+1 Just had a sample of this brew on Friday night. Really, Really good. Thanks for recipe. Will be doing it again.

So excited to try brewing this weekend. My local brewer supply has everything i need (they carry Rahr brand pale malt, hopefully thats a good one) But they dont have the Amarillo hops that everyone is raving about.

I'm more into getting the technique down on this first try, rather than the taste, what would be a good substitute? Williamette maybe?

Also did the math on this one- love recipies that work out to even amounts for purchasing.

also- after crunching the numbers- it looks like this whole recipe will work out to about $10

beats the pants off extract brewing being about $30. i'm going through all this work brewing to get good beer cheap, darnit!

thanks guys! sounds like cascade is the ticket.

i completely forgot about the alpha acid part, is that something i can calculate using the brewing calculator thingy? Do you guys have a 'ballpark' i should just shoot for, like i said, i'm not super picky on this turning out just any certain way.

i love the discussion about hops aroma and character, i'm still picking this up, but it reminds me of another plant in the same family, which i also enjoy the smell and flavor of.

motzingg wrote: i completely forgot about the alpha acid part, is that something i can calculate using the brewing calculator thingy? Do you guys have a 'ballpark' i should just shoot for, like i said, i'm not super picky on this turning out just any certain way.

Try this website, it will explain a bit of the maths behind it as well. It works in oz but the same logic can be applied to grams.

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Gave this one a go today, being new to BIAB i am trying to keep it simple

current idea is to do a +-13L batch in the 19l BIGW pot, buy enough grain to do a 23-26L batch and split into 2 back to back batches.
current ferment fridge set up is using two cube's rather than tipping both into the one fermentor @ +- 17'.

i am no-chilling into 10L "cubes" but i think it is holding about 11L (?)

last week i did 2 of Argon's Little Fella's Pale Ale batches using the same 1/2 batch idea and one of the batches is ready to bottle,

this one is going to go right into the US-05 yeast cake from the LFPA and the next batch will get fresh US-05 as a bit of an experiment in "taste" etc.

here is the bill
2.500 kg. Barret Burston Ale Malt Australia
0.500 kg. Weyermann Munich I
0.250 kg. Weyermann Caraamber

14.00 g. Amarillo 5 min.
11.00 g. Amarillo 20 min.
9.00 g. Amarillo 60 min

Mash 70 mins @ +-65'
boil 70 mins

numbers i got
preboil 1052
post 1066 @ about 11L (?) i intend to dilute a little in to the fermentor


i would appreciate your thoughts hope to take a few bottle to the next BABB's meeting (of the LFPA 1st)

hope a pic is ok, i use a hop sock and thought a pic of the pellet residue would be of interest
you can also see the 1/4 inch tap that i use with a silicone hose (easier than syphon!!!)

PistolPatch wrote:

maheel wrote: Kettle ball-valves can be potential infection sites believe it or not so...
My only suggestion is that you pull it apart from time to time and then clean and sanitise it.

Thanks PP

yeah it gets a full clean and removal each batch i have to use a little thread tape so that "infection zone" concerns me. heaps of starsan and open close wiggles etc

Batch #1 of this APA went into the fermentor this morning after bottling the LFPA.
diluted the 11L (ish) @ 1066 down to 1050 and ended up with a good 14L (ish)
that final volume seems high maybe ?

as I am just new to AG i am not worrying to much about making sure my pre / post boil and end volumes are 100% correct. It's more about can i make better beer than VB / XXXX / Fosters mega swill then i can get really serious about the process

so far the wort i have made (and pre carbed beer) is tasting mighty fine !!!

hope to brew the 2nd batch on Wed if number are about the same i am considering dry hoping it a bit for a 2ndry experiment in taste testing. My small batch idea allows me to vary the two brews and do reasonable "low variables" side by side tasting

only noticeable downside so far is small bottle runs... and there's no economies of scale compared to 23L batches time wise
but allows big variety in the stock...

thanks all

ran the 2nd brew today, and surprisingly (to me) the numbers were very much the same
i wrote down the same pre and post boil numbers as the other day
i increased the later hops additions by 1 grm
it filled the "cube" to about the same level, and i topped up with 1L of boiling water to "fill" so boil volumes must have been very close

here is the bill
2.500 kg. Barret Burston Ale Malt Australia
0.500 kg. Weyermann Munich I
0.250 kg. Weyermann Caraamber

15.00 g. Amarillo 5 min.
12.00 g. Amarillo 20 min.
9.00 g. Amarillo 60 min

Mash 70 mins @ +-65'
boil 70 mins

numbers i got
preboil 1052
post 1066 @ about 11L

hope to get it in the 2nd fermentor late tomorrow.

all Good go yeast go !!

bottled both batches tonight to make space for a Sazz Pilsner i had no-chilled

massive taste difference in the two out of the fermentor cold at about 5 deg c , i late dry hopped the 2nd batch with about 10g of amarillo 3/4 days ago and then cold crashed them both for a few days.

the dry hopped one has tastes like the smell of hops when you open the hop bag, not a massive aroma but big on taste.
be interesting to see how they compare in side by side tasting in a month or more and how mmuch hops taste stays
long time to wait :(

BIABrewer wrote: Total IBU's: 30.8

BIABrewer wrote: Hops - AA% - IBUs - Weight (g or oz) at Minutes

Hop 1: US Amarillo - 8.9AA% - 30 IBUs - 9.5 g at 60 min
Hop 2: US Amarillo - 8.9AA% - 9 IBUs - 12.1 g at 20 min
Hop 3: US Amarillo - 8.9AA% - 4 IBUs - 13.7 g at 5 min

I don't understand how you arrive at 30.8 total IBUs. When I enter this recipe into The Calculator to convert it to my own kettle and hops (couldn't get amarillo) it tells me total IBUs will be 43 (which makes sense: 30+9+4=43). If I leave the original IBUs blank and just enters the original AA (8.9) and original grams per addition, enter my hops and their AA on the scaled side, it works out IBUs to 34.8.

Am I missing something?