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Bottled up my APA's on thursday, both finished up at 1008 giving an abv of 4.7%.
I had dry hopped the motueka and chinook ipa with 20g of motueka, this one came out crystal clear, slightly lacking in the aroma that I thought it might. Taste wise, again, lacking a little something, nice but lacking. I got 18x 500ml bottles.
The 2nd apa, I dry hopped with solely chinook, this one had a lovely aroma and was very tasty. Again very clear once in the bottle. I got 15 500ml bottles and 2 x 750ml bottles, i had a lot of trub in the fv on this one, also perhaps more escaped than I thought.
Quite pleased with these two. My only concern and I will post pictures later was there was some white things floating around on top of the chinook, didnt look like yeast floaters, anyway will post a pic later.
I had dry hopped the motueka and chinook ipa with 20g of motueka, this one came out crystal clear, slightly lacking in the aroma that I thought it might. Taste wise, again, lacking a little something, nice but lacking. I got 18x 500ml bottles.
The 2nd apa, I dry hopped with solely chinook, this one had a lovely aroma and was very tasty. Again very clear once in the bottle. I got 15 500ml bottles and 2 x 750ml bottles, i had a lot of trub in the fv on this one, also perhaps more escaped than I thought.
Quite pleased with these two. My only concern and I will post pictures later was there was some white things floating around on top of the chinook, didnt look like yeast floaters, anyway will post a pic later.
Although, talking about taste, I've had a cold which spread to my sinuses and still hasn't cleared so I can't taste sod all at the moment!
Still a few weeks until my Chinook APA is ready for drinking.
Regarding clarity, did you use pellets or leaf hops for the dry hop? Loose or in a hop bag? Any finings?
I tend to use loose pellets but I use a hop spider as a filter at bottling which keeps the crud out of the bottling bucket.
But despite that I always seem to get hop haze when I dry hop - curious to know if you're doing anything different.
Chill haze is still a thorn in my side though to be honest I'm kinda past caring about hop haze - is not like all commercial craft pale ales are brilliantly clear.
Regarding clarity, did you use pellets or leaf hops for the dry hop? Loose or in a hop bag? Any finings?
I tend to use loose pellets but I use a hop spider as a filter at bottling which keeps the crud out of the bottling bucket.
But despite that I always seem to get hop haze when I dry hop - curious to know if you're doing anything different.
Chill haze is still a thorn in my side though to be honest I'm kinda past caring about hop haze - is not like all commercial craft pale ales are brilliantly clear.
Hi matt, I dry hopped with pellets in a bag and just threw them in the boiler with the basket in during the boil. For the apa's it's just pellets and it caught a bit. For my latest summer lightning I used leaf and it worked great. I also left it to settle for a few hours. The only time I've picked up bits of hops was with my neipa, the dry hop bag came open in the fv.
Might have to re write that later, I'm being bothered by little people.
Haha, yes, I know that feeling
Amazing that the beer in the bottle came from the same sludgy looking bucket, note the white stuff on top near the bag, not very clear but it was floating on the surface.
Had some hops and base malt that I needed to get rid of but was at work yesterday till late and had the kids today so thought i'd give an overnight mash a go, no bother if it all goes wrong. So about 11pm last night I mashed in at 66c
3kg maris otter
300 vienna
100 crystal
100 torrified wheat
Up this morning at 6:30, mash out squeezed bag, set to boil.
20g Challenger @60
20g Amarillo @10
Left to cool for a few hours, after it got to 65c I added 20g each of Amarillo and Motueka.
Shooting for an OG of 1068 IBU 54, looks like i'm going to come close to the predicted OG.
Plan is to pitch some nottingham later when it's cooled more and dry hop with another 20g of amarillo and motueka!
3kg maris otter
300 vienna
100 crystal
100 torrified wheat
Up this morning at 6:30, mash out squeezed bag, set to boil.
20g Challenger @60
20g Amarillo @10
Left to cool for a few hours, after it got to 65c I added 20g each of Amarillo and Motueka.
Shooting for an OG of 1068 IBU 54, looks like i'm going to come close to the predicted OG.
Plan is to pitch some nottingham later when it's cooled more and dry hop with another 20g of amarillo and motueka!
Once it had cooled it seems that I got an OG of 1064.
The FV is still slowly cooling in the shed.
I contacted a local brewery a couple of weeks ago to see if I could buy some base malt off of them, they got back to me and will sell me a 25kg bag of base malt for £16! Much better than online!
The FV is still slowly cooling in the shed.
I contacted a local brewery a couple of weeks ago to see if I could buy some base malt off of them, they got back to me and will sell me a 25kg bag of base malt for £16! Much better than online!
You got a grain mill?
Not yet, can you recommend one?
Unfortunately no, I buy all my grain crushed. Sorry, I was just being a smart @r$e and pointing out that they'll probably supply it un-crushed so something you might need to consider.
Yes I realised you were being a smart ****! To be fair though when I originally enquired about the grain I hadn't considered it!
I get my base from a local micro in 25kg sacks, and it comes crushed from Muntons.
So I went from not thinking if i'd need a mill, to thinking I would, to emailing the brewer last night to check if the malt was crushed or not to finding out that its crushed and not needing one!
Picked it up today, 25kg of bairds pale ale which he said was a malt beginning with 'p' but I've forgotten what he said now. I have read that your efficiency takes a hit with this malt so I'll give it a try soon and find out!
Picked it up today, 25kg of bairds pale ale which he said was a malt beginning with 'p' but I've forgotten what he said now. I have read that your efficiency takes a hit with this malt so I'll give it a try soon and find out!
Propino perchance? Mash a few C lower than usual should compensate I think.
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I think pilgrim you are better off with a mill, full control of your grist, and un-milled malt will last longer than milled malt. Definitely crush your own.
It's on my list for the next beer making purchase, however swmbo may kill me if I don't spend some money and do up the garage so I can put it all out there rather than the utility!
