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Steam powered rocking horse
Pale Malt 6000 grams 92.3%
Cara Red 500 grams 7.7%
Northern Brewer 10.5% 60 mins 25 grams 44.9%
Northern Brewer 10.5% 15 mins 17 grams 29.9%
Northern Brewer 10.5% 0 mins 14 grams 25.1%
Wyeast 2112
Final Volume: 23 Litres
Original Gravity: 1.051
Final Gravity: 1.012
Alcohol Content: 5% ABV
Bitterness: 35 EBU
Colour: 14 EBC
Mash
67* 90 mins
Fly sparge
Brewday planned 13/03/2010
Responses
Posted 1 year ago by Member
It's a lovely recipe Varnish. Have you made any changes from the original recipe?
Hope you have a fantastic day on Saturday!
Cheers!
(with grateful thanks to the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and slightly adapted)
Posted 1 year ago by Member
It's just the same as before.
I haven't had time to do any in depth research for this recipe, so I'm leaving it simple.
As you can see; 2 grains, one hop, conservative mash schedule, sensible ABV and IBU, yeast to style.
Now I just have to double clean everything, in double strength WVP. I'm sure there's mold growing on the boiler, probably the mash tun and fermenter too!!!
It was all clean when I put it in the shed. But that was 4 months ago
Posted 1 year ago by Moderator
Sweet the first steam beer, nice one varnish. Must tell me what the cara red is like
Conditionin' - LEB Pale
Conditionin' - Thwaits Nutty Black
Plannin' - A user upper!
Posted 1 year ago by Member
HLT is on!
My last AG brew wasn't so good. The mash tun manifold came apart and I had a stuck mash.
I'm hoping this one goes better.
I remember my first AG brewday was a rushed and very stressful day.
Now I know whats going to happen, and I'm confident in my technique, I'm pretty chilled about the whole process.
Must find and clean my intercooler, and maybe that other fermentor as I can see it being useful.
Posted 1 year ago by Member
Nice one Varnish!
Hope it all goes to plan for you and that you end up with a cracking brew!
(with grateful thanks to the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and slightly adapted)
Posted 1 year ago by Moderator
BEER ON!
Have a great one
Conditionin' - LEB Pale
Conditionin' - Thwaits Nutty Black
Plannin' - A user upper!
Posted 1 year ago by Member
Mash on.
Breakfast eaten.
Sparge water warming.
Smack pack smacked.
When is the F1 qualifying on?
Posted 1 year ago by Moderator
11.00 me thinks
Conditionin' - LEB Pale
Conditionin' - Thwaits Nutty Black
Plannin' - A user upper!
Posted 1 year ago by Member
Just waiting for it to start boiling now.
I've got a feeling I'm going to missing the OG (1.050).
Pre-boil gravity was 1.026 (corrected).
Let's wait and see.
Nice colour though. More amber than red.
Posted 1 year ago by Member
Hit the OG bang on the nose
It's just had an hour with the intercooler, I'm gonna let it sit for an hour before draining it to the FV.
There seems to be a lot of gunk in suspension still, so I'm going to give it some time to settle out.
I thought the smack pack was taking it's time to swell. Looks like I didn't smack it hard enough.
I wonder if anyone has broken one of those outer packets by smashing it really really hard.
Posted 1 year ago by Member
Nice one varnish! Good show!
I'm always worried about breaking the outer packet, but never have! Last week my Irish Ale Yeast didn'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!
(with grateful thanks to the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and slightly adapted)
Posted 1 year ago by Moderator
You could always get chuck norris to roundhouse kick the smack pack. Scare the yeast into starting that would.
Conditionin' - LEB Pale
Conditionin' - Thwaits Nutty Black
Plannin' - A user upper!
Posted 1 year ago by Admin
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.
I think they require more than a simple slap and tickle as Wyeast would suggest.
Fermenting:
Conditioning:Pale with Styrians
Drinking:Cascade Pale Ale, Summer Lightning
Posted 1 year ago by Member
When I opened the wyeast pack I found I had only broken one of the two nutrient packs.
