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Belgian Blonde and Dark iii

200 Cara Amber
400g gladiator
6kg pils malt

500g sugar
3g yeast nutrient
3g lime

1 hour mash

Started WF12 culture on Tuesday, scaling up to 1L. Smelt bad, tasted and discarded.

30g Motueka 6.8% alpha hops.

 

Pitched with Mangrove Jacks Belgian Ale yeast. Re-hydrated, fermenting at 26c.

 

Blonde  1.052 og

Amber 1.062 og

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ESB II

ESB II

Type: All Grain
Batch Size: 26.00 l
Boil Size: 29.00 l
Boil Time: 60 min
End of Boil Vol: 26.50 l
Final Bottling Vol: 26.00 l
Fermentation: Ale, Two Stage
Date: 27 Apr 2015
Brewer: Rhys
Asst Brewer:
Equipment: Viaola Mash/Boil
Efficiency: 75.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 77.9 %
Taste Rating: 30.0
Taste Notes: 1968 ESB yeast from slant, on stir plate for 6 days in 500 ml wort
Ingredients
Amt Name Type # %/IBU
2.00 g Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) (Mash 60.0 mins) Water Agent 1
6.50 kg Gladfield Ale Malt (3.0 SRM) Grain 2 93.5 %
0.45 kg Gladfield Medium Crystal Malt (55.8 SRM) Grain 3 6.5 %
40.00 g Goldings, East Kent [5.80 %] – Boil 60.0 min Hop 4 20.6 IBUs
20.00 g East Kent Goldings (EKG) [8.00 %] – Boil 30.0 min Hop 5 10.9 IBUs
1.00 g Koppa Floc (Boil 15.0 mins) Fining 6
20.00 g Goldings, East Kent [5.80 %] – Boil 15.0 min Hop 7 5.1 IBUs

Gravity, Alcohol Content and Color

Est Original Gravity: 1.060 SG – actual 1050 og
Est Final Gravity: 1.014 SG – 10 May 2015 – 1.010
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 6.1 %
Bitterness: 36.6 IBUs
Est Color: 9.1 SRM
Measured Original Gravity: 1.046 SG
Measured Final Gravity: 1.010 SG
Actual Alcohol by Vol: 4.7 %
Calories: 427.1 kcal/l

Mash Profile

Mash Name: Single Infusion, Light Body, No Mash Out
Sparge Water: 17.83 l
Sparge Temperature: 75.6 C
Adjust Temp for Equipment: TRUE
Total Grain Weight: 6.95 kg
Grain Temperature: 22.2 C
Tun Temperature: 22.2 C
Mash PH: 5.20
Mash Steps
Name Description Step Temperature Step Time
Mash In Add 18.13 l of water at 73.1 C 65.6 C 75 min

Sparge: Fly sparge with 17.83 l water at 75.6 C

Mash Notes: Simple single infusion mash for use with most modern well modified grains (about 95% of the time).

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Belgian Blonde and Dark ii

190 carabelg
600g gladiator
6kg pils malt

500g sugar
3g yeast nutrient
3g lime

Long 2 hour mash as was out.
Boiled until golden added 150g to boil.

Started la Trappe culture on Tuesday, scaling up to 1L

 

30g Whakatu hops

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Green hop pale ale

5.8kg Baird alt malt
500g crystal?
Melenoiden malt

265g own green hops
2/3 first wort at 80c
2/3 remaining third at 15mins
Remaining at chilled 80c and whirlpooled.

Drew off sausepan of first runnings, threw in 3 handfuls of hops and reduced to half volume.
Pitched into 5l demijohn.

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Belgian Blonde and Dark

6Kg gladfield NZ pils

600 cara-pils

50 cara-abbey

50 cara-belg

32g Wakatu

12g Wakatu at 15, 1g Koppa floc.

