My Brewdays

[Rwilts]

What was you r stike water volume for that amount of grain ?

 

[Moe]

What was you r stike water volume for that amount of grain ?

20L, but there’s about 7l dead space in the Brewzilla at the bottom and around the sides of the malt pipe.

I think the efficiency isn’t that bad to be honest- the sparge runnings were still at 1.035, so if I’d put the last few litres through I reckon I’d have been at target OG and volume.

I just fancied making something a bit stronger while the opportunity arose.

My last few beers have had really poor efficiency, so I wonder if the thicker mash, and mash out has helped?

 

[Rwilts]

Making the most of what you got I would suggest that 6kg + with 20 will be very thick , I brew in a brewzilla 35L 3.1.1 and consider 5kg to 20L to be 'normal'. I also use brewfather so will follow the recipe but still think that's a little low
But bet it's a cracking pint

 

[Moe]

Making the most of what you got I would suggest that 6kg + with 20 will be very thick , I brew in a brewzilla 35L 3.1.1 and consider 5kg to 20L to be 'normal'. I also use brewfather so will follow the recipe but still think that's a little low
But bet it's a cracking pint

Fingers crossed.

If I make it again I’d definitely add a couple of litres more in the mash.

Efficiency is probably low, but it’s better than my last stout- I used 6.4kg of grain, ended up with full volume but at 1.048 OG, so this is progress

 

[YeastFace]

The times I've added coffee, I "dry-bean" whole beans in a hop bag. Depending on the level of coffee or how quickly you want extraction you might consider coarsely crushing the beans.

 

[Moe]

I’ve never used Pia for anything but a New Zealand beer. I would be interested how it turns out.

Hi @Appleton Brews to answer your question, it has come out really nice.

It’s not a bitter along the lines of Tribute with loads of yeast character, but a really smooth pint with a nice malt flavour.

Bonus is that this yeast clears really fast. 16 days in the keg, no finings and it’s crystal clear

 

[Moe]

The best bitter keg died this weekend, it was a cracking pint. V3 definitely the best so far.

The honey golden ale hasbeen in the keg for 10 days so I tried a half.

It hasn’t cleared yet, and didn’t taste great.

It was a bit sweet, and then quite an alcoholic after taste.

I messed up when pitching the yeast with this one. It was 33C, but chilled to 20 by the next morning, so I was hoping to get away with it.

I’ll give it a few more weeks in the keg, but if it doesn’t improve it will be a tipper

Currently got a stout fermenting (down 1.020 from 1.069 in 9 days), as soon as that’s done the next brew will be a hoppy pale so I can try out the hop extracts I’ve ordered from CML