What are you brewing?

[AlexBrew Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close AlexBrew]

Im all for Citra. Never actually dry hopped with centennial, when used in the boil and whirlpool it was always underwhelming so ive downgraded it in my mind, not good enough for DH. Did a Sabro blonde today. From the smell thats my next favorite
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I've read that too .. they say don't overdo it with centennial. Citra it is.
Will keep eye out for Sabro. Now that I've got my freezer on temp control I can start looking at other beers than pale ales. Belgian Saison in there now .. blondes, lagers coming up.

[FaanP Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close FaanP]

I've read that too .. they say don't overdo it with centennial. Citra it is.
Will keep eye out for Sabro. Now that I've got my freezer on temp control I can start looking at other beers than pale ales. Belgian Saison in there now .. blondes, lagers coming up.

Another new hops that I would love to try is Bru-1 - apparently have awesome pineapple aroma ..... imagine that in a Weiss!!

[PaBz0r Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close PaBz0r]

Kegged my mosiac smash.. and then decided to play lottery with leftovers I bottled a few months back. Didn't mark the bottles.. must say some aging helped the trappist become better, the cascade smash was very mellow but cleared nicely.

[BruHaha Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close BruHaha]

Perfect time to get your kveik on!
#NoFridgesNeeded

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[jannieverjaar Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close jannieverjaar]

Actually nice and cool for this time of year!
Check out Rustenburg. "Cools down" when its raining atleast. And no 38c days at least so im not complaining

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[Langchop Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Langchop]

Another "hopless pale". I got some free time in the afternoon so rushed to get this done. I don't remember the same grain-bill previously giving me such an apparent huge amount of hot break. This was just before it got to rolling boil

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Only difference to previous time was that I left the mash while fetching the kid from school, so a 2 hour mash in the end.

[BeerHolic Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close BeerHolic]

Doing an Amber ale the weekend.
The listed Amber malt is basically Victory malt.

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[Jitters Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Jitters]

Honestly I give up making wheat beers. My efficiency is 40%. I mashed for an 1h30 to try and get better extraction but nada.

I tested out the corona mill with a few sidegrades to make it work lekker, my crush was fine everything was super crushed up.
To add insult to injury I had mayor boil off and it looks like this batch is closer to 15L instead of 22L, so I probably got worse extraction than I think.

And the worst part is it looks like my awesome Belgian yeast is dead so I will probably end up pitching us-05.

all things considered this was a piss poor brew day.

[jannieverjaar Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close jannieverjaar]

That is awful! With that masive boil off were you atleast able to reach a decent OG?

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[Jitters Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Jitters]

I do no chill so will check once the wort and myself have cooled down. stoopid beer so much fun but can be lekker frustrating sometimes.

[Langchop Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Langchop]

I wouldnt worry about boil off. You can always top up to a desired OG

Out of interest sake, what was your strike water volume versus your drained wort volume (assuming BIAB), and how many kg grain? [ie. how much absorption]

[Langchop Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Langchop]

Honestly I give up making wheat beers. My efficiency is 40%. I mashed for an 1h30 to try and get better extraction but nada.

I tested out the corona mill with a few sidegrades to make it work lekker, my crush was fine everything was super crushed up.
To add insult to injury I had mayor boil off and it looks like this batch is closer to 15L instead of 22L, so I probably got worse extraction than I think.

And the worst part is it looks like my awesome Belgian yeast is dead so I will probably end up pitching us-05.

all things considered this was a piss poor brew day.

I do no chill so will check [OG] once the wort and myself have cooled down. stoopid beer so much fun but can be lekker frustrating sometimes.

On another note... How do you calc your efficiency if you dont have your gravity? I reckon your efficiency is better than you think

[JIGSAW Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close JIGSAW]

Once again why i like to check PRE-boil volume and gravity readings and compare with recipe/software predictions ....

but I'll leave it at that

[Jitters Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Jitters]

On another note... How do you calc your efficiency if you dont have your gravity? I reckon your efficiency is better than you think

checked pre-boil. it was 1.025 when it was supposed to be 1.047. it was low as shit.

[Jitters Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Jitters]

I wouldnt worry about boil off. You can always top up to a desired OG

Out of interest sake, what was your strike water volume versus your drained wort volume (assuming BIAB), and how many kg grain? [ie. how much absorption]

1. grain was 5.6kg
2. I no sparge so I added 29L to the urn
3. drained wort was not measured but it is about 3/4 full where it usually ends up in my cube.