Leon103's brew days

[Leon103]

Been a bit busy the last couple of days so haven't had a chance to report on Saturdays Black IPA brew day.


Here is the recipe. I may do a little hop tea with citra and cascade.

Good brewday not major issues, had a little boil over at the beginning of the boil, but had a bit extra wort from the dunk sparge to top back up.

Previously I have been hitting 70% efficiency but for a second brew in a row I overshot that target getting 80% on this brew. I have changed supplier and now using geterbrewed and their minch malt which maybe the factor. The result - a much stronger brew than planned.

After pulling my yeast starters out of the fridge in the morning they started to ferment again so I wasn't able to drain off much of the wort without losing yeast so I went over my 23l target. The yeast made a very quick start which is nice to see. This is sitting in my brew fridge at 19.5c. My whole garage smells of citrus fruit.

Here are a couple of photos of grain bill, first hops - which are a year or two old so lost some alpha's.

@dan125 and @Hoddy

This is what I was trying to post. 2nd place in the dipa comp. Came in at 7.3%

 

[Hoddy]

@dan125 and @Hoddy

This is what I was trying to post. 2nd place in the dipa comp. Came in at 7.3%

Great minds think alike [emoji6]

Interesting tho to see what you think about my take with allot less choc and maybe a change to carafe II?



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[dan125]

After a bit of a challenging brewday I've just had the pleasure of sampling your 60 min IPA.

It poured a bit hazy with a nice head (will post a pic from my phone in a mo).
There's a pleasant mild fruity, estery aroma that isn't as prominent in the taste, what yeast did you use?
Medium carbonation which suits it well and its a smooth, easy supping brew - is your water quite soft?
The flavour is less hoppy & bitter than I was expecting from the hopping schedule, but it has a nice light florally/citrussy flavour.
Overall, this beer reminded me of a good british IPA but with a more fruity than earthy hop character - I think it was 5.5%ish ???, but it went down very quickly and easily.
Ta very much for the swap.
:Cheers: :thumb: :clap: :beer6:

 

[dan125]

Here's the piccy

 

[Leon103]

Cheers for your kind words.

It came out at 6% after carbonation, which I think it could have done a tad more of if I am honest. Yes I have soft water.

The hops were old, well older than I normally use and in the back of the freezer so it could have impacted the flavour and lack of bitterness, saying that this would have been a very bitter drink if fresh American hops had been used. Looking forward to trying yours.

 

[Leon103]

Nice write up by @jceg316

I just had the 60 min IPA. Really good. Hop to malt balance was fantastic with both coming through, with the hop characteristics of stone fruit, specifically peach, and passion fruit and an overall sweetness. I could have a good session on that.

 

[dan125]

Cheers for your kind words.

It came out at 6% after carbonation, which I think it could have done a tad more of if I am honest. Yes I have soft water.

The hops were old, well older than I normally use and in the back of the freezer so it could have impacted the flavour and lack of bitterness, saying that this would have been a very bitter drink if fresh American hops had been used. Looking forward to trying yours.

I'd never have guess at 6% in a blind tasting - it was very quaffable and there was no alcohol taste or warmness to it, and was quite light bodied for the strength.
I don't think it lacked bitterness - was well balanced, which I bet must be tricky when adding hops all the way through

 

[jceg316]

Nice write up by @jceg316

I just had the 60 min IPA. Really good. Hop to malt balance was fantastic with both coming through, with the hop characteristics of stone fruit, specifically peach, and passion fruit and an overall sweetness. I could have a good session on that.

It was a great beer and I'm considering making something similar myself now.

 

[Leon103]

It was a great beer and I'm considering making something similar myself now.

Thanks. A bit of work with the hops. It is amazing how fast 5 mins pass by.

 

[Hoddy]

This was my taste of the 60 minute IPA.

A real “English” style type ipa but as others have said, a bit more of a earthy/noble hop flavour. Not massively aromas based (like our American cousins) but more malt and flavour driven. And I really quite like it.

