IN THE SHED 10TH NOVEMBER 2011 ( VEN-SMIFF )

[GARYSMIFF]

Hello back with a brew in my new 70l pot and the SMIFFMAN-Hop-Stopper so wanted to keep it simple.

Grains:
4 Kg Lager Malt
4 kg Micronised Wheat
1 kg Micronised Corn
1 kg Micronised Barley
250g Munich Malt
250g Crystal Malt
500g of home made candi sugar @ 15min


Hops:
25 g Stella 15.69% @ 90min
25 g Stella 15.69% @ 15min
50 g Stella 15.69% @ FO

RIMS:
15mins @ 40º
15mins @ 60º
60mins @ 67º
Mash out at 75º

Yeast:
Fermentis WB06 in one and Munich Wheat Yeast in the other.

40 l of 1048 in the Bag well plastic Buckets this was my 1st brew in the larger system, not bad only a few changes required


New Hop stopper


New Copper


into the copper we go


Going Going Gone

[critch]

i feel almost cheated that theres no all bran in it

stellas a cracking hop should be great mr smiff

[GARYSMIFF]

The smell from the FV's is super

[Dennis King]

Looks good Gary, where did you get the Stella hops.

[GARYSMIFF]

Copper kettle, I get from them as I can get a sack of Grain delivered for the same price as 5+ so always stock up on the heavy stuff.

Link ---->http://www.copperkettlehomebrewing.co.u ... 375b296fcf


Those where not cheap but Hi AA

[GARYSMIFF]

Have to post and say the ( VEN-SMIFF ) is
1: a great base for a single hop, I know beers with wheat are not supposed to have a lot of hop but this was a chewy and flavoursome mix
2:easy drinking
3:refreshing
4:showed the yeast (I liked the WB06 over the Munich)
5:A beer to brew again soon, the only problem is with what hop, might go with an Amarillo.

[Lugsy]

What are Stella like then? They're on my list of hops to try.

[GARYSMIFF]

Stella, well the beer has gone, all 80 pints of it, only a few bottles tucked away.

Describing it that might be hard but It has a Spice note to it but clean fresh full mouth flavour that does not last and is not harsh, what I mean its not in one part of the tongue that you can't say its in the middle to the back of your tongue its all over which is nice and makes you go back for a second mouthfull.

I would love to make a IPA with this and the bonus is the High AA and aroma options.

I did a wheat and used it as a dry hop I posted this:

1st Cornie of this is now Gone and the 2nd has a small amount of dry hop in the form of "Stella" and this brew is what i would call "Chewy" and very very "moreish" ,Stella is a very nice hop

But also said it was fruity


I would put the hop in my top 10 hops

should have gone to hop description class sorry

Its a nice hop that would work well in a Light beer, there you go

[GARYSMIFF]

just opened a bottle of the WB06 version and well, Ill make it again with a lower mash temp , not to raise its % but mouth feel could do with slimming down a bit.

V pleased with the results as it was a brew with most of what i want from a beer hence the name, as in diagram.



NB: I added the yeast swill