All Discussions Tagged 'brewing' - RealBeer.co.nz2024-03-28T11:48:32Zhttp://www.forum.realbeer.co.nz/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=brewing&feed=yes&xn_auth=noThree Week IPA 1.065 OGtag:www.forum.realbeer.co.nz,2015-05-07:1500433:Topic:2190672015-05-07T22:03:59.691ZSam DThttp://www.forum.realbeer.co.nz/profile/SamuelDaviesTalwar
<p>Hi all,</p>
<p>I'm on a mission to crack out a 1.065 OG IPA in three weeks (yes I know it's a bad idea) and have been reading up on accelerated ageing / brewing processes, thought I'd share what I've come up with - any feedback / input greatly appreciated.</p>
<p><strong>Basic Stats:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>OG: 1.065</li>
<li>FG: 1.014</li>
<li>IBU: 66</li>
<li>Hops: Citra, Zythos</li>
<li>Volume: 45L</li>
<li>Yeast: M44</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Proposed Process: (assuming gravity drops as…</strong></p>
<p>Hi all,</p>
<p>I'm on a mission to crack out a 1.065 OG IPA in three weeks (yes I know it's a bad idea) and have been reading up on accelerated ageing / brewing processes, thought I'd share what I've come up with - any feedback / input greatly appreciated.</p>
<p><strong>Basic Stats:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>OG: 1.065</li>
<li>FG: 1.014</li>
<li>IBU: 66</li>
<li>Hops: Citra, Zythos</li>
<li>Volume: 45L</li>
<li>Yeast: M44</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Proposed Process: (assuming gravity drops as planned)</strong></p>
<ol>
<li>Whip as much oxygen as I can into it</li>
<li>Re-pitch full trub from 27L of XPA made with M44</li>
<li>First 5 days at 18 deg (probably a degree or two lower than I'd usually brew this at but want to keep as clean as possible - XPA was brewed at 16 degrees so hopefully yeast won't be too sluggish)</li>
<li>Ramp up to 23 degrees over 3 days (to push clean up)</li>
<li>Dry hop for 3 days at 23 degrees (from what I've read most volatiles should be in solution after 2 days plus at 23 degrees should be relatively quick)</li>
<li>Cold crash and rack to CO2 purged keg and rapid carbonate</li>
<li>Bring up to 25 degrees for 9 days (to accelerate ageing process)</li>
<li>Cold crash and hit with gelatin for 1.5 days</li>
</ol>
<p>Thoughts?</p>
<p></p>
<p></p>
<p></p> All Grain setuptag:www.forum.realbeer.co.nz,2015-01-27:1500433:Topic:2156062015-01-27T01:12:27.498ZShane Cowlishawhttp://www.forum.realbeer.co.nz/profile/ShaneCowlishaw
<p>Selling our all grain setup with chilli bin etc. Includes freezer and temp controller.</p>
<p></p>
<p>View details here <a href="http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=839398021" target="_blank">Trade Me</a></p>
<p></p>
<p>Wellington pickup only</p>
<p>Selling our all grain setup with chilli bin etc. Includes freezer and temp controller.</p>
<p></p>
<p>View details here <a href="http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=839398021" target="_blank">Trade Me</a></p>
<p></p>
<p>Wellington pickup only</p> Brewing club in Aucklandtag:www.forum.realbeer.co.nz,2014-03-18:1500433:Topic:1991312014-03-18T09:02:31.206ZChristiano Borchardthttp://www.forum.realbeer.co.nz/profile/ChristianoBorchardt
Hi guys,<br />
<br />
My friend and I are looking for a homebrew club in Auckland that we can join. We have been brewing for quite a while at home, but we are struggling with the lack of space, specially for the all grain process. The idea would be a common space with all the facilities/equipment that people can share to brew, ferment and store beers.<br />
I'm not sure if there is any place like this in Auckland, so we are also considering to gather some interested people and make it happen. Maybe rent a place,…
Hi guys,<br />
<br />
My friend and I are looking for a homebrew club in Auckland that we can join. We have been brewing for quite a while at home, but we are struggling with the lack of space, specially for the all grain process. The idea would be a common space with all the facilities/equipment that people can share to brew, ferment and store beers.<br />
I'm not sure if there is any place like this in Auckland, so we are also considering to gather some interested people and make it happen. Maybe rent a place, buy the equipment, all shared by the members of the club. It would be more convenient than brewing at home, with the benefit of socialising and sharing knowledge among the members. Also, achieve things that we could not achieve with the space we have at home.<br />
<br />
The idea is similar to a cooperative. And it shouldn't be a big investment.<br />
<br />
If you know any club like this, or are interested to join a new club please leave your comment and we can discuss more ideas.<br />
<br />
Cheers. Cheap SS 3-piece ball valves this week only! $19.00 plus GSTtag:www.forum.realbeer.co.nz,2013-11-24:1500433:Topic:1922452013-11-24T20:35:57.010ZJoBhttp://www.forum.realbeer.co.nz/profile/JoB
<p>I've been looking into sourcing materials for a small brewing setup recently. And found plenty of useful information on this forum.</p>
