Lockdown Brew Day

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Lockdown Brew Day

Post by DC » Thu Apr 23, 2020 5:31 pm

Hi all, its been a few years since I did any brewing & I decided to do a "Lockdown Brew Day" based on the ingredients I had laying around the house. I steeped the malt & the flaked maize for 30 mins in 70 degree water & added the malt extract & golden syrup, decided to wait an extra day to see if I could buy more malt extract from the supermarket [-o< but unfortunately they didnt have any so had to go with what I had below.


GRAINBILL
680 g Golden Malt Extract
1000 g Golden Syrup
544 g CaraPils
1000 g Flaked Maize

HOPS
First wort addition
15 g = .03 oz Saaz
15 g = .03 oz H. Hersbrucker

Flame-out addition
25 g = .06 oz Saaz
25 g = .06 oz H. Hersbrucker

Pre-boil volume
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Liquid in & ready to start boiling
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Hops weighed out & ready to go in at start & end of boil
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It took about 30 mins to get to the boil from cold
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Immersion chiller in to sterilise & start cooling, got down to about 40 degrees & the hose came off the chiller so had to abandon cooling & let the beer cool over night :oops:
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Hops draining Cooling
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Wort run off into 3 gallon FV & only got just short of 2 gallons :cry: but it was just a left over brew so no big deal
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Got a yeast starter from 2 bottles of "Proper Job" beer all ready to add to the brew as soon as its cooled to a decent temperature, looks like the OG was about 1036 so it wont be the strongest beer in the world but it will get supped regardless.

Cheers DC
Last edited by DC on Wed May 06, 2020 11:06 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Yeast Bank: SafAle S04, Youngs Cider Yeast.
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Re: Lockdown Brew Day

Post by leedsbrew » Thu Apr 23, 2020 5:37 pm

top work. Like falling off a log!
The current situation has seen me brewing again after a hiatus as well!


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Re: Lockdown Brew Day

Post by DC » Thu Apr 23, 2020 5:40 pm

Hey Leedsbrew, long time no speak mate, nice to see your still on Jims, yeah it was a bit of a practice run if I am honest just to get my Brewing Eye back in after 2 years off. It was great to use "Old Faithful" (my original all grain brewing kit) instead of the Big Boys stainless Kit I have moved on to now, maybe next time I can get a proper batch on if I can get some malt delivered.
FV No 1: Nowt
FV No 2: Nowt
FV No 3: Nowt
FV No 4: Nowt
Pressure Barrel No 1: Nowt
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Drinking: Nowt
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Yeast Bank: SafAle S04, Youngs Cider Yeast.
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Re: Lockdown Brew Day

Post by orlando » Sun Apr 26, 2020 8:40 am

Blimey, we'll be seing Boingy & Critch next. Bit like Bodie & Doyle but without the glamour. :lol:
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Re: Lockdown Brew Day

Post by WalesAles » Sun Apr 26, 2020 6:02 pm

Wonder if `Ditch` will come back?

DC,
Why won`t your pics show?

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Re: Lockdown Brew Day

Post by leedsbrew » Tue Apr 28, 2020 8:50 am

DC wrote:Hey Leedsbrew, long time no speak mate, nice to see your still on Jims, yeah it was a bit of a practice run if I am honest just to get my Brewing Eye back in after 2 years off. It was great to use "Old Faithful" (my original all grain brewing kit) instead of the Big Boys stainless Kit I have moved on to now, maybe next time I can get a proper batch on if I can get some malt delivered.
Aye, crawling back out the woodwork. Been meaning to for a while, but work, kids, etc etc getting in the way. Seemed like an opportune time when all the beer disappeared off the shelves! ImageImage

I ordered a bulk of malt from MM just before they had to start limiting orders for malt. I think they take malt orders at about 3pm every day, but spaces are limited.


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Re: Lockdown Brew Day

Post by leedsbrew » Tue Apr 28, 2020 8:51 am

orlando wrote:Blimey, we'll be seing Boingy & Critch next. Bit like Bodie & Doyle but without the glamour. :lol:
Blast from the past matey! Image


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Re: Lockdown Brew Day

Post by leedsbrew » Tue Apr 28, 2020 8:51 am

Hope all are keeping well in these strange times


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Re: Lockdown Brew Day

Post by orlando » Tue Apr 28, 2020 11:00 am

leedsbrew wrote:
Tue Apr 28, 2020 8:51 am
orlando wrote:Blimey, we'll be seing Boingy & Critch next. Bit like Bodie & Doyle but without the glamour. :lol:
Blast from the past matey! Image


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Good to see you back. You were around before I even started and I'm definitely an old lag now, in more ways than one. :)

Looks like the band is getting back together then?
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Re: Lockdown Brew Day

Post by DC » Thu Apr 30, 2020 2:18 pm

Hey all, well its been a week since i pitched my yeast starter & the brew is going great guns. Certainly smells like a Belgian Beer with all that Golden Syrup as Seymour said it would.

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Cheers

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Last edited by DC on Wed May 06, 2020 11:17 am, edited 1 time in total.
FV No 1: Nowt
FV No 2: Nowt
FV No 3: Nowt
FV No 4: Nowt
Pressure Barrel No 1: Nowt
Conditioning: Nowt
Drinking: Nowt
Planning:
Yeast Bank: SafAle S04, Youngs Cider Yeast.
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Re: Lockdown Brew Day

Post by seymour » Thu Apr 30, 2020 6:57 pm

Glad it's working out, can't wait to hear how it tastes! Cheers all!

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Re: Lockdown Brew Day

Post by DC » Wed May 06, 2020 11:12 am

Hey all, finally decided to bottle my "Lockdown" Brew yesterday after almost 2 weeks of fermenting :shock: it stopped at around 1006 to 1008 so hopefully around 3.6 to 3.9% [-o< . Added Half Sugar instead of normal white sugar for priming :oops: so not sure what the end result will come out like? Either way it will still get s'upped

Bottling under way
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The left overs in the FV
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Only got around 7.5 litres :cry:
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Cheers DC
FV No 1: Nowt
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Pressure Barrel No 1: Nowt
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Re: Lockdown Brew Day

Post by orlando » Wed May 06, 2020 12:01 pm

Not seeing the pictures.
I am "The Little Red Brooster"

Fermenting:
Conditioning:
Drinking: Southwold Again,

Up Next: John Barleycorn (Barley Wine)
Planning: Winter drinking Beer

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Re: Lockdown Brew Day

Post by DC » Wed May 06, 2020 12:06 pm

Hey Orlando, yes there seems to be a problem with the pictures, some days they show up from google photos & some times they dont. Not sure why ? I used to use photo bucket for storing photos & link them from their but now they charge us to use it so went with google photos. The photo a few posts up is showing from google photos so not sure whats going on ?

Cheers DC


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FV No 1: Nowt
FV No 2: Nowt
FV No 3: Nowt
FV No 4: Nowt
Pressure Barrel No 1: Nowt
Conditioning: Nowt
Drinking: Nowt
Planning:
Yeast Bank: SafAle S04, Youngs Cider Yeast.
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Re: Lockdown Brew Day

Post by micmacmoc » Thu May 07, 2020 1:19 pm

Hello! Some familiar names there, I'm back too. First brew in nearly three years, disaster. Even forgot to mill my malt, luckily not much went in the mash!
Another go tomorrow
merry fermentations!

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