Rodcx500 brewday

[Rodcx500z]

So… if a cold ipa is where you make an ipa wort and ferment with lager yeast are you doing a hot pilsner?

I am using an ale yeast yeah, even though i have temp control and could use lager yeast

 

[Rodcx500z]

Pre boil gravity 1044 bang on

 

[Rodcx500z]

All done all numbers hit 20L 1050

 

[Twostage]

I am using an ale yeast yeah, even though i have temp control and could use lager yeast

Should be interesting. I think I've done pale malt with mixed lager and ale yeast but never lager malt with ale yeast. Looking forward to your review on what are you drinking tonight.

 

[An Ankoù]

So… if a cold ipa is where you make an ipa wort and ferment with lager yeast are you doing a hot pilsner?

Cold IPA isn't fermented cold even when using lager yeast. The key thing is to maximise the thiols from the hops while keeping a completely clear- not even hazy- beer, which is then served cold or chilled. The best yeast in the Fermentis range for this type of "biotransformation" is their K-97, which is a Kolsch yeast. I've used Høg Norsk, a similar yeast to good effect.
No idea of how Midland will achieve this, but with a shed load of Tropical England it's going to be a great beer.
You've got me tempted, @Rodcx500z ,I've got a pile of T E needs using up...

 

[Rodcx500z]

You've got me tempted, @Rodcx500z ,I've got a pile of T E needs using up

Get it done, i didn't even do a recipe, started with 21L water then added the malt to what was a good mash thickness then 8L of sparge water, 10g at 60 and 100g at 15 i will let you know

 

[Twostage]

Cold IPA isn't fermented cold even when using lager yeast. The key thing is to maximise the thiols from the hops while keeping a completely clear- not even hazy- beer, which is then served cold or chilled. The best yeast in the Fermentis range for this type of "biotransformation" is their K-97, which is a Kolsch yeast. I've used Høg Norsk, a similar yeast to good effect.
No idea of how Midland will achieve this, but with a shed load of Tropical England it's going to be a great beer.
You've got me tempted, @Rodcx500z ,I've got a pile of T E needs using up..

Cold IPA is probably one of the many things where the definition becomes grey.

Firestone

Maybe doesn’t have to be brewed cold would be better ?

Interesting about the K-97, might have to give that a try. Particularly when I have a kolsch on my do list

 

[Rodcx500z]

Todays brew, Tropical England smash 160grams at 40mins

 

[Twostage]

Todays brew, Tropical England smash 160grams at 40mins View attachment 101130

Don’t leave us guessing…
(Or is it a repeat and the hop load is further up the thread ?)

 

[Rodcx500z]

Don’t leave us guessing…
(Or is it a repeat and the hop load is further up the thread ?)

No 160gr at 40 but I might change it to 15

 

[Rodcx500z]

Pre boil gravity should be 4.4 now 4.8 oops

 

[Rodcx500z]

Don’t leave us guessing…
(Or is it a repeat and the hop load is further up the thread ?)

Sorry my bad, i meant 160 at 20 mins to go but i am now going with 15 mins, there are no bittering hops in this brew

 

[Twostage]

Sorry my bad, i meant 160 at 20 mins to go but i am now going with 15 mins, there are no bittering hops in this brew

Ah. So tropical England is a hop.

Hang on, googled it and it’s a mix of hops so technically not a smash .

I suppose it’s out of the same bag, though, so what the heck

Sounds like a nice mix BTW.

 

[Rodcx500z]

Ah. So tropical England is a hop.

Hang on, googled it and it’s a mix of hops so technically not a smash .

I suppose it’s out of the same bag, though, so what the heck

Sounds like a nice mix BTW.

It is a nice mix, bought 450gr from CML, so far i have tried it with pilsner malt it was very nice and didn't last long, this one is with crisps best ale malt

 

[Rodcx500z]

20l yeast pitched 5.2% happy with that, another tomorrow but I will add a bittering charge, then away on Saturday for a week happy days

 

[Rodcx500z]

Just chilling tropical England pale ale, I added some bittering hops to this one and 100g at 10 mins to go and just left em in while it chills

 

[Rodcx500z]

Today I did a spur of the moment user upper
4.5kg best ale malt
0.400g biscuit malt
0.100g roast barley
Hops Tropical England
Yeast Midland
I was aiming for 4% got 4.2% happy with that

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[Rodcx500z]

Today using the last of the tropical England hops, going order some good old English hops after

 

[Rodcx500z]

At a bit of a loose end today so I thought I would brew a tropical England. Got to the boil got hops ready went for the yeast o dear all I have is 9gr of youngs and an out of date cml cider yeast, I could have swore I had some midland, ah well in for a penny in for a pound it’s going in

 

[Rodcx500z]

Doing a brew, 5kg pilsner, 15g target@60, 30g ekg+50g jester@10, yeast cml voss, will update later