Beer thread
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@dogmeat said in Beer thread:
'd heard the rumour that Deep Creek were in trouble. In many ways it's a relief that it was an extraordinary one-off that has caused the issue rather than something more systemic.
Craft brewing is not the way to get wealthy. Margins are tight, and if yo ucarry debt or stock, the interest rates are killing you.
Tough times. Delighted Epic survived, hope these guys can reinvent themselves and go again. They made some fantasttic beers
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Just brewed this and waiting for bottling next week. Should be a lovely drop for the warmer months ahead. Smelt pretty damn nice as we were doing the boil.
Then doing this.
I like my stouts strong so gonna whip up two of them. It’s 5.5% alcohol for 18 litres. If we brew 25 litres it’ll end up 7.92% according to my shitty maths. More Stout to put in the cellar and age nicely.
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@MN5
As you're getting into your homebrewing, which is great to see, you might want to consider trying Brewfather, a great app that helps you to build your beer recipes and calculate things like ABV.They have a free version and if you like it and use it enough, the paid version is worth it.
I have the recipe and comments for every all grain brew I've done stored in the app which is great for coming up with new recipes and being able to look at what you've used and how you used it.
Happy brewing
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@RoninWC said in Beer thread:
@MN5
As you're getting into your homebrewing, which is great to see, you might want to consider trying Brewfather, a great app that helps you to build your beer recipes and calculate things like ABV.They have a free version and if you like it and use it enough, the paid version is worth it.
I have the recipe and comments for every all grain brew I've done stored in the app which is great for coming up with new recipes and being able to look at what you've used and how you used it.
Happy brewing
This is right up my alley !
Out of interest what are your views on witbier ? It seems to be a style that isn’t too popular judging by the lack of them on the supermarket shelves but having had one at Leuven in Wellington a couple of weeks back I had to brew some and good old Mangrove Jacks made it easy.
Smells amazing so far and so easy, no dry hopping or anything like that.
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@MN5 used to really enjoy a good witbier say 10+ years ago when they were popular but you're right, not many of them around these days.
Haven't even thought of brewing one myself as I've been focusing on both NEIPA/Hazies and West Coast IPAs for the most part with the odd Belgian thrown into the mix.
Will definitely put that on my "to brew" list.
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@RoninWC said in Beer thread:
@MN5 used to really enjoy a good witbier say 10+ years ago when they were popular but you're right, not many of them around these days.
Haven't even thought of brewing one myself as I've been focusing on both NEIPA/Hazies and West Coast IPAs for the most part with the odd Belgian thrown into the mix.
Will definitely put that on my "to brew" list.
Yeah my “to brew” list is getting long. I plan on stocking up in the next week or so and going hard out over the break. I’ll be doing the Stout above but also keen on a Red Ale, Porter, Hazy ( lots of requests for it ) more Pink Grapefruit IPA ( possibly my favourite of the ones I’ve brewed so far and Pilsner.
Not sure if we’ll bother with Saison, it’s not that popular ( more for me though ! ) and needs to be brewed at a higher temp which might be a pain.
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Anyone had any success/experience in brewing low alcohol beers? Any low sugar recipes or kits available? Need some for Christmas and New Year visitors.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Beer thread:
Anyone had any success/experience in brewing low alcohol beers? Any low sugar recipes or kits available? Need some for Christmas and New Year visitors.
Just add half the mix.
( not sure why you’d bother to be honest )
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@MN5 said in Beer thread:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Beer thread:
Anyone had any success/experience in brewing low alcohol beers? Any low sugar recipes or kits available? Need some for Christmas and New Year visitors.
Just add half the mix.
Wouldn't that water down the flavour?
( not sure why you’d bother to be honest )
Not all people are piss-heads and/or Fern members....
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Beer thread:
Anyone had any success/experience in brewing low alcohol beers? Any low sugar recipes or kits available? Need some for Christmas and New Year visitors.
I've drunk a bunch and brewed some.
No alcohol beers are at best average. I'd describe them as a cousin to beer... They're similar, but quite different. You wind up with hops, but to get any sort of mouth feel without alcohol some form of unfermented sugars are present. Basically it tastes like pre fermentation wort. It's not bad, can be refreshing, but struggles to be beer
Strong preference to brew low alcohol beers. Table beers or an English bitter type are good. I can dig up a table beer recipe I really rate if you like.
As to why bother, it's great for lunch, post exercise, or just if don't want to get drunk.
Good luck
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Beer thread:
@MN5 said in Beer thread:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Beer thread:
Anyone had any success/experience in brewing low alcohol beers? Any low sugar recipes or kits available? Need some for Christmas and New Year visitors.
Just add half the mix.
Wouldn't that water down the flavour?
( not sure why you’d bother to be honest )
Not all people are piss-heads and/or Fern members....
But you repeat yourself...
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Strong preference to brew low alcohol beers. Table beers or an English bitter type are good. I can dig up a table beer recipe I really rate if you like.
That's what I'm after so that'd be great.
TBH, I'm not a huge beer connoisseur to judge alcohol levels and taste. It's more for some health conscious people we're hosting over Christmas & New Year and it'd be nice to serve them some home brew.
That said, I'm finding some of the 1-2% beers really good (there's a couple of Adnam's low strengths beers I really like)
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Beer thread:
Strong preference to brew low alcohol beers. Table beers or an English bitter type are good. I can dig up a table beer recipe I really rate if you like.