2 g citric to adjust mash pH to 5.4sh. No other water adjustments (No campden tablet)

Candi Sugar

400G sugar, gallss of water, 2.5g Wyeast yeast nutrient, 2.5g Lime

 

Start La Trappe culture on plate and scaled up over 4 days to 450ml

fermenting at 21.5C

11L glass, blonde

 

15L plastic dark

1.5L caraffe mix – overflow

 

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Dark 1.050 at 35c
Blonde 1.040 at 35c

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Berliner Weisse

Berliner Weisse

Type: All Grain
Batch Size: 26.00 l
Boil Size: 29.00 l
Boil Time: 60 min
End of Boil Vol: 26.50 l
Final Bottling Vol: 26.00 l
Fermentation: Ale, Two Stage
Date: 11 Jan 2015
Brewer: Rhys
Asst Brewer:
Equipment: Viaola Mash/Boil
Efficiency: 75.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 77.9 %
Taste Rating: 30.0
Taste Notes:
Ingredients
Amt Name Type # %/IBU
1.75 kg Gladfield Pilsner Malt (1.9 SRM) Grain 1 43.8 %
1.75 kg Organic Wheat Malt (2.1 SRM) Grain 2 43.8 %
0.50 kg Gladfield Pilsner Malt – uncrushed Soured (1.9 SRM) Grain 3 12.5 %
16.00 g Wakatu (Hallertau Aroma) [7.50 %] – Boil 20.0 min Hop 4 8.0 IBUs
1.0 pkg American Ale II (Wyeast Labs #1272) [124.21 ml] Yeast 5

Gravity, Alcohol Content and Color

Est Original Gravity: 1.034 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.007 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 3.5 %
Bitterness: 8.0 IBUs
Est Color: 2.8 SRM
Measured Original Gravity: 1.046 SG
Measured Final Gravity: 1.010 SG
Actual Alcohol by Vol: 4.7 %
Calories: 427.1 kcal/l

Mash Profile

Mash Name: Single Infusion, Light Body, No Mash Out
Sparge Water: 22.57 l
Sparge Temperature: 75.6 C
Adjust Temp for Equipment: TRUE
Total Grain Weight: 4.00 kg
Grain Temperature: 22.2 C
Tun Temperature: 22.2 C
Mash PH: 5.20
Mash Steps
Name Description Step Temperature Step Time
Mash In Add 10.43 l of water at 73.1 C 65.6 C 75 min

Sparge: Fly sparge with 22.57 l water at 75.6 C

Mash Notes: Simple single infusion mash for use with most modern well modified grains (about 95% of the time).

Carbonation and Storage

Carbonation Type: Bottle
Pressure/Weight: 152.93 g
Keg/Bottling Temperature: 21.1 C
Fermentation: Ale, Two Stage
Volumes of CO2: 2.3
Carbonation Used: Bottle with 152.93 g Corn Sugar
Age for: 30.00 days
Storage Temperature: 18.3 C

Notes

Uncrushed 6.20
Mash ph 6.60
Combined ph 6.28
3.30pm

 

12/01/2015 7:46 pH 4.36 (1342 raw – did not calibrate)

Fell to 45c over night. Smells quite high.

14 jan 2015.
Ph dropped to 3.9 after 3’days.

O.g 1.028

Pitched American ale 2 yeast @35c taken as sample from epic pale ale, built up on stir plate for 4 days.

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Epic Pale Ale Clone

EPIC Pale Ale

American Pale Ale (10 A)

Type: All Grain
Batch Size: 26.00 l
Boil Size: 30.58 l
Boil Time: 60 min
End of Boil Vol: 28.08 l
Final Bottling Vol: 26.00 l
Fermentation: Ale, Two Stage
Date: 28 Jan 2013
Brewer: Rhys Williams
Asst Brewer:
Equipment: Viaola Mash/Boil
Efficiency: 75.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 77.9 %
Taste Rating: 30.0
Taste Notes:
Ingredients
Amt Name Type # %/IBU
5.00 kg Gladfield Ale Malt (3.0 SRM) Grain 1 82.0 %
0.60 kg Gladfield Gladiator Malt (3.2 SRM) Grain 2 9.8 %
0.50 kg Gladfield Medium Crystal Malt (55.8 SRM) Grain 3 8.2 %
8.00 g Cascade [6.90 %] – Boil 75.0 min Hop 4 5.6 IBUs
16.00 g Cascade [6.90 %] – Boil 45.0 min Hop 5 9.8 IBUs
1.00 g Koppa Floc (Boil 15.0 mins) Fining 6
38.00 g Cascade [6.90 %] – Boil 10.0 min Hop 7 9.2 IBUs
46.00 g Cascade [6.90 %] – Boil 0.0 min Hop 8 0.0 IBUs
1.0 pkg American Ale II (Wyeast Labs #1272) [124.21 ml] Yeast 9
60.00 g Cascade- 1st Dose [6.90 %] – Dry Hop 5.0 Days Hop 10 0.0 IBUs
60.00 g Cascade- 2nd Dose [6.90 %] – Dry Hop 5.0 Days Hop 11 0.0 IBUs