<p>And I just came across the November catalog from Blackwoods Protector (not a place on my radar for SS ball valves) and saw that they had a special on SS ball valves (various sizes, and including the 1/2" ones most home brewers use) for $19 plus GST.</p>
<p>This is by a far the cheapest going price I came across during my research (Anzor being second…</p>
<p>I've been looking into sourcing materials for a small brewing setup recently. And found plenty of useful information on this forum.</p>
<p>And I just came across the November catalog from Blackwoods Protector (not a place on my radar for SS ball valves) and saw that they had a special on SS ball valves (various sizes, and including the 1/2" ones most home brewers use) for $19 plus GST.</p>
<p>This is by a far the cheapest going price I came across during my research (Anzor being second cheapest option with something around $31 incl. GST).</p>
<p></p>
<p>So, if you're looking to buy some SS 1/2" 3-piece ball valves, better make up your mind quickly. The valves are listed on page 21 in the <a href="http://www.blackwoodsprotector.co.nz/images/uploads/flipbook/one-stop/one-stop.html" target="_blank">catalog</a>.</p> Where Can I Find Brewing Hops Rhizomes?tag:www.forum.realbeer.co.nz,2013-04-22:1500433:Topic:1770902013-04-22T00:14:10.484ZJohn Austinhttp://www.forum.realbeer.co.nz/profile/JohnAustin
<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I live in the Far North and would love to grow some hops for home brew. Does anyone know where I can find some rhizomes of any hops varieties that are good for brewing? Preferably a couple varieties?</p>
<p>I'd be happy to buy them if anyone has some they'd like to sell and ship to me. Or if anyone knows of a source.</p>
<p>I tried Trademe but could only find one variety that appeared to be an ornamental as apposed to for brewing.</p>
<p>While we're at it, can anyone recommend a…</p>
<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I live in the Far North and would love to grow some hops for home brew. Does anyone know where I can find some rhizomes of any hops varieties that are good for brewing? Preferably a couple varieties?</p>
<p>I'd be happy to buy them if anyone has some they'd like to sell and ship to me. Or if anyone knows of a source.</p>
<p>I tried Trademe but could only find one variety that appeared to be an ornamental as apposed to for brewing.</p>
<p>While we're at it, can anyone recommend a good variety or two that would likely grow well in the far north?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance for any info.</p> On behalf: Brewing and distilling misc. geartag:www.forum.realbeer.co.nz,2013-01-09:1500433:Topic:1688092013-01-09T21:25:03.529ZGreig McGillhttp://www.forum.realbeer.co.nz/profile/GreigMcGill
<p>Hi all,</p>
<p>This is an on behalf of an on behalf of an on behalf! Recursion to the max.</p>
<p>Anyway, here's what I know:</p>
<p></p>
<p>"The seller is the mother of a girl I work with. She is 76 and the husband, who was using it has died some 18 months ago so they are getting rid of it. As you can see by the photos the equipment is in good order so has been looked after.</p>
<p>There is also some prepared alcohol I believe?</p>
<p></p>
<p>The equipment as far as I can see…</p>
<p>Hi all,</p>
<p>This is an on behalf of an on behalf of an on behalf! Recursion to the max.</p>
<p>Anyway, here's what I know:</p>
<p></p>
<p>"The seller is the mother of a girl I work with. She is 76 and the husband, who was using it has died some 18 months ago so they are getting rid of it. As you can see by the photos the equipment is in good order so has been looked after.</p>
<p>There is also some prepared alcohol I believe?</p>
<p></p>
<p>The equipment as far as I can see is:</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Fermenter and container</p>
<p>1 bottler</p>
<p>Glass jars with seals (not sure how many but at least 4)</p>
<p>1 distiller</p>
<p>1 fermenter cover</p>
<p>1 bottle wash rack"</p>
<p></p>
<p>---</p>
<p></p>
<p>I think they were hoping for $350 but I'm sure that's negotiable.</p>
<p>Anyway, if interested, please contact Marge directly on <span style="color: #1f497d;">021 049 1962</span></p>
<p></p>
<p>Don't ask me any questions, all I know is what's here! ;)</p> How do you say it?tag:www.forum.realbeer.co.nz,2012-03-20:1500433:Topic:1513952012-03-20T07:05:51.277ZMrChttp://www.forum.realbeer.co.nz/profile/MC
<p><span>Given that a lot of us are learning about brewing terms and products from books, web browsers & American podcasts I thought I'd start a thread to help out with pronunciation of brewing related terms. Even though you may know exactly what a term means, you may not feel confident talking about it if you don't know how to say it.</span></p>
<p><span> </span></p>
<p><span>There's a couple of obvious candidates to get the ball rolling such as wort, trub & lauter. What is the…</span></p>
