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Just checking in to say that I haven't forgotten the forum and I am still representing the bag! Even though I have been working crazy hours I have been brewing like a mad man! I find brewing beer a good stress reducer (or maybe thats drinking beer!). I have brewed... A Rye IPA with Rye making up aro...

After a bit of aging I tried my Strong Ale that I made for the Iron brew comp... I love the London ESB yeast! It has left a sweeter malt flavour and has wonderful fruity tastes. It is deceptively strong too the fusel alcohol taste seems to have gone! 2 pints and I was a bit happy haha. Its dropped c...

That is a very helpful document! I haven't actually step mashed yet as I have decided to concentrate on the fermenting side of things. However, when it comes to beer these days, my brain is a sponge, im absorbing everything! :shock:

Fusel Alcohol

So I brewed my entry into the Iron Brew comp. The bill asks for some unrefined sugar to be added to the fermentables (almost 2kgs!). - Sugar toward end of boil - Pitched at 17 Fermented at 19 - Raised temp by 3 degrees as fermentation slowed down - Roused yeast daily - Rested at 23 degrees for a cou...

I will get to writing a how to maybe next weekend. I should have taken some photos, I suppose I can disassemble it fairly easy for some photos. There are a few how to docs on the internet but it would be good to have one for this forum.

4.50 for the case 5.00 for magnets 20.00 for the power adapter (if I had of looked around the house a bit longer I would have found a suitable one but I was lazy) 5.00 for the case fan 5.00 for the stir bar 8.00 for the fan speed control Approx 50 dollars, I had stuff like solder, soldering iron, gl...

I decided to make a stir plate.

I used
- Case from dicksmith
- Rare earth magnets
- Fan speed controller and fan from a computer store
- 12v adaptor
- Magnetic stir bar


Was pretty easy to put together and am happy with the results.
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That could be an idea Yeasty! Ended up sitting down with a mate had a few pints of bottled Pale Ale, some fresh bread, vinegar, mayo. Made for a top notch dinner. The bottled Pale Ale made me think of the off flavour that I have en picking up in my kegged Ales. The ale out of the bottle (in the bott...

The Wyeast 1968 took the 1.070 Beer to 1.017 in three days, It attenuated a it more than I thought (thought I was going to end up with 1.020 as I mased at 69degrees c). A sample from the fermenter tastes great. I've upped the temp for the diacetyl rest and swirled the beer around to get some yeast s...

The mash is almost finished for my Iron Brew comp entry. It's my first time using roasted malts, the give such a nice aroma to the mash!

Has anyone used wyeast London ESB yeast? I have heard that it flocculates a little too well...

Yes I can imagine that diacetyl would be an off flavour in a more hop driven American Pale Ale. Personally I like D but only in a malty UK style bitter and sometimes try to force it deliberately by rushing through the fermentation with Ringwood yeast. If you are keen to track it down further maybe ...

Definitely orange? The Amarillo will give you huge grapefruit/citrus flavor. I don't no chill or hop tea but late additions of Amarillo for chill brews will give you that. My buddy even makes a beer that tastes like grapefruit juice due to Amarillo. The flavor is often described as fruity and somet...

Hi there OB, I would take the beer around to Nev who lives close by. Also, on your next brews, don't use the Coopers kit yeast. Use S-05 next time for that recipe. Cheers. G'day Mate Yeah I'm planning on taking one around to Nev next time I get something off him, which hopefully will be next week. ...

Recipes please? Might help deduct the off flavor cause. Sorry about that, I suppose that would help wouldn't it! This is one of the recipes, the others are on my lap top and will upload later on tonight. Bright Ale Grain 4kg JW Pilsner 1.2kg JW Vienna .3kg Weyerman Carapils .3kg JW Wheat Hops (No C...

I don't think so. I was reading a post on another board and a person was talking about his ability to control mash temp etc... with his herms and the control over attenuation it gave him so I thought how could I transfer this to BIAB? But I think I will just save my time and money and fabricate a be...

Ok who wants to try some beer?! I have convinved myself that I have some sort of infection that is causing an off flavour. It seems to be present in all my AG beers, not sure if it is diacetyl or not.... So PM your address and ill send you a PET bottle of beer, on the pretense that you get back to m...

HERBS

So i got bored.... and HERBS was born. http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a237/keeptraining/beer/Untitled2.jpg Its most likely has some major issues and there wouldn't be much point to it, but I suppose it would be cool to be able to control mash temp to .5 of a degree or so.... THe heat exchanger is...

Iron Brew Competition

http://www.microbrewing.com.au/index.ph" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... &Itemid=85 Quoted from microbrewing.com.au The Australia wide search is on to find an amateur brewer game enough to clone brew an old school Sail & Anchor brew, the Iron Brew English Strong Ale. The recipe vau...

I have a silicone hose for transferring hot wort to the no chill cube. This gets cleaned after transferring, and cleaned before brewing, both times with sodium pre-carbonate. My vinyl hose for racking to secondary and keg, gets soaked in cleaning solution the day before. Then when I fill my secondar...

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