I haven't had time to update my blog lately but i have been brewing away and more important i've been building my HERMS brewery which i hope to be fully operational by Christmas. This is just a pic to give anybody who's interested an idea how it's going to look when it's done.

Fools Gold

2.5KG Golden Promise
2.5KG Maris Otter
250G Melanoidin
100G Carapils
80G Biscuit
70G Munich

17G Aurora Super Syrians 4.9% 60 mins
15G Nelson Sauvin 13.3% 30 mins
32G Saaz 3% 30 mins
Ph 5.2 in the mash
mashing at 66c instead of 68c

Cascade Stout

I did this on August 16th and it was kegged yesterday with the remainder been bottled.
4.5 kg Maris Otter
250g black malt
500g roasted barley
250g chocolate
Ph 5.2

55g cascade 6.8% 60 mins
30g fuggles 4.1% 15 mins

Fermenting with us-04

Lazy day beer

4 kg Maris Otter
360 g Crystal
230 Carapils
250 g Carahell

49 g East Kent Goldings 4.2% 60 mins
49 g East Kent Goldings 4.2% 15 mins
60 g East Kent Goldings 4.2% added during cooling at 80 degrees, cooler turned off for 30 mins

Also i used ph 5.2 in the mash for the first time

Fermenting with
Wyeast #1028 London Ale

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Fools Gold

I'm brewing this today,

5KG Golden Promise
250G Carahell
100G Carapils
100G Biscuit

17G Aurora Super Syrians 4.9% 60 mins
15G Nelson Sauvin 13.3% 30 mins
32G Saaz 3% 30 mins

Fermenting with US-O5

Smoke on the Water

I brewed this yesterday and i got 25L at 1056

4.5kg Maris Otter
1KG Rauchmaltz
150G Chocolate
50G Roasted Barley

17G Northdown 7.6% 60 mins 15ibu
62G Northdown 7.6% 15 mins 15ibu
21G Northdown 7.6% during cooling at 80 degrees for 15 mins

Fermenting with S04

WTF? Ale

I did this yesterday and to be honest i'm not sure what to expect from it but i think it will be horrible or nice but nothing in between.

4kg Golden Promise
200G Biscuit Malt
400G Crystal Malt
250G Munich Malt

40G Cascade 6.8% 60 mins
25 Jalapeno peppers added to the fermenter with one pack of US-05

Edit this is drain cleaner, to many peppers and it's over powering.

Who's your daddy?

I did this yesterday, it's a beer i'll be bottling and putting away 'til Christmas, it's ended up at 1052 and there is still some honey to be added. It's gonna be a monster beer.

5KG Golden Promise
500g Carapils
500g Mealnoidin
60g Nelson Sauvin 13.3% 60 mins
40g Nelson Sauvin 13.3% 00 mins added during cooling at 80c with the IC turned off for 15 mins

When primary is almost complete i'll be adding 2kg of honey and lowering the temperature a couple of degrees in an effort to prevent to much
gassing off of the honey volatiles.

I added 1.05 kg of honey last night (11/07/08) as fermentation had considerably slowed, i'll give it a few more days and do the same again and maybe pitch a fresh pack of yeast

I added the second 1.05kg of honey last night (16/07/08) with a second pack of yeast just in case. It all looks and smells great so fingers crossed on a brew that came to me in a moment of madness lol

Big Kenny

This is the exact same recipe as last week except i'm using a liquid yeast for the first time, all went with out a hitch and i ended up with 25L at 1046

4800gm Pale Malt
70gm Crystal Malt
30gm Roasted Barley
20grm black malt
25gm Chocolate Malt
250gm Carahell
107gm Fuggles [3.6%] (60 min)
40gm First gold 8.3% 60 min
51gm Styrian Goldings [2.6.%] (15 min)
protofloc (Boil 10.0 min)

Fermenting with Wyeast #1335 British Ale II

Big Kenny

Another version of big Kenny done yesterday, i got 25L at 1047. Also when the boil was on i kegged my last brew "Gold Fever".
I'm planning on brewing the exact same Big Kenny recipe next week but with a liquid yeast (Wyeast #1335 British Ale II) just to see what all the fuss is about with liquid yeast as i've never used it before, probably because i was to tight to pay for it. I'll make a starter from it on Thursday and hopefully brew again next Saturday

BIG KENNY
4800gm Pale Malt
70gm Crystal Malt
30gm Roasted Barley
20grm black malt
25gm Chocolate Malt
250gm Carahell
107gm Fuggles [3.6%] (60 min) Hops ~30 IBU
40gm First gold 8.3% 60 min
51gm Styrian Goldings [2.6.%] (15 min)
protofloc (Boil 10.0 min)

