This is the recipe I was thinking of
http://old.brewersassociation.org/pages/business-tools/publications/the-new-brewer/online-extras/show?title=style-spotlight-bohemian-dunkel
Single infusion at 67 should be fine.
Was kind of thinking a barrel aged festbier (IPA if you are an incurable hophead) might be a good way of using some of that recently acquired melanin, carapils, and carahell?
BTW if you are looking at the U Fleku recipe DO NOT use floor malted bohemian pilsener malt unless you are decoction mashing. It's probably the only pale barley base malt that actually needs a decoction mash. Any other pilsener malt, or even MCI lager malt would sub.
i thought we'd already decided on a recipe?
There is some tasty malt floating about, so we could use it.
There's always malt around. if we keep changing the recipe we'll never get to brewing anything at all.
lets just set a date and a recipe, like we nearly had done 2 months ago when this thread started
Here's my take on the recipe. How's it look?
Czech Dark Lager
Schwarzbier (Black Beer)
Recipe Specs
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Batch Size (L): 23.0
Original Gravity (OG): 1.049
Final Gravity (FG): 1.012
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 4.81 %
Colour (SRM): 38.6 (EBC): 76.0
Bitterness (IBU): 39.7 (Average)
Brewhouse Efficiency (%): 65
Boil Time (Minutes): 90
Grain Bill
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4.000 kg Pilsner (2 Row) Ger (70.8%)
0.750 kg Munich Malt (13.27%)
0.700 kg Caramunich Malt (12.39%)
0.200 kg Carafa III (3.54%)
Hop Bill
----------------
33.3 g Saaz Leaf (4% Alpha) @ 90 Minutes (Boil) (1.4 g/L)
33.3 g Saaz Leaf (4% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes (Boil) (1.4 g/L)
33.3 g Saaz Leaf (4% Alpha) @ 30 Minutes (Boil) (1.4 g/L)
Looks good!
Maybe drop the IBUs down to 30? which is more in line with the U Fleku and Kout na Sumave recipes.
Also maybe a smidgen of Melanoidin malt given that we're not decocting and since there's a bit of it knocking around.
I'd also be inclined to push the ABV up a bit (5.5 - 6%) if it's going in the barrel?
The other thing is are we just lagering at ambient temperatures? Probably need to be putting this down pretty soon if we want the ambient temps to be cold enough.
What melanoidin? The stuff going damp in the boot of my car?
Here's my interpretation of the receipe, very similar to Garry's but a higher OG.
4.95kg Pilsner(77%)
0.65kg Munich (10%)
065 kg CaraMunich(10%)
0.19 Carafa III (3%)
0.05kg Melanoidin
28g Saaz at 90minspo
28g Saaz at 60mins
28g Saaz at 30 mins
OG 1.060
32.5 IBU
Just getting the hang of Beersmith, so hopefully all makes sense.
Quote from: johnrm on November 22, 2014, 12:07:09 AM
What melanoidin? The stuff going damp in the boot of my car?
aw jayz john gimme a break. i'll give you a shout tomorrow.
I'm happy with that Dr.h.
Mr. H, it will be lagering at ambient temp.
Will we start a list ?
1. Garry 20L
1. Garry 20L
2. Johnrm 20l
1. Garry 20L
2. Johnrm 20l
3. Dr. Horrible 20L
1. Garry 20L
2. Johnrm 20l
3. Dr. Horrible 20L
4. mr hoppy 20l
If you're brewing during Christmas for this. I might try and get my all grain set up working, I have the coolbox, just have to get the valve and all the copper.
1. Garry 20L
2. Johnrm 20l
3. Dr. Horrible 20L
4. mr hoppy 20l
5. LordEoin 20L
When are we filling the barrel?
Stick me down for 20 litres as well.
1. Garry 20L
2. Johnrm 20l
3. Dr. Horrible 20L
4. mr hoppy 20l
5. LordEoin 20L
6. dcalnan 20l
7. Brian 20l
8. Taf 20l
dcal & Brian, I'll stick you down for 20l each. We won't hold you to anything. If you just want to brew 5l that's fine. You'll only get about 4l back though.
