Slutty Red III

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My third variation on the Slutty Red recipe. I dry hopped with Nelson Sauvin instead of Motueka this time.

Style Information

Name: Special/Best/Premium Bitter
Recipe Type: Partial Mash

Grains & Extracts

Name Amount Notes
Maris Otter Malt 2.5 kg
Dry Malt Extract - Light 1 kg
Caraaroma 0.235 kg
Crystal, Bairds Pale 0.15 kg
Crystal, Bairds Dark 0.075 kg
Chocolate, Pale 0.05 kg

Hops

Name Amount Alpha Acid % AAU Time Notes
Pacific Gem 0.01 kg 13.7% 0.137 60
Motueaka 0.025 kg 7% 0.175 25
Motueaka 0.0252 kg 7% 0.1764 10
Motueaka 0.05 kg 7% 0.35 0
Nelson Sauvin 0.055 kg 11.5% 0.6325 0

Yeasts

Name Amount Notes
Danstar Nottingham 1 packet

Mash Steps

Name Step Type Step Time Temperature
Saccharification Rest Infusion 60 66 C

Boil

Amount:
Water Description: Nelson city water, unmodified.
Time: 60 minutes
Target Batch Size: 21 liters

Profile

Actual OG: 1.047
Actual FG: 1.010
Actual ABV: 4.84%
 
Bitterness: 39 IBU
Estimated Color: 14.6 SRM

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Brown Porter

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A variation of the Brown Porter recipe in Brewing Classic Styles

 

Style Information

Name: Brown Porter
Recipe Type: Partial Mash

Grains & Extracts

Name Amount Notes
Golden Promise Malt 1.825 kg
Brown Malt, Bairds 1 kg
Dry Malt Extract - Light 1 kg
Crystal, Bairds Medium 0.5 kg
Chocolate, Bairds Pale 0.3 kg

Hops

Name Amount Alpha Acid % AAU Time Notes
Fuggles 0.035 kg 6.3% 0.2205 60
Fuggles 0.01 kg 6.3% 0.063 10

Yeasts

Name Amount Notes
Danstar Nottingham

Mash Steps

Name Step Type Step Time Temperature
Saccharification Rest Infusion 60 66 C

Boil

Amount: partial
Water Description:
Time: 60 minutes
Target Batch Size: 22 liters

Profile

Estimated OG: 1.051
Estimated FG: 1.013
Estimated ABV: 5.00%
 

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Skinny Blonde II

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I was all set to brew a porter but after downing one of the last few bottles of the original Skinny Blonde I figured I need to make some more of this easy drinking, fast disappearing, beer for the summer. As I liked it so much the way it was, I decided not to change much. The only changes are base malt is Golden Promise instead of Marris Otter and Pilsner malts, DME instead of LME, add a little bit of Carapils, and skip the dry hop addition but put the extra hops in the flameout addition instead. I’ve stuck with the single hops variety, Motueka, which tastes very nice in this.

Style Information

Name: Blonde Ale
Recipe Type: Partial Mash

Grains & Extracts

Name Amount Notes
Golden Promise Malt 2.5 kg
Dry Malt Extract - Light 1 kg
Caramalt 0.2 kg
Carapils 0.2 kg

Hops

Name Amount Alpha Acid % AAU Time Notes
Motueka 0.015 kg 7.1% 0.1065 60
Motueka 0.015 kg 7.1% 0.1065 20
Motueka 0.02 kg 7.1% 0.142 10
Motueka 0.05 kg 7.1% 0.355 0

Adjuncts

Name Type Use Amount Time Notes
Irish Moss Fining Boil 0.005 kg 15

Yeasts

Name Amount Notes
Safale US-05 11.5 g sachet Ferment at 16C

Mash Steps

Name Step Type Step Time Temperature
Saccharification Rest Infusion 60 71 C

Boil

Amount: partial
Water Description: Nelson city water, unmodified.
Time: 60 minutes
Target Batch Size: 23 liters