Fermeting with S-04

Gold Fever

With summer seemingly in full swing i decided to do another golden ale, this one is very closely related to my house ale Fools Gold, i ended up with 25 L @ 1052 and i stopped sparging @1028 which should really improve the body and indeed the quality of the finished product

6kg Golden Promise
250g Melanoidin
300g Carapils
200G Biscuit

Cascade 8.6% 15 g 60 mins
Nelson Sauvin 13.3% 15g 30 mins
Super Syrians 4.9% 25g 30 mins

37grm of Nelson Sauvin 13.3% added at 80 degrees after flame out, also i turned off the cooler at this stage for about 12 mins to give them a chance to add some aroma to the ale

Mashed at 68 c
fermenting with us-05

HERMS

I got my 70L thermo box and my two 70L stock pots from Nordic Optical yesterday and today i ordered my PID controllers, SSRs, probes and ball valves, most of the rest of the gear i need i can source locally. I had originally planned on building a 100L system but i decided on brewing 50L batches because 100L of the same beer is a bit much even for a thirsty punter like myself. I don't expect my system to be finished any time soon but i can start on fitting the ball valves next weekend and maybe build the heat exchanger. I'll keep the blog updated as i go

AT

Chocolate Treacle Stout

I did this bank holiday Monday evening 5/5/08, i ended up with 25L at 1056. Just like the last time i did this recipe the fermentation has proven to be aggressive. Even in a 33 L fermenter it managed to escape all over my fermentation cupboard

2.08 kg pale malt
3 kg mild ale malt
470 grams roasted barley
248 grams torrefied wheat
165 grams chocolate malt

25 grams northdown 7.9% 60 mins
35 grams fuggles 5% 60 mins
25 grams ek goldings 60 mins
300 grams black treacle 20 mins
mash at 68 c for 60 mins

Cascade Kenny

I did this Saturday, it was supposed to be Big Kenny again but it seems the hop shortage hit my freezer when i wasn't paying attention and i had no Syrians so i used Cascade instead. I had quite a lively start to fermentation and spent some time moping and cleaning my fermentation press but it's all in the name of beer :-)
I also bought the start to my HERMS system on Sunday night, god bless beer and ebay. A 70 L baine marie that will be used as a mash tun and a 50 L stock pot which will be used as a HLT. I'm bidding on a 70 L stock pot after been unsuccessful at my first attempt a winning one on e bay and that will be used as my boiler. I hope to have it up and running before the end of summer

4800gm Pale Malt 97%
70gm Crystal Malt 1.5%
50gm Roasted Barley 1%
25gm Chocolate Malt 0.5%
71gm Fuggles [4.5%] (90 min)
10 gm Cascade [6.8%] (15 min)
protofloc (Boil 10.0 min)

Fermeting with S-04

Fools Gold

I loved this recipe so much last time i decided to modify it a bit and do it again, i only hope i didn't change it to much. I did it yesterday evening and ended up with 25 L at 1048


5 kg Golden Promise
250 grm Melanoidin
100 grm Carapils
100 grm Biscuit
250 grm Torrefied Wheat

Saaz 3.8% 25 grm 30 mins
Nelson Sauvin 13.3% 15 grm 30 mins
Cascade 8.6% 12 grm 60 mins
Protofloc 10 mins

30 grm of Cascade at 80 degrees after flame out

Fermenting with safebrew T-58

When we were Taipans

Well i woke this morning with the urge to brew some more so without any planning i started weighing grains and heating water. Here's what i made, 25 L at 1062
5kg Golden Promise
1KG Maris Otter
200 grm Biscuit Malt
250 grm Melanoidin Malt
400 grm Carapils
50 grm Roasted Barley
150 grm Chocolate Malt

52 grm Northdown 7.9% 60 mins
17 grm Syrians 15 mins
Protofloc 15 mins

Fermenting with my auld buddy So4

Big Kenny

Another borrowed recipe off Wez, i really must fire up my own imagination every now and then!
Everything went smooth, the wort smelled amazing. I did overshoot my gravity by a few points but nothing to be concerned about, i ended upwith 25L at 1048. I didn't take any pics but i'll post a pic of the finished product. Here's the recipe,

4800gm Pale Malt 97%
70gm Crystal Malt 1.5%
50gm Roasted Barley 1%
25gm Chocolate Malt 0.5%
71gm Fuggles [4.5%] (90 min) Hops ~30 IBU
44gm Styrian Goldings [3.%] (15 min)
protofloc (Boil 10.0 min)

