everyone talks about a favorite, but what are you putting down next?
Mine is the Thomas Cooper Irish Stout as per instructions: 500gLDM, 300g dex, kit yeast, I'm so tempted to add more but it is the first time I've made it!
What's next?
Am heading over to my brew buddies and we are goning to put down 2 brews.
1 x Coopers Mexican Cerveza
1 kg x Coopers BE2
20gm Cascade hops dry hopped (for citrus araoma)
1 x Cascade Mahogany Porter
1kg x LDME
500gm honey
20gm Cascade hops (goes wonderfully with this recipe)
Then we have some Dark Ales and lots and lots of Lagers and Pilsners to put down, after we get some liquid German Ale Yeast and Czech Pilsner Yeast straters working.
1 x Coopers Mexican Cerveza
1 kg x Coopers BE2
20gm Cascade hops dry hopped (for citrus araoma)
1 x Cascade Mahogany Porter
1kg x LDME
500gm honey
20gm Cascade hops (goes wonderfully with this recipe)
Then we have some Dark Ales and lots and lots of Lagers and Pilsners to put down, after we get some liquid German Ale Yeast and Czech Pilsner Yeast straters working.
The liver is Evil and must be punished!!
I made myself not drink anything this week ( broke the fast last night...a bit dusty this morning) 
Anyway, I noticed that I tasted the beer much more subjectively, than when I drink it every day.
Anyway, I was drinking the same recipe cerveza you are making ( been down about 5 weeks). I noticed the it really needed an added flavour/smell boost, it was just too bland. I hadn't detected it before so much, but it stood out like dog's balls, and I was thinking that I wish I had dry hopped some Cascade hops, so there you go! BTW, it is much much better with a bit of lime, but I think that if the lime is that neccessary, then the beer isn't as good as it should be.
Anyway, I noticed that I tasted the beer much more subjectively, than when I drink it every day.Anyway, I was drinking the same recipe cerveza you are making ( been down about 5 weeks). I noticed the it really needed an added flavour/smell boost, it was just too bland. I hadn't detected it before so much, but it stood out like dog's balls, and I was thinking that I wish I had dry hopped some Cascade hops, so there you go! BTW, it is much much better with a bit of lime, but I think that if the lime is that neccessary, then the beer isn't as good as it should be.
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mentalmayham
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Drinking right now good old Coopers Real Ale. Have got a Coopers Mexican thats still a couple of weeks away from being tested. and got a Cascade Indian ale in the fermenter nearly ready to bottle.
Putting a Coopers Bavian Lager down next as I live in Canberra and have the perfect temp as it has real larger yeast in the kit. Have done it before and really like it.
Putting a Coopers Bavian Lager down next as I live in Canberra and have the perfect temp as it has real larger yeast in the kit. Have done it before and really like it.
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da_damage_done
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I'm gonna do a large order of ingredients soon
So I've been playing around with a few recipes - to work out what I need
They are listed here http://hyperfox.info/beer/#14
Cheers
So I've been playing around with a few recipes - to work out what I need
They are listed here http://hyperfox.info/beer/#14
Cheers
I've got lots planned for the holidays:
- Spider's Tongue German Rauchbier (smoked lager)
- Dusty Mud Irish Stout
these are both all-grain recipes from "the complete joy of homebrewing" by Charlie Parpazan
If I've got time, I'll make an own-recipe lager, tailored to suit the masses. I guess this won't be too hard, and I really need some good crisp pale lager in my stock. I absoluteley love dark bitter beers, but balance is good and there is always a time and place for innoffensive beer: One of these is when my peasant-like crownie-drinking "friends" come over and can't handle my brews that my more enlightened friends enjoy.
BTW, I'm sure Cat and rwh fit into the second category, as they are true appreciators of fine qualities and quantities of beer.
- Spider's Tongue German Rauchbier (smoked lager)
- Dusty Mud Irish Stout
these are both all-grain recipes from "the complete joy of homebrewing" by Charlie Parpazan
If I've got time, I'll make an own-recipe lager, tailored to suit the masses. I guess this won't be too hard, and I really need some good crisp pale lager in my stock. I absoluteley love dark bitter beers, but balance is good and there is always a time and place for innoffensive beer: One of these is when my peasant-like crownie-drinking "friends" come over and can't handle my brews that my more enlightened friends enjoy.
BTW, I'm sure Cat and rwh fit into the second category, as they are true appreciators of fine qualities and quantities of beer.
I left my fermenter in my other pants
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halminator
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Its a toss up between an AG Vienna Red lager, a dark lager of some sort, or an ESB fresh wort pilsener for me.