We'll aim to fill the barrel around the middle of January. That will give us all a chance to brew over the holidays.
I have about 200g of saaz to spare if anyone needs hops?
You can put me down for 20 liters too.
1. Garry 20L
2. Johnrm 20l
3. Dr. Horrible 20L
4. mr hoppy 20l
5. LordEoin 20L
6. dcalnan 20l
7. Brian 20l
8. Taf 20l
9. Raindogxx 20l
I know that the recipe mentions leaf, but could we go for pellets instead, and get 1 Kg from tube, which should be approx the right amount for the barrel?
Can we also split this topic into a new one, so it's a bit tidier?
http://www.nationalhomebrewclub.com/forum/index.php/topic,8338.0.html
Pellets should be fine, use 10% less pellets by weight.
First time doing one of these group brews. Are we using the barrel as a secondary or are we pitching the yeast in the barrel? Seems like the coordination could be a bit tricky to primary in the barrel. If we're doing the primary individually what yeast are we using?
Also how much does the barrel hold? I'm happy to contribute 20L but if somebody else wants in I can cut that down or even hold off until next time. I don't want to cut anybody out who was looking forward to the brew.
@raindogxx, You will brew at home and do the primary fermentation at home. The beer will secondary or tertiary in the barrel. The barrel is in my garage, so you will need to bring your contribution to my house. We'll sort that out in time.
Quote from: http://old.brewersassociation.org/pages/business-tools/publications/the-new-brewer/online-extras/show?title=style-spotlight-bohemian-dunkel
Yeast
American brewers have a wide range of Czech yeast choices for this brew. Suitable strains include Wyeast 2000 Budvar™; 2001 Urquell™; 2007 Pilsen™; 2124 Bohemian™; and 2278 Czech Pils™; as well as White Labs WLP800 Pilsner; and WLP802 Czech Budejovice.
I've got a pack of Wyeast Pilsner Urquell 2001 so that's the yeast I'll use. Johnrm has a hape of mauribrew lager yeast if you need some.
The barrel holds approx 200l. We need 1 more contributer? Anyone interested?
Are we happy to use Lager malt in place of Pilsner?
I have Carafa, not sure if its Carafa III
What color are we aiming for? I'm getting 41.7 EBC using Dr. H's recipe.
The style guidelines for Schwarzbier say 33.5 to 59.1 EBC so there's plenty of tolerance there!
Use the recipe as a guideline. One batch brewed with Carafa instead of Carafa III isn't going to make much difference.
Sounds good. Here's my BeerSmith recipe. I'm happy to tweak it if anybody has suggestions.
Jon
http://beersmithrecipes.com/viewrecipe/622614?&doid=54773644e5baa
14 gal Boil down to 10 gal?
Have you leaks in your system?
Quote from: johnrm on November 27, 2014, 03:04:02 PM
14 gal Boil down to 10 gal?
Have you leaks in your system?
No, it's this damn boil kettle. Evaporation rate is terrible:
(http://i.imgur.com/Gui06tw.jpg)
I have a vial of WLP838 - Southern German Lager Yeast.
http://www.whitelabs.com/yeast/wlp838-southern-german-lager-yeast
I could make up a big starter of this and split it.
Is this on?
Was that tumbleweed?
We're short 1 batch, I could do 2 if necessary.
Bearing in mind this is a lager, is everyone happy about temp control for primary?
STC controlled Brew belt in a shed?
I've not lagered before so what profile?
You and your fancy flashed STC.
Start at 10 go to 12 once you've got low krausen for 7 - 12 days (when krausen drops) and then drop down a degree a day til you can go no lower (must be lower than 7) and then hold for 6 - 8 weeks.
If you need to do a diacetyl rest go from 12 to 16 just before krausen drops hold for 2 days and the proceed as above.
I've Wyeast 2001 and WLP 800 if people need some.
what sort of time frames are we talking so?