Gravity, Alcohol Content and Color

Est Original Gravity: 1.053 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.011 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 5.4 %
Bitterness: 24.5 IBUs
Est Color: 9.1 SRM
Measured Original Gravity: 1.046 SG
Measured Final Gravity: 1.010 SG
Actual Alcohol by Vol: 4.7 %
Calories: 427.1 kcal/l

Mash Profile

Mash Name: Single Infusion, Light Body, No Mash Out
Sparge Water: 20.78 l
Sparge Temperature: 75.6 C
Adjust Temp for Equipment: TRUE
Total Grain Weight: 6.10 kg
Grain Temperature: 22.2 C
Tun Temperature: 22.2 C
Mash PH: 5.20
Mash Steps
Name Description Step Temperature Step Time
Mash In Add 15.91 l of water at 73.1 C 65.6 C 75 min

Sparge: Fly sparge with 20.78 l water at 75.6 C

Volumes of CO2: 2.3
Age for: 30.00 days
Storage Temperature: 18.3 C

Notes

ABV: 5.3%
Did not a campden table to treat water.
2g citric acid – pH 20 mins into mash 5.26

Pre-boil was 1.062 so added more boiling water.

14 jan 2014
Kegged with 100ml isinglass, rocked at 22c for approx 20 mins at 20 psi.
Put in fridge with gas still connected at 20psi.

O.g 1.052
F.g 1.014
5.1%

Added 3l to strong ale that was alcohol hot.

1.050 at 30c
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Belgian blonde ale

1.050 at 33c

 

1.008 fg

Kegged 19L

5L put on dregs of sour from Richard

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ESB

Type: All Grain
Batch Size: 26.00 l
Boil Size: 29.00 l
Boil Time: 60 min
End of Boil Vol: 26.50 l
Final Bottling Vol: 26.00 l
Fermentation: Ale, Two Stage
Date: 16 Nov 2014
Brewer: Rhys
Asst Brewer:
Equipment: Viaola Mash/Boil
Efficiency: 75.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 77.9 %
Taste Rating: 30.0
Taste Notes: 1968 ESB yeast from slant, on stir plate for 6 days in 500 ml wort
Ingredients
Amt Name Type # %/IBU
6.10 kg Gladfield Ale Malt (3.0 SRM) Grain 1 95.3 %
0.20 kg Gladfield Medium Crystal Malt (55.8 SRM) Grain 2 3.1 %
0.10 kg Gladfield Dark Crystal Malt (91.4 SRM) Grain 3 1.6 %
30.00 g Goldings, East Kent [5.80 %] – Boil 60.0 min Hop 4 16.1 IBUs
12.00 g Nugget [12.20 %] – Boil 60.0 min Hop 5 13.5 IBUs
15.00 g Challenger [8.00 %] – Boil 30.0 min Hop 6 8.5 IBUs
1.00 g Koppa Floc (Boil 15.0 mins) Fining 7
15.00 g Goldings, East Kent [5.80 %] – Boil 15.0 min Hop 8 4.0 IBUs

Gravity, Alcohol Content and Color

Est Original Gravity: 1.055 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.013 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 5.6 %
Bitterness: 42.1 IBUs
Est Color: 8.2 SRM
Measured Original Gravity: 1.046 SG
Measured Final Gravity: 1.010 SG
Actual Alcohol by Vol: 4.7 %
Calories: 427.1 kcal/l

Mash Profile

Mash Name: Single Infusion, Light Body, No Mash Out
Sparge Water: 18.72 l
Sparge Temperature: 75.6 C
Adjust Temp for Equipment: TRUE
Total Grain Weight: 6.40 kg
Grain Temperature: 22.2 C
Tun Temperature: 22.2 C
Mash PH: 5.20
Mash Steps
Name Description Step Temperature Step Time
Mash In Add 16.69 l of water at 73.1 C 65.6 C 75 min

Sparge: Fly sparge with 18.72 l water at 75.6 C

Mash Notes: Simple single infusion mash for use with most modern well modified grains (about 95% of the time).

Notes

1968 ESB yeast from slant, on stir plate for 6 days in 500 ml wort