dave_77 Brewdays- 2023 and beyond

[dave_77]

Hoow Dave,
Took me ages to catch up but i eventually got there.
Some amazing brews and love ya gears.
The West Coast IPA going to be a cracker mind pal.
Catch you lata.
Bri

WC IPA tasted promising out of the fermenter so it's good when it's on tap after a few weeks conditioning. No space in kegerator at the moment so it's in the lagering freezer with the Belgian Pale and the Belgian will be up next.

 

[Manxnorton]

hmmm! looks promising pal.
Belgian pale! tbh i’ve not done a lot of brews with Belgium beers. i should lol.
bri

 

[dave_77]

Update

So the Schwarzbier has been Kegged and has been in the lagering chamber for over a week..came out at 5.3% and tasted promising.

 

[dave_77]

My latest brew has been fermenting for a week. This is a mix ferm Saison hopped with Cashmere , Kazbek & Pioneer. This will be transferred to a keg after 2 weeks with a floating dip tube for further conditioning under a few psi which I got a new spundy to regulate. I will then bottle the beers off the keg when I'm happy with it and add priming sugar to the bottle to carbonate.

 

[dave_77]

I'm hoping that the conditioning in the keg goes well as I had been thinking of leaving a couple of litres of the Brett saison in the keg and transferring another saison to it for the Brett to do it's magic again

 

[Leon103]

I'm hoping that the conditioning in the keg goes well as I had been thinking of leaving a couple of litres of the Brett saison in the keg and transferring another saison to it for the Brett to do it's magic again

I thought so adding my new saison directly into my old saison keg. Went to clean it yesterday and feel a couple of pints still in there. Cleaned it in the end and on opening I could see it was a lot less than a couple of pints.

 

[samale]

I'm hoping that the conditioning in the keg goes well as I had been thinking of leaving a couple of litres of the Brett saison in the keg and transferring another saison to it for the Brett to do it's magic again

Is the Brett from bottles of Orval

 

[dave_77]

Is the Brett from bottles of Orval

No it was a bootleg biology funk weapon strain

 

[Twostage]

My latest brew has been fermenting for a week. This is a mix ferm Saison hopped with Cashmere , Kazbek & Pioneer. This will be transferred to a keg after 2 weeks with a floating dip tube for further conditioning under a few psi which I got a new spundy to regulate. I will then bottle the beers off the keg when I'm happy with it and add priming sugar to the bottle to carbonate.
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Look at the bottom right of your fermenter picture. Looks like two sad ghosts doing a sing-a-long (the one in the white sheet is holding the microphone).

Quick question re the spundy valve (Santa brought me one, not had chance to use it yet). Which way do you twist the valve ? i.e. does anti-clock fully close it so it keeps all pressure in and clock-wise will gradually allow pressure out ?

 

[dave_77]

Look at the bottom right of your fermenter picture. Looks like two sad ghosts doing a sing-a-long (the one in the white sheet is holding the microphone).

Quick question re the spundy valve (Santa brought me one, not had chance to use it yet). Which way do you twist the valve ? i.e. does anti-clock fully close it so it keeps all pressure in and clock-wise will gradually allow pressure out ?

Not sure yet as I haven't played around with it yet either..will let you know once I have transferred it at the weekend. I will have a play with a pet bottle and carb cap to set the psi

 

[samale]

No it was a bootleg biology funk weapon strain

I think I seen that on the malt miller web site.

 

[dave_77]

Kegged the Brett Saison today to condition for a few months under a little pressure.
Looked nice and flavours were promising after 17 days.. grapefruit, mango, lemon & spice. Current FG 1.004, interesting to see if it gets down to 1.000 in the keg.

 

[dave_77]

Haven't updated for a while, looks as though I have brewed a few beers since.

I'm really enjoying this German golden ale. I'm liking german & Slovenian hops alot at the moment. I like bitter beers so this was something like.a golden ale kolsch in base but ibu and hoping level of a golden Ale but using a combo of German and English hops. I'm gutted because I lost 4 litres after putting the Spunding valve on the wrong post after dry hopping. Thankfully the Mrs noticed beer dripping out of the fridge so I didn't lose it all.
https://share.brewfather.app/5hnsACoDcUc2xc

 

[dave_77]

Next up was latest American Amber this one hopped with Mosiac, Chinook and centennial for a bit of newer hops and old school. Early days but liking so far , only been a week in keg, used gelatine before transfer but still hazy

https://share.brewfather.app/1HMyyTZDyjEYjE

 

[dave_77]

Latest brew is a another version of one of my favourite styles of beer - Hoppy Belgian pale (Tarus Boulba inspired pale).

This one I have used Wyeast Belgian Wheat which I built up from a frozen sample, seems to be working well.

Hops on this one are Motueka and Celeia, this version is taken from the hops used in Burning sky New Alliance which was the Collab with De la Senne.

Looking forward to this one.

https://share.brewfather.app/kxWvywrZP8iaJ4

 

[Twostage]

Haven't updated for a while, looks as though I have brewed a few beers since.

I'm really enjoying this German golden ale. I'm liking german & Slovenian hops alot at the moment. I like bitter beers so this was something like.a golden ale kolsch in base but ibu and hoping level of a golden Ale but using a combo of German and English hops. I'm gutted because I lost 4 litres after putting the Spunding valve on the wrong post after dry hopping. Thankfully the Mrs noticed beer dripping out of the fridge so I didn't lose it all.
https://share.brewfather.app/5hnsACoDcUc2xc
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Ooo, spunding valve, that reminds me - which way does the knob operate ?

 

[Twostage]

Latest brew is a another version of one of my favourite styles of beer - Hoppy Belgian pale (Tarus Boulba inspired pale).

This one I have used Wyeast Belgian Wheat which I built up from a frozen sample, seems to be working well.

Hops on this one are Motueka and Celeia, this version is taken from the hops used in Burning sky New Alliance which was the Collab with De la Senne.

Looking forward to this one.

https://share.brewfather.app/kxWvywrZP8iaJ4

Yes, I like Motueka and Celeia. I used just Motueka in a New Zealand pale recently and really liked it. I use Celeia regularly.

 

[dave_77]

Yes, I like Motueka and Celeia. I used just Motueka in a New Zealand pale recently and really liked it. I use Celeia regularly.

Wining combo in the BS New alliance beer. I have used both separately but not together

 

[dave_77]

Ooo, spunding valve, that reminds me - which way does the knob operate ?

I can't remember although I don't think it's as good as the kegland version

 

[Twostage]

I can't remember although I don't think it's as good as the kegland version

Suppose I'll just have to use it (on the right post )