January Brew and Swap

[Nottsbeer]

Where did you get you MO. For £24 from if you don't mind me asking

Hi, it was from Murphy & Sons in Nottingham (Supplies For Professional Brewers & Winemakers | Murphy & Son). First time I've used them, great service and price. They think their prices will increase at the end of the month. If you are not around here there are a few group buys that take place which sound great. Def one around Cheshire area.

 

[Alastair70]

Got ’er brewed today, write up below. The protein rest and rice hulls meant the sparge went ok. It’s a murky beggar but apparently thats normal at this stage, then they clear really quickly. Fingers crossed

Thread 'Rye Hard With A Vengence - Red Rye IPA'
Rye Hard With A Vengence - Red Rye IPA

 

[Stu's Brews]

Got ’er brewed today, write up here. The protein rest and rice hulls meant the sparge went ok. It’s a murky beggar but apparently thats normal at this stage, then they clear really quickly. Fingers crossed

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[Alastair70]

Link appears to be broken

Cheers for the heads up, fixed it.

 

[pilgrimhudd]

Brewing mine tomorrow, 'Rye oh Rye oh Rye....'

 

[SMP Brewery]

Brewing mine tomorrow as well, yeast starter done, water measured with a Campden tablet in it and the grains crushed.

 

[Mayor of Simpleton]

Brewday started. Can't wait to see how the Easy Ryeder turns out.

 

[samale]

Got ’er brewed today, write up below. The protein rest and rice hulls meant the sparge went ok. It’s a murky beggar but apparently thats normal at this stage, then they clear really quickly. Fingers crossed

Thread 'Rye Hard With A Vengence - Red Rye IPA'
Rye Hard With A Vengence - Red Rye IPA

That's a large % of rye, I think the most I went is 2kg. Is that the first time using the yeast.

 

[Alastair70]

That's a large % of rye, I think the most I went is 2kg. Is that the first time using the yeast.

I‘ve used it once before now. It ferments like US-05 and made a decent beer. I’ve got some AY03 to try in a stout too, which looks like a S04 equivalent.

 

[SMP Brewery]

Looks horrible

 

[Tess Tickle's Brewery]

I'm re-doing the Rye beer today (using bottled water so I can keep my water consistent). I'm trying to get it perfect as I think I will send this one into the NHC.

Everything is going perfectly so far (famous last words).

Here is a quick vid of the mesmerising mash lol

 

[Tess Tickle's Brewery]

Looks horrible

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My last one looked like that but it all settled out and it tastes really good. It's all bottled now.

Things that I changed from the last one and it made it better:-

Put 100g of rice hulls in the bottom of the mash tun and 100g when I had half the grain in. (I didn't use enough last time I think).
Changed my water to grain ratio from 2.5 to 3.
Made sure my grain crush was right. It was perhaps a bit fine last time.

I've discovered that blowing air down the recirculation pipe works a treat if the GF stops pumping.

Hope this helps someone.

 

[SMP Brewery]

My last one looked like that but it all settled out and it tastes really good. It's all bottled now.

It’s starting to look much better now it’s been recirculating for a while.

 

[Stu's Brews]

Mashed in and under way with the protein rest. Seems to be recirculating ok for now

 

[pilgrimhudd]

Mines mashing at the mo!

 

[SMP Brewery]

It’s starting to look much better now it’s been recirculating for a while.

Nearly clear now

 

[Mayor of Simpleton]

Mash on the go here - no issues so far. Just doing a simple infusion mash. My only concern is whether I have crushed my red crystal rye fine enough - although the colour I have after 10 mins suggests it's fine.

 

[Stu's Brews]

Brew day complete. No disasters and hit all my target numbers so now over to the yeast to do its thing.

I didn't use rice hulls in my mash (which included 15% rye) and had no issues with a stuck mash after doing a 20 minute protein rest at 45degC. However, I did notice that it was recirculating and sparging slower than normal so if I brewed again I'd probably throw some rice hulls in just to be on the safe side.

 

[pilgrimhudd]

Righto all done, only had one dreaded e4 error message and took a bit of a clean to get rid of the scorch on the bottom of the boiler. Other than that, all OK! Yeast in, will dry hop early on high krausen to limit the chance of oxygen getting in there.

 

[Nottsbeer]

Brewed my Rye IPA today as well. As doing full volume BIAB I didn't worry about a stuck mash, so left rice hulls out of this. Apart from the weather, all went well. Infact I seem to be a couple of points over my SG target fir once! Just cleaned my boiler and found some scorching on the bottom. Bit more work to do!! Will post my recipe in my brew thread later Had a lovely drop in my trial jar to sip on. Tasting very nice at this stage.