What did you brew today?

[YeastFace]

Kernel is an awesome brewery and I appreciate that they still bottle as opposed to can. I've hijacked their Pale Ale yeast to make a beer before by using the residue at the bottom of three bottles and making a starter. If I tried cloning one of their beers, I'd probably do something similar, but understandable if you don't try that with bottles of their stronger ones. Almost like a big homebrewer and they do things right.

I'm pretty sure they (at least used to) use US-05 in most of their beers.

 

[Caramel Ox]

I'm pretty sure they (at least used to) use US-05 in most of their beers.

The book does say it’s a house yeast but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t US05 to start with. Suggested yeast is WLP013 London ale. I used CML clipper.

Fermentation seems to be ok, flavour very interesting and it’s time to dry hop which I have never done to a dark beer before.

 

[Twostage]

Today I’m brewing 15 litres of a Double Maxim Brown Ale
2800g MO
100g Medium crystal
70g Chocolate malt
70g Wheat malt
50g Roasted Barley
23g Challenger @ 45m
15g Fuggles @ 15m
CML Midland

I'll be interested to know how this turns out. I used to work for Vaux brewery when they made Double Maxim. This was in the days where I would have looked at you blankly if you'd said something technical like 'hops' . Its now in the hands of Maxim brewery set up by some of the ex-Vaux Directors and staff.

 

[Appleton Brews]

Finished it couple of hours ago I was aiming at an OG of 1046 and 4.7% but it came out at 1049 and an anticipated 4.9%. I will let you know in about 4-6 weeks what it’s like, but I’ve never tasted the original.

 

[Twostage]

Finished it couple of hours ago I was aiming at an OG of 1046 and 4.7% but it came out at 1049 and an anticipated 4.9%. I will let you know in about 4-6 weeks what it’s like, but I’ve never tasted the original.

Tesco sell it (round here anyway).

 

[Appleton Brews]

I’m in Brixham never seen it here.

 

[Stu]

Was yesterday now, but some kinda weird hybrid Belgian Witbier made up with the stuff I had leftover.
Wheat, malt, more malt, caramalt, dextrose. With some Styrian Goldings and Mittelfruh.

Coriander and orange peel (along with the oranges).

Dark so it is.

 

[Agentgonzo]

Just bottled a short batch of @Twostage 's Louie.

Brewed short to give OG if 1.071 that fermented (4.5L) to 1.017, then back liquored at bottling time to give 5% ABV

 

[Rwilts]

Second brew of the year () . Oatmeal stout from TMM...

Second outdoor brew day, more because I can't move in garage at the moment but weather holding off

 

[Twostage]

A user-upper yesterday. My plan was to make a Kolsch, had a recipe and ingredients ready to go then I realised my stock levels of conditioned beer was running out so switched to something that didn't need to be lagered. So it was a mix of Vienna, Munich 1, dextrin and amber. Hops were Citra, Aurora and Celeia hops. Fermenting with Voss Kviek at 30c.

First time I've constructed a recipe on the fly in the brewshed, weighing bags of grain and hops and sticking the result into BrewFather until I had something like beer.

Bottled it (as in put the beer in bottles as opposed to didn't do it). 1.047 down to 1.008. Tasted really good from the sample. Hope its as nice after it has fizzed up.

(Accidentally double primed one of the bottles. Afterwards it occurred to me I should have put a mark on so I knew which one it was. I'm sure it will be fine )

 

[Druss]

(Accidentally double primed one of the bottles. Afterwards it occurred to me I should have put a mark on so I knew which one it was. I'm sure it will be fine )

Ah, nothing like a game of gusher roulette

 

[Appleton Brews]

Didn’t brew but transferred 15 litres of Double Maxim Brown Ale to the bottling bucket. Will leave it for 2 days then bottle.

 

[6Trails]

Did the Italian Pils today, smooth enough brew day but the dry hopping is going to be the awkward bit. I did use the ALDC for that first time though.

 

[Appleton Brews]

I bottled my Double Maxim, 24 x 500ml bottles.

 

[Twostage]

Bottled it (as in put the beer in bottles as opposed to didn't do it). 1.047 down to 1.008. Tasted really good from the sample. Hope its as nice after it has fizzed up.

(Accidentally double primed one of the bottles. Afterwards it occurred to me I should have put a mark on so I knew which one it was. I'm sure it will be fine )

Amazingly they are well carbed already, one pet bottle in particular so I tried it last night. Cloudy but tastes really good. After 2 days of bottling . I put it down to using Kviek.

 

[foxy]

I liked the Blue Monkey Big Sip enough to want to brew a similar version. To my sense of taste by buds and olfactory I am sure there is the finest touch of Citra hops in the mix. So, I brewed a pale ale and used EKG and a Citra hop stand, That was Thursday the fermentation is winding down now.

 

[Appleton Brews]

Double disappointment today
1. My Calabria IPA IS Phenolic and has to be tipped. I think the problem happened at Dry Hopping. I’m not that experienced dry hopping.
2. My Menu Dhu stout fermentation stopped at 1014 giving me a 3.9% beer not the planned 4.5%. No idea why as I used Midland which is my go to yeast for English beers. Tastes ok so bottling on Monday.

 

[Rwilts]

Sorry about one. But on 2. I never really worry about the ABV if it tastes nice ... Obvs if it's over sweet etc that can have an impact

 

[Appleton Brews]

Sorry about one. But on 2. I never really worry about the ABV if it tastes nice ... Obvs if it's over sweet etc that can have an impact

Thanks you are right of course.

 

[Caramel Ox]

I had an early start and made a half keg batch of Sunken Knave household ale from the new Modern Homebrewer book.

In deference to the open fermentation thread I’ve had a go - with the small volume in my normal kit it has about a 1:1 height ratio and is open in the brew fridge. After a few days I can slide the lid on.

I have a plan for serving as well in a kind of keg-as-cask way as the best type of experiments change lots of variables at the same time.