<p><span>Given that a lot of us are learning about brewing terms and products from books, web browsers & American podcasts I thought I'd start a thread to help out with pronunciation of brewing related terms. Even though you may know exactly what a term means, you may not feel confident talking about it if you don't know how to say it.</span></p>
<p><span> </span></p>
<p><span>There's a couple of obvious candidates to get the ball rolling such as wort, trub & lauter. What is the correct way so pronounce these in NZ?</span></p>
<p><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Should wort be pronounced "wert"?</span></p>
<p><span>Should trub be pronounced "troob"? </span></p>
<p><span>Should lauter be pronounced "lauter" or "louter"?</span></p>
<p><span>Does it even matter?</span></p>
<p><span> </span></p>
<p><span>The one I struggle with is Nelson Sauvin. What is the correct pronunciation of Sauvin? Saw-vin? So-vin? Something else?</span></p>
<p><span> </span></p>
<p><span>Don't be shy, I'm pretty sure if you don't know how to say it that others don't either.</span></p> New Short Brewing Course in Aucklandtag:www.forum.realbeer.co.nz,2011-09-19:1500433:Topic:1346382011-09-19T03:38:27.559Zvince costanzohttp://www.forum.realbeer.co.nz/profile/vincecostanzo
<p><span class="font-size-3"><em><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">Hi Brewers,</span></em></span></p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">Brewing at home or at a small craft brewery can be a daunting task,</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">especially seeing that brewing is the most complex</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">alcohol producing process there…</span></strong></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><em><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">Hi Brewers,</span></em></span></p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">Brewing at home or at a small craft brewery can be a daunting task,</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">especially seeing that brewing is the most complex</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">alcohol producing process there is.</span></strong></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Many factors must be considered if you are looking to make exceptional beer time and time again.</p>
<ul>
<li>You need to consider raw material quality and handling.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>You need to consider the brewing process itself and how the science is <strong><em>really important</em></strong></li>
</ul>
<p> </p>
<ul>
<li>You need to consider the equipment you use. This is just as important as the process</li>
</ul>
<p> </p>
<p>Its no wonder that the most common reason people do my course is that they want to produce a better beer. So many brewers want to know why their beer is so variable and even sometimes tastes awful.</p>
<p>The other reason my course is popular is that it is designed to be an ABC of brewing but doesn't skimp on content. In fact participants often comment that there was much more information than they had thought possible in a 5 day format.</p>
<p>One student recently ecoed these sentiments,</p>
<p><strong>“ Thank-you very much for the brewers course on 12-16th March 2011. It was packed with tricks of the trade to not only help me brew my perfect drop but also help me with my dream of one day starting up my very own micro brewery. All the best ”</strong></p>
<p><em>– Craig, Franklindford (23/03/11)</em></p>
<p> </p>
<p>And on top of that you will be taught by an actual professional brewer and scientist with over 25 years experience. Vincent worked as a brewer and researched on improving the beer quality at Fosters for over 14 years. He also represented Fosters as an expert in beer stability and presented a poster at the Institute of Brewing Conference in 1995 at Victoria Falls.</p>
<p>So if you want to get the right information this course is a must.</p>
<p>And you don't have to pay a fortune to Enroll. </p>
<p>And if that's not enough, for those of you considering to enter the microbrewing industry this is an ideal course to give you all the steps needed to learn and practice brewing techniques.</p>
<p>This course is also suitable for those already in the craft brewing industry who want to learn more about how beer is made so it can help them in their day to day activities such as in positions of finance, sales and marketing, packaging, warehousing and distribution, retail etc.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Venue: Hallertau Brewery, Auckland</p>
<p>Dates: 29th October- 2nd November</p>
<p>Cost: NZ$1300</p>
<p>For further details about the Masterbrew course check it out here, <a href="http://www.costanzobrewing.com/home-brewing-courses">http://www.costanzobrewing.com/home-brewing-courses</a></p>
<p>Looking forward to seeing you there!</p>
