Tess Tickle's Brewdays

[Tess Tickle's Brewery]

Ah, ok!

 

[Buffers brewery]

Great write up @LisaMC . I'd be interested to know your recipe and hop addition times.

 

[Tess Tickle's Brewery]

Great write up @LisaMC . I'd be interested to know your recipe and hop addition times.

Will pop it on for you in a sec. Thank you!

 

[Tess Tickle's Brewery]

Hopefully this will help @Buffers brewery

 

[Buffers brewery]

Hopefully this will help @Buffers brewery

It does thanks @LisaMC . Interesting to see your first hop addition is 30 minutes (assuming it's a 60 minute boil) which is what I do now. Gave up on 60 minute bittering hop addition (I'm sure it has it's place in some recipes) in my pale ales. Much nicer drink

 

[Alastair70]

Great write up @LisaMC , and good looking recipe, I love Amarillo.
I'm with @Clint, 1 sachet of M36 will be plenty. But I'd definitely put two of whatever you're using in the Vienna lager.

 

[Tess Tickle's Brewery]

Nope, I don't do 60 minute boils any more - only 30 mins.

 

[Tess Tickle's Brewery]

Great write up, and good looking recipe, I love Amarillo.
I'm with @Clint, 1 sachet of M36 will be plenty. But I'd definitely put two of whatever you're using in the Vienna lager.

Thanks Alistair - will do.

 

[Tess Tickle's Brewery]

Forgot to mention - I used my own tap water for this brew (with campden etc) - I normally use only Tesco bottled water.

 

[Gingerbrews]

Can I ask a stupid question?
When do you add the Brewbrite?

 

[Tess Tickle's Brewery]

Can I ask a stupid question?
When do you add the Brewbrite?

Apparently you add it 10 minutes from the end - but it takes half an hour to dissolve, so you need to mix it with wort and leave it to sit, keeping stirring now and again. It's amazing, I recommend - only used it once but my wort is the best it's ever looked. I wanted to try it, to try and eliminate the chill haze.

 

[chthon]

Apparently you add it 10 minutes from the end - but it takes half an hour to dissolve, so you need to mix it with wort and leave it to sit, keeping stirring now and again. It's amazing, I recommend - only used it once but my wort is the best it's ever looked. I wanted to try it to try and eliminate the chill haze.

For me, what ended chill haze, was also acidifying my sparge water to a pH of 5,0 - 5,5. Got a much better hot break, and after bottling, my beers cleared much faster, also at low temperatures.

 

[Leon103]

What's with the demijohn for the blowoff? Why don't you use a spunding valve?

 

[Tess Tickle's Brewery]

What's with the demijohn for the blowoff? Why don't you use a spunding valve?

We only have one and I’m saving it for my Vienna lager which is going in the fridge.

 

[Leon103]

We only have one and I’m saving it for my Vienna lager which is going in the fridge.

At right, any reason for having a big demijohn, can't you just let the co2 disperse into the room, or you thinking the yeast will escape

 

[Tess Tickle's Brewery]

Lol nope, I just like to watch the bubbles

 

[Tess Tickle's Brewery]

For me, what ended chill haze, was also acidifying my sparge water to a pH of 5,0 - 5,5. Got a much better hot break, and after bottling, my beers cleared much faster, also at low temperatures.

Interesting!

 

[Tess Tickle's Brewery]

4/12/21

Brewday number 2 successfully completed. Jim’s espresso stout. He’s planning on flavouring it with cold brew coffee at the end.

 

[Tess Tickle's Brewery]

Brew three done (Vienna lager) and in the fermentation fridge.

Early morning start so made good time today.

 

[Tess Tickle's Brewery]

9/12/2021

Last brewday of 2021 today. I'm making a Golden Promise only beer, just using up some of the hop stash. Just heating my mash water now.