Big brew weekend

[bconnery]

The family is away for the weekend, and I was under wife's order, brew as much as you can this weekend because december is hectic...
Being a dutiful husband I obliged...

Saturday's double...
German pilsnerish...
I've been slack with kettle finings of late but I did it again on this one and wondered why I haven't been... Great clarity in the hydrometer sample...
The NZ hallertau hops smelt amazing.
Style: German Pilsner (Pils)
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (35.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 23.00 L
Boil Size: 34.00 L
Estimated OG: 1.047 SG
Estimated Color: 7.8 EBC
Estimated IBU: 27.4 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.00 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
4500.00 gm Pale Malt (Barrett Burston) (3.9 EBC) Grain 90.91 %
300.00 gm Munich I (Weyermann) (14.0 EBC) Grain 6.06 %
150.00 gm Cara-Pils/Dextrine (3.9 EBC) Grain 3.03 %
15.00 gm Hallertauer Aroma, New Zealand [8.50 %] (Hops 15.0 IBU
25.00 gm Hallertauer Aroma, New Zealand [8.50 %] (Hops 12.4 IBU
1 Pkgs SafLager German Lager (DCL Yeast #S-189) Yeast-Lager

APA using D Saaz aka Riwaka hops.
Had some issues with my braid and cheap false bottom on this one.
Forced me into some rethinking of the system.
Recipe: D Saaz Ter
Brewer: Mooshells
Asst Brewer:
Style: American Pale Ale
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (35.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 23.00 L
Boil Size: 33.00 L
Estimated OG: 1.047 SG
Estimated Color: 13.2 EBC
Estimated IBU: 34.0 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 65.00 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
4300.00 gm Pale Malt, Maris Otter (5.9 EBC) Grain 81.90 %
500.00 gm Munich I (Weyermann) (14.0 EBC) Grain 9.52 %
200.00 gm Carared (Weyermann) (47.3 EBC) Grain 3.81 %
200.00 gm Wheat Malt (Barrett Burston) (3.0 EBC) Grain 3.81 %
50.00 gm Caramunich II (Weyermann) (124.1 EBC) Grain 0.95 %
30.00 gm D Saaz [5.60 %] (Dry Hop 5 days) Hops -
30.00 gm D Saaz [5.60 %] (20 min) Hops 11.9 IBU
20.00 gm Simcoe [11.00 %] (15 min) Hops 12.8 IBU
15.00 gm D Saaz [5.60 %] (10 min) Hops 3.6 IBU
15.00 gm D Saaz [5.60 %] (5 min) Hops 2.0 IBU
15.00 gm Simcoe [11.00 %] (5 min) Hops 3.8 IBU
1 Pkgs SafAle American Ale (US56) (DCL Yeast #S-0Yeast-Ale

Sunday's mor lesuirely single brew...
A favourite of the extended family, strawberry wheat beer...
This is the first AG version so hopefully it will stack up...
Recipe: Strawbeery 2007
Brewer: Mooshells
Asst Brewer:
Style: Weizen/Weissbier
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (32.5)

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 23.00 L
Boil Size: 34.00 L
Estimated OG: 1.041 SG
Estimated Color: 8.1 EBC
Estimated IBU: 13.5 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.00 %
Boil Time: 75 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
2600.00 gm Wheat Malt (Barrett Burston) (3.0 EBC) Grain 59.77 %
1000.00 gm Pale Malt (Barrett Burston) (3.9 EBC) Grain 22.99 %
700.00 gm Munich I (Weyermann) (14.0 EBC) Grain 16.09 %
50.00 gm Carared (Weyermann) (47.3 EBC) Grain 1.15 %
35.00 gm Hallertauer Hersbrucker [2.20 %] (60 min)Hops 9.4 IBU
20.00 gm Hallertauer Hersbrucker [2.20 %] (30 min)Hops 4.1 IBU
4.00 kg Strawberry (Secondary 7.0 days) Misc
1 Pkgs Safwheat (DCL Yeast #WB06) Yeast-Wheat

Had a great weekend for refining the process and thinking about how I brew, rather than just concentrating on getting it done, which can occur when there are domestic distractions going on.
Lager is in the fridge, the APA is in the box and I'm off to look at the temp on the wheat to see if it is ready to pitch...

Cheers and Beers
One Satisfied Brewer...

[delboy]

Wow, thats some brewing session , hope it all goes well for you.

[AT]

That's the way to do it

[Minus The Bear]

That strawberry beer sounds great.

[Horden Hillbilly]

Looks like you are in for a busy weekend, have a good one!

[bconnery]

Well it was a busy weekend, especially Saturday, but it was great fun.
All three beers are bubbling away nicely...
Should be nice and stocked for the silly season...

[bconnery]

That strawberry beer sounds great.

Hopefully it is. I made the first one three years ago and have done one each year when I can get a big box of jamming strawberries for not too much...
This is the first AG one though so hopefully it works as well. I used a similar recipe to my berry wheat but it was a tiny bit lacking in background for the fruit so I added some munich for this one.
I am a big fan of fruit beers, when done with fresh fruit, so if this one works as well as others I might be close to a good base malt bill for them...