What ya brewing?

[BrewBilly]

I was just across in GB this week and the B&B has TTL on tap - however much to my disappointment it was out while i was there.

[RichC]

TTL is sold in SuperValu. My clones have all missed the mark badly so far

[Quiet_Man]

"Not sure about a white ale, is it like a Witbier?" -

Yes Chris - its just I was never very good at languages!

I have some sweet orange peel, coriander and stuff and wanted to use them up.....................however, I was in The Errigle last night for a pint of Dogfish Head Charles Wells DNA New World IPA.......which was amazing!.....so I'm back in IPA mode, and as I finished my Jaipur clone, I think the Witbier can wait!

[Roo]

And here's me thinking I was on my own in Ballymena. Representing the Seven Towers lads.

Just back from Lanzarote (drinking pish....then rum til it was coming out my ears) to find my Better Half Black  ready for the fridge. Tester tonight to see if it's any good. I am finding that my abv is lower than expected...think I'm trying to get too much final wort.

[sub82]

Ah nice one Andy! I've not tried that IPA yet - will have to keep a lookout for it.

For the Witbier I dunno if you've seen the Jamil Zainasheff Brew Your Own online articles - I always find them pretty useful for building recipes:

Witbier: Style Profile

[DubbelD]

And here's me thinking I was on my own in Ballymena. Representing the Seven Towers lads.

Ah no, there's another brewer in town now !
I'll leave you to it for a week though, I'm off to Cornwall to eat pasties and drink scrumpy. Ooh arr !
By the time I get home the Erdinger clone should be ready for bottling :-)

[DubbelD]

45 bottles of the Erdinger clone are now sitting in the store room to condition 

I hate bottling. Well, I don't mind the bottling part, it's the washing and sterilizing part I dislike....

[HomeBrewWest]

Can you post the recipe for that Erdinger clone? I've been finding it impossible to get a close recipe for it!

[DubbelD]

Can you post the recipe for that Erdinger clone? I've been finding it impossible to get a close recipe for it!

I slightly wary of posting someone else's recipe, but it's freely available on the internet. I'll go ask him if he minds - in the mean time, search on one of the UK forums for Aleman's Erdinger Clone ;-)
It's the second time I've made it, the first one was probably the best beer I've made - this one's not quite ready for sampling yet but I'll be back to tell all when it is.

[DubbelD]

Update on the Erdinger clone...it's lovely 
2 weeks warm conditioning +1 in the fridge and it's well carbonated and good to drink.
I need to get a proper weissbier glass, it doesn't look right in my ESB goblet 

[Quiet_Man]

Getting ready to bottle up my latest IPA, so took some time-out to order up ingredients for a Winter Porter.

I was thinking of adding in some Star Anise, to add a hint of liquorice.

Anyone tried this before, or have a clue - how much to add and when? Was thinking of 10-20g towards the end of the boil, or at flame-out. I brew 50L.

Andy

[molc]

I put 1tsp of crushed whole anise in 20L recently and can taste a hint of it.

[Quiet_Man]

"I put 1tsp of crushed whole anise in 20L recently and can taste a hint of it"

Thanks Molc - when did you add the star anise?

[molc]

I crushed it in a mortar and pestle and added at 15 and 1 minute from the end.
Actually the full recipe is up in the extract section, so I'll double check the amounts.
Edit: here's the recipe I used: http://www.nationalhomebrewclub.com/forum/index.php?topic=7036.0

Turns out it was 1/2 tsp for 20L. Mostly I taste the cinammon in this one, so you could probably add a little more, but it's very strong stuff.

[Paddy]

Sorry again for being scarcely present over the summer.  With 5 infections* in a row (115L of vinegar = no desire to make beer) brewing took a bit of a back seat.  Not to mentions buying a house and a baby now on the way 

But finally getting back on that brew horse.  Got a bastardisation of an English Strong Bitter on the go on Friday.  Just MO, whatever left-over crystal was lying around and some wheat.  Cluster and Fuggles to hop.  Saison planned for over the winter.

* Infections strictly beer related and not of a personal nature *ahem*