I'm new to lager so not sure how long it'll need in primary and so on.
7 - 12 days.
I think the idea is to do most of the layering in the barrel at ambient temperatures.
I was hoping Garry would put a coil full of chilled salt water pumped through a cold source but he's not volunteered yet. :)
Sorry, just to be clear the primary fermentation takes 7-12 days and then I'd just leave it in the primary fermenter til it goes in the barrel whenever that happens.
Bah, secondary for 6 to 8 weeks! I presume that can just be in an unheated garage, as doubt it will get over that temp over the next two months, otherwise I am out, as not going to commit my fermentation fridge for that long.
Are we still definitely sure we don't want to do a black IPA? if we do stick with the black lager, can we up the ABV a bit more?
secondary = barrel.
your fridge should only be needed for about 2 weeks while primary is happening. after that it should be plenty cold enough in your garage to sit until barrel filling day.
Quote from: LordEoin on December 19, 2014, 02:49:14 PM
secondary = barrel.
secondary = everything after you drop the temp, garage and barrel. :D
Malt arrived today. Big ole bag of Weyermanns Bohemian Pilsener Malt.
removed post to avoid confusion - mistake in recipe
new file can be found here: http://www.nationalhomebrewclub.com/forum/index.php/topic,8354.msg106855.html#msg106855
I love "off the brewsmith scale recipes"
no point in putting anything lighter in the barrel.
At least it's balanced ;D
Everything seems to be about 10% over the style limits apart from color (it'll be dark as hitler's soul)
Oi, it's not a schwartzbier (or a dunkel either) its a Tmavé Speciální Pivo.
http://www.europeanbeerguide.net/czecintr.htm
Whatever you want to call it, it's super dark and the wort smelled and tasted great.
Looking at the recipe, you went fairly heavy on the auld Carafa!
You're definitely going to have to rule me out of making a batch, I don't have a fermentation chamber , a mash tun or any of the grains for it. I need to get these done in the new year, Santa might be good to me and get me a few things
Quote from: mr hoppy on December 23, 2014, 11:09:36 PM
Looking at the recipe, you went fairly heavy on the auld Carafa!
well feck me. how did i not notice that? that should be 200g! no wonder it's so dark...
i must have typo'd it when putting garry's recipe into beersmith.
ah well, what's done is done and the wort doesn't taste bad for it. when it's in the barrel it'll be unnoticable.
I updated that beersmith file in case anyone else brews from the recipe.
and for those without beersmith:
(http://i.imgur.com/sbuRa3y.jpg)
Just brewed this yesterday, got 20l at 1.060. Was aiming for 22-23l but forgot to take into account all the volume the leaf hops would soak up (Doh!). Wort tasted good, looking forward to this batch. Pitched Saflager 34/70, never used this yeast before, been 24hrs and although there's a lot of activity at the bottom and CO2 coming off there's still practically no krausen, looks like a real bottom fermenter.
I had better get cracking...
I'd say I'm out for this. Didn't brew over Xmas, and next thing I brew will be something hoppy for fairly immediate consumption.
Lets revise the list.
1. Garry 20L
2. Johnrm 20l
3. Dr. Horrible 20L
4. mr hoppy 20l
5. LordEoin 20L
6. dcalnan 20l
7. Brian 20l
8. Taf 20l
9. Raindogxx 20l
10.
We need 2 more contributors.
Anyone else out?
Quote from: dcalnan on December 24, 2014, 01:46:21 AM
You're definitely going to have to rule me out of making a batch......
Dcalnan is out too. We need 3 more contributors please?
1. Garry 20L
2. Johnrm 20L
3. Dr. Horrible 20L
4. mr hoppy 20L
5. LordEoin 20L
6. Brian 20L
7. Raindogxx 20L
8.
9.
10.
i don't think i'll be able to do a second one. I have this in one fridge and a pilsner in the second fridge.
I might be able to just do it with a brewbelt in the brewdungeon.
I'll check if i have any lager/pilsner malt left when i get home and see from there.