Profile

Estimated OG: 1.039
Estimated FG: 1.012
Estimated ABV: 3.52%
 
Actual OG: 1.040
Bitterness: 25.5 IBU
Estimated Color: 5.8 SRM

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Shot In The Dark

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With this recipe I’m shooting for some roasty flavours from the chocolate malt combined with the hoppiness of an IPA. The style is sometimes known as Black IPA but that’s a bit of an oxymoron and it’s got bugger all to do with India so I prefer to simply call it a Dark Hoppy Ale (DHA if you prefer acronyms).

In researching this beer I found that there are 2 different schools of thought to making a Black IPA:

  1. use a dark grain such as dehusked carafa to turn an IPA black (in essence primarilly for the colouring effect)
  2. use more roasty dark grains such as chocolate malt whose flavors come though in the final beer

The former approach seems to be more popular as you can get it to taste more like a traditional IPA but I was more drawn to the latter approach as I don’t see much point in making it black in colur only. I was interested in how the hops flavours would combine with the roasty malt flavours. This is my first attempt at a beer like this and I’m not following any tried and tested recipe, hence the name Shot In The Dark.

NOTE: The recipe below is for a half batch (12L)

Style Information

Name: Dark Hoppy Ale (aka Black IPA)
Recipe Type: All Grain

Grains & Extracts

Name Amount Notes
Maris Otter Malt 3.3 kg
Chocolate 0.3 kg
Brown Malt 0.13 kg
Carapils (Dextrine) 0.13 kg
Medium Crystal 0.13 kg

Hops

Name Amount Alpha Acid % AAU Time Notes
Pacific Gem 0.01 kg 13.7% 0.137 60
Fuggles 0.015 kg 5.7% 0.0855 30
Fuggles 0.045 kg 5.7% 0.2565 10
Motueaka 0.06 kg 7% 0.42 0
Nelson Sauvin 0.06 kg 11.5% 0.69 Dry Hop

Yeasts

Name Amount Notes
Safale US-05 11.5 g sachet

Mash Steps

Name Step Type Step Time Temperature
Saccharification Rest Infusion 60 67 C

Boil

Amount: 18L
Water Description: Nelson city water, unmodified.
Time: 60 minutes
Target Batch Size: 12L

Profile

Actual OG: 1.064
Actual FG: 1.014
Actual ABV: 6.57%
 

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Amarillo Ale

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On this recipe I went for a very small amount of bittering hops (only 5g at 60 mins and 5g at 30 mins), with fairly high amounts of late hops contributing more IBUs. My goal was a hops dominent beer with low levels of bitterness.

Style Information

Name: American Pale Ale
Recipe Type: Partial Mash

Grains & Extracts

Name Amount Notes
Maris Otter Malt 2.5 kg
Liquid Malt Extract - Light 1.3 kg
Caramalt 0.3 kg
Crystal 60 0.2 kg

Hops

Name Amount Alpha Acid % AAU Time Notes
Amarillo 0.005 kg 8.6% 0.043 60
Amarillo 0.005 kg 8.6% 0.043 30
Amarillo 0.03 kg 8.6% 0.258 10
Amarillo 0.03 kg 8.6% 0.258 1
Amarillo 0.03 kg 8.2% 0.246 0

Yeasts

Name Amount Notes
Safale US-05 Yeast starter made from yeast harvested from previous batch

Mash Steps

Name Step Type Step Time Temperature
Saccharification Rest Infusion 60 67 C

Boil

Amount: 25.3 liters
Water Description:
Time: 60 minutes
Target Batch Size: 23 liters

Profile

Actual OG: 1.046
Actual FG: 1.012

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Nelmot NZ Pale Ale

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This is my first attempt at an all-grain brew. Read about it here.