The yeast in this I find interesting. I can’t pick it. Clues?

A fascinatingly constructed beer. Clearly well executed, clean, bright, and no off flavours.

Thanks mate. A pleasure this one.


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[Leon103]

Thanks pal.

The yeast was us-04. I had planned to use Vermont but found a pack of us-04 in the fridge that needed using

 

[Hoddy]

Thanks pal.

The yeast was us-04. I had planned to use Vermont but found a pack of us-04 in the fridge that needed using

So what were your favour hops for this? There’s something i can’t quite place with the malt/hop flavour it’s got. And it’s a real unique flavour.


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[Leon103]

So this thread states it has been 6 months since I last brewed. Moving house does that to you. In that time I have been using up my stocks but also kept in beer by @dan125 and @Hoddy.

Now we are all settled in and I have a load of grain and hops it is time to get back brewing and start repaying Dan and Hod back with beer.

This evening I will be brewing a Milkshake style IPA

 

[dan125]

So this thread states it has been 6 months since I last brewed. Moving house does that to you. In that time I have been using up my stocks but also kept in beer by @dan125 and @Hoddy.

Now we are all settled in and I have a load of grain and hops it is time to get back brewing and start repaying Dan and Hod back with beer.

This evening I will be brewing a Milkshake style IPA

If you haven't tried the AIPA yet, be careful how you pour - I had a bottle last night & couldn't beleive the amount of sediment. It was like it had been bottle conditioned.

 

[Leon103]

If you haven't tried the AIPA yet, be careful how you pour - I had a bottle last night & couldn't beleive the amount of sediment. It was like it had been bottle conditioned.

Was planning on drinking tonight

 

[Leon103]

So my first brew day in 6 months went well, even managed my first water treatment.

5 hours in total which included a deep clean of my element post brew. I think the lactose may have caught on it. Found it hard to get the brew down to pitching temp but at least the water went to good use on the garden. Hit 1.062 for 23l so happy after being away for so long.

A few learning points because of the new location. First off it's in full sun, way to hot to do it in this weather, luckily I started at 5pm. I also no longer have no way of hoisting the bag out of the boiler for my mash out and drain. I think I will need to do a bigger volume for the mash and a good dunk sparge.

Lastly I position my table slightly on a slope so nearly had a boil over.

The sample tasted lovely.

 

[Leon103]

Been too busy to update this.

Both hop additions went to plan, although I used a hop bag instead of.my stainless hop ball things which meant a lot of the pellet debris was released.

I transfer3d to the bottling bucket yesterday and between the trub and the hop debris I lost a few too many litres. Bottled today and all went to plan. At the moment it smells and tastes lovely and the colour is spot on but that can all change.

Finished at 1.018 so about 6% after priming

 

[Leon103]

Despite it only being in the bottlensince Monday I had to try a small bottle of my milkshake ipa. God if it stays like this I will be very happy. Colour is bang on, despite it looking darker in the pics. On first taste I wasn't feeling it but once it warmed up it was lovely and very Moorish. If I was asked now how I could make it better i would say go with more lactose and use Vermont yeast.

 

[Leon103]

I have had a very busy week or so and haven't really Had time to post on here, but in Saturday I brewed a Vienna lager (ish).

I took the grain bill from the Greg Hughes book but subbed out the hops slightly and I am brewing with cml kolsch yeast.

Brew day went well but didn't manage photos on this occasion. Well that was apart from the photo of all the flies. Hundr3ds of little flies were attracted to the smell, if after I had cleaned all my kit. A nice low mash at 64c should make it nice and dry. I am fermenting at 16c which I will drop slightly when I gets going. Two weeks and then knocking it down to 3c for 3 or more weeks to lager.

Went well over my target and got 1.052 with 22l in the fv. So around 75% efficiency, I am getting used to tailoring my brewday to suit my new house.

 

[Leon103]

After 2 weeks fermenting and 4 weeks lagering I have finally bottled it Vienna lager. Tasted nice from the small sample and at 5.4% it should be a decent session beer