What are you brewing?

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Permalink Reply by warra48 on April 15, 2011 at 9:11am

We did a trip along the Waterfall Way last November. First ever time I'd seen the Wollomombi Falls. Spectacular country up there.

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Permalink Reply by James Lawson on April 13, 2011 at 5:54pm

Just finished brewing an ordinary bitter, inspired by recipes from Barry and Haish.

 

3.5kg Bairds Golden Promise

200g pale crystal

100g amber malt

 

SO4 yeast

 

35g styrians (from Celila, 4.0%) @60

30g styrians @20

will dry hop too - reckon 35g is OTT? That's what I have left.

 

Not sure about the IBUs because my Mac crashed and I havent set up my Windows emulator to run any software yet.

 

Final volume was 21.5L, O.G. 1.040

 

Got better efficiency with a new method - I brew BIAB and I usually dunk sparge, but today I just used more water and mashed in my kettle, then heated it up to mashout and added a few more litres of 75degC water to make up my full preboil volume. I'm working pretty hard at the moment so I need some beer that isn't going to get me too boozed.

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Permalink Reply by Haish on April 14, 2011 at 7:15am

I get about 30 IBU for your recipe. I would use up your remaining 35g as a dry hop. Looks delicious!

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Permalink Reply by James Lawson on April 15, 2011 at 5:32pm

Thanks for the calc haish

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Permalink Reply by DP on April 14, 2011 at 7:47am

Sounds nice! I've got an ordinary bitter on the go at the moment too - God I love that stuff! Save a couple of bottles for June and bring them along to the Limbo Beer Comp.

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Permalink Reply by James Lawson on April 15, 2011 at 5:32pm

I might just do that, thanks Damian

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Permalink Reply by Barry on April 14, 2011 at 7:53am

Looks nice James. Or should I call you Tony "crazy eyes" Dixon.

 

I do love a good simple cooking bitter. Save the S04 from this one and pitch it into the next, I reckon it's tastiest around generation 3.

 

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Permalink Reply by James Lawson on April 15, 2011 at 5:33pm

That was the plan. Although something fishy is going on. The pack I rehydrated and pitched didn't take. I sprinkled another one on this morning and it isn't doing a lot either. Hopefully I didn't inadvertently make some kind of toxic wort.

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Permalink Reply by Andrew on April 15, 2011 at 8:38am

Champion Dark ale emerging from the scrummage at the Mussel Inn!

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Permalink Reply by jt on April 15, 2011 at 10:43am

Good job there’s no ‘s’ on the end of that or there’d be some ® problems I’m sure

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Permalink Reply by Stu McKinlay on April 21, 2011 at 10:23am

Nice!

 

Are you heading to Melbourne this year?  I might need help trashing a hotel room...

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Permalink Reply by jt on April 21, 2011 at 6:02pm

Are you heading to Melbourne this year?

 

Thanks for the suggestion, but no, not this year Stu - but you have  a ride on a tram for me, ding ding !

 

cheers, cheeky jt

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