Hazelwood’s Brewday Part 2

[Leon103]

While cleaning the lines I did a bit of a stock take (felt the weight of the kegs!) and I may just have to implement my contingency capacity. I have four empty kegs (actually 3 plus the Summer Breeze which I’ve decided to write-off) and another two kegs that are about to kick - saison and bitter

My contingency capacity is two more fermentation buckets with immersion heaters that I can set up in the garage.

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You shouldn't have taken that holiday. I thought I had 4 fullish kegs but it turned out 3 are near empty

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

You shouldn't have taken that holiday. I thought I had 4 fullish kegs but it turned out 3 are near empty

My problem is liking a variety of beers, it means they all run out at about the same time.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Delivery today in readiness for my next tranche of beers. This next batch, probably starting Monday, will be an English Bitter, IPA, Schwarzbier, Weissbier.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

With an upcoming birthday I told my wife I was thinking about getting a barrel to make some barrel aged beers.

What I had in mind is a 20 litre re-coopered barrel.

Normally in these situations she would consult with me about what I’m looking for, maybe ask if I’ve seen something in particular. You know the routine.

On this occasion however she went solo…

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Are you brewing Watney’s Red Barrel in that

 

[SMP Brewery]

I’ll make a nice bar table

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

I’ll make a nice bar table

It will make lots of nice things, what it won’t make is 200 litres of barrel-aged stout!

 

[Leon103]

It will make lots of nice things, what it won’t make is 200 litres of barrel-aged stout!

It will take a while to brew it all but a week or so to drink. Go for it

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Hi @dan125

You asked about the sour…12 IBUs and the water profile was very simple, using RO water I just added 0.2g/l calcium chloride and 0.1g/l sodium chloride.

The grain bill was 3/4 Pilsner and 1/4 Malted wheat.

 

[dan125]

Hi @dan125

You asked about the sour…12 IBUs and the water profile was very simple, using RO water I just added 0.2g/l calcium chloride and 0.1g/l sodium chloride.

The grain bill was 3/4 Pilsner and 1/4 Malted wheat.

Thanks HB
I'm just about to finalise the recipe

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

I’ve just kegged my first ever spruce beer. It’s just come out of the fermenter so isn’t yet conditioned or carbonated. It looks quite clean and is a nice golden colour. On the nose a big hit of lemon citrus sherbet. The flavour is similar to start and then a peppery pine flavour develops and lingers a while at the finish. I’m looking forward to seeing how this one develops. FG is 1006 and ABV is 6.5%

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

With an upcoming birthday I told my wife I was thinking about getting a barrel to make some barrel aged beers.

What I had in mind is a 20 litre re-coopered barrel.

Normally in these situations she would consult with me about what I’m looking for, maybe ask if I’ve seen something in particular. You know the routine.

On this occasion however she went solo…

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After explaining that 200l of Imperial Stout might be greedy at a homebrew scale my wife got me something more in line with my plans, bless her

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Yesterday I brewed another batch of Best Bitter because the current keg is pretty much empty.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

This morning I kegged the premium bitter you can see in the picture above. It was a lovely clear ale and from the initial taste I have high hopes for it. I had a little over 19 litres so I put the last of it in a bottle and force carbed it for a later - unfortunately I got a bit greedy and picked up a little yeast so tonight’s treat isn’t quite as clear.

 

[YeastFace]

After explaining that 200l of Imperial Stout might be greedy at a homebrew scale my wife got me something more in line with my plans, bless her

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What's happening with the big brother?

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

What's happening with the big brother?

I’m going to cut it in half to use as planters - but not until I’ve shaved the inside!

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Yesterday I brewed an IPA.

Today I’ll get that Dark Mild in a keg and brew a Schwarzbier.

 

[eyuptm]

What RO filter system do you use, @Hazelwood Brewery ?

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

What RO filter system do you use, @Hazelwood Brewery ?

It’s a Vyair 4-stage RO filter.

https://www.vyair.com/en/compact-4-stage-reverse-osmosis-50-gallons-per-day-system-2.html
With my mains water pressure I was getting 2.5 litres of RO water per hour so I also bought a pump and now get 14 litres per hour.

https://www.vyair.com/en/ro-booster-pump-50gpd.html

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

The Mild is kegged and the Schwarzbier is brewed.

That’s it until Friday when the Pale Ale will be ready to keg and I can get a Weissbier brewed to take it’s place in the fermenter.