What's Brewing This Weekend - 4/23 Edition

[skyler]

Saturday I’m brewing what I’m calling an ASB - it’s an amber-colored 1.058-ish beer brewed to about 50 IBU with exclusively Mt. Hood hops,  and 1272.

10lbs GW 2-row
1 lb Thomas Fawcett 55L
4 oz Thomas Fawcett 165L
4 oz Victory

US Mount Hood 4.6 % AA 1.50 oz  FWH
US Mount Hood 4.6 % AA 2.00 oz  60 Min From End
US Mount Hood 4.6 % AA 0.50 oz  30 Min From End
US Mount Hood 4.6 % AA 2.00 oz  At turn off

Mash at 150F for 60 min
1272 (fermented around 63F)

Then Tuesday I’m brewing what I’m calling “New World Pale Ale” - a hopbursted APA with Simcoe and Nelson Sauvin.

[lazydog79]

A California Common for me this weekend.  It’s supposed rain buckets in central IL, so I guess I’ll be in the garage 

[redbeerman]

@babalu87

@redbeerman

@babalu87

Been waiting

10 gallons of Hefe
5 for me and 5 for when the club comes over to brew the annual group brew.

I wont brew 10 of that anymore unless it has a home, once its been on tap about three weeks it loses something

Recipe please.  Mine seems a little too light bodied.

Are you doing a decoction mash?
To me the beer is a bit thin and lacking character without it.
I wont brew a Hefe/Dunkelweizen unless I have the time to dedicate to a decoction mash.

What yeast are you using?
Whats the fermentation temp?

Off the top of my head its a split of 55/45 wheat/pils malt as the base grain with some Caramunich/Crystal and a pinch of Carafa II or III

WLP300 for the yeast.  Just wheat and pils malt for grains.  No decoction.  After it has become fully carbonated it seems much better, but I will take you up on your suggestion.  What is your decoction schedule, infuse in the 120s and decoct to 150ish?

[mnstorm99]

Not brewing…I think next weekend is more likely (what to do…hmmm).  I am going to keg my IPA, and try to kill my 2 Below clone (as good as it is) so Kolsch can go in the kegerator for visitors.

[pawtucket_patriot]

I think I may brew an Oberon clone on Sunday.  I’ve got a nice culture of Oberon yeast just waiting for it.

[brewingrover]

I think I may brew an Oberon clone on Sunday.  I’ve got a nice culture of Oberon yeast just waiting for it.

What’s your recipe? There’s an outline in Brewing with Wheat but I haven’t worked one out yet. Stan says they use their house yeast in that beer, which surprised me.

[pawtucket_patriot]

@brewingrover

I think I may brew an Oberon clone on Sunday.  I’ve got a nice culture of Oberon yeast just waiting for it.

What’s your recipe? There’s an outline in Brewing with Wheat but I haven’t worked one out yet. Stan says they use their house yeast in that beer, which surprised me.

My recipe is based on data that was originally published in Zymurgy several years ago and information directly from a brewer at Bells.  The only real difference in my “clone” is that I sub Magnum hops for the bittering addition in order to economize my hop supply.  I hear that Bells has been using Sterling in Oberon for the last few years though.

Bell’s Oberon Clone
6-D American Wheat or Rye Beer

Size: 5.15 gal
Efficiency: 80.0%
Attenuation: 78.0%
Calories: 186.91 kcal per 12.0 fl oz

Original Gravity: 1.056 (1.040 - 1.055)
Terminal Gravity: 1.012 (1.008 - 1.013)
Color: 4.29 (3.0 - 6.0)
Alcohol: 5.77% (4.0% - 5.5%)
Bitterness: 25.7 (15.0 - 30.0)

Ingredients:
5.5 lb 2-Row
3.8 lb White Wheat
1 lb Caramel Malt 10L
.40 oz Magnum (12.1%) - added during boil, boiled 60 min
.50 oz Saaz (5.9%) - added during boil, boiled 20 min
1.5 L  Bell’s Oberon Yeast

Notes
Single infusion batch sparge

• .25 tsp lactic acid added to mash
• 13.7 qts @ 164 ==> Saccharafication @ 151 [60 min]
• 5.84 qts @ 212 ==> Mashout @ 165 [10 min]
• 14 qts Sparge H2O @ 185 ==> Sparge @ 170 [10 min]

Ferment between 70-74

[1vertical]

2 brews on the agenda b/c the weather is yuk

Gotta brew some more rochefort to fill the harvest space left
after I pull 5 gallons out of the Oak Solera…

AND

I wanna get a big Barleywine going so It can sit long time in 2ndary
My Hog Heaven  (Avery) clone attempt.

