Rained offf work, hmm what shall I do?

cheapbrew · May 18, 2016

Use the time productively and get some brews on, why not indeed!

First I wanted to try and recreate my last brew which started out great the first two or three weeks then it really changed in taste, but I think I've figured out why.
The yeast I used was cropped from two previous brews one which had lager yeast in and it is slowly changing the beer to a lager, it is still very nice but not the beer it started out as. After this I started off some more Turbo Cider as my stocks are dwindling, some fruity cider for the ladies and some plain cider for me

So the summer quaffing beer recipe:-

800g Maris Otter
326g Unmalted Wheat
50g Flaked Barley
25g Roast Barley
Mash for 1 hour @66C
Boil 60 mins

Hops
5g First Gold @ 60 mins
10g First Gold @ 15 mins
I will dry hop with First Gold too
yeast from local Rebellion Brewery
OG = 1.040

Started at 11 am and all went well until 10 mins into the boil and I realised I had added the 15 mins hops at start of boil, so I scooped what I thought was about half out with my slotted spoon and I'll hope for the best, the rest of the brew went well and I'm letting it settle now for 30 mins before straining and pitching the yeast.

Next up I threw together 2 DJ's of sweet fruity Turbo Ciders, one with Robinson's strawberry and Kiwi barley fruit squash and one with Lowicz raspberry, when they are finished fermenting I will combine them together before priming and bottling to end up with a nice sweet n fruity raspberry, strawberry and Kiwi cider.

3L apple juice (Tesco value)
1L Robinson's strawberry and Kiwi barley fruit squash
1 tsp yeast nutrient
1 tsp pectolase
water to shoulder of DJ
Cider yeast

3L apple juice (Tesco value)
1 440ml bottle of Lowicz raspberry syrup
1 tsp yeast nutrient
1 tsp pectolase
water to shoulder of DJ
Cider yeast

Then for myself I did a plain TC
6L of apple juice (Tesco value)
1tsp pectolase
water to 8L
Cider yeast

Happy days! :thumb:

brumbrew · May 18, 2016

You have been productive :-)

cheapbrew · May 18, 2016

Yeah and all done by 2 .30pm, I dunno what to do for the rest of the day now though.

Notlaw · May 18, 2016

You luck bugger Chug.

Any reason why you didn't ad YN to the plain cider?

Also, Where is classed as the "shoulder"? I've gotten hold of 7 Kilner DJs (actually 8, but I wiped one out in the car) and I don't know where the shoulder would be on it.

It's this kind, where would you class as the shoulder, top, middle or bottom?

Leon103 · May 18, 2016

That raspberry cider will come out quite strong with all that sugar

Notlaw · May 18, 2016

Leon103 said:
That raspberry cider will come out quite strong with all that sugar

He's making it "for the ladies" so I bet that's what he intended :lol:

IainM · May 18, 2016

cheapbrew said:
I dunno what to do for the rest of the day now though.

You could always put another brew on :whistle:

brumbrew · May 18, 2016

Notlaw said:
You luck bugger Chug.

Any reason why you didn't ad YN to the plain cider?

Also, Where is classed as the "shoulder"? I've gotten hold of 7 Kilner DJs (actually 8, but I wiped one out in the car) and I don't know where the shoulder would be on it.

It's this kind, where would you class as the shoulder, top, middle or bottom?

I would say it's the 'or this one'

Notlaw · May 18, 2016

brumbrew said:
I would say it's the 'or this one'

Cheers brum. I might pick some pectolase up next time I pass wilko and give one a try. I Take it I need that?

Oh, I'll need cider yeast too, do wilko sell that.

MyQul · May 18, 2016

brumbrew said:
I would say it's the 'or this one'

I'd agree with that

brumbrew · May 18, 2016

I think they do.

You can top the demi up slowly after the first mad fermentation. That or you need a blow off tube.

Leon103 · May 18, 2016

Notlaw said:
Cheers brum. I might pick some pectolase up next time I pass wilko and give one a try. I Take it I need that?

Oh, I'll need cider yeast too, do wilko sell that.

I don't pectolase.

cheapbrew · May 18, 2016

The shoulder as I see it is "or this one" later I top up to the top of the neck with water when the vigorous primary ferment is done otherwise it's climbing out.

I didn't add nutrient to the plain one as this was all unplanned and I ran out of it, it'll be fine though.

The raspberry one is stronger than the squash one but when the two are mixed it's just right for the missus, the daughter prefers the squash one on its own and her bessie mate prefers the lowicz version, so I bottle each on their own for them.

You can leave the pectolase out, but I found it helps with quicker clearing.

After experimenting, I don 't add tea or tannin powder these days either, I find it gives a better mouth feel, not so furry on the tongue
also ditched any acid and glycerine additions too, I like to keep things simple.

tykesi · May 20, 2016

How much yeast do you use per DJ?

R-J-M · Aug 24, 2016

cheapbrew said:
Use the time productively and get some brews on, why not indeed!

First I wanted to try and recreate my last brew which started out great the first two or three weeks then it really changed in taste, but I think I've figured out why.
The yeast I used was cropped from two previous brews one which had lager yeast in and it is slowly changing the beer to a lager, it is still very nice but not the beer it started out as. After this I started off some more Turbo Cider as my stocks are dwindling, some fruity cider for the ladies and some plain cider for me

So the summer quaffing beer recipe:-

800g Maris Otter
326g Unmalted Wheat
50g Flaked Barley
25g Roast Barley
Mash for 1 hour @66C
Boil 60 mins

Hops
5g First Gold @ 60 mins
10g First Gold @ 15 mins
I will dry hop with First Gold too
yeast from local Rebellion Brewery
OG = 1.040

Started at 11 am and all went well until 10 mins into the boil and I realised I had added the 15 mins hops at start of boil, so I scooped what I thought was about half out with my slotted spoon and I'll hope for the best, the rest of the brew went well and I'm letting it settle now for 30 mins before straining and pitching the yeast.

Next up I threw together 2 DJ's of sweet fruity Turbo Ciders, one with Robinson's strawberry and Kiwi barley fruit squash and one with Lowicz raspberry, when they are finished fermenting I will combine them together before priming and bottling to end up with a nice sweet n fruity raspberry, strawberry and Kiwi cider.

3L apple juice (Tesco value)
1L Robinson's strawberry and Kiwi barley fruit squash
1 tsp yeast nutrient
1 tsp pectolase
water to shoulder of DJ
Cider yeast

3L apple juice (Tesco value)
1 440ml bottle of Lowicz raspberry syrup
1 tsp yeast nutrient
1 tsp pectolase
water to shoulder of DJ
Cider yeast

Then for myself I did a plain TC
6L of apple juice (Tesco value)
1tsp pectolase
water to 8L
Cider yeast

Happy days! :thumb:

Hi Cheapbrew, Im really tempted to make your fruity TC.

How much Cider Yeast do you add to each DJ?

Also, Wilko sell Express Wine Yeast Compound, can I use this, or is wine yeast compound different to cider yeast?

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