What did you brew today?

MickDundee · Mar 16, 2018

MickDundee said:
Mrs Dundee decides to put the washing machine on - boiler is struggling to get up to boiling as quickly as usual!

I completely forgot that I smashed my hydrometer when I bottled my golden ale so I have no clue what my SG is!:blush2:

I got 20L out of the batch and pitched a rehydrated pack of Safale K-97

Gerryjo · Mar 16, 2018

Chocolate stout in the fermenter with 28 litres to boil later.
4.2kg Propino malt
500g rolled wholemeal oats
250g roasted barley
250g caraffa 3
250g chocolate malt
240g crystal 240

Shall go with only t hop addition at boil though haven't decided which yet and have 250g of 70% chocolate to add in the last 5 minutes.
Underletting from the boiler with no dougjballs.

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MickDundee · Mar 17, 2018

MickDundee said:
I completely forgot that I smashed my hydrometer when I bottled my golden ale so I have no clue what my SG is!:blush2:

I got 20L out of the batch and pitched a rehydrated pack of Safale K-97

Wow, K-97 generates a lot of its own heat! Ambient temperature in the brew cupboard is around 15C, Inkbird and heatbelt set to 16.5C (which is also what I pitched at), but current reading is 21C!

MickDundee · Mar 17, 2018

MickDundee said:
Wow, K-97 generates a lot of its own heat! Ambient temperature in the brew cupboard is around 15C, Inkbird and heatbelt set to 16.5C (which is also what I pitched at), but current reading is 21C!

Would my Inkbird be going crazy? It reckons the wort is 37.2C now but the stick on thermometer on the side of my FV is saying about 17. I have the probe For my Inkbird inside the FV

MickDundee · Mar 17, 2018

MickDundee said:
Would my Inkbird be going crazy? It reckons the wort is 37.2C now but the stick on thermometer on the side of my FV is saying about 17. I have the probe For my Inkbird inside the FV

Definitely gone haywire! The 120C “too hot@ alarm has just gone off!

pvt_ak · Mar 18, 2018

Bottling day at Chateau AK.

Calypso Pale ale.
Not used this Hop before.

42 bottles in the fridge conditioning.

Cream ale planned for next weekend .

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Clint · Mar 18, 2018

Blow off for the cream ale....mines gone berserk!

Sadfield · Mar 18, 2018

Currently part way through the boil of a Barley Wine. Achieved a preboil gravity of 1.074, so should come out with an OG of 1.100 and finish up around 10.5-11% Abv.

11L Batch.

Extra Pale Propino - 84%
Light Munich - 9%
Crystal 50L - 4%
Biscuit Malt - 3%

First Gold Hops - 20g at First Wort, 60, 30 and 0 Minutes.

Fermented with WLP028 Edinburgh Ale Yeast.

Will be dry hopped with 7g/L First Gold.

pvt_ak · Mar 18, 2018

Clint said:
Blow off for the cream ale....mines gone berserk!

Blimey .... must tread carefully next weekend then !

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BeerCat · Mar 18, 2018

Respect for anyone brave enough to brew outside today!

Dutto · Mar 18, 2018

MickDundee said:
Definitely gone haywire! The 120C “too hot@ alarm has just gone off!

Sounds like moisture has got into the probe!

Inkbird recommend that the probe is put somewhere nice and dry so that any moisture can run out.

I'm down to my last probe (they won't survive standing on them!) but I have dried a couple out by putting them in a sealed plastic box with a dehumidifier for a couple of weeks. I used one similar to this ...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B005EXIDWU/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

... £1 at my local hardware store!

It's worth the effort! :thumb:

Lawrence22 · Mar 20, 2018

Just brewed a centennial hopped IPA. First time trying water adjustment and first time hitting target O.G. (1.064) using the grainfather.

BeardedMag · Mar 20, 2018

Not brewing today but I will be moving my Punk IPA clone out for Cold Crashing pre bottling :)

Got high hopes for this one!

GerritT · Mar 24, 2018

German ale. Hop smelled... different. Not wrong, just very typical.
And I just <3 the vacuum sealer!

Norfolk79 · Mar 24, 2018

All set for brewday tomorrow. Ghost Ship clone. Grain crushed, water prepared, gf heater set on timer.

Figured I’d be up for the Australian GP, so I’ll mash in and then watch that, at 5.10 in the morning :laugh8:

Edit 7.10 in the morning, as it starts at 6.10 GMT. Getting my summer time calcs all wrong

GerritT · Mar 24, 2018

80% efficiency!! Woohoo!

Stephenj · Mar 24, 2018

Brewed for the first time in a few weeks today, Totally Tropical from the James Morton book.

Everything went well apart from I forgot the cane sugar, but still came out with 16 litres at 1.072 after BIAB. Topped with sterile water to 20 litres to get final OG of 1.062 - 81% efficiency!! Pitched 1x US-05 but thinking I should have pitched 2, time will tell.

Sitting as my maiden brew in the FV chamber so I'm excited to see the results.

Robin54 · Mar 24, 2018

A Proper Job am and then a Summer Lighning pm

Sadfield · Mar 24, 2018

Had to brew something with Sladek hops for our homebrew club Hop Lucky Dip Competition. Went with a Farmhouse Rye Pale Ale using WLP670 American Farmhouse Blend.

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BillyD · Mar 24, 2018

Did a couple of Kolsch type things, one last night and one early this morning:

MO 0.81kg
Lager 0.21kg
Saaz 12g @ 60
Saaz 6g @ 0

and

Lager 0.89kg
MO 0.22kg
Hersbrucker 20g @ 60
Hersbrucker 10g @ 0

Both using CML Kolsch, going to do 1 week @ 15C and 1 week @ 18C.

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