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Three boys pils

Citrus on the nose, light body, with a hoppy finish that stays bitter.

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Renaissance stonecutter scotch ale

Malt on the nose, caramel, butterscotch , sweet. Full mouth feel, low carbonation, very rich. Lingering fullness of malt with no hop overtones.
Very drinkable.

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Ellen’s Weiss Bier 2011

No nose, holding a great head!
Full mouth feel with the lemon kicking in mid palate. This was brewing using Ellen’s 2011 hops. Recipe follows:

Ellens wheat beer
14 may 2011
5kg NZ pils malt
300g kibbled wheat
120g oat bran

2:00 mash
Sparge, bring vol up to 20l
Boil
70g hops, 5g crushed coriander, 8g dried lemon peel
Boil 45 mins 3:50
1048 og at 40c
Start yeast starter
15g hops

15g hops

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Gunamatta ipa

Malt on the nose, with balanced hops and the earl grey tea kicking in mid palate, then the tea leaving a lingering taste.
Wow! This is an amazing beer.

http://www.yeastieboys.co.nz/beer/gunnamatta-ipa/

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Budêjovickŷ budvar

Very clean. No hops present, easy drinking. Law mower beer?

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Epic – first batch nzipa

First batching using gladfield malt and the waimea hops – hence the hop batch code 04.39.53 on the label.

Very smooth, malt comes through, without any overly hoppy finish.

Very good beer!

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British ales – 7 styles out of a 26L batch

Brewing for the February AGWB comp, and a Best bitter for the western brewers conference.

 

Doing a base batch of 26L of Maris otter, and adding 4 partial grain mashes.

26L batch, 40g East Kent goldings at 6.1%a = 20 IBU

Split batch, leaving Northern Brown and Best bitter – take IBU up to 30 IBU.

Add 20g east kent Goldings at 6.1%a = +10IBU = 30 IBU total

Also going to B1.1 Light Beer and B1.2 Low Alcohol from the same base.

 

Best Bitter

5 litres
All Grain
1.052~OG→1.016~FG→4.7%ABV 20 IBU 20.1°L SRM
Yeasts
0.09 litres
1968 – London ESB Ale
Wyeast (Ale)
0.09 litres
Fermentables
1.17 kilograms
Maris Otter
36ppg, 20°L
1 kilogram
86%
Aromatic
35ppg, 26°L
65 grams
6%
Crystal 120L
34ppg, 0°L
65 grams
6%
Special Roast
29ppg, 140°L
35 grams
3%
Hops
11 grams
Goldings (Kent)
6%, Pellet
11 grams
100%
Miscellaneous
(null)
Boil
1 hour, 6.54 litres
Add wort chiller 15 minutes (+45)
Ferment
14 days @ 17°C

Mild 11a

5 litres
All Grain
1.054~OG→1.017~FG→4.9%ABV 19 IBU 18.8°L SRM
Yeasts
0.09 litres
1968 – London ESB Ale
Wyeast (Ale)
0.09 litres
Fermentables
1.23 kilograms
Maris Otter
36ppg, 20°L
1 kilogram
82%
Crystal 40L
33ppg, 40°L
0.1 kilograms
8%
Crystal 120L
34ppg, 0°L
75 grams
6%
Chocolate
31ppg, 2°L
50 grams
4%
Hops
11 grams
Goldings (Kent)
6%, Pellet
11 grams
100%
Miscellaneous
(null)

Southern Brown 11b

7 litres
All Grain
1.058~OG→1.018~FG→5.2%ABV 19 IBU 20.2°L SRM
Yeasts
0.12 litres
1968 – London ESB Ale
Wyeast (Ale)
0.12 litres
Fermentables
1.83 kilograms
Maris Otter
36ppg, 20°L
1.3 kilograms
71%
Crystal 40L
33ppg, 40°L
0.28 kilograms
15%
Crystal 120L
34ppg, 0°L
0.18 kilograms
10%
Chocolate
31ppg, 2°L
70 grams
4%
Hops
15 grams
Goldings (Kent)
6%, Pellet
15 grams
100%
Miscellaneous
(null)

northern brown 11c

7 litres
All Grain
1.057~OG→1.018~FG→5.1%ABV 25 IBU 22.0°L SRM
Yeasts
0.12 litres
1968 – London ESB Ale
Wyeast (Ale)
0.12 litres
Fermentables
1.80 kilograms
Maris Otter
36ppg, 20°L
1.4 kilograms
78%
Special Roast
32ppg, 50°L
0.15 kilograms
8%
Crystal 40L
33ppg, 40°L
0.10 kilograms
6%
mid toasted nz pils
34ppg, 25°L
0.1 kilograms
6%
Chocolate
31ppg, 2°L
50 grams
3%
Hops
20 grams
Goldings (Kent)
6%, Pellet
20 grams
100%
Miscellaneous
(null)

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The idea started out as 4 styles – in the end I brewed 7 beers!

 

Style Fermentor target gravity temp measured gravity Corrected
Best Glass 5L 1052 28 1042 1044
Mild Mac with lid (7L) 1054 27 1042 1044
Northern Mac no lid (7L) 1057 28 1040 1042
Southern Water Cooler 15L 1058 29 1040 1042
Light Carafe 1.5l S-05 yeast 1025 1025 1027
Low Alcohol Conical Flask 1L Gervin Yeast 1025 1025 1027
Pale Ale Jar 3L 28 1040 1042

Bottled 26 Feb

Mild and northern are vinegar

Added 5gms lactose to Southern to sweeten in comp bottle

 

 

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New years day smoked manuka ale

Bottled 8 jan 2012

On the nose smells like musty with smoke. mid palate is malt with the smoke pushing through. Empty finish. Past it’s prime.

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Boundary rd brewery – 18th Amendment

Citrus on the nose. Little thin mid palate, finishes with a good bitter hop bite that lingers.

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God zone Apa vii

Comparing s05 with pico brew germin yeast.

So5 tastes more full on.
Germin tastes more rounded.

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