http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ Brew UK Forum » Topic: Steam powered rocking horse en Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:57:56 +0000 http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/steam-powered-rocking-horse-1#post-3041 Sun, 11 Apr 2010 15:00:55 +0000 Tony 3041@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>Hey Varnish, really am sorry to hear that. I was talking to a mate who does a lot of lagers and has a bad time in the summer with temperatures. He says he wraps his FVs in radiator insulator as it keeps out the heat in summer. Might be something to think of.<br /> Hope the new brew goes well. </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/steam-powered-rocking-horse-1#post-3040 Sun, 11 Apr 2010 14:32:45 +0000 Varnish 3040@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>Well, you could drink it.<br /> It just doesn&#39;t taste very nice. </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/steam-powered-rocking-horse-1#post-3038 Sun, 11 Apr 2010 09:38:40 +0000 Greg 3038@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>Sorry to hear that Varnish, what a pain.</p> <p>Seems strange that is undrinkable as I&#39;ve only had to chuck one batch ever and that got an infection in it. </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/steam-powered-rocking-horse-1#post-3037 Sun, 11 Apr 2010 09:06:34 +0000 Varnish 3037@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>Well this is pretty much undrinkable.<br /> I&#39;m gonna toss it.</p> <p>It tastes the same as that high IBU IPA I did.<br /> Which makes me think it wasn&#39;t the high IBU that make it taste bad, but high fermentation temperature.</p> <p>The same thing appears to have happened with both.<br /> The gravity dropped to 1008 on both. They both have the same harsh, astringent quality which drys the back of the throat. And they both taste like a bag of chemicals. Not nice at all</p> <p>I&#39;ll try this one again, as it&#39;ll only be the cost of the grain (which is not much really).<br /> And I will make sure I ferment it COOL! </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/steam-powered-rocking-horse-1#post-2835 Sat, 27 Mar 2010 09:20:09 +0000 Greg 2835@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>Yeah, that might explain the strong esters. </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/steam-powered-rocking-horse-1#post-2834 Sat, 27 Mar 2010 08:20:55 +0000 Varnish 2834@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>I know.<br /> It tastes like that IPA. That attenuated really low as well.</p> <p>It was fermented at around 18*.</p> <p>I ferment in the utility room next to a radiator.<br /> I alway turn the radiator off, but it somehow always gets turned back on.<br /> (they know who they are, and they won&#39;t be doing it again)</p> <p>I&#39;m sure blasting one side of the FV up to around 25*+ didn&#39;t help matters any. </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/steam-powered-rocking-horse-1#post-2832 Fri, 26 Mar 2010 22:27:02 +0000 Greg 2832@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>I&#39;m surprised its fermented that low. That Strain is only mean&#39;t to be attenuation 67-71%. Hopefully it will mellow out a bit with time, I&#39;m sure the esters will go after a while. What temp did you ferment at? </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/steam-powered-rocking-horse-1#post-2831 Fri, 26 Mar 2010 19:42:11 +0000 Varnish 2831@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p> &lt;img src=&quot;http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/bb-plugins/default/icon_sad.gif&quot; title=&quot;:(&quot; class=&quot;bb_smilies&quot; /&gt; </p> <p>This has gone to 1008.<br /> With carbonation. I&#39;m sure without the bubbles it would be lower.</p> <p>Tastes far too dry, and the esters have got a bit out of control.</p> <p>I&#39;ll see how it tastes ice cold with forced carbonation. </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/steam-powered-rocking-horse-1#post-2805 Tue, 23 Mar 2010 23:20:03 +0000 Greg 2805@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>No, not seen that Varnish. I&#39;ll check it out as sounds very useful, thanks. </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/steam-powered-rocking-horse-1#post-2804 Tue, 23 Mar 2010 22:45:39 +0000 Varnish 2804@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>Let me know how that goes Greg.</p> <p>Have you seen the carbonation section in beer smith?