I will do a second batch.
I have a STC controlled larder fridge that can take 2 fermenters.
1. Garry 20L
2. Johnrm 20L 1/2
3. Johnrm 20L 2/2
4. Dr. Horrible 20L
5. mr hoppy 20L
6. LordEoin 20L 1/2
7. LordEoin 20L 2/2 possibly
8. Brian 20L
9. Raindogxx 20L
10.
I ordered the parts for my mash tun so I won't have any excuse next time around. Well I don't have a temp controlled fermenter...yet.
I'm just off the phone to Mr RM. He was inquiring about the barrel's condition. It looks like the barrel is after contracting "hairy hands syndrome". Internally it looks ok but I can't see around corners. What ye think? Is it worth risking?
(click the image for higher resolution)
(http://i.imgur.com/VqH6e0F.jpg) (http://imgur.com/jWvL4sn)
Hmm... that's a bit worrying.
Is there any reason why this comes up on the right of my screen when I click through on the barrel image?
Quote
This husky appeared while I was pooping in a public restroom. It stared at me for a few seconds and then ran away.
(http://i.imgur.com/XFCSRUT.jpg)
This article seems to suggest 2/3 filling dodgy barrels with sodium per carbonate (W5 oxy):
https://byo.com/stories/item/948-keeping-it-clean
Our cocktail should have sorted bugs internally. (But what do I know)
That said, the barrel is offering very little these days.
Is it worth burning a sulfur candle in the barrel?
Are these available?
As I understand it sulfur candles do the same thing as campden tablets, they're just more dangerous!
http://www.cider.org.uk/campden.html
Quote from: mr hoppy on January 06, 2015, 10:37:43 PM
Hmm... that's a bit worrying.
Is there any reason why this comes up on the right of my screen when I click through on the barrel image?
Quote
This husky appeared while I was pooping in a public restroom. It stared at me for a few seconds and then ran away.
(http://i.imgur.com/XFCSRUT.jpg)
Ha ha, wtf, very strange! Works fine for me.
I'm about to put on the second batch now.
I suppose I should just leave out the carafaIII to make up for having too much in the first one, yeah?
It probably won't make a huge difference when it's all blended? Leave it out to fúck :P
exactly my thinking. when it's all lumped together it'll balance out :)
How's that barell looking>
The barrel could do with a scrub! Might get to it some night this week. It's brass monkeys in the evenings so it's hard to motivate myself to go outside. Great weather for lagering though :)
Yeah, it's tough get the push to go out alright.
This should be the barrel's logo:
I'm brewing today.
TBH I think LE's on to something there. For those who are reluctant to do a lager, or an all grain there's nothing to stop you subbing in a neutral ale yeast or DME/LME for the pilsner malt. Or both if necessary.
As long as most of the brews are done with lager yeast it'll be grand (if the barrel's ok!)
And I'd say it's definitely a good base beer for a bit of Black IPA hopping as well.
I was thinking the same. there's a good amount of bitter and flavor hop additions so once it's out o the barrel a dryhop should make it fantastic :)
First batch chilling.
Second Batch is going to be later in the week.
The second will be my 5th Black beer on the trot.
I think I'll do a Cascadian IPA to get away from all this darkness. O0
I'm brewing Tuesday or Wednesday depending on when I can get my new chiller sorted. Are we happy with the barrel?
The barrel is good :)
What kind of chiller did you get raindogxx?
It's one of these guys:
(http://www.mybeerandwine.ie/207-thickbox_default/stainless-convoluted-counter-flow-wort-chiller.jpg)
I have it mostly together but the damn Hozelock knock-offs I bought for the water supply line are leaking. It makes me ill to spend 8 euro on the brand name connectors but it might be the way to go.
Nice 8)
My hose connectors drip too. At least it's only the cooling water that will be leaking and not the wort.
That is a sweet looking chiller. I have to look into building a new one soon as mine sprung a leak :(
When are we thinking to fill that barrel so?
