YeastFace Brewdays

[YeastFace]

Life got in the way on Monday, but brewing this today.

Mash went swimmingly and hit all pre-boil numbers. Likewise with the boil.

Glad I picked this to brew this week and not a lager, as not sure the chiller would have got much under 20°. In any case wort has gone into fermenter at 27.5°c.

From previous use of Philly Sour, it will take 3 days to get to target PH. Interested to see how the Kveik will interact with the fruit. Reason behind using it is to enhance the tropical fruit aromas, so hopefully it works well.

 

[YeastFace]

Just bottled my mixed ferm thing, will not be repeating that.

Bought a Kegland handheld counter pressure bottlegun to use on mixed ferm stuff. A mix of user error (doubt it's designed for highly carbed beers) and terrible deisgn (the rubber stopper not being held in properly, the plastic trigger not being heat shrunk) made for an awful experience. I couldn't recommend it as the rubber stopper is simply absolute ****.

 

[YeastFace]

Not happy with the bottle fill levels (although there's no chance I didn't cap on foam) so have ordered a line reducer and will try again with the Valpar 3/16" line I have.

 

[YeastFace]

The sour is down to 3.5ph today, so have added the fruit and Mango Madness.

Have done some calculations and based on the PH and Brix provided in the Funkin datasheets, the fruit additions shouldn't change the PH but will give me 6 more gravity points.

Having said that hopefully the Philly Sour can make a start on the fruit before the Mango Madness gets to work and maybe drop it another PH point or two.

 

[YeastFace]

Down to 1.010and 3.4ph last night.

I then read that fruit should be added Post-Fermentation in a Catharina Sour. Whoops.

Not sure I'd want to be adding metabisulphate and then add fruit in any case so this is back to being a regular fruited sour.

 

[YeastFace]

Mashing in an Irish Red. Will be putting this one on mixed gas when done.

 

[YeastFace]

Transferring now. Decent colour on it.

 

[YeastFace]

My next few brews will be lagers, but haven't been able to get any RO water and probably won't in the next couple of weeks. I've decided to use some of the base malt earmarked for an ESB to brew a British Golden with some hops and yeast I got at LAB Open.

Grist is low colour maris otter, and a touch of carapils (didn't have any wheat) and caramalt. Hops are Challenger, EKG for flavour, Styrians for aroma, and a whirlpool and dry hop with Hallertau Blanc. Yeast is WHC Saturated.

Finished at 1.040, a point under expected, but should end up with a ~4% summer quencher.

Safely in the fermenter at 19°c. Just waiting for iSpindel to charge and will drop that in this evening.

 

[YeastFace]

Dry hopped this morning. 45g Hallertau Blanc and 5g Aramis I had leftover.

Will start to chill tomorrow and keg on Monday.

 

[YeastFace]

Brewed a Witbier today.

Grist was extra pale, flaked wheat, wheat malt, oats, and a bit of chit malt. Hops were EKG and First Gold (which smelt incredible).

Flavoured with coriander seed, grains of paradise (both of these lightly toasted - smell was again amazing), chamomile (on the low end of these) and the peel of two oranges and lemons.

Will be fermented with Fermentis BW-20. Just waiting on temp to drop another degree or two.

 

[dave_77]

Brewed a Witbier today.

Grist was extra pale, flaked wheat, wheat malt, oats, and a bit of chit malt. Hops were EKG and First Gold (which smelt incredible).

Flavoured with coriander seed, grains of paradise (both of these lightly toasted - smell was again amazing), chamomile (on the low end of these) and the peel of two oranges and lemons.

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Will be fermented with Fermentis BW-20. Just waiting on temp to drop another degree or two.

Looking good with some fresh ingredients chamomile not a fan

 

[YeastFace]

Cheers!

Only 2 teabags' worth which was just under 3g. I like it in a Wit, think it helps round everything out. But I like chamomile tea anyway.

 

[samale]

Cheers!

Only 2 teabags' worth which was just under 3g. I like it in a Wit, think it helps round everything out. But I like chamomile tea anyway.