<br /> You input the temperature you&#39;re storing the beer at, and it gives you a PSI which will carbonate the beer to the correct level for the style. </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/steam-powered-rocking-horse-1#post-2803 Tue, 23 Mar 2010 22:27:10 +0000 Greg 2803@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>I know what you mean, I tend to use secondary only if I&#39;m planning to bottle although I&#39;ve just done on the most recent brew as I planning on putting into a cornie and want to get it as clear as possible.</p> <p>I think its also better to recover yeast from primary. </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/steam-powered-rocking-horse-1#post-2801 Tue, 23 Mar 2010 21:48:58 +0000 Varnish 2801@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>All in primary.</p> <p>I don&#39;t think the pro&#39;s of a secondary out weigh the con&#39;s. </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/steam-powered-rocking-horse-1#post-2779 Tue, 23 Mar 2010 10:09:27 +0000 Nath 2779@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>Hey Varnish,</p> <p>When you say you will stick it in the fridge, is that in a secondary or in the same fv? </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/steam-powered-rocking-horse-1#post-2778 Tue, 23 Mar 2010 09:04:06 +0000 Varnish 2778@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>Hit 1012 the other day. Tastes reasonable.</p> <p>I&#39;m gonna leave it in the FV for another week to let the yeasties finish what they&#39;re doing.<br /> Then put the whole thing into the fridge for another week and let things settle out. </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/steam-powered-rocking-horse-1#post-2732 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:39:05 +0000 Varnish 2732@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>1020 and counting </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/steam-powered-rocking-horse-1#post-2638 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:08:29 +0000 Greg 2638@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>You don&#39;t need to split the nutrient packs. I doesn&#39;t make any difference to the cell counts, it just shows viablity so don&#39;t panic. Those Wyeasts are less then 2 months old so I reckon they should be pretty viable still. I think you will find it starts pretty quick. </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/steam-powered-rocking-horse-1#post-2635 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:06:44 +0000 Varnish 2635@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>When I opened the wyeast pack I found I had only broken one of the two nutrient packs.<br /> I&#39;ll have to apply more ignorance next time.</p> <p>Beer is in the FV, but I&#39;m expecting a bit of a lag time as I don&#39;t think the yeast go fully going before I pitched it.</p> <p>It tastes, like really bitter slightly sweat malt drink.<br /> I&#39;ll add alcohol and see if it improves the flavour. </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/steam-powered-rocking-horse-1#post-2631 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:10:53 +0000 Greg 2631@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>I always put in on the counter top, locate the inner pouch then smack it hard a couple of times with my fist. Always seems to work and never had one split.</p> <p>I think they require more than a simple slap and tickle as Wyeast would suggest. </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/steam-powered-rocking-horse-1#post-2625 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:43:03 +0000 Nath 2625@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>You could always get chuck norris to roundhouse kick the smack pack. Scare the yeast into starting that would. </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/steam-powered-rocking-horse-1#post-2621 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:19:17 +0000 Tony 2621@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>Nice one varnish! Good show!</p> <p>I&#39;m always worried about breaking the outer packet, but never have! Last week my Irish Ale Yeast didn&#39;t swell very much at all after 3 hours but I pitched it straight from the packet and even though it took several hours to get going, it managed it fine! </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/steam-powered-rocking-horse-1#post-2620 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:07:42 +0000 Varnish 2620@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>Hit the OG bang on the nose &lt;img src=&quot;http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/bb-plugins/default/icon_smile.gif&quot; title=&quot;:-)&quot; class=&quot;bb_smilies&quot; /&gt; </p> <p>It&#39;s just had an hour with the intercooler, I&#39;m gonna let it sit for an hour before draining it to the FV.<br /> There seems to be a lot of gunk in suspension still, so I&#39;m going to give it some time to settle out.