new beer

[critch]

just done one for the liverpool beer festival using an experimental hop called beata (v. high in beta acids) as well as fuggles and galena, ive got high hopes for this. the smell when i opened thebag was amazing!

going to be a bit of a hop monster as there was over 6 kilos in total in a 9 barrel brew length!

[kevthebootboy]

Sounds mad! (in a good way ) youll have to let us know how i turns out

[vacant]

I got some of that cheap beata a month ago amongst my order for my next six brews. Haven't opened it yet. Maybe I'll give it more prominence if your results are good.

[critch]

its at 1018 now smells great! going to be turning on the chillers at 1012 ish (projected to brew out at 1009)

think i mashed it a little cool at 64.5 - if i do it again at a lower gravity ill adjust my temps acordingly to try and increase mouthfeel

[floydmeddler]

Have some Beata but am afraid to use them!

Did you use them to bitter or for flavour as well? Read somewhere that they are suitable for lager style beers.

Cheers.

[critch]

used galena for bitterness then a beata addition at 20 a fuggles at 10 a massive beata at flame out then another massive beata addition at flame out plus 30

started the chiller jacket "9 am today if the beer has dropped below 8 c by the end of tomorrow ill put he adjunct finings in and cask the bugger wednesday
im bottling a kilderkin of it......
the rest of it ill leave it for a month to condition

gonna try a bottle or two in three weeks to see what im giving camra for the beer festival!

[critch]

just tried some as i was doing a gravity test very fruity lovely floral aroma obviously not ready yet but still very palatable,im pitching the adjunct finings tomorrow. should be great for the beer festival in febuary

[floydmeddler]

Cool! So, not citrusy then? Have too much citrusy on the go at the mo.

Cheers

[critch]

more berry fruit mate, very pleasant if a little more bitter than i was aiming for at the mo, should age off nicely by 5 weeks time.

[critch]

right just opened a bottle of this bugger up and in the few days its been in ,its changed a lot, its now got a beautiful floral aroma, a fruity floral taste on the tongue , rather bloody good in fact im well pleased! i can seriously recomend the beata hop!

if your at the crypt beer festival in liverpool in feb look out for festivale 30......

[floydmeddler]

Cheers for the heads up. Look forward to brewing with it!

[WishboneBrewery]

aye, I've got a bag of Beeta too to put in something or other