Lets do a roll call on what's fermenting/fermented :
Lord Eoin - 40L
You could use rad-weld...
Lord Eoin - 40L
Johnrm - 20L (20L to do)
I transferred mine to secondary last night because it was sitting on the yeast for 3 weeks.
Lord Eoin - 40L
Johnrm - 20L (20L to do)
Garry 20L
Lord Eoin - 40L
Johnrm - 20L (20L to do)
Garry 20L
raindogxx - 20L to do
My chiller is sorted. The name brand fitting did the job. Just picking up some fuel today and I'll be ready for brewing tomorrow.
Jon
Lord Eoin - 40L
Johnrm - 20L (20L to do)
Garry 20L
raindogxx - 20L to do
Dr Horrible - 18L (sorry!)
I took my batch off the yeast at the weekend as well because I was thinking of trying to get another batch in but
I've moved out to a shed to brew and had a problem with my new 12V temp control system so can't commit to
doing another one just now, maybe if the parts I've ordered work I might be ok.
Took a sample when I transferred it and it's gorgeous, I don't normally like roasty flavours but this was lovely.
How does Friday 6th Feb suit everyone for the filling ceremony?
@Dr Horrible, what parts are you short? I might have something in stock!
Fridays aren't good for me, but I'll see what I can do.
I suppose I could take a half day and be up for about 4ish
I was thinking Friday evening/night time. How does Saturday (7th) afternoon suit everyone?
(http://www.animateit.net/data/media/august2009/th_tumbleweed.gif)
118l so far.
I will get another 20 on (I'll be murdered, but...)
We're still shy (Barrel volume - 138L) so 62l odd .
Friday evening should be fine. I'll just take a half day :)
I don't think I'd be able to put on another one, I now have a pilsner brewing in one fridge, barrel lager2 brewing in the second and barrel lager1 out in secondary. I'm pretty much out of room and all out of suitable hops and lager/pilsner malt.
I thought I replied but I don't see it. Ops. I'm out of town until Wednesday, February 11th. If you want to go ahead without me no worries but if you want to add all of it at once It'll have to be anytime from Wednesday on. Sorry about that.
Jon
Pretty much any Friday evening or Saturday afternoon suits me fine, although it would probably be bad form to do something on Valentines day - double the loss in brownie points.
Garry, I'm doing some oddball stuff with my temp control system so not sure if you'd have any spares I'd need- I've moved my kit out to a shed where my only power supply is a 12V battery and I'm trying to get the temp control up and running. I've wired up a 12V STC-1000 ok, and am reasonably ok on the cooling side of things, but I'm struggling on the heating side. I had intended to use a standard 220V brewbelt with a DC-AC converter inline, but although this works fine when supplied directly from the 12V power source, the STC doesn't like it at all. Thought it was pulling too high a current, so used a lower power converter but still the same, so I need a 12V heat source. Been looking on Ebay for something that might suit and have just received a 3-D ceramic printer cable which should theoretically do the job if I can figure out how to wire it up - if not I'll have to get a heating mat or something like that. Bit stuck for time during the week so if I can get it working on Saturday I might try to sneak in a brew on Sunday, but can't really guarantee anything.
The AC/DC but should not matter. Did you test continuity through the relay?
How is the STC acting up?
Those solar pumps are 12v. Maybe consider a geothermal solution...
Lord Eoin - 40L
Johnrm - 20L (20L to do)
Garry 20L
raindogxx - 20L to do
Dr Horrible - 18L (sorry!)
mr hoppy - 18l I think
Can we stir up any more interest?
How far short are we?
Quote from: mr hoppy on January 21, 2015, 09:19:10 PM
How far short are we?
Anyone know an accountant? :P
@raindog, it doesn't matter if you can't make it on the day. You just have to have the beer at my place before the day. That should be manageable?
@dr h, I'm just out of 12v heaters!
Quote from: johnrm on January 21, 2015, 07:54:09 PM
The AC/DC but should not matter. Did you test continuity through the relay?
How is the STC acting up?
Those solar pumps are 12v. Maybe consider a geothermal solution...