That's what I'm after so that'd be great.
TBH, I'm not a huge beer connoisseur to judge alcohol levels and taste. It's more for some health conscious people we're hosting over Christmas & New Year and it'd be nice to serve them some home brew.
That said, I'm finding some of the 1-2% beers really good (there's a couple of Adnam's low strengths beers I really like)
A mate of mine has given up drinking and brought round some Bach brewing non alcoholic beer. Tasted surprisingly awesome I must say given how awful most 0% beer is.
I offered to brew some 0% but then realised how time consuming and costly it is ( apparently you have to brew it as per normal then run it through some filter system to remove the alcohol ? Fuck that ) so had to respectfully withdraw my offer.
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@nzzp said in Beer thread:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Beer thread:
@MN5 said in Beer thread:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Beer thread:
Anyone had any success/experience in brewing low alcohol beers? Any low sugar recipes or kits available? Need some for Christmas and New Year visitors.
Just add half the mix.
Wouldn't that water down the flavour?
( not sure why you’d bother to be honest )
Not all people are piss-heads and/or Fern members....
But you repeat yourself...
Not a bad thing when you have so much awesome stuff to say like I do.
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@MN5 said in Beer thread:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Beer thread:
Strong preference to brew low alcohol beers. Table beers or an English bitter type are good. I can dig up a table beer recipe I really rate if you like.
That's what I'm after so that'd be great.
TBH, I'm not a huge beer connoisseur to judge alcohol levels and taste. It's more for some health conscious people we're hosting over Christmas & New Year and it'd be nice to serve them some home brew.
That said, I'm finding some of the 1-2% beers really good (there's a couple of Adnam's low strengths beers I really like)
A mate of mine has given up drinking and brought round some Bach brewing non alcoholic beer. Tasted surprisingly awesome I must say given how awful most 0% beer is.
There are some seriously good low alcohol beers about (as opposed to zero alcohol). You can go out and have 3-4 pints and still be OK to drive
I offered to brew some 0% but then realised how time consuming and costly it is ( apparently you have to brew it as per normal then run it through some filter system to remove the alcohol ? Fuck that ) so had to respectfully withdraw my offer.
From what I've read, 0% really isn't viable.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Beer thread:
@MN5 said in Beer thread:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Beer thread:
Strong preference to brew low alcohol beers. Table beers or an English bitter type are good. I can dig up a table beer recipe I really rate if you like.
That's what I'm after so that'd be great.
TBH, I'm not a huge beer connoisseur to judge alcohol levels and taste. It's more for some health conscious people we're hosting over Christmas & New Year and it'd be nice to serve them some home brew.
That said, I'm finding some of the 1-2% beers really good (there's a couple of Adnam's low strengths beers I really like)
A mate of mine has given up drinking and brought round some Bach brewing non alcoholic beer. Tasted surprisingly awesome I must say given how awful most 0% beer is.
There are some seriously good low alcohol beers about (as opposed to zero alcohol). You can go out and have 3-4 pints and still be OK to drive
I offered to brew some 0% but then realised how time consuming and costly it is ( apparently you have to brew it as per normal then run it through some filter system to remove the alcohol ? Fuck that ) so had to respectfully withdraw my offer.
From what I've read, 0% really isn't viable.
Yeah you do need to be careful to check the alcohol % when out for a couple of cheekies ESPECIALLY at this time of year, loads more checkpoints around.
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@Victor-Meldrew I'll try and paste below. If you need more explanation, sing out
Grainfather G30
72% efficiency Pre-Boil Gravity: 1.035
Batch Volume: 23 L Vitals
Original Gravity: 1.039
Boil Time: 60 min
Final Gravity: 1.015
Mash Water: 14.03 L
IBU (Tinseth): 36
Sparge Water: 17.09 L
Colour: 7.5 EBC
Total Water: 31.12 LBoil Volume: 28 L
Mash
Temperature — 74 °C — 60 min
Malts (3.9 kg)
3.5 kg (87.5%) — Maris Otter Pale Malt, Maris Otter — Grain — 5.9 EBC — Mash400 g (10%) — Briess Oats, Flaked — Grain — 2.8 EBC — Mash
Other (100 g)
100 g (2.5%) — Oat Hulls — Adjunct — 0 EBCHops (145 g)
5 g (8 IBU) — Pacific Jade 13% — Boil — 60 min10 g (8 IBU) — Pacific Jade 13% — Boil — 15 min
20 g (11 IBU) — Pacific Jade 13% — Boil — 10 min
30 g (9 IBU) — Pacific Jade 13% — Boil — 5 min
40 g — Citra 12% — Dry Hop — 3 days
40 g — Mosaic 12.25% — Dry Hop — 3 days
Yeast
1 pkg — White Labs WLP001 California Ale 80%Fermentation
Primary — 20 °C — 14 daysCarbonation: 2.4 CO2-vol
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Can’t upload an image for some reason…..
But over a six week window I’m brewing….
Mangrove Jack American IPA, Red IPA and Hazy IPA…..
Followed but Black Rock IPA and finally Black Rock Stout.
By mid to late December I’m going to have more awesome beer than I’ll know what to do with.
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Brewfather
