What did you brew today?

[Cheshire Cat]

What's the head retention like on that! I remember last year a wheat I brewed was carbonated fine,tasted fine but had zero head retention which spoiled it a bit for me as i do like a nice fluffy head on a wheat!
Someone did post a great answer as to what causes this but I can't remember!

Clint
Its still fermenting will feed back when ready in about a month.

 

[Dutto]

Kegged a Wilko Cerveza with a Citra Hop Tea and now have 23 litres of MYO White Wine in the FV.


Knackered and having a 7.2% ABV Bornem to recover!
:hat:

 

[Baldbrewer]

19 lts Kegged and bottled (3x500ml) of my "Kwak" clone , it came in a bit light at 7.7% abv as I overshot on the volume but to get a bit extra I'll take the hit lol. I have harvested the yeast to use in my Hercule stout (9%abv) which I'll brew once I've got Four Priests "Murgy straight" brewed on Sunday!

 

[Little Rock Brewing]

What's the head retention like on that! I remember last year a wheat I brewed was carbonated fine,tasted fine but had zero head retention which spoiled it a bit for me as i do like a nice fluffy head on a wheat!
Someone did post a great answer as to what causes this but I can't remember!

Hi Clint. I made the Route Citra 6 AG kit from BrewUK. The head retention is pretty good but I do like a wedge of orange chucked in too.
This tends to kill it off a bit!

 

[Bleery]

I've just used a kviek yeast for the first time (the Lutra strain from Omega) in a pseudo lager. It's a Vienna lager and I fermented at the lower end of the yeast's temperature range which apparently gives the cleanest flavour profile, ideal for a lager. Clarity isn't something that normally bothers me, but with this being a lager, and wanting to share with non- brewers, I did want a really clear beer this time. So I hit it with every tool in my limited armoury, kettle finings, then leaf gelatin and finally cold crash for about eight days. The trub was really compacted, so fingers crossed. Will post a picture here once it's conditioned - should be good to go this weekend.

 

[Pennine]

20l of kombucha. Figured I would put some down time while brewing to brew something else. I also pulled out the old scobies and washed the container out.

 

[Sprocker]

Festival Pilsner kit bottled yesterday and Festival Pilgrims Hope kit going on today which will be kegged in my new Cornys from BKT which im collecting tomorrow lunchtime.
Very excited at getting back into brewing after a long time away from it.

 

[StoutWolf]

My first attempt at a Belgian Abbey.
'Wolf in Abbots Habit'

 

[Tanglefoot]

Yesterday I brewed a variation on my recent Steam Pilsener, this time swapping MJ54 for a true lager yeast - Lalbrew Diamond.

Batch#31
Diamond Pilsener 18L
Total water 23.6L ( BIAB no sparge )
OG 1.051
FG 1.010
EBC 8.7
IBU 35

3.5 kg Weyermann Extra Pale Pilsener
800gm Crisp Vienna
20gm Simpsons Dark Crystal

15gm Hallertau Mittelfruh 60mins
85gm Hallertau Mittelfruh 10mins

Was a late start and late finish, digital thermometer also packed up so ended up pitching 2 packs dry at around 18c.
Now slow but steady fermentation in brewfridge at 13c.

Will be interested to see the comparison with different yeasts, this is first true all grain lager I've done.

 

[Clint]

Fishing plans scuppered..so brew day it is!
Something different...a Vienna lager.
Some light research and stock check and I've cobbled up a recipe...
Pilsner malt,Vienna,light Munich,carapils and last few gms of my Briess Black Prinz to drop the colour a bit ..not that it matters much! Hops are magnum and HMF. Yeast M54.
Mashing in soon...

 

[DuncR]

User upper lager:
Pilsner
Maris otter
Crystal
Carapils &
Torrified wheat
Chinook, cascade, hersbrucker & orange peel along the way.
In fermentation fridge waiting for temperature to get down before pitching m84
Hit the numbers spot on for once!

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Kwak 21 litres
3000g Pilsner
2000g Abbey
500g Biscuit
500g Aroma
500g Wheat
300g Golden syrup.
15g Magnum @75m
15g EKG @15m
M31 yeast
OG 1068

 

[pilgrimhudd]

Kwak 21 litres
3000g Pilsner
2000g Abbey
500g Biscuit
500g Aroma
500g Wheat
300g Golden syrup.
15g Magnum @75m
15g EKG @15m
M31 yeast
OG 1068

That sounds good!

 

[Rodcx500z]

Fishing plans scuppered..so brew day it is!
Something different...a Vienna lager.
Some light research and stock check and I've cobbled up a recipe...
Pilsner malt,Vienna,light Munich,carapils and last few gms of my Briess Black Prinz to drop the colour a bit ..not that it matters much! Hops are magnum and HMF. Yeast M54.
Mashing in soon...

Hi Clint this is my vienna lager (false) Brewfather

 

[Clint]

I done..
Pilsner 4kg
Munich and Vienna 250g each
Carapils 500g
Black malt for colour adjust.
Magnum and HMF.
perhaps I should have dropped the pilsner a bit and upped the Munich and Vienna. Missed the colour as only had light Munich and 30g of black malt left.
Sample tasted nice,just waiting for the brew fridge to get it to pitching temp.

 

[Kidder92]

Just kegged my first pilsner.
Weyerman floor malted pilsner, some carapils, and saaz.
Dead happy with how it’s come out.
I’ve found it really interesting how the flavour changes (mellows) over the last couple of weeks.

 

[moto748]

Hi Clint this is my vienna lager (false) Brewfather

So US-05 works in a pseudo-lager, at normal temperatures? I might be tempted to give that a go!

Though my couple of previous attempts at pseudo-lagers have been pretty dismal...

 

[Rodcx500z]

Hi Moto, from what i recall it was very good

 

[moto748]

Hi Moto, from what i recall it was very good

OK, I have the kit, I'm going in!

Tomorrow, probably.

 

[Rodcx500z]

So US-05 works in a pseudo-lager, at normal temperatures? I might be tempted to give that a go!

Though my couple of previous attempts at pseudo-lagers have been pretty dismal...

OK, I have the kit, I'm going in!

Tomorrow, probably.

Let us know it goes and what you think of it