What did you brew today?

[Agentgonzo]

About 18 months ago I said I would try brewing murgy Straight.

After 18 months of procrastination, the day has finally arrived! 😂
Looking nice and clear so far.
I've just measured out the hops and they smell amazing! I've never used talus before. Very different aroma to citra.

 

[Agentgonzo]

About 18 months ago I said I would try brewing murgy Straight.

After 18 months of procrastination, the day has finally arrived! 😂
Looking nice and clear so far.
I've just measured out the hops and they smell amazing! I've never used talus before. Very different aroma to citra.
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Slightly undershot the gravity at 1.040 or 1.039. but looks pretty good. All tucked up in the fermenter at exactly 19° now.

 

[Mash Monster]

I must give this one another go as my first/last attempt was a disaster.
It looked fantastic and when served through the hand pull had a great creamy head but sadly it had an unpleasant medicinal taste of which my son in law described as wintergreen! (which apparently is present in some Root beers) I couldn’t stomach it so it went down the drain 😡
I would be very interested to see how yours turns out keep us posted

 

[Agentgonzo]

I must give this one another go as my first/last attempt was a disaster.
It looked fantastic and when served through the hand pull had a great creamy head but sadly it had an unpleasant medicinal taste of which my son in law described as wintergreen! (which apparently is present in some Root beers) I couldn’t stomach it so it went down the drain 😡
I would be very interested to see how yours turns out keep us posted

I'll try to remember! Hopefully in 3 weeks I'll have a picture of it in a glass.

The medical flavour can often come from chlorine in the brewing water reacting with the phenols in the malt/hops.

I let my brewing water stand 24h/overnight and that allegedly allows the chlorine to escape. Or you can treat it with campden tablets.

 

[Mash Monster]

Yep I use RO water , maybe I didn’t flush out the system fully and inadvertently left traces of cleaner or sanitiser. I have done at least a dozen brews since without any issues .

 

[foxy]

Bass Pale Ale or similar. Brewed yesterday
OG 1,050 FG 1,012 ABV 5% IBU 53,2 (Tinseth) SRM 11,2
The hop calculation I did with Alchemy Overlord which came in at 34.44 IBU a lot different to Tinseth.
5kg Veloria Schooner Pale Malt
0,50kg Flaked Corn
0,20kg Joe White Crystal light
0,10kg Joe White Crystal Dark late mash addition.
0.0010kg Voyager Roast Barley late mash addition.
0,250kg Weyermann Carrahell late mash addition.

35g Northern Brewer First wort
15g Northern Brewer 15 minutes
20g Challenger 5 minutes

Mash Profile 20 minutes @ 63C 40 minutes @ 67C

Mash underway.

Raise to 67C

As time went on the top temperature rose to 2C higher than the temperature in the false bottom, foam on the top forming insulation over the mash. I wasn't particularly bothered but next time I will spray the foam and see if it makes a difference.

Iodine test looks good.

In with the none fermentable grain at mash out

The big squeeze and an extra 2 litres

That's about what I am looking for.

After the boil was over a sample of one I made earlier.

And this arvo, away she goes.

 

[Twostage]

Bass Pale Ale or similar. Brewed yesterday
OG 1,050 FG 1,012 ABV 5% IBU 53,2 (Tinseth) SRM 11,2
The hop calculation I did with Alchemy Overlord which came in at 34.44 IBU a lot different to Tinseth.
5kg Veloria Schooner Pale Malt
0,50kg Flaked Corn
0,20kg Joe White Crystal light
0,10kg Joe White Crystal Dark late mash addition.
0.0010kg Voyager Roast Barley late mash addition.
0,250kg Weyermann Carrahell late mash addition.

35g Northern Brewer First wort
15g Northern Brewer 15 minutes
20g Challenger 5 minutes

Mash Profile 20 minutes @ 63C 40 minutes @ 67C

Mash underway.

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Raise to 67C
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As time went on the top temperature rose to 2C higher than the temperature in the false bottom, foam on the top forming insulation over the mash. I wasn't particularly bothered but next time I will spray the foam and see if it makes a difference.
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Iodine test looks good.
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In with the none fermentable grain at mash out
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The big squeeze and an extra 2 litres
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That's about what I am looking for.
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After the boil was over a sample of one I made earlier.
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And this arvo, away she goes.
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That's definitely a big squeeze.

 

[Beer Elzibub]

In progress at the moment, an alleged Tim Taylor Landlord clone, using an all grain recipe kit from Brew Day. Malt is golden promise, hops are Fuggles, EKG and Styrian Goldings.

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Update on this. Had a couple of bottles at the weekend and it’s tasting really good. Not sure it’s exactly the same as real TTL (lighter colour and a touch less malty) but nice floral notes and better than the bottled version of TTL.

 

[Beer Elzibub]

And as there isn’t a thread called “what did you brew two days ago”, then belatedly I brewed my first AG stout on Saturday, based on the Hughes recipe. I think I messed up my last yeast order so used a sachet of WHC High Voltage which might not be entirely suitable but apparently can be used for stout. Anyway it ferments like a rocket.

 

[Appleton Brews]

Yesterday I brewed Five Points Best Bitter 22 litres
3100g Irish Pale malt
300g Munich
200g Amber malt
200g Medium Crystal
100g Torrefied wheat
Fuggles
@ 60m 40g
@ 15m 25g
@ whirlpool 35g @ 85C for 20m
Yeast is WHC Old English for the first time.

 

[Sadfield]

Old Peculier for a homebrew club OP-off.

Batch - 12.5L
OG -1.058
IBUs - 29
EBC - 50
ABV - 5.6%

Water

Ca-114 Mg-10 Na-20 Co3-37 SO4-125 Cl-125

Mash - 60' @ 67c.

Extra Pale Planet - 86%
Medium Crystal - 10%
Roasted Barley - 4%

Boil - 60'

Fuggle - 12.5g @ 60' (10 IBU)
Topaz - 4g @ 60' (14 IBU)
Protofloc - 0.3g @ 10'
Fuggle - 17.5g @ 10' (5 IBU)

Fermentation

House Blend Trial (2x S-33, 1x S-04, 1x BE-256)