I'll have to apply more ignorance next time.
Beer is in the FV, but I'm expecting a bit of a lag time as I don't think the yeast go fully going before I pitched it.
It tastes, like really bitter slightly sweat malt drink.
I'll add alcohol and see if it improves the flavour.
Posted 1 year ago by Admin
You don't need to split the nutrient packs. I doesn't make any difference to the cell counts, it just shows viablity so don'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.
Fermenting:
Conditioning:Pale with Styrians
Drinking:Cascade Pale Ale, Summer Lightning
Posted 1 year ago by Member
1020 and counting
Posted 1 year ago by Member
Hit 1012 the other day. Tastes reasonable.
I'm gonna leave it in the FV for another week to let the yeasties finish what they're doing.
Then put the whole thing into the fridge for another week and let things settle out.
Posted 1 year ago by Moderator
Hey Varnish,
When you say you will stick it in the fridge, is that in a secondary or in the same fv?
Conditionin' - LEB Pale
Conditionin' - Thwaits Nutty Black
Plannin' - A user upper!
Posted 1 year ago by Member
All in primary.
I don't think the pro's of a secondary out weigh the con's.
Posted 1 year ago by Admin
I know what you mean, I tend to use secondary only if I'm planning to bottle although I'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.
I think its also better to recover yeast from primary.
Fermenting:
Conditioning:Pale with Styrians
Drinking:Cascade Pale Ale, Summer Lightning
Posted 1 year ago by Member
Let me know how that goes Greg.
Have you seen the carbonation section in beer smith?
You input the temperature you're storing the beer at, and it gives you a PSI which will carbonate the beer to the correct level for the style.
Posted 1 year ago by Admin
No, not seen that Varnish. I'll check it out as sounds very useful, thanks.
Fermenting:
Conditioning:Pale with Styrians
Drinking:Cascade Pale Ale, Summer Lightning
Posted 1 year ago by Member
This has gone to 1008.
With carbonation. I'm sure without the bubbles it would be lower.
Tastes far too dry, and the esters have got a bit out of control.
I'll see how it tastes ice cold with forced carbonation.
Posted 1 year ago by Admin
I'm surprised its fermented that low. That Strain is only mean't to be attenuation 67-71%. Hopefully it will mellow out a bit with time, I'm sure the esters will go after a while. What temp did you ferment at?
Fermenting:
Conditioning:Pale with Styrians
Drinking:Cascade Pale Ale, Summer Lightning
Posted 1 year ago by Member
I know.
It tastes like that IPA. That attenuated really low as well.
It was fermented at around 18*.
I ferment in the utility room next to a radiator.
I alway turn the radiator off, but it somehow always gets turned back on.
(they know who they are, and they won't be doing it again)
I'm sure blasting one side of the FV up to around 25*+ didn't help matters any.
Posted 1 year ago by Admin
Yeah, that might explain the strong esters.
Fermenting:
Conditioning:Pale with Styrians
Drinking:Cascade Pale Ale, Summer Lightning
Posted 1 year ago by Member
Well this is pretty much undrinkable.
I'm gonna toss it.
It tastes the same as that high IBU IPA I did.
Which makes me think it wasn't the high IBU that make it taste bad, but high fermentation temperature.
The same thing appears to have happened with both.
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
I'll try this one again, as it'll only be the cost of the grain (which is not much really).
And I will make sure I ferment it COOL!
Posted 1 year ago by Admin
Sorry to hear that Varnish, what a pain.
Seems strange that is undrinkable as I've only had to chuck one batch ever and that got an infection in it.
Fermenting:
Conditioning:Pale with Styrians
Drinking:Cascade Pale Ale, Summer Lightning
Posted 1 year ago by Member
Well, you could drink it.
It just doesn't taste very nice.
Posted 1 year ago by Member
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.
Hope the new brew goes well.
(with grateful thanks to the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and slightly adapted)
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