Style Information

Name: NZ Pale Ale
Recipe Type: All Grain

Grains & Extracts

Name Amount Notes
Golden Promise Malt 2.5 kg
Caramalt 0.5 kg

Hops

Name Amount Alpha Acid % AAU Time Notes
Nelson Sauvin 0.01 kg 11.5% 0.115 60
Motueka 0.01 kg 7.1% 0.071 20
Nelson Sauvin 0.01 kg 11.5% 0.115 20
Motueka 0.015 kg 7.1% 0.1065 0
Nelson Sauvin 0.015 kg 11.5% 0.1725 0

Yeasts

Name Amount Notes
Safale US-05 2nd generation, harvested from previous batch

Mash Steps

Name Step Type Step Time Temperature
Saccharification Rest Infusion 60 68°

Boil

Amount: 15L
Water Description:
Time: 60 minutes
Target Batch Size: 13L

Profile

Actual OG: 1.051
Actual FG: 1.013

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Hope Ale

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Named after my sister-in-law who helped me brew it.

Style Information

Name: American Pale Ale
Recipe Type: Partial Mash

Grains & Extracts

Name Amount Notes
Golden Promise Malt 2 kg
Liquid Malt Extract - Light 2 kg
Caramalt 0.5 kg

Hops

Name Amount Alpha Acid % AAU Time Notes
Simcoe 0.015 kg 12.2% 0.183 60
Motueka 0.02 kg 7.1% 0.142 20
Nelson Sauvin 0.02 kg 11.5% 0.23 20
Motueka 0.025 kg 7.1% 0.1775 0
Nelson Sauvin 0.025 kg 11.5% 0.2875 0

Mash Steps

Name Step Type Step Time Temperature
Saccharification Rest Infusion 60 68 C

Boil

Amount:
Water Description:
Time: 60 minutes
Target Batch Size: 23 liters

Profile

Estimated OG: 1.047
Estimated FG: 1.012
Estimated ABV: 4.70%
 
Bitterness: 44 IBU
Estimated Color: 7.4 SRM

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Skinny Blonde

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This is my attempt at a lower alcohol (3 – 3.5%) blonde ale. I mashed at a higher temp to get more unfermentable sugars.

Style Information

Name: Blonde Ale
Recipe Type: All Grain

Grains & Extracts

Name Amount Notes
Maris Otter Malt 1.5 kg
Liquid Malt Extract - Light 1.19 kg
Pilsner 1 kg
Caramalt 0.2 kg

Hops

Name Amount Alpha Acid % AAU Time Notes
Motueka 0.015 kg 7.1% 0.1065 60
Motueka 0.015 kg 7.1% 0.1065 20
Motueka 0.02 kg 7.1% 0.142 10
Motueka 0.025 kg 7.1% 0.1775 0
Motueka 0.025 kg 7.1% 0.1775 0

Adjuncts

Name Type Use Amount Time Notes
Irish Moss Fining Boil 0.005 kg 15

Yeasts

Name Amount Notes
Safale US-05

Mash Steps

Name Step Type Step Time Temperature
Saccharification Rest Infusion 60 71 C

Boil

Amount:
Water Description:
Time: 60 minutes
Target Batch Size: 23 liters

Profile

Actual OG: 1.039
Actual FG: 1.014
Actual ABV: 3.30%
 

Tasting notes

Easy drinking light beer with distinct Motueka hops presence. Perhaps a bit watery as I would have expected given the low OG, but refreshingly drinkable. It got drunk up really fast as it was my go to beer whenever I wanted something light. I'll definately be making more low alc beers like this.

