Boonies LCPA recipe

[Boonie]

I might have another crack today.

I am on holidays ATM......think I might need to purchase beermith though as the first was lacking in hop flavour.

I have this arvo free so I will do some research. I am sticking to the 3 C's for the hops and Morgans Extra Pale and Pale Liquid Malt Extract.............Going into Google now for the free trial version. I have downloaded b4 but the old computer died on me.

Cheers

Boonie

[Boonie]

Well, she's cooking as I type....I just had a Boilover and had to run

So far

Morgans Pale 1.5kg
Morgans Extra Pale 1.5kg
20g Chinook
20g Cluster...both 30 Minutes
.5kg Crystal
Stewed Grain at 67 degrees
Added malts in Pot with Sifted grain liquid and extra water to 17 Litres brought to boil....see boilover
Just added Hops at 4.02pm

Will dry hop 20g of Cascade upon rack

Cheers

Boonie

[Boonie]

Oh and I purchased Beersmith today to calculate the recipe...I stuffed up though as I did not save it.....dumbass

[Kevnlis]

Oh and I purchased Beersmith today to calculate the recipe...I stuffed up though as I did not save it.....dumbass

I lost my entire database (50 or so) of Beersmith recipes and now have to start from scratch, so don't feel too bad

As a side note, I think that is the first ever triple post I have seen here, well done Boonie!

[Boonie]

Oh and I purchased Beersmith today to calculate the recipe...I stuffed up though as I did not save it.....dumbass

I lost my entire database (50 or so) of Beersmith recipes and now have to start from scratch, so don't feel too bad

As a side note, I think that is the first ever triple post I have seen here, well done Boonie!

I thought that if I edited.............oh bugger....don't worry, It's pick on Boonie day today.....have you not heard, oh you must have.

You can tell I'm on holidays....too much time due to too much rain

[Tipsy]

....don't worry, It's pick on Boonie day today

Hey Boonie, ya an ugly bastard!

[Boonie]

....don't worry, It's pick on Boonie day today

Hey Boonie, ya an ugly bastard!

.....Aw C'mon, I had not shaved for a week and looked a little scruffy.

Well it's not Pick on me day today ....................Back to the recipe

Well, she's cooking as I type....I just had a Boilover and had to run

So far

Morgans Pale 1.5kg
Morgans Extra Pale 1.5kg
20g Chinook
20g Cluster...both 30 Minutes
.5kg Crystal
Stewed Grain at 67 degrees
Added malts in Pot with Sifted grain liquid and extra water to 17 Litres brought to boil....see boilover
Just added Hops at 4.02pm
Will dry hop 20g of Cascade upon rack

Continuing on from my triple post yesterday, thanks Kev for pointing that out, after the boilover I estimate that the hops were boiled in 15 Litres which means the IBU's come down a fair way.

According to Beermith the style should be 30-45...mine with reduced Boil Volume comes in at 36 for a 20.5 Litre batch (Filled too much)

Question for the Guru's.....

Would it not be possible that whilst you are trying to cool the pot, which takes quite a while, that bitterness may be still be extracting from the hops given that the liquid would be above 80 for at least 15 Minutes?...Thoughts??

Cheers

Boonie

[Prawned]

Just had my first taste of this beer.. and boy it was good, even though its only been carbing up for about 4days. Would have to be the best k&k beer i have made. might have to sneak another few pints in before anyone else starts taping into it

[pixelboy]

I do an extract variation of this all the time.

2.5kg LDME (or 2x tin Coopers Light Liquid Extract)
200gms Crystal Steeped
20gms Chinook 60mins
25gms Cascade 15mins
25gms Cascade 0mins

Crack and steep Crystal for 30 mins in approx 70c water then strain into large pot. Add water to approx 6l and 1kg of the LDME.

Boil for 1hr and add hop's as above. After the hour's boil add remaining LDME and stir thru till dissolved and lumps are gone.

Cool saucepan in sink with ice and water for 15mins, add 2-3l of chilled water with wort to fermentor and top with water to 23l. You *should* end up about 22-23c.

Pitch US-05 (or equiv) yeast.

Its named "Little Dude" after my 1yr old son and is the House brew at the pixel mansion. Each batch features a diff photo of the lad on the cap

I sometimes substitute the Chinook with Centenial and its just as nice.

[Boonie]

I do an extract variation of this all the time.

2.5kg LDME (or 2x tin Coopers Light Liquid Extract)
200gms Crystal Steeped
20gms Chinook 60mins
25gms Cascade 15mins
25gms Cascade 0mins

Crack and steep Crystal for 30 mins in approx 70c water then strain into large pot. Add water to approx 6l and 1kg of the LDME.

Boil for 1hr and add hop's as above. After the hour's boil add remaining LDME and stir thru till dissolved and lumps are gone.

Cool saucepan in sink with ice and water for 15mins, add 2-3l of chilled water with wort to fermentor and top with water to 23l. You *should* end up about 22-23c.

Pitch US-05 (or equiv) yeast.

That looks pretty good.

