American Cream Ale

[Reviled]

Going for a new world pre-prohibition style cream ale

2.5kg Golden Promise
720g Flake Maize
90g Munich
90g CaraPils
36g CaraMunich II
180g Cane sugar

60 - 5g Nugget 11.6%
15 - 15g Amarillo 8.6%, 15g Cascade 5.8%
0 - 12g Amarillo, 12g Cascade
Dry - 12g Amarillo, 12g Cascade

US-05 :drink:

 

[leondz]

Looks good! When are you brewing?

 

[Wez]

Whens the brewday?

 

[Reviled]

hopefully saturday morning, but ive got to knock an IPA out first...

Had a hold up as I was waiting for my new monster mill which just arrived, need to build a base during the week and them im all set

Will be awesome to crush my own grain for once!

 

[Wez]

Would be interested in seeing that done with pics Rev, most folk here buy crushed :thumb:

 

[Reviled]

I used to buy crushed, but started buying base malt in 25kg sacks and you save about half the price, but then having to rely on someone else to mill it for me was wearing a bit thin.. So a shiny monster it is

http://monsterbrewinghardware.com/image ... mg4_lg.jpg


Will actually try to get some pics up, show you guys how I BIAB with an added sparge step... Watch this space :grin:

 

[Wez]

That would be great :thumb:

Enjoy

 

[leondz]

Wow can't wait. Sounds like a decent feat of engineering.

 

[Reviled]

Bump with link for those who missed it

viewtopic.php?f=21&t=3754

 

[corby_brewer]

That looks interesting Reviled, how long does it take to mill 5kg of grain?

 

[Reviled]

Took about 10 mins, with me stuffing about with the drill etc, but it gave me something to do while the mash water was getting to strike temp...

 

[Wez]

Fair play, I bet the smell was awesome as you were crushing

 

[corby_brewer]

Sound like a good investment. Think ill look into getting myself one. Another question are you still using the BIAB method?

 

[Reviled]

Sound like a good investment. Think ill look into getting myself one. Another question are you still using the BIAB method?

Def a good investment, cost me about $250 NZD landed from the states, which was good, I think they go for about $160 USD, but you can get two for the same postage price, so maybe get someone else on here to buy one as well?? It is SO WORTH IT :thumb:

And yep, still going strong with the BIAB method, up to batch 48 :drink:

And wez, it definately smelt awesome when crushing, and when doughing in! Love it :grin:

 

[corby_brewer]

Another quick question, i also use the BIAB method and was wondering how you dunk sparge?

 

[Reviled]

Another quick question, i also use the BIAB method and was wondering how you dunk sparge?

I dont dunk sparge anymore, as per the blog im doing a bit of a batch sparge, lining an old bucket fermenter with the bag and sparging it with 4-6L of water at 78*c out of the kettle, then recirculate it a couple of times...

I find this gives me more consistent results across varied sized grain bills over dunk sparging...

 

[corby_brewer]

i didnt sparge at all with my last brew, i just lifted the bag and let it drain for about 10 minutes. i think that was the wrong thing to do. The beer tastes ok tho. But on my next brew im going to try batch sparging.

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[Reviled]

i didnt sparge at all with my last brew, i just lifted the bag and let it drain for about 10 minutes. i think that was the wrong thing to do. The beer tastes ok tho. But on my next brew im going to try batch sparging.

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Depends, if youre raising the mash to mash out temp of 78* then lifting the bag and letting it drain will give you some ok results, in fact this is the 'correct' process for BIAB, but IMO it wont be as consistent, especially if you try to mash with say 7kilos...