Like
18 lbs of 2 row pilsner (1.080 OG)
1 lb of Crystal 75
Low mash temp
90 min Boil
and Lots and Lots and Lots of Columbus

[novabrew]

I doing a Kolsch and maybe if I have time another batch of Fred Bonjour’s Amarillo Pale Ale.

[thirsty_monk]

Brewing California Common this Sunday

[narcout]

I’m about 15 minutes into the mash on a saison - finally going to try that 3711.

[1vertical]

Ok, the rochefort was off on the numbers a little I hit 1.070 and was trying for .060
whould be beer if the yeast can surmount the sugar. I gave it wyeast nutrient and
plenty of pure O2… maybe it will ferment out good…dunno.

I am into the mash on a barleywine.  This will be a long brew day but I plan to get em
both into the fermenters.
:-\

[monk]

Did my “Ent Draught” last night.  Kind of a souped up APA or a low gravity IPA, but with lots of nice Centennial and Columbus.  Smelled wonderful and I tried out a new mash tun.

[brewingrover]

@brewingrover

I think I may brew an Oberon clone on Sunday.  I’ve got a nice culture of Oberon yeast just waiting for it.

What’s your recipe? There’s an outline in Brewing with Wheat but I haven’t worked one out yet. Stan says they use their house yeast in that beer, which surprised me.

My recipe is based on data that was originally published in Zymurgy several years ago and information directly from a brewer at Bells.  The only real difference in my “clone” is that I sub Magnum hops for the bittering addition in order to economize my hop supply.  I hear that Bells has been using Sterling in Oberon for the last few years though.

Thanks, I might have to give that a try.

[ihbhs]

Just got done brewing my IPA with a little twist.  I’m trying out some Zeus hops as well as White Labs Clarity Ferm.  So far it’s has a very nice nose on it and a very nice bitter to it, so I’m hoping it turns out great.  Racked my Strong Scotch off of primary as well.  After two weeks it’s come down to 1.030 from 1.123 and it doesn’t have near the racing fuel taste I thought it was going to have.  I’m also carbonating my Nut Brown which should be ready tomorrow, so I’m pretty excited. All in all a great day, and hell even the weather cooperated.

[marty]

also made Denny’s Rye kit from Northern Brewer, that 1450 is certainly a fast fermenter

[1vertical]

@narcout

I’m about 15 minutes into the mash on a saison - finally going to try that 3711.

Well I give high marks for that yeast. It will prolly be my Saison goto yeast of choice
from now on…unless…they get a vss that I can’t resist…I also liked 3726 only
the high temps were kind of appalling…but the end was yummo good.

Edit:changed 3724 to 3726…BIG difference. I did not care for the “sour apple” of 3724.
so to avoid this confusion in the future, it will be 3711 and I will like it!

[richardt]

I recently brewed 10 gallons of Saison.  Split batched and pitched Wyeast 3711 (French Saison) into 5 gallons, and Wyeast 3724 (Belgian Saison^TM) into 5 gallons.  After primary fermentation, I split again into 2.5 gallon batches and did 2.5 gallons of each unspiced, and 2.5 gallons of each w Grains of Paradise, Malabar peppercorns, Star Anise, Juniper Berries, and peels of Lemons, Limes, and Grapefruits.  The aromas were amazing–I looked forward to depressurizing the corny kegs each day (Used the kegs as secondary fermenters).

The 3711 ferments fast and drops clear (temps 70-74 F); the Wyeast website lists 77-83% attenuation, and low flocculation.
The 3724 ferments slower, gets stuck around SG 1.035, and glacially drifts down (like 0.010 points per week or two) at temps in the mid 70’s.  It remains cloudy (“mit hefe”) and has not dropped clear, yet (and it has been nearly a month).  The Wyeast website lists 76-80% attenuation, and low flocculation.  Interestingly, it seems to recommend a higher temp range (70-95 F).

Both are good tasting up until bottling.  The real test comes in a few weeks when others will judge the beer in competition.
I’ll let you know if some miracle has occurred within the bottle.
All other things being equal, I prefer the 3711 since it ferments quickly and drops clear, while the 3724 does not.