My Blog » Home Brew

Lemon Lime Pilsner

Slampt — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:35:09 +0000

Yesterday I attempted to brew a Pilsner with an infusion of Lemon and Lime. Just before flame out I threw in a heap of Lemon peel (minus the white bitter bits) into the wort. Then when I syphoned it into the contain (no chill style) I threw in some more. Not sure how lime cordial would go, I threw that in also. I am guessing the sugar in that will probably ferment also.

I have just pitched the yeast (Wyeast 2042-Danish Lager) the Gravity Reading is 1041 so this is expect to ferment out to 1010, making it about a 4.2%ABV Brew. All that aside I sure hope I get a distinct lemon/lime taste!

*Fingers Crossed*

Stouty Goodness

Slampt — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:44:00 +0000

So tonight I just finished kegging my Choc Mint Joe Stout, It doesn’t smell too bad and the FG is 1015 which makes it about 4.6%ABV I will leave it to carbonate for a few days before I try it.

This weekend I plan to make another Golden Ale Wannabe but I think I might pick up the Hops a bit more at the end to try and get a fruitier tasting beer…. (Does that sound a bit queer? )

Here is a picture of the stout in the Hydrometer Test Tub (it is a bit blurry so blame the iPhone) however it should give you a rough idea on how dark this brew is.

Golden Ale Wannabe

Slampt — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:21:27 +0000

I forgot to post this when I actually kegged and tried this brew for the first time.
Anyway here we go. On the 27/07/2008 I kegged what I have dubbed my “Golden Ale Wannabe” it is basically an attempt to try and produce similar characteristics to the James Squire Golden Ale. Well anyway a few days after I kegged it and cranked the co2 I tried some. Well to my surprise it tasted great, I would go as far as bloody fantastic even!

Here is a picture of a the ale (taken with my iphone) quality of the photo isn’t that great but the clarity of this beer is awesome.

Mmmm Tastey. I use BeerAlchemy on the mac for all my brews, it was well worth the money.

Choc Mint Joe Stout

Slampt — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 10:22:56 +0000

Ok,
So today I racked my stout into the secondary vessel. but before I did, I crushed up some fresh mint and brewed some “real” coffee, poured it into the vessel and then racked the beer over the top. When I brewed this style on the 13/07/2008 I added chocolate at the beginning of the Boil. Being a novice at all this I felt it was time to start experimenting. Well now it is racked with the last 2 additions so let the count down begin!!! I can’t wait to try it.

Choc Minty Stout… With Just a hint of Coffee

Slampt — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 06:27:56 +0000

Ok, So i Have created the monster of all stouts… Well I seem to think it is.
Here are the ingredients that I have decided to place into this brew, prepare yourself for a shock!

Grain:
Australian Traditional Ale Malt 4.500 kg
Australian Roast Barley 0.200 kg
Australian Chocolate Malt 0.150 kg
German Carafa III 0.150 kg
UK Black Malt 0.100 kg

… Yeah ok the above seems sane, but wait there is more.

Hops:
Cascade 8.0 % 34 g
Hallertauer Aroma 9.0 % 20 g

Ohh that seems fine also, but I am not finished yet,

“Others:”
Cooking Chocolate 200 g
Coffee, Ground 100 g
Mint Leaves 10 g

Well that is it! Chances are this will taste like shit, but screw it. I will never know unless I try it.
If by some chance a home brew expert is reading this then please go nuts and dig at this as much as you like, your feedback would be greatly appreciated.

BEER BEER BEER BED BED BED!

Slampt — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:20:42 +0000

Phew, I just finished kegging my Amarillo APA, ABV should be around 5.3% and GEEZ does it smell tasty
Before I keg my beer I run it through a filter (gravity fed), I just purchased some new bits for my filter set up and for some reason it seemed to filter a lot slower than usual but we got there in the end and that’s all that matters!
After this I cleaned and sanitised my 20L cube threw some Amarillo hops in it and racked my “Golden Ale Wannabe”. I gave it that name because I am trying to capture similar flavours to the James Squire Golden Ale *fingers crossed*. I am looking at doing a brew this weekend so if anyone out there has a good recipe they recommend let me know.

REFRAC MAN!

Slampt — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:49:32 +0000

Woooo I finally got a refractometer so now I can measure the Gravity of my beer yay.

This would of come in handy a long time ago and would have saved a bit of beer too!!
Plus not to mention it would of helped during the brews too!

Anyways I bottled Rhett’s brew for him the other night. Lazy bastard coulda helped.
The FG was approx 1020, so based on the Starting Gravity 1060, we should have an AV of 5.18% (approx). Now to wait at least 6 weeks before we can try it *WAH*

Red Ale

Slampt — Fri, 30 May 2008 05:43:40 +0000

On Saturday 24/5 I brewed another Red Ale (yeast was pitched on the sunday). I use a No chill method. This recipe was based off of Aldan’s Irish Red, with a few minor changes. This is the third time I have brewed this particular ale, first time was for myself and the second time was for a friend of mine. The OG was 1060 and I expect the FG to be around 1020. It should turn out nicely. The batch for my friend is ready to be racked into the secondary container and then I will bottle this one. I have an Amarillo APA in the cube at the moment but I will be filtering this into a keg on the weekend and force carbonating it. So hopefully it will be ready for Sunday/Monday (Monday being a public holiday of course). I am not sure what my next brew will be but I will definitely be doing one next weekend, after all you must always have a stocked fridge.

First Post about HomeBrew

Slampt — Thu, 22 May 2008 05:51:47 +0000

While I am posting random crap about my Home Automation Journey I thought I would kill 2 birds with one stone and use this space to write about my Beer Journey.
I have been doing a fair bit of Home Brew lately, none of this “kit and kilo” shit, but the proper all grain brews. I don’t mean to toot my own horn here but they do taste really nice!
I current use the Brew in a Bag (BIAB) method which does a great job, but I will eventually get to a 2 tier micro brewery system. I am currently drawing up the plans for this and will hopefully post them soon.
So I guess if you are interested (which I fail to see why anyone would be interested in Reading up about some random making beer) you should umm keep watching this space I guess…