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The Carbonator
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OK, here's my first attempt at an own-recipe homebrew. Sorry if it resembles anyone else's, but I assure you that I picked out these ingredients by myself with no reference to anyone else's work except to get an idia of the total quantity of grain and LME I might want. So here it is:
BLANDY's DARK LAGER
1.5kg Black Rock Amber malt extract (LME can)
1.5kg Black Rock Dark malt extract (LME can)
350g crystal malt
200g munich malt
500g pale malt
10g green bullet hop pellets
25g Saaz hop pellets
2 x sachets of Saflager W-34/70 yeast
Grain (in grain bag) was steeped in about 8L of 55*C water for 30 mins, temp then raised to 70*C and held for 40 mins.
Grain removed, wort raised to boil and LME added.
10g green bullet hop pellets boiled for 60 mins, with 15g Saaz pellets added with 3 mins to go in the boil. Wort then strained.
Final volume in fermenter made up to 20L, and both sachets of yeast pitched to about 25*C. Allowed to ferment between 8-13*C for 1 week, then racked into secondary and 10g of Saaz pellets were dry-hopped.
After a week in secondary fermenter, beer was bottled and left to condition for 2-3 weeks.
OG: 1.043
FG: 1.011
IBU: 35 (at a rough guess)
4.9% ABV
I bottled this yesterday, and it tasted very good. Sort of like a crisp stout (if ever one exists). Whatever it is, I like it! I think if I do this again I might use some more bittering hops.
BLANDY's DARK LAGER
1.5kg Black Rock Amber malt extract (LME can)
1.5kg Black Rock Dark malt extract (LME can)
350g crystal malt
200g munich malt
500g pale malt
10g green bullet hop pellets
25g Saaz hop pellets
2 x sachets of Saflager W-34/70 yeast
Grain (in grain bag) was steeped in about 8L of 55*C water for 30 mins, temp then raised to 70*C and held for 40 mins.
Grain removed, wort raised to boil and LME added.
10g green bullet hop pellets boiled for 60 mins, with 15g Saaz pellets added with 3 mins to go in the boil. Wort then strained.
Final volume in fermenter made up to 20L, and both sachets of yeast pitched to about 25*C. Allowed to ferment between 8-13*C for 1 week, then racked into secondary and 10g of Saaz pellets were dry-hopped.
After a week in secondary fermenter, beer was bottled and left to condition for 2-3 weeks.
OG: 1.043
FG: 1.011
IBU: 35 (at a rough guess)
4.9% ABV
I bottled this yesterday, and it tasted very good. Sort of like a crisp stout (if ever one exists). Whatever it is, I like it! I think if I do this again I might use some more bittering hops.
I left my fermenter in my other pants
tis indeed the season to brew lager.
have just done:
1.7kg Coopers Bavarian Lager kit
1.5kg Coopers liquid light malt,
100g Honey,
250g maltodextrin,
orange zest (1 orange),
36g Tettnanger Hops (12g per stove stage)
Saflager S-23 (provided)
Currently have in primary:
1.7kg Coopers Lager Kit
1.5 kg liquid light malt
300g Pilsener Grain
500 mls Honey
12g Hallertau for 20 min
12g Saaz dry hopped
Saflager W34/70
Will do in 2 or 3 weeks:
1.7kg Coopers Draught Kit
Coopers BE2
300g Pilsener Grain
6g Hallertau bittering
6g Hallertau flavour
6g Fuggles flavour
6g Fuggles aroma
Saflager W34/70
The lager in primary has been on about 12-14 most of the time and is still going slow on day 11 (started on 1057, now 1024).
have just done:
1.7kg Coopers Bavarian Lager kit
1.5kg Coopers liquid light malt,
100g Honey,
250g maltodextrin,
orange zest (1 orange),
36g Tettnanger Hops (12g per stove stage)
Saflager S-23 (provided)
Currently have in primary:
1.7kg Coopers Lager Kit
1.5 kg liquid light malt
300g Pilsener Grain
500 mls Honey
12g Hallertau for 20 min
12g Saaz dry hopped
Saflager W34/70
Will do in 2 or 3 weeks:
1.7kg Coopers Draught Kit
Coopers BE2
300g Pilsener Grain
6g Hallertau bittering
6g Hallertau flavour
6g Fuggles flavour
6g Fuggles aroma
Saflager W34/70
The lager in primary has been on about 12-14 most of the time and is still going slow on day 11 (started on 1057, now 1024).
It's a good beer to bring out when your mates are around. Just to see the looks on their faces when they take the first sip.Lebowski wrote:Possibly Morgans Yukon Smoked Ale
1kg light malt
US-56 Yeast
Mainly because ive heard a lot of weird descriptions (egg and bacon breakfast etc) of this beer and want to try it myself.
Is it drinkable or am I going to have a hard time going through a keg of it?Tipsy wrote:It's a good beer to bring out when your mates are around. Just to see the looks on their faces when they take the first sip.Lebowski wrote:Possibly Morgans Yukon Smoked Ale
1kg light malt
US-56 Yeast
Mainly because ive heard a lot of weird descriptions (egg and bacon breakfast etc) of this beer and want to try it myself.