What did you brew today?

Brewed_Force · Aug 5, 2018

Yesterday I started a Northern Brown Ale.
Found basically the same recipe in several places on the net, with great reviews, so I reckon this one's going be a cracker.
1.5kg Pale Malt
160g Crystal 60L
100g Biscuit Malt
60g Chocolate Malt
100g Torrified Wheat
100g Flaked Oats
7.6g Target 9.5% 30 mins
14g EKG 5.9% 10 mins
Crossmyloof Real Ale Yeast
30 minute boil, 10L batch
OG 10.6 brix
Fermenting in brewfridge at 21.5C

Happiness is a bubbling airlock......

pvt_ak · Aug 5, 2018

pvt_ak said:
Just ordered a few bits for a Belgian Blonde.

Tettnang, Saaz, MJ Belgian Ale yeast and a spot of wheat malt.

James Morton - don’t let me down !

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Coming up to Mash temp . Happy days.
First voyage into Belgian Yeast.

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pvt_ak · Aug 6, 2018

pvt_ak said:
Coming up to Mash temp . Happy days.
First voyage into Belgian Yeast.

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Day 1 - no Krausen.
Is this a bad thing ?

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Dutto · Aug 6, 2018

pvt_ak said:
Day 1 - no Krausen.
Is this a bad thing ?

No.

Even after two or three days it depends very much on the yeast. Some bottom fermenting yeasts develop hardly any krausen.

The time to worry is if after about three days at fermentation temperature there's no sign of any activity at all. i.e. no bubbles in the air-lock, no krausen and no trub.

Even then, a check of the SG may very well reveal that it is fermenting okay and it's just you worrying too much!

Be patient. :thumb:

pvt_ak · Aug 6, 2018

Dutto said:
No.

Even after two or three days it depends very much on the yeast. Some bottom fermenting yeasts develop hardly any krausen.

The time to worry is if after about three days at fermentation temperature there's no sign of any activity at all. i.e. no bubbles in the air-lock, no krausen and no trub.

Even then, a check of the SG may very well reveal that it is fermenting okay and it's just you worrying too much!

Be patient. :thumb:

There speaks the calming voice of reason. Cheers Dutto [emoji106]

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Clint · Aug 6, 2018

...it'll be climbing out the bucket by the morning...
Search..blow off tube...

Dutto · Aug 6, 2018

This was after it had filled a one litre bottle and spread itself all over the worktop!

Enjoy!

pvt_ak · Aug 7, 2018

Clint said:
...it'll be climbing out the bucket by the morning...
Search..blow off tube...

We’re off !! Bit like me ... slow starter [emoji23]

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Martybhoy · Aug 7, 2018

The Irish Export Stout I brewed on Saturday seems to have finished fermenting this morning (I'll still wait 2 weeks before bottling) hitting the target FG of 1.014. That's bloody fast.

Most of it fermented at 18°C so hopefully no hot flavours with such a fast ferment.

Sample does taste hot, which I would expect at 7.6%, and 3 days in.

This will get squirrelled away for Christmas.

Hopefully I have finally made a decent stout.

GerritT · Aug 7, 2018

TOMORROW: https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/229387/amber-common
Got some leftover Ahtanum and DME, hopefully the rest of the special grains too.

DavidDetroit · Aug 7, 2018

bourbon stout for me today.

Likbas · Aug 8, 2018

10L of an Ordinary Bitter....

1165g Pale Malt
150g Crystal Malt
85g Pale Amber Malt
75g Wheat Malt

1.038OG, ~72% Att, ~3,7ABV

5g Tareget@5min boil
10g Northern brewer+5g Northdown@1min boil

Yeast is the Zymoferm Dark'n'Strong Ale fourth usage

Now with treated water with PH 6.5.

strange-steve · Aug 8, 2018

Just finished brewing a Scotch 70/- as a bit of a use up brew.

Batch size: 20L
OG: 1.038
FG: 1.011
ABV: 3.4%
SRM: 12

Grain Bill
2.3kg Maris Otter
400g Caramunich I
200g Melanoidin
200g Munich II
200g Vienna
100g Special W

Hops
15g Challenger at 60 Mins

Mash at 70°C
Boil for 90 mins
Ferment at 19°C with CML Pale Ale yeast

I'm on a bit of a malt craving at the minute so hopefully this'll satisfy..

GerritT · Aug 8, 2018

GerritT said:
TOMORROW: https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/229387/amber-common
Got some leftover Ahtanum and DME, hopefully the rest of the special grains too.

Aaand I had other things to do. Tomorrow for reals now.

Dave baron · Aug 10, 2018

Hi every one . I'm on with bramble wine .I'm up to the demijon stage tomorrow. I'm new to this so I'm following an old recipe.

GerritT · Aug 10, 2018

Discovered I had some juice with 'best before' dates, and as I'm leaving for Crete for a fortnight...

marshbrewer · Aug 10, 2018

20L of an experimental Kentucky common, which had actually come out like brown ale!

Dutto · Aug 10, 2018

GerritT said:
Discovered I had some juice with 'best before' dates, and as I'm leaving for Crete for a fortnight...

Don't forget to sit the DJ's in a nice big bowl before you go!

It's bad enough having to come back off holiday without walking in to a big sticky mess!

Enjoy the trip! :thumb:

GerritT · Aug 10, 2018

Dutto said:
Don't forget to sit the DJ's in a nice big bowl before you go!

It's bad enough having to come back off holiday without walking in to a big sticky mess!

Enjoy the trip! :thumb:

one is in the 20L malt pot and one in the 23L bucket athumb..

I might cover them lightly with a bin liner to prevent geysers!

Cheers!

(though I heard it's a lager island

)

GerritT · Aug 11, 2018

All's well, so far. Smell is delicious, I hope it won't attract zillions of flies!

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