I've checked out the STC - I've got 12V female cigarette lighter type sockets on the heating and cooling output and depending on the temp setpoint I can get a power supply to the socket I want. However, when I plug in the DC-AC converter the STC starts periodically switching on and off
I reckon we're two batches away from a full barrel, and johnrm is down for an extra so we need one more on top of that. Hopefully someone else will volunteer or else we're relying on my electrical abilities - not a good place to be!
If it's one batch short it's not really going to matter if the last one is done with a neutral ale yeast/extract/no temp control.
Any volunteers?
I have an 18l batch fermenting away. At least I hope its fermenting, its not what I would call enthusiastic :)
Fair play! Lagers tend not to be enthusiastic. If you've got a head of yeast in 48 hours you're probably doing fine.
I have a modicum of enthusiasm at 13C. I was away for 2 days, so not sure when the party started.
Has that new kit worked out for you so Brian?
The kit was fine. The boiler was perfect, BIAB worked ok bar hitting 18l instead of 20, the gravity reading was spot on though.
Using the hand mill for 5kg was tedious to put it mildly, I was wishing I'd spent more on one of the roller ones :)
Wiring up the brew belt and STC was very straight forward.
The heavy duty server power cords are the business.
Congrats on the maiden voyage
Just remove the bolt that holds on your mill handle and replace it with a normal bolt, then you can simply hook a drill up to it a socket. I'll take a picture of mine later on if I remember.
Beat me to it. Google instructibles corona mill for a how to.
Just pitched my batch last night. It's bubbling slowly this morning. The latest I can drop off my share is next Wednesday (flight is Thursday morning). Not sure if 7 days is sufficient, the fermentation profile I planned to follow recommends 14 days in primary prior to a 3 day diacetyl rest. What do you think?
Great stuff raindog. Just drop it up to me next week sometime and I'll babysit it. My fermentation fridge is free!
PM me for directions.
Now to buy a socket set.
Homebrewing, the fun never stops!
I'll have a look at converting the mill.
I have a socket set if you want to borrow it johnrm.
The casting on the Corona style mills can be a bit rough.
If you want to bring the mill to Garry's I'll bring the dremel and we can convert it and tidy it up a bit to make it run smoother.
I should have a suitable bolt in the shed too, I'll check it out.
Quote from: Brian on January 22, 2015, 12:53:32 PM
I'll have a look at converting the mill.
I have a socket set if you want to borrow it johnrm.
No, I meant you. You obviously have one, so now just make sure you have a half decent drill.
You should probably upgrade your shed wiring too while you're at it
Quote from: johnrm on January 22, 2015, 03:05:04 PM
No, I meant you. You obviously have one, so now just make sure you have a half decent drill.
oh, oops. I'll have a think about it, there's no rush, I won't be doing a 20l batch again any time soon.
2nd batch mashing.
Lord Eoin - 40L
Johnrm - 40L
Garry 20L
raindogxx - 20L to do
Dr Horrible - 18L (sorry!)
mr hoppy - 18l I think
Just to confirm, I'm going to go with Friday 6th Feb for filling. Call in around 19:00ish onwards.
If you can't make it that night let me know and we'll get your beer on site before then.
Raindog just dropped off his batch, cheers :)
will there be pavlova?
Hmm! My Aunt makes a mean pavlova, I'll ask her.
What are ambient temps in Waterfall these days? I only yeasted batch no.2 last night. I would like to give my yeasty friend some privacy as least in the early stages.
What's with the Pavlova?
Gary promised us all Pavlova and coffee!
See you at 7ish on the 6th.
Ambient temperature this week iiiiiiiiis..................7°C :( Any other year it would be much colder but it will have to do. Maybe raindogxx cold bring some snow back from the states?
If you don't like pavlova bring your own sweet. I'm not Mr Kipling :P
Take it I'll be there, any change I'll let you know.
Quote from: Garry on January 27, 2015, 03:49:05 PM
Just to confirm, I'm going to go with Friday 6th March for filling. Call in around 19:00ish onwards.