<p>Cheers,</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong><em><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">Vincent Costanzo</span></em></strong></span></p>
<p>P.S. If you mention this ad you will receive the highly recommended book <strong>Brew Chem 101</strong> <span style="color: #ff0000;"><em>FREE</em>.</span> This book sells for over $38 and is yours free for enrolling in this course.</p> Grocery Store Homebrewtag:www.forum.realbeer.co.nz,2010-10-05:1500433:Topic:945542010-10-05T08:45:42.940ZLlew Bardeckihttp://www.forum.realbeer.co.nz/profile/LlewBardecki
<a href="http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/gap-grocery-produce-beer-experiment-69313/">This</a> is one of my favourite all time threads on the homebrewtalk.com forums. It's basically a discussion about how to make beer (or a beerlike beverage) entirely from ingredients found in a grocery store.<br></br><br></br>I'm finally going to give it a try myself, and thought I might run it by folks here...<br></br>Here's my current recipe:<br></br><br></br><span style="font-weight: bold;">MASH INGREDIENTS</span><br></br>1.0kg…
<a href="http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/gap-grocery-produce-beer-experiment-69313/">This</a> is one of my favourite all time threads on the homebrewtalk.com forums. It's basically a discussion about how to make beer (or a beerlike beverage) entirely from ingredients found in a grocery store.<br/><br/>I'm finally going to give it a try myself, and thought I might run it by folks here...<br/>Here's my current recipe:<br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold;">MASH INGREDIENTS</span><br/>1.0kg Kumara<br/>0.9kg Raw soft wheat<br/>0.5kg Treacle<br/>0.1kg Toasted raw wheat<br/>0.02kg Ginger root<br/><br/>Mash for:<br/>60 mins at 63C <br/>30 mins at 68C<br/><br/>Apparently Kumara contains beta amylase. And in good quantities. I've found some sources that say various varieties of kumara have a diastatic power of 150-300 lintner. <br/>The articles I've read describe the enzyme as "beta amylase," but I'm still not certain if it'll be the exact same as the one found in barley malt. Maybe some temperature other than 63C would be good?<br/>I've also found some sources that suggest that ginger root contains alpha amylase. These seem a lot less certain, and give no indication of how MUCH, but it's worth a try.<br/><br/>If anyone has any ideas about things other than malted grains that can convert starches I'd love to hear about it.<br/>
<br/>Given that I may well ONLY have beta amylase, I'm hoping that the treacle has a reasonable amount of unfermentable sugars, though I can't seem to find much info on that. Any other suggestions for adjuncts that don't need conversion and are high in unfermentable sugars? <br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold;">BOIL INGREDIENTS</span><br style="font-weight: bold;"/>50g orange peel @ 60 mins<br/>5g cinnamon stick @ 5 mins<br/><br/>Really not sure what to do for bittering. Orange peel's bitter, and I reckon it'll go well with the other flavours. Black tea might do the job as well. Wormwood? Rosemary? Lavender?<br/>Cinnamon sounds like a nice complement to the other flavours.<br/><br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold;">FERMENTING</span><br/>Tasti Bread yeast @ 16-18C<br/><br/>I've actually made some okay beers with bread yeasts before. It seems to work well in spiced ales where there's plenty of other flavour to hide anything unpleasant, and where a bit of "bready" flavour isn't entirely amiss. Could just grow something from a bottle conditioned beer, but that feels too much like cheating :)<br/><br/><br/>So there you have it...<br/><br/>Anyone have any advice, suggestions, or ideas of their own? I'd love to hear about them.<br/> Braided Hose!tag:www.forum.realbeer.co.nz,2010-01-25:1500433:Topic:771462010-01-25T05:08:09.304ZSteven Driessenhttp://www.forum.realbeer.co.nz/profile/StevenDriessen
Hello!<br></br>I've been scrambling to set up my own brew kit while not spending too much money. Recently I finished making a braided hose false bottom for my mash tun, however I only just went to test it's flow rate and it turns out the braided hose is actually lined with rubber. How stupid do I feel. <br></br>So if somebody could offer me advice or hook me up with a length of braided hose (without the lining!) then that would be awesome. <br></br>The covering would have to have a diameter of about 20mm…
Hello!<br/>I've been scrambling to set up my own brew kit while not spending too much money. Recently I finished making a braided hose false bottom for my mash tun, however I only just went to test it's flow rate and it turns out the braided hose is actually lined with rubber. How stupid do I feel. <br/>So if somebody could offer me advice or hook me up with a length of braided hose (without the lining!) then that would be awesome. <br/>The covering would have to have a diameter of about 20mm if it was going to work the way I imagine...<br/>Cheers!<br/>