Hazelwood Brewday

[Hazelwood Brewery]

It's all the rage: dry graining.

Oooo!

 

[samale]

@Leon suggested I need more hop flavour and aroma in my beer so here is the dry-hop addition for my next brew.

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How'd your beer score H if you don't mind me asking

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

How'd your beer score H if you don't mind me asking

Crap mate, I don’t know what happened honestly. The beer lacked flavour and aroma.

 

[samale]

Crap mate, I don’t know what happened honestly. The beer lacked flavour and aroma.

It happens, I am just trying my lemon and rosemary rye Saison. It's probably as mellow as it will get. If you want to try it soon

 

[Leon103]

@Leon suggested I need more hop flavour and aroma in my beer so here is the dry-hop addition for my next brew.

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Perhaps the problem is how the hops are stored....

 

[Pennine]

Perhaps the problem is how the hops are stored....

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Perhaps the problem is how the hops are stored....

I keep them handy to pick when I need them

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

I had another little project yesterday.

You’ll know I’ve been monitoring temperature at various points in my temperature control system and one of the new data points is the exhaust air from my glycol chiller. I really don’t want this to exceed 35C and I measured it on the hottest day of the year so far - it peaked at 42C.

Yesterday’s project was to fit an uprated extractor fan. I already had one expecting to have to do this after moving to a bigger heat-exchanger/fan - like uprating the engine on your car, you then need uprated brakes, suspension, and maybe even need to stiffen the chassis.

The old fan shifted 85m3/hr, the new one shifts 1,000m3/hr. It has meant I’ve then had to build a new sound dampening box because the outlet is bigger and the whooshy exhaust noise needed a two-chamber sound-box. Talk about one job leading to another

Some pictures. The old fan, new fan, and new sound damper…

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

I’ve just kegged a cornie of Summer Breeze (2.1), a cornie of Best Bitter, and a cornie of Czech Pilsner. I have a stout ready to keg too but will leave that until tomorrow and enjoy a beer.

The temperature here is over 30 and the brew shed is struggling today, the temperature inside my brew-shed has crept up to just over 14C. The beer is still a nice temperature so I have no complaints there. I have though got a suspicion that my glycol chiller has a fault because I convinced myself yesterday that the coolant never fell below 0C. I’m beginning to think I’ve lost some refrigerant gas I’ll be keeping an eye on that.

 

[Clint]

Be careful in your shed if you think you're losing refrigerant gas...its heavier than air,settles at ground level and is an asphixiant.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Be careful in your shed if you think you're losing refrigerant gas...its heavier than air,settles at ground level and is an asphixiant.

Will do

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Kegged my latest batch of stout this morning - yay!

I’m feeling a little better about stock levels having filled 3 cornies yesterday and another today.

No rest for the wicked though (or the thirsty) because I still have 2 empty kegs and 4 more nearly empty.

 

[user 18729]

Kegged my latest batch of stout this morning - yay!

I’m feeling a little better about stock levels having filled 3 cornies yesterday and another today.

No rest for the wicked though (or the thirsty) because I still have 2 empty kegs and 4 more nearly empty.

The stuff of dreams! I wish my kegs were as abundant as yours! I’ve got 4 20L sankey kegs but in desperate need of more… I’ve been priming my other half with various hints that I need to buy two more I’ll probably go down the reconditioned corny route rather than new NDL kegs, about half the price

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

The stuff of dreams! I wish my kegs were as abundant as yours! I’ve got 4 20L sankey kegs but in desperate need of more… I’ve been priming my other half with various hints that I need to buy two more I’ll probably go down the reconditioned corny route rather than new NDL kegs, about half the price

Yeah, I also suffer from “no half measures” syndrome!

 

[Pennine]

Hi Pennine,

Yes of course, links below...

Bitter
https://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/media/c2bd409b-fca9-47a9-afc1-28c1cd70f487-jpeg.935/full
Pilsner
https://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/media/17b5b839-0964-48e5-a92f-c362315de2d0-jpeg.936/full
You’re right, it is getting a bit lengthy. Maybe it’s time to start another

Crap I picked up the ingredients and promptly forgot the flaked barley, do you think torrified wheat or malted wheat would work in its place?

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Crap I picked up the ingredients and promptly forgot the flaked barley, do you think torrified wheat or malted wheat would work in its place?

You might get away with torrified wheat but maybe use 100g and make up the difference with a little extra MO?

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

I haven’t posted on my brew-day thread for a while (been away for a few days in Norfolk) but I’m collecting some RO water now for a brew tomorrow. I think I might start with another keg of English Bitter because I go through this quite quickly. I only have one keg too, the one on tap! Luckily I’ve only just started it but it won’t last long.

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

I think my Summer Breeze is very hoppy and flavoursome but it didn’t do so well in the monthly competition being not punchy enough in aroma and flavour (I do still have a niggling question about plastic bottles and my bottling process but I have to let that go - for now at least).

I’m in two minds about whether to accept that Summer Breeze just suits my taste regardless or try some changes to blow the hoppy nuts off it! Unfortunately, I kinda like the challenge so that’s pretty much sealed my fate.

I will continue to brew V2 because it’s my current favourite but I will also experiment with a “Next Generation”. If I have any success I’ll be sure to let you know of course. Time for some research…

 

[Leon103]

I think my Summer Breeze is very hoppy and flavoursome but it didn’t do so well in the monthly competition being not punchy enough in aroma and flavour (I do still have a niggling question about plastic bottles and my bottling process but I have to let that go - for now at least).

I’m in two minds about whether to accept that Summer Breeze just suits my taste regardless or try some changes to blow the hoppy nuts off it! Unfortunately, I kinda like the challenge so that’s pretty much sealed my fate.

I will continue to brew V2 because it’s my current favourite but I will also experiment with a “Next Generation”. If I have any success I’ll be sure to let you know of course. Time for some research…

Personally I would stay clear of galaxy, it's a hard hop to get right. It certainly doesn't sit well on the hot side of things.

 

[moto748]

Is the V2 dry-hopped?