The sh"tty skin sack made a chocolate stout that every taster loved..... could not remember the recipe..... was well sorted on the previous Stout.... To this day, regrets it.....Yep, my thoughts as well.
So the wort tasted a little burnt and I think this is because I boiled the extract along with the rest. So I added another 2lt of water (30 in full) and another 250gm of dextrose to balance the burntness. Also chucked in about 15gm of Amarillo and 12gm of Citra at the end of the boil for some fruitiness.Rather annoyed with myself. Just doing my first brew of the comeback and I got distracted when I shouldn't have.
Doing a partial boil with a Thomas Cooper's IPA:
tin of Coopers IPA
200gm of Pale Crystal (in about 8 litres of water)
750gm Dextrose
165gm LME
90gm DME
30gm Amarillo for 30 mins and will likely dry hope with Amarillo as well.
As I was steeping the grain I decided to get a little warmth back into the fluid and put the flame on low. Got distracted for a while, ran back into the kitchen to find the temp at 94. The wort isn't astringent but it's no longer sweet. So the plan is to maybe add a little more water and dextrose to the final mix to dilute the tea flavour a little.
Try www.craftbrewer.com.au its the one I use mostly and postage is quite reasonable, starting with expresspost packs. They have in-house yeast packs which match big name yeasts, for a lower cost.Surprised at the cost of postage when using the online shops, even for just small stuff like thermometers, measurers, 500gm tubs of sanitiser, etc. it's still $24, which is more than the actual items are worth. Unless purchasing bulk and expensive items it's still worth shopping local....., which sucks as the good shop is all the way down the other end of town!
That spreadsheet looks the goods.
Nice of them to email their customers.... NOTHope anyone that uses craftbrew.com has seen this:
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I've never brewed anything outside of ginger beer in a glass when I was a kid......Bottled 75 litres today. Looking forward to having the keg set up finished.
Cascade is fine for dry hopping.(after I read about cascade, not sure if it's good for dry hopping).
Saaz and Galaxy can be grassy - not that I taste that, no issues with any hops in dry hop for me actually.Thanks for the heads up on the hops.
That will definitely be different once ready to drink.SUPER bitter.
I'm looking for a light bodied, mid/heavy hop hit with fruity/citrus flavours for hot summer days.
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Yes, going to try the glad wrap gig next brew, I think. So the gas just pushes out between the glad wrap/rubber seal once the pressure builds up?That will definitely be different once ready to drink.
BTW, on the airlock thing - I don't use a lid, just gladwrap and the black o-ring. That way I can see what is happening.
I didn’t really want too much bitterness but more flavour. You don’t think a bunch of galaxy and something else as a dry hop will be enough?Umm, might need some hops in that one.. :behindsofa:
Yep. I use two layersYes, going to try the glad wrap gig next brew, I think. So the gas just pushes out between the glad wrap/rubber seal once the pressure builds up?
My Pacific Ale was along the lines of this...I didn’t really want too much bitterness but more flavour. You don’t think a bunch of galaxy and something else as a dry hop will be enough?
Go with what you have made and see what it is like. I'd say it will need more bitterness and more hops for flavour.Recipe: Pacific Ale
Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size (fermenter): 23.00 l
Estimated OG: 1.052 SG
Estimated Color: 10.5 EBC
Estimated IBU: 22.8 IBUs
Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
3.00 kg Pale Malt, Traditional Ale (Joe White) ( Grain 1 59.9 %
2.00 kg Wheat Malt, Malt Craft (Joe White) (3.5 Grain 2 39.9 %
0.01 kg Gladfield Roast Barley (1450.0 EBC) Grain 3 0.2 %
50.00 g Galaxy [14.90 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 20.0 Hop 4 22.8 IBUs
50.00 g Galaxy [14.90 %] - Dry Hop 0.0 Days Hop 5 0.0 IBUs
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