I made one last year with tea bags. It was too over powering, I think I used 6

 

[YeastFace]

Brewed an American Amber today.

Grist was a mix of Pale, Imperial, Light Munich, 3 types of Crystal, and a touch of Black Extract (TMM's version of Sinamar) for slight colour adjustment.

Hops were Magnum, Talus, Centennial, Cascade, and Chinook in the whirlpool. Will do a light dry hop with Simcoe.

Yeast is WHC Lax.

I'm after something malty, piney, and resinous. A hoppy red ale, but not quite a Red IPA. Firmly in the West Coast Style.

OG was 1.054, predicted FG is 1.012, so 5.5%. Calculayed EBC is 26 and 35 IBUs.

Not many photos

Hop cone after whirlpool


Sample

 

[YeastFace]

Updates since last brewday.

Witbier has gone. Quite pleased with it, although a bottle I'm sending someone has cleared. Perhaps up the chit malt next time.

After kegging the Amber and cleaning the FV, found that my iSpindel was completely flooded. The readings became somewhat erratic after about 5 days fermenting, and then the device clearly died. Ho hum, I won't be getting another. Hopefully no ill effects to the beer from this.

Have received my prize from LAB Open, a Mangrove Jack's Hop Spider. Will give this a go today, hopefully it will help with clean up. This thing is a beast and looks to be better construction than some I've seen.

I've also heard from the brewery I'll be brewing with as 2nd BOS prize. This won't be my Dunkel recipe (as they're not geared up for lagers), but will be along similar lines. Will update once that's happened in October.

Back to today, brewing my Irish Red. Am happy with the grain bill, but am changing up the hops slightly. Hopefully this will be the final revision (although I'm really tempted by using Barbe Rouge as an aroma hop it at some point).

Brace yourself for another exciting installment once it's in the fermenter.

 

[Caramel Ox]

According to my notes Chit malt improves clarity. It doesn’t seem to be much used in the UK.

 

[YeastFace]

It's undermodified, so is meant to be effective for haze stability.

From Crisp:

Chit Malt is a great addition for body, haze stability, as well as promoting head retention and foam

The bottle was towards the end of the keg, so haze probably dropped out. It had a decent amount of haze when I was drinking it the week before.

 

[Caramel Ox]

This is what Scott Janish has to say in the New IPA “In other words, chit malt can enhance head retention while also slightly increasing clarity. This is the opposite of other protein-rich options like malted wheat, where modified proteins from malting can increase haze when paired with hop polyphenols.”

I have used it but not enough to know which is correct.

 

[Twostage]

Updates since last brewday.

Witbier has gone. Quite pleased with it, although a bottle I'm sending someone has cleared. Perhaps up the chit malt next time.

After kegging the Amber and cleaning the FV, found that my iSpindel was completely flooded. The readings became somewhat erratic after about 5 days fermenting, and then the device clearly died. Ho hum, I won't be getting another. Hopefully no ill effects to the beer from this.

Have received my prize from LAB Open, a Mangrove Jack's Hop Spider. Will give this a go today, hopefully it will help with clean up. This thing is a beast and looks to be better construction than some I've seen.

I've also heard from the brewery I'll be brewing with as 2nd BOS prize. This won't be my Dunkel recipe (as they're not geared up for lagers), but will be along similar lines. Will update once that's happened in October.

Back to today, brewing my Irish Red. Am happy with the grain bill, but am changing up the hops slightly. Hopefully this will be the final revision (although I'm really tempted by using Barbe Rouge as an aroma hop it at some point).

Brace yourself for another exciting installment once it's in the fermenter.

Well done on the prizes

 

[YeastFace]

This is what Scott Janish has to say in the New IPA “In other words, chit malt can enhance head retention while also slightly increasing clarity. This is the opposite of other protein-rich options like malted wheat, where modified proteins from malting can increase haze when paired with hop polyphenols.”

I have used it but not enough to know which is correct.

Interesting, thanks. Perhaps maltsters prepare it differently?