@PlanA you on this thread?
Ha, no. As I forgot it existed.
Weāve got a partial mash neipa in the fermenter at the moment, mostly going off this recipe. Make a NEIPA using a COOPERS PALE ALE kit - YouTube, Iāll let you know how it goes @droz. Itās pretty low equipment, a big pot, paint strainer bag, some malts, quick oats, hops and a coopers pale kit then into the bucket. Iāve got a temp controller and a heat wrap to keep it warmed to the right temperature. Keeping it cool is a whole other, much more difficult story. At the moment itās wrapped in a wet towel with the fan on it. Itās only good for a few degrees of cooling.
Weāve done a few, easier brews with kits and some partial mashes, and theyāve been ok, nothing to write home about, but itās been fun and saved us a few bucks.
Itās still got another week in the fermenter, then a couple of weeks to carbonate in the bottle.
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Hows that beer going @PlanA?
Here is one of my latest beers - A NEIPA that I have fine tuned the grain bill on and I have it pretty much where I want it for colour, mouthfeel and ABV. I will use this as my go to from here on in and just vary the hops and yeasts pending on what is available out there.
Dream Season has Columbus, Mosaic, El Dorado and Azacca hops.
Last night I planned my next two brews. I am going to go back to back with another NEIPA as I was given some liquid yeast that needs to be used fairly quickly. But this time I am using a hop that not many people have used (that I know of). It is a hop from South Africa - https://yakimavalleyhops.com/products/southern-tropic-pellet-hops
I have 500g of it so I am going to be quite generous.
Then after that, I am heading towards a black IPA which should be good for the cooler autumn months.
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I think I will do a little homebrewing this weekend, maybe double batch. I havenāt had time for it since basically November. Working my normal job with peak busy season right at Christmas Day and pro-brewing stuff going on after work and almost every weekend until this weekend, its been difficult to muster up the energy to do anything when I do have time.
All that said, our first Hazy IPA hit the market this weekend and there has been so much interest, despite most restaurants being closed due to gov request, that we likely will run out before the next beer is available.
As for what I am brewing this weekend. I got a big order of new/new to me hop varieties last Nov. that I need to do some testing with, so west coast IPA and an IPL it will be (using Bru-1, Triumph (supposed to be limey), Zappa, Enigma).
Keen to see what you think and do with Zappa. Itās a hop I need to revisit as I only used 100g in my last 23L batch which wasnāt enough.
The Neipa turned out pretty good. Very citrusy. Maybe a little too āheavyā for my taste. Still starting out so Iām not sure what Iām aiming at.
My girlfriend like kettle sours so weāll try that next, though covid and work slowing down dramatically as a result has not been kind to my waistline, so weāll take a bit of a break from beer for a while.
Check out the Philly Sour yeast for your sours, then you donāt have to muck around with kettle souring.
Sweet Iāll check it out
I used other NeoMexicanus varieties in the past with good effect. The hazy we just launched used around 4kg of Medusa for instance (600L batch).
Has your brewery got a website/instagram?
Sure do
@Tallboysbrewing
tallboysbrewing.jp
Iāll leave you to guess which one I am on there.
āSake is fun and moderate. Recycling after drinking.ā
āIf we cannot confirm that we are over 20 years old, we will not sell alcoholic beverages.ā
Good to know that google translate doesnāt just make Bluelug posts more interesting.
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So @antmandan were you one of the three?
https://www.instagram.com/p/CLJQJbDAsjE/?igshid=rhnz4iqen8mj
Did they delete this post? @antmandan are you the dark web police?
Yeah they have, dunno why.
Phew! It wasnāt one of mine.
According to a recall notice, food products containing excess alcohol and carbonation may cause illness or injury if consumed.
Really? I hadnāt noticedā¦* hic *
Thatās how my little home brewery got itās name!
Exploded bottle right in the faceā¦ and a number of stitches later.
Ouch.
Iāve had bottles explode, luckily I wasnāt in the vicinity when it happened. Made a proper mess though.
Been a bit lazy on the home brewing front; going to kick it off with a black IPA shortly, so I better clean the cobwebs off all my equipment!
Whatās everyone else brewing?