Summer Brew and Swap - NZ Pale Ale

[Caramel Ox]

I also brewed today, I made up the recipe so who knows how that will go. The yeast was PIA but as it turned out the transfer to FV was more of a PIA.

 

[SMP Brewery]

I’m going to have to send mine out by the 31st of August at the latest.

 

[Agentgonzo]

Motueka/Nelson sauvin pale ale brewed today as my first attempt at doing a small batch.
https://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/threads/what-did-you-brew-today.64550/post-1229067

 

[Tess Tickle's Brewery]

I've managed to get the ingredients for mine and going to brew on Saturday

Hopefully it won't be another Rye IPA disaster

 

[Tess Tickle's Brewery]

Brewed mine today as planned - but there's always something!

The vessel I've chosen to ferment in doesn't fit in the fermenting fridge, even though I was sure it did. Think I'm going mad. So I've had to ferment it with an inkbird and heat belt instead in my living room. It's also a bit stronger than planned. Going to have to raise my efficiency I think as I'm consistently hitting well over it.

Thankfully fermenting like this gives just as good results as the temp-controlled fridge does.

 

[Agentgonzo]

Well I bottled mine today. And completely forgot to take an FG reading. Given my efficiency was way up and I had to water it down a bit, this could be 6%, it could be 8%. Who knows!

 

[SMP Brewery]

A taste test of mine after a week. Not bad, just a little earthy at the moment.

 

[Tess Tickle's Brewery]

A taste test of mine after a week. Not bad, just a little earthy at the moment.

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Looks better than mine is going to be

Just dry-hopped it, after 24 hours lol. Gone from 1.050 to 1.016 in that time. It's getting a bit hot which wasn't expected as my room is cool ugh lol.

Will see how it tastes though, might be ok in the end. Airlock smells amazing, like sherbet.

 

[Caramel Ox]

Mine also fermented much quicker than expected even though the active cooling knocked the yeast down during the daytime. Bottled today, first time dry hopping and unfortunately many of the hops were dry. Will see how it matures may be a bit dull.

 

[Nottsbeer]

Just finished brewing for this one. Bit of a tight turnaround as I need to bottle next Fri . Have some lovely smelling hops, and the trial jar tastes great. Weirdly my pre boil gravity was 1.039 (very close to predicted gravity) but post boil was 1.041 . Think I may have left the lid covering a bit too much and guess not lost much. Was a 60 min good boil. As I'm pushing to get this one done will worry about that another day. Just waiting for the temp to fall then I can pitch the yeast. I'm going to dry hop this one so really looking forward to how it may turn out

 

[Alastair70]

Got mine done today, ended up with 22L in the fermenter at 1.060. The garage smelled amazing.

 

[SMP Brewery]

Reading all these, thinking mine might be a bit skinny on the hop front.

 

[Caramel Ox]

Reading all these, thinking mine might be a bit skinny on the hop front.

Same here, I think because my dry hop didn’t work. But from the cheeky keg samples while still carbonating it is quite pleasant.

 

[Tess Tickle's Brewery]

So just put mine in the kegerator.

I'm seeing 1.008, any offers?

The temp swing doesn't seem to have affected it, but I'm just hoping and praying it doesn't end up with diacetyl, as my rye IPA was fine at kegging and then lousy later lol

 

[Nottsbeer]

So just put mine in the kegerator.

I'm seeing 1.008, any offers?

The temp swing doesn't seem to have affected it, but I'm just hoping and praying it doesn't end up with diacetyl, as my rye IPA was fine at kegging and then lousy later lol

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That's looking a nice color . Dry hopped mine yesterday and hoping to bottle mid week. Loving the smell of the hops with this one

 

[Tess Tickle's Brewery]

Cheers NottsBeer!

Yes same here with the hops.

 

[SMP Brewery]

Mine is nice and clear now, looks dark as it’s in the garage and is a passable drink.

However with the left over hops I’ve just kegged the Pils I made. Hmmm think I’ve got the hops the wrong way round as this is what I was expecting the pale to taste like

This is the bit that didn’t quite go in the keg. It looked paler in the transfer tube.

 

[Alastair70]

I’m down to 1.016 on the iSpindle, so the cryo equivalent of a 60g T90 dry hop has just gone in. Riwaka smells amazing, like Kiwi Citra. I’m away all weekend so I’ll hopefully get to cold crash Friday and keg on Sunday.

 

[Nottsbeer]

Bottled my brew this eve. Quite a mellow taste, aroma not as strong as expected....will be interesting to see how this develops in the bottle. May have slightly over primed these .

 

[pilgrimhudd]

Bottled my brew this eve. Quite a mellow taste, aroma not as strong as expected....will be interesting to see how this develops in the bottle. May have slightly over primed these .

As did I, mine got down to a surprising 1008 making it 5.5%, very fruity taste with a mild citrus aroma.