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Digital(ish) IPA

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This is based on the recipe for Digital IPA by Yeastie Boys. I’ve converted the recipe to partial mash and made a few little tweaks on account of ingredients on hand. The original all-grain recipe is here: Digital IPA recipe

Style Information

Name: American IPA
Recipe Type: Partial Mash

Grains & Extracts

Name Amount Notes
Liquid Malt Extract - Light 3.1 kg
Golden Promise Malt 1.5 kg
Munich I 1 kg
Carapils (Dextrine) 0.5 kg
Caramalt 0.2 kg

Hops

Name Amount Alpha Acid % AAU Time Notes
Nelson Sauvin 0.01 kg 12.1% 0.121 60
Pacific Jade 0.034 kg 15.2% 0.5168 60
Motueka 0.02 kg 7.8% 0.156 10
Nelson Sauvin 0.02 kg 12.1% 0.242 10
Cascade 0.03 kg 5.5% 0.165 0
Motueka 0.1 kg 6.9% 0.69 0
Nelson Sauvin 0.04 kg 12.1% 0.484 0
Cascade 0.02 kg 5.5% 0.11 0
Motueka 0.02 kg 7.1% 0.142 0

Adjuncts

Name Type Use Amount Time Notes
Irish Moss Fining Boil 0.01 kg 15

Yeasts

Name Amount Notes
Safale US-05

Mash Steps

Name Step Type Step Time Temperature
Saccharification Rest Infusion 60 66 C

Boil

Amount:
Water Description:
Time: 60 minutes
Target Batch Size: 23 liters

Profile

Estimated OG: 1.067
Estimated FG: 1.017
Estimated ABV: 6.58%
 
Actual OG: 1.064

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Common Room ESB

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This is based on a popular ESB recipe on the HomeBrewTalk forum called Common Room ESB which I tweaked it a bit and converted to extract.

Style Information

Name: Extra Special Bitter
Recipe Type: Extract
Category: English Pale Ale
Type: Ale
 

Grains & Extracts

Name Amount Notes
Light Liquid Malt Extract 3.5kg
Medium Crystal 0.35kg steeped for 30 mins
Carapils 0.25kg steeped for 30 mins
Dark Crystal 0.1kg steeped for 30 mins

Hops

Name Amount Alpha Acid % AAU Time Notes
East Kent Golding 30g 4.5% 135 60 First Wort Hops
Fuggles 20g 4.2% 84 60
East Kent Golding 10g 4.5% 45 20
Fuggles 15g 4.2% 63 20
East Kent Golding 10g 4.5% 45 0
Fuggles 15g 4.2% 63 0

Yeasts

Name Amount Notes
Safeale S-04 15g

Boil

Amount: 10L
Water Description:
Time: 60 minutes
Target Batch Size: 23L

Profile

Estimated OG: 1.053
Estimated FG: 1.013
Estimated ABV: 5.24%
 
Bitterness: 34.5 IBU
Estimated Color: 11 SRM

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Double Cascade APA

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This a reprise of my first extract batch, the All Cascade APA, but with double the amount of cascade hops, 200g instead of 100g. It also features double dry hopping, 40g at ferment temp and another 40g at cold crash temp. I got that idea from reading about an Epic Pale Ale clone but I haven’t gone with quite as much hops as the Epic. Still it’s about double the hops that I typically add to a batch so it should be pretty intense.

Style Information

Name: American Pale Ale
Recipe Type: Extract
Type: Ale
 

Grains & Extracts

Name Amount Notes
Caramalt 0.25kg
Light Crystal 0.25kg
Light Liquid Malt Extract 4kg

Hops

Name Amount Alpha Acid % AAU Time Notes
NZ Cascade 15g 7.8% 117 60
NZ Cascade 20g 7.8% 156 30
NZ Cascade 20g 7.8% 156 15
NZ Cascade 30g 7.8% 234 1
NZ Cascade 35g 7.8% 273 minutes first dry hop dose: 5-7 days at fermentation temps
NZ Cascade 40g 7.8% 312 minutes second dry hop dose: 5 - 7 days at cold crash temps