How big of a boil are you doing for ther hops etc.........There is no way I can cool my pot down that fast, last batch was 12-13 Litres of boiling hot liquid..............Maybe I will have to do the chilled water into fermenter.

Have you used a different yeast with success?.

Cheers

Boonie

[pixelboy]

boil is about 7l (in 9l pot).

I put it in a sink with water and ice.... It helps but the cold water really does it... clean and sterilise 2 x 1.5l water bottles and put up the back of the fridge the night before. For a big boil you might need 4-5l chilled water.

I always use US05 or Ross's "American Ale" yeast (same thing I think), not sure what other yeast you'd wanna use.. cept maybe 1056 liquid one.

[drsmurto]

I used to put the pot in the sink with cold water and a few blocks of ice. Change the water over about 15 mins later and could normally get the temp down to below 22. Much easier at this time of the year tho!

[Boonie]

Well I racked and dry hopped it on the 1st May.

EDIT.........Forgot to mention, it was this one

Morgans Pale 1.5kg
Morgans Extra Pale 1.5kg
20g Chinook
20g Cluster...both 30 Minutes
.5kg Crystal
Stewed Grain at 67 degrees
Added malts in Pot with Sifted grain liquid and extra water to 17 Litres brought to boil....see boilover
Just added Hops at 4.02pm
Dry hop 20g of Cascade upon rack

Kegged last night.......BTW my 2 Kegs ran out 2 Beers apart, not happy jan, anyway I have the gas cranked up so I can have a taste tonight.

Had it out of the Keg and it had a "Citrussey Orange Tang" to it.

Different

Cheers

Boonie

[Trough Lolly]

Would it not be possible that whilst you are trying to cool the pot, which takes quite a while, that bitterness may be still be extracting from the hops given that the liquid would be above 80 for at least 15 Minutes?...Thoughts??

Cheers
Boonie

Yes, you do get some additional bitterness but after a 1hr boil, the extra 15 minutes would only give a couple of IBU's at most. It depends on the alpha acid, quantity and freshness of the hops...and I'm not so sure that it would stop exactly at 80 degrees anyway.

Cheers,
TL

[Boonie]

Would it not be possible that whilst you are trying to cool the pot, which takes quite a while, that bitterness may be still be extracting from the hops given that the liquid would be above 80 for at least 15 Minutes?...Thoughts??

Cheers
Boonie

Yes, you do get some additional bitterness but after a 1hr boil, the extra 15 minutes would only give a couple of IBU's at most. It depends on the alpha acid, quantity and freshness of the hops...and I'm not so sure that it would stop exactly at 80 degrees anyway.

Cheers,
TL

Thanks TL......glad someone answered me as it has been bugging me for ages.....

Yeah agree it would not be above 80 for that long......now that I think about it, it drops about 70 Degrees celcius in about an hour and the drop would be fairly quick at the start IMO as the water is bloody freezing and eventually warms up.

Edit...On a seperate note, the All Extract I made is nice, but is no LCPA....so back to the drawing board.

Cheers

Boonie

[bellboys backyard brew]

Sorry to take the post back to previous pages......
Tim quoted (page 3)

Now since I could only get the hops in 25g packets, I was going to use 12.5g of each instead of the amounts in Boonies recipe, so I have enough to use to do the brew again in a few weeks time. Giving me a recipe as follows:

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1.5kg Black Rock New Zealand Draught Tin
1.5kg Light Liquid Malt Extract Tin
12.5g Cascade Pellets (15 mins)
12.5g Golden Cluster Pellets (15 mins))
12.5g Chinook Pellets (dry hopped in keg)
US-05 Yeast

I obviously have a similar problem as I'm going to do the same thing....
The NZ Draught is one of my many out of date cans, finished product might be a bit darker in color.
I'm starting this one tomorrow. Will report back with results. May not be a LCPA clone??? but should be a cracking beer nevertheless.

[Boonie]

My local HBS gave me an out of date can for nothing.......Blackrock......um ....shite is the best way I can describe it.

But, I had no hop additions etc.

Anyway, the all extract I made was not up to scratch....Drinkable, but no LCPA my a mile

I am going to go back to a stock K & K recipe, with hops, to get some decent beers in my kegs and then have a go at pixelboys recipe.

I have not been brewing for a while due to the cold and I am drinking less ....

Cheers

Boonie

PS Try the 15 Minute Nelson Sauvin, it tastes like Passionfruit Beer....Passiona flavoured beer.

[bensfarm]

well i don't have a clue on all this but went to the brew shop today came home with the stockmans 1.5 of coopers malt teabag of cascade a tebag of cluster,american ale yeast,no chinook guy said he'd never heard of it.will this be ok to brew like normal or should it be cooked

[Boonie]

well i don't have a clue on all this but went to the brew shop today came home with the stockmans 1.5 of coopers malt teabag of cascade a tebag of cluster,american ale yeast,no chinook guy said he'd never heard of it.will this be ok to brew like normal or should it be cooked

Yep, you have to cook it. I'd rip open the teabags before adding hops.

If you do not have Chinook, try Centennial as I have heard of people subbing this one.

Cheers

Boonie

[bensfarm]

thanks