Fermeting with S-04

Fools Gold

2 kg Golden Promise
3 kg Optic
250 grm Melanoidin
100 grm Carapils
100 grm Biscuit

Saaz 3.8% 25 grm 30 mins
Nelson Sauvin 13.3% 15 grm 30 mins
Aurora Super Syrians 3.3% 25 grm 60 mins
3 tsp grains of paradise 10 mins
Protofloc 10 mins

30 grm of Saaz at 80 degrees after flame out

DKS Stout

I had Shane from http://www.thehomebrewcompany.ie/ and his brother in law Derek over for a brew yesterday. They brought some bottles of extract brews with them and they were excellent, well done guys you are making great beer. I hope your step up to all grain brews is as successful for you both.
This is what we made:


4.5KG Maris Otter
.5 kg Crystal
.25 kg Roasted Barley
.25 kg Chocolate
.25 kg Melanoidin

Northdown 8.6% 30 grm 60 mins
Fuggles 4.5% 15 grm 30 mins
EKG 4.2% 15 grm 30 mins
Fuggles 4.5% 15 grm 00 mins
EKG 4.2% 15 grm 00 mins

10 tbs coffee 00 mins
2 tbs cocoa 00 mins

1 x Safale s04

We ended up with 25 litres at 1052 and i don't know about my assistant brewers but i was the worse for wear after. I sent my boss a text to tell him the car wouldn't start this morning only to figure out today is actually Sunday. I don't know how i will explain why i texted him a 7 am on a Sunday morning. It was the best brew day i've had so far,the company was great, the beers were great and the brew went smoothly. Thanks to Shane and Derek for they're help and company and i hope we can do it again sometime, for anybody interested i'll link Shanes shop on the bottom of the page. 7 euro delivery anywhere in Ireland (32 counties) for any weight and with in 24 hours is amazing, all the brewers of Ireland need to back these guys cause we won't get a better variety and service.

Orfys Hobgoblin

I did this yesterday, i have no pics this time as the camera was playing up.

Hob Goblin

Brew Type: All Grain Brewer: AT
Batch Size: 23.00 L Boil Volume: 30.29 L
Boil Time: 60 min
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.0 %

Ingredients for Mash
4.80 kg Marris Otter Pale (2 Row) UK (3.0 SRM)
0.25 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM)
0.20 kg Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM)
0.15 kg Chocolate Malt (450.0 SRM)
Mash In: Add 14.09 L of water at 78.2 C
90 min - Hold mash at 69.0 C for 90 min
Add first wort hops to boiler at start of sparge
15.00 gm Styrian Goldings [5.00%] (60 min) (First Wort Hop)
15.00 gm Fuggles [4.50%] (60 min) (First Wort Hop)
--Boil for 60 min
15.00 gm Styrian Goldings [5.00%] (30 min)
15.00 gm Fuggles [4.50%] (30 min)
1.00 tsp Irish Moss (50 min)
15.00 gm Fuggles [4.50%] (60 min)
15.00 gm Styrian Goldings [4.50%] (60 min )

-- Cool wort to fermentation temperature
-- Add water (as needed) to achieve volume of 23.00 L
-- Siphon wort to primary fermenter and aerate wort.
-- Add Ingredients to Fermenter
Amount Item Type 1 Pkg Safale s04 Yeast-Ale
20/12/2006 Measure Original Gravity: ________ (Estimate: 1.052 SG)
20/12/2006 Measure Batch Volume: ________ (Estimate: 23.00 L)
7 days Ferment in primary for 7 days at 20.0 C
27/12/2006 Transfer to Secondary Fermenter
14 days Ferment in secondary for 14 days at 20.0 C
10/01/2007 Measure Final Gravity: ________ (Estimate: 1.013 SG)
3.0 Weeks Age for 3.0 Weeks at 15.0 C

Last weeks brew

I did this last week, it's called Hookey Street and it was borrowed and slightly modified by myself for no good reason except i wanted to try a few things. Hope i didn't spoil your recipe Wez.


5kg Maris Otter
410grm Crystal Malt
130grm Chocolate Malt
260grm Cara-Pils
500grm Melanoidin Malt
Mash hops
5grm Nelson Sauvin 13%
10grm Syrian Goldings 1.9%
Copper hops
22Grm Northdown hops 8.6% 60 mins 29.9 ibu's
12Grm Syrian Goldings hops 20 mins 1.9% 1.9 ibu's
20 grm Syrian Goldings hops 00 mins
Protofloc 10 mins