brew no. 5 - Noah knows

Brew 5: Noah Knows

14/03/2015

4 litres of Tesco chase spring.
500g wheat crystal malt steeped for 30 mins at 65 deg c. in 3 litres .
Used 1 litre of boiled water to keep temp at 65 deg c +
then added
1 kg spraymalt wheat
2 kg light dme

15 g amarillo & galaxy 15 mins boil (in muslin bag)
45 g amarillo & galaxy (in muslin bag) at flameout then stir for 10 minutes 5 minute hop rest

After boil, stir and hop rest poured wort,boiled and flameout hops into fv and
topped up to 21 litres.
yeast (safbrew wb-06) pitched at 28 deg c.
1.058 og calibrated to 20 deg c

remove hop bags in 5 days (19/3/2015)
wait 4 days then dry hop (23/3/2015)
40 g amarillo & galaxy for 5 days

28/03/2015

FG 1011 adjusted for temp
130g brewing sugar

6.17%

17.5 litres bottled

Gravity sample taste, bitter and fruity. Not too sweet.
looking forward to carbonation tester end of April.

Sounds awesome. Going to have a sampler of my galaxy single hop tonight. If it's good, I can't begin to imagine how much better it would be with amarillo...keep us posted!

What's with the Noah knows name?

Garethhuwwilliams said:

Sounds awesome. Going to have a ambler of my galaxy single hop tonight. If it's good, I can't begin to imagine how much better it would be with amarillo...keep us posted!

What's with the Noah knows name?

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Let us know how your galaxy brew turns out. I've not yet used galaxy on its own but am pretty sure I know what it brings to the party.

My used hops have been making the kitchen a much more fragrant place to be. Smells like a tropical and citrus fruit explosion :razz:

Noah knows? - 2 hops, 2 malts , 2 hop additions. lots of two by two's. A bit like the animals going into the ark. Oh yes, and a fruity aroma of biblical proportions :-)

Superb. I can't even begin to think of names for mine (as updated sig bears witness to)

Just had a bottle of the Galaxy. Only three weeks in bottle but pretty good. Basically like drinking um bongo with a pleasant bitterness to it. Slightly more bitterness than I expected but good.

It disappeared pretty quickly, and I've just opened an old hoppy hen. Wanted to try it as the chinook hop sounded interesting, but tbh I prefer my own amarillo and the Galaxy. There's something a bit earthy about it that I'm not mad keen on. Best stick to the homebrew from now on...

dad_of_jon said:

Brew 5: Noah Knows

14/03/2015

4 litres of Tesco chase spring.
500g wheat crystal malt steeped for 30 mins at 65 deg c. in 3 litres .
Used 1 litre of boiled water to keep temp at 65 deg c +
then added
1 kg spraymalt wheat
2 kg light dme

15 g amarillo & galaxy 15 mins boil (in muslin bag)
45 g amarillo & galaxy (in muslin bag) at flameout then stir for 10 minutes 5 minute hop rest


After boil, stir and hop rest poured wort,boiled and flameout hops into fv and
topped up to 21 litres.
yeast (safbrew wb-06) pitched at 28 deg c.
1.058 og calibrated to 20 deg c

remove hop bags in 5 days (19/3/2015)
wait 4 days then dry hop (23/3/2015)
40 g amarillo & galaxy for 5 days

28/03/2015

FG 1011 adjusted for temp
130g brewing sugar

6.17%

17.5 litres bottled

Gravity sample taste, bitter and fruity. Not too sweet.
looking forward to carbonation tester end of April.

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May God bless it :pray:

Garethhuwwilliams said:

Superb. I can't even begin to think of names for mine (as updated sig bears witness to)

Just had a bottle of the Galaxy. Only three weeks in bottle but pretty good. Basically like drinking um bongo with a pleasant bitterness to it. Slightly more bitterness than I expected but good.

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Yes the high AA in the galaxy surprised me with the bitterness level (in a nice way). I add them a bit later to the boil as I do 'hop a lot' during boil.

Next time I'll be putting them in for 10 mins before flameout. I do like a bitter beer, but I can't seem to get the same type of bitterness in my beer as brewdog or thornbridge do in their beers. Perhaps lower AA hops boiled for longer? I do love high IBU's though.

Re: noah knows, tried the tester. - flat (but it was an emergency decant to a bottle) so I tried a normal bottle, Whoa, half beer and half head, awesome. I've had to pour 'high' with my other beers to get a head, no such problem with this one. will remember for the rest plus I can chill a bit more. I do like to drink my beers on the cooler side.

Amarillo and galaxy do work well together, I'll have to try them together again, tropical fruit & orange, LUSH.

The colour is a rich semi-opaque orange.

I might even do this recipe again! although I made a mistake and swirled the sediment into the second half of the pour. As it had wheat I thought why not, but it becomes harshly bitter as it is already well hopped, unlike wheat beers, so in that respect it's more ale than wheat beer, but a very nice hybrid in between styles. Will try a bit more wheat next time, but it could be my goto homebrew! ;-) -Will report back on it at end on month.:drink:

Sounds like you're into the same flavours as me, I love tropical fruit flavours, but looking at your sig you like your ales WAY stronger than I do (4-5% abv plenty for me). I guess balancing bitterness/strength/overall flavour profile is one of those things that comes with experience?

Garethhuwwilliams said:

Sounds like you're into the same flavours as me, I love tropical fruit flavours, but looking at your sig you like your ales WAY stronger than I do (4-5% abv plenty for me). I guess balancing bitterness/strength/overall flavour profile is one of those things that comes with experience?

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Agreed, think I have 2 out of 3 :thumb: