AA] Dry (5 days)
15g Riwaka [5.1% AA] Dry (5 days)

Yeast:
Wyeast 1272 (American Ale II) @ 19C

[Martin Bridges]

Good to hear you're back on the horse Mr C! And that certainly looks like a tasty little number.

[MrC]

I know lag times are not necessarily a good indication of yeast health or anything but this beer was bubbling away within 6 hours of pitching. Shortest lag time ever for me.