</p> <p>I thought the smack pack was taking it&#39;s time to swell. Looks like I didn&#39;t smack it hard enough.<br /> I wonder if anyone has broken one of those outer packets by smashing it really really hard. </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/steam-powered-rocking-horse-1#post-2616 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:57:31 +0000 Varnish 2616@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>Just waiting for it to start boiling now.</p> <p>I&#39;ve got a feeling I&#39;m going to missing the OG (1.050).<br /> Pre-boil gravity was 1.026 (corrected).<br /> Let&#39;s wait and see.</p> <p>Nice colour though. More amber than red. </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/steam-powered-rocking-horse-1#post-2614 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:47:09 +0000 Nath 2614@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>11.00 me thinks </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/steam-powered-rocking-horse-1#post-2613 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:28:16 +0000 Varnish 2613@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>Mash on.<br /> Breakfast eaten.<br /> Sparge water warming.<br /> Smack pack smacked.</p> <p>When is the F1 qualifying on? </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/steam-powered-rocking-horse-1#post-2610 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:50:17 +0000 Nath 2610@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>BEER ON!</p> <p>Have a great one </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/steam-powered-rocking-horse-1#post-2606 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:16:01 +0000 Tony 2606@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>Nice one Varnish!</p> <p>Hope it all goes to plan for you and that you end up with a cracking brew! </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/steam-powered-rocking-horse-1#post-2605 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:10:05 +0000 Varnish 2605@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>HLT is on!</p> <p>My last AG brew wasn&#39;t so good. The mash tun manifold came apart and I had a stuck mash.<br /> I&#39;m hoping this one goes better.</p> <p>I remember my first AG brewday was a rushed and very stressful day.<br /> Now I know whats going to happen, and I&#39;m confident in my technique, I&#39;m pretty chilled about the whole process.</p> <p>Must find and clean my intercooler, and maybe that other fermentor as I can see it being useful. </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/steam-powered-rocking-horse-1#post-2558 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:42:42 +0000 Nath 2558@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>Sweet the first steam beer, nice one varnish. Must tell me what the cara red is like </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/steam-powered-rocking-horse-1#post-2555 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:12:04 +0000 Varnish 2555@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>It&#39;s just the same as before.</p> <p>I haven&#39;t had time to do any in depth research for this recipe, so I&#39;m leaving it simple.<br /> As you can see; 2 grains, one hop, conservative mash schedule, sensible ABV and IBU, yeast to style.</p> <p>Now I just have to double clean everything, in double strength WVP. I&#39;m sure there&#39;s mold growing on the boiler, probably the mash tun and fermenter too!!!<br /> It was all clean when I put it in the shed. But that was 4 months ago &lt;img src=&quot;http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/bb-plugins/default/icon_surprised.gif&quot; title=&quot;:-o&quot; class=&quot;bb_smilies&quot; /&gt; </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/steam-powered-rocking-horse-1#post-2553 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:56:14 +0000 Tony 2553@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>It&#39;s a lovely recipe Varnish. Have you made any changes from the original recipe?</p> <p>Hope you have a fantastic day on Saturday!</p> <p>Cheers! </p> http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/topic/steam-powered-rocking-horse-1#post-2551 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:12:25 +0000 Varnish 2551@http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forum/ <p>Pale Malt 6000 grams 92.3%<br /> Cara Red 500 grams 7.7%</p> <p>Northern Brewer 10.5% 60 mins 25 grams 44.9%<br /> Northern Brewer 10.5% 15 mins 17 grams 29.9%<br /> Northern Brewer 10.5% 0 mins 14 grams 25.1%</p> <p>Wyeast 2112</p> <p>Final Volume: 23 Litres<br /> Original Gravity: 1.051<br /> Final Gravity: 1.012<br /> Alcohol Content: 5% ABV</p> <p>Bitterness: 35 EBU<br /> Colour: 14 EBC</p> <p>Mash<br /> 67* 90 mins<br /> Fly sparge</p> <p>Brewday planned 13/03/2010 </p>