If you can't make it that night let me know and we'll get your beer on site before then.
Raindog just dropped off his batch, cheers :)
Friday 6th Feb even? My second batch has finally started to show signs of life so should hopefully have two batches to bring with me, which by my sums should bring us up to the volume we need- I think you said about 196L last time Garry. See you then.
Yes, February. Corrected now :-[
Good man Doc H.
Bah! I hate snow!
Good catching up with you yesterday. BTW, there was about 18L and 16L in the cornies after pitching. I seem to loose 1L per fermenter during transfer but that's after cold crashing and when transferring with CO2 through the diptubes (I cut them short a couple three centimeters). Hopefully you'll get 30-32L out of them.
Thanks for that sample, warmed me right up!
Should be able to make it up on the night.
Hi, just looking at the recipe you guys used. Was wondering why you dropped the munich from 30% suggested in the link on first post to aprox. 15% in your recipes?
Cheers..
'Cos we're not slaves to The Man
Quote from: LordEoin on February 05, 2015, 02:14:28 PM
'Cos we're not slaves to The Man
Cool! :)
Is there any other reason? Doing up a recipe myself and wondering if I've missed something..?
Don't think so. Just the way the cards fell.
Quote from: mcgrath on February 05, 2015, 11:53:52 AM
Hi, just looking at the recipe you guys used. Was wondering why you dropped the munich from 30% suggested in the link on first post to aprox. 15% in your recipes?
Cheers..
We did?
The receipe in the first post isn't the one we used, the thread got split from the one about the last barrel (October Ale) and we'd already decided on a receipe from Mr Hoppy for Kout na Sumave14o Tmave Lezak Specialni (had to copy and paste that) which had the lower amount of Munich. Can only judge from samples I've taken of it but personally I think this will be a lovely beer, looking forward to getting it into, then out of the barrel!
Its being barrelled tomorrow!
Oops, I went with the U Fleku recipe. Can't imagine it'll make much difference. Should balance Eoin 5kg of carafa a little any way :-)
Am drinking a 80% munich 17% pale and 3% carafa III all Saaz lager fermented with Wyeast Pilsener Urquell yeast at the moment and it tastes pretty good too!
Liked this though!
http://www.amazon.com/Brewery-Bohemian-Forest-Evan-Rail-ebook/dp/B00KRPY4GE/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8
Sure it'll be grand when it's blended!
I like the look of that receipe, getting very fond of Carafa III, intend to use it a lot more from now on.
Detailed long term weather forecast for Cork
http://www.yr.no/place/Ireland/Munster/Cork/long.html
Fun evening as always. Here's proof of the filling...
(http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/02/06/79615a56cafd70e5029f4085cacea844.jpg)
Cold and frosty this morning- woohoo! Here's to another six weeks of winter!
It all worked out very smoothly :)
Here's the view from my perch.
well, look at that handsome fellow :-*
If the temperature stays like this we're laughing.
Roll on April 1st (or 2nd)
This thing is alive ???
The water in the air lock was a little darker a few days ago but nothing serious. I couldn't see any activity.
(http://imgur.com/nSdECFk.jpg)
I went out to the garage tonight to get a screwdriver and the air lock was overflowing.
(http://imgur.com/TJPYkv7.jpg)
I've changed the air lock for a blow off tube. It smells fine but is definitely active. The temperature is around 5 to 6'C.
(http://imgur.com/olJ2lou.jpg)
Have we created a monster?
Told you so! ;D
If I recall correctly some of that beer wasn't fully fermented it out - so hopefully we've basically krausened it, which is supposed to be a great way of cleaning up the brew in secondary!
Just to keep this thread up to date, we are planning to empty the barrel on Good Friday (April 3rd) starting around 7:00PM.
If you can't make it on the night, make sure you drop a corny or FV to me so we can fill it for you.
I can't make it - I'll see if Johnrm can bring a bucket for me.
No bother Brian.
I'm brewing Saturday - pop over.