What's everyone brewing this weekend?

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What's everyone brewing this weekend?

Post by Seveneer » Sat Oct 07, 2006 10:49 am

I'm not brewing anything myself as I have brewed 20 odd gallons over the last few days 8)

Any of you chaps brewing and, if so, what?

/Phil.
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Post by Andy » Sat Oct 07, 2006 10:50 am

Not me, got three cornies worth to get through.

How did yesterdays brew go Phil ?
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Post by Jim » Sat Oct 07, 2006 10:58 am

I just put my first Whitelabs English Ale Yeast brew into the keg last night (also bottled a couple of pints).

The taste seems pretty good, and that strain of yeast glues itself together to give one of the firmest yeast deposits I've seen. Very good.

It took about 15 minutes to clean the yeast ring from the top of the fermenter though! It was stuck on like araldite. :roll:
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Post by BlightyBrewer » Sat Oct 07, 2006 11:05 am

I was thinking of brewing an extract recipe to use up some tins of extract and hops I have leftover. Recipe will be "off the cuff".
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Post by Seveneer » Sat Oct 07, 2006 11:06 am

Hi Andy,

I've got a full corny of a strong ale, two of a lagered ale, 1 and a half of hefe, half a corny of mild and one and a half of bitter. You shouldn't let the fact that you have beer stop you making more :lol:

Yesterday went extremely well. I didn't weigh the malt as I had a 25 KG sack that I opened on Wednesday for my IPA.

For that brew I weighed 1 kg and put it in a bowl then used the bowl to estimate each kg I put in the mash tun. So I brewed with an estimated 12 kg of malt on Wednesday and achieved 87%.

So I reckoned there was 13 kg left so I formulated my recipe to use 13kg of pale malt last night and ended up with an efficiency way up in the 90's. I can't believe I got that high an efficiency so I can only think I need to put more effort into measuring the grain. I'll buy a spring balance which should help.

I guess I ended up with about 52 litres of 1.074 wort in the fermenters which, if I had used 13kg, makes 95% efficiency. I don't trust the figures and will do things a little more accurately next time to get a true figure but whatever happens, I know I'm getting good eficiency now 8)

/Phil.
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Post by Seveneer » Sat Oct 07, 2006 11:11 am

BlightyBrewer wrote:I was thinking of brewing an extract recipe to use up some tins of extract and hops I have leftover. Recipe will be "off the cuff".
Off the cuff recipes are good. I quite often just use up the left overs.

And Jim, nice one! 8)

/Phil.
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Post by BlightyBrewer » Sat Oct 07, 2006 11:20 am

Some of my best beers have been "off the cuff", or "bung it in and see recipes"! :D
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Post by BigEd » Sat Oct 07, 2006 3:29 pm

Hoping to get two beers brewed this weekend. I have just mashed in on my hydrid IPA and will be doing an altbier tomorrow.
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Post by Horden Hillbilly » Sat Oct 07, 2006 3:46 pm

Hop & Grape will be rubbing their hands, I have just sent them an order for grains, hops, yeast, wine kits, steriliser, corks, etc.

My new brewing season starts here! :D
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Post by Seveneer » Sat Oct 07, 2006 4:00 pm

That's a busy weekend BigEd. Hope it all goes well 8)

Horden Hillbilly, did you quit brewing over the summer months? :(

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Post by oxford brewer » Sat Oct 07, 2006 4:13 pm

Just bottled(24 flip top bottles) and kegged the remainder of a brew that has been sat in the secondary for a week...Its called "wifes want"(because my wife wants it to be like Deuchars IPA 8) ),threw the recipe together myself,colour is looking about right and the hop aroma is close also.
Gonna find it hard to leave for 3 weeks(which is why i bottled about half :wink: )

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Post by Seveneer » Sat Oct 07, 2006 4:19 pm

Nice one Colin. A nice hoppy beer if I remember it properly. The waiting part is always the hardest :)
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Post by Horden Hillbilly » Sat Oct 07, 2006 6:44 pm

Horden Hillbilly, did you quit brewing over the summer months?
Yes, even in the frozen north it gets too warm for sucessful brewing.

It is not a problem though, In addition to my 4 king kegs I have 16 beer crates which hold 12 bottles each which are filled up well before it gets too warm, I also have a small fridge in the loft which is used only for chilling beer, lager & wine.

These are not all mine, they are shared between Mrs H and myself, she prefers lager & lighter wines such as Rose, White, Peach & I prefer bitter & Red Wine.
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Post by BigEd » Sat Oct 07, 2006 7:11 pm

Seveneer wrote:That's a busy weekend BigEd. Hope it all goes well 8)
Thanks! The boil has just finished and I am getting ready to run the wort through my chiller and into the fermenters. :)
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Post by Frothy » Sat Oct 07, 2006 7:58 pm

A nice constructive weekend hobby indeed. I'm getting ready for the first all-grain & I'm torn between Jim's House Bitter & Palmers English Special. Need some Fuggles for Jim's & some flaked maize for palmers.

Jim do you boil for an hour and a half?

Matt
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