Robinson Brew Co.

[user 23602]

1st - Drinking
Wilkos Velvet Stout Kit - 4% ABV

Additions
32.5g of Columbus Hops
1kg of Dark Spray Malt
1kg of Brewing Sugar

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2nd - Drinking
Bulldog Evil Dog Double IPA - 7.2% ABV

Additions
23g of Simcoe Hops
24g of Summit Hops
1kg of Brewing Sugar
50ml Grapefruit Extract

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3rd - Drinking
Woodfordes Real Ale - 4.6% ABV

Additions
23g of Amarillo Hops
1kg of Brewing Sugar
1kg Banana Puree

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4th - Conditioning
Youngs American Mocha Porter - 7.8% ABV

Additions
1.5kg of Brewing Sugar
500g of Lactose
1kg of Extra Dark Spray Malt
2 x Vanilla Pods
1kg of Peanut Powder

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5th - Conditioning
Brewferm IPA - 5.4% ABV

Additions
1kg of Brewing Sugar
30g of Amarillo Hops

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6th - Fermentation
Homemade Christmas Pudding Wine - NA% ABV

Additions
2kg of Christmas Pudding
1.5kg Orange Zest
1.5kg Tinned Pears
250ml Dark Maple Syrup
250ml White Grape Concentrate
10g Dessert Wine Yeast
10g Pectolase
70cl Remy martin VSOP Champagne Cognac

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[user 23602]

I will continue to add and update this when I can. I am very new to home brewing and focus on beer kits from my local home brew shop. If you do have any questions or suggestions, I'm happy to listen and do what I can. Many thanks, Ben.

 

[The Baron]

ABV seems a little low on the velevet stout with 1kg of sugar and 1kg of dark spray malt

 

[user 23602]

ABV seems a little low on the velevet stout with 1kg of sugar and 1kg of dark spray malt

Agreed. Not sure what happened either, so couldn't really learn from my mistake. But it turned out alright and has made it rather easy drinking. The fact that it was my first ever attempt... And there were no explosions or bottles of vinegar, I was happy.

 

[user 23602]

Updated: The Banana Ale turned out almost like a watered down smoothie when I was bottling it. I did taste some and it was fantastic, very juicy. Reminded me of a Hazy, NEIPA sort of deal. Will see how it does now that it's in conditioning.

 

[jceg316]

For the double IPA, did you make the grapefruit extract or did it come with the kit?

 

[user 23602]

For the double IPA, did you make the grapefruit extract or did it come with the kit?

I just brought grapefruit extract from my local HBC. But I will never use extract again. It's to perfume like.

 

[jceg316]

I make my own extracts by soaking the peel of the fruit in a spirit for a week and it works well. I recently bought some orange extract to see if there'd be a difference but there wasn't, even ingredients were similar. Was wondering whether to buy extract or make my own in future.

 

[user 23602]

Updated: PB Port has been bottled and now in conditioning. Started a small 10L IPA which will be simple with some Amarillo Hops, just a nice Summer session beer hopefully.

 

[Gulpitdarn]

4th - Conditioning
Youngs American Mocha Porter - 7.8% ABV

Additions
1.5kg of Brewing Sugar
500g of Lactose
1kg of Extra Dark Spray Malt
2 x Vanilla Pods
1kg of Peanut Powder

I like the sound of this! I'm wondering how oily the peanut powder is and how it'll affect the head retention. Where did you get it? Would like to see the original recipe.

 

[user 23602]

I used peanut butter powder which is oil free! Only problem I had was when I added the PBP to 2nd fermentation (which is my FV with a bottling wand) the PBP sediment built up higher than the bottling wand, which made bottling difficult. I simply scooped out some of the PBP sediment and bottled fine. However, now that the beer is settling nicely, a very black liquid with a cream/oil texture (beautiful) there is about 1-2cm of PBP sediment still in each bottle. So next time, my plan is to do exactly what I've done... But before bottling, I'm going to transfer it into another FV again, but this time with a muslin bag over the top to reduce the sediment some more if possible.

I got the kit from https://www.the-home-brew-shop.co.uk/acatalog/American-Mocha-Porter-Beer-Kit.html

Although the kit says 5.8%, mine shot up to 7.8% with all the additions. It was really fun to throw stuff in and I will be trying this again.

 

[matt76]

Updated: PB Port has been bottled and now in conditioning. Started a small 10L IPA which will be simple with some Amarillo Hops, just a nice Summer session beer hopefully.

I did a Simcoe/Citra/Amarillo IPA at the start of this year (actually the rebrew is currently conditioning in bottles).

Based on one of the Basic Brewing Radio hop sampler podcasts I revised the dry hopping to include a load more Amarillo - love it

 

[user 23602]

I did a Simcoe/Citra/Amarillo IPA at the start of this year (actually the rebrew is currently conditioning in bottles).

Based on one of the Basic Brewing Radio hop sampler podcasts I revised the dry hopping to include a load more Amarillo - love it

Any suggestions on how much Amarillo I should use for it?

 

[matt76]

Recipe on brewers friend here:
https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/748118/ag-5-podium-ipa

(Let me know if you can't access it)

 

[user 23602]

Updated: Started the Christmas Pudding Wine last night.

 

[Gulpitdarn]

With a name like yours.... you really should brew a Robinsons Old Tom! I'm looking in Graham Wheelers book, 3rd edition page 179. It's a must do for myself... eventually!

 

[user 23602]

With a name like yours.... you really should brew a Robinsons Old Tom! I'm looking in Graham Wheelers book, 3rd edition page 179. It's a must do for myself... eventually!

Robinson's Old Tom? I'm not familiar.

 

[Gulpitdarn]

Robinson's Old Tom? I'm not familiar.

Yeahhh, have you not seen the bottles in Morrisons? Here is the link to Robinsons Brewery https://www.robinsonsbrewery.com/store/old-tom/c-24/p-136

 

[Gulpitdarn]

Not sure if you can see the photo of recipe... I can PM it to you if you want.

 

[user 23602]

Not sure if you can see the photo of recipe... I can PM it to you if you want.

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Please do!