Yeasts

Name Amount Notes
US-05 harvested from previous batch

Boil

Amount: 10L
Water Description:
Time: 60 minutes
Target Batch Size: 25L

Profile

Estimated OG: 1.053
Estimated FG: 1.013
Estimated ABV: 5.50%
 
Bitterness: 36.3 IBU

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Toucan Stout

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Style Information

Name: Dry Stout
Recipe Type: Extract
Type: Ale
 

Grains & Extracts

Name Amount Notes
Coopers Stout kit 1.7kg
Coopers Dark Ale kit 1.7kg

Yeasts

Name Amount Notes
Coopers yeast 2 packets

Boil

Amount: n/a
Water Description:
Time: n/a minutes
Target Batch Size: 23L

Profile

Estimated OG: 1.054
Estimated FG: 1.012
Estimated ABV: 5.80%
 

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Slutty Red Version 2 (partial mash)

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I had intended to make a 23L batch but discovered I only had .9kg of DME on hand, so I adjusted the recipe to a 17L batch with the majority of fermentables coming from grain.

Style Information

Name: Bitter
Recipe Type: Partial Mash
Type: Ale
 

Grains & Extracts

Name Amount Notes
Pale Ale Malt 2kg
Caraaroma 0.2kg
Carared 0.2kg
Caramunich II 0.15kg
Dark Crystal 0.1kg
Pale Chocolate 0.05kg
Dry Malt Extract 0.9kg

Hops

Name Amount Alpha Acid % AAU Time Notes
Motueka 10g 7.8% 78 60 First wort hopping
Pacific Jade 5g 14.6% 73 60
Motueka 5g 7.8% 39 30
Motueka 5g 7.8% 39 20
Motueka 15g 7.8% 117 10
Motueka 15g 7.8% 117 0
Motueka 15g 7.8% 117 minutes Dry hop (skipped by mistake)

Yeasts

Name Amount Notes
US-05 15g

Boil

Amount: 10L
Water Description:
Time: 60 minutes
Target Batch Size: 17L

Profile

Estimated OG: 1.047
Estimated FG: 1.012
Estimated ABV: 4.90%
 
Bitterness: 40.1 IBU
Estimated Color: 17.7 SRM

Tasting notes

Despite this being close to an all grain batch, I actually preferred my first version of the Slutty Red that used the Coopers kit. The distinctive motueka hops were not as prominent in this version, partially due to me forgetting to add the dry hops. Also possibly the first wort hopping didn't contribute quite as much flavour as I expected. It didn't have as much bitterness either and the colour was darker due to the adjusted grain bill. I think the grains for the first version worked better. Still a good beer, just a tad bland. I will make it again as it's a great recipe and I love the motueka hops but I will increase the hops accross the board - bittering, flavour and aroma.

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Light Summer Ale

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This is a quick and easy recipe for an easy drinking summer ale that I cobbled together with some ingredients that I had on hand. It’s an easy way to turn a Coopers Lager kit into a decent pale ale.

Style Information

Name: Pale Ale
Recipe Type: Extract
Type: Ale
 

Grains & Extracts

Name Amount Notes
Coopers Lager kit 1.7kg
Light Dry Malt Extract 0.5kg
Light Crystal 0.25kg
Dextrose 0.5kg

Hops

Name Amount Alpha Acid % AAU Time Notes
Simcoe 10g 13% 130 15
Simcoe 20g 13% 260 0

Yeasts

Name Amount Notes
US-05 harvested for a previous batch

Boil

Amount: 7L
Water Description:
Time: 15 minutes
Target Batch Size: 20L

Profile

Estimated OG: 1.047
Estimated FG: 1.010
Estimated ABV: 5.20%
 
Bitterness: 32.5 IBU

Tasting notes

This is not a 'wow' beer but it's decent. Reasonably bitter, there must be a fair amount of IBUs in the Coopers Lager kit. Miles better than a straight up version of the kit but the kit taste does feature a bit more than I'd prefer. Dry hopping would be an obvious improvement to make, although in this case I was going for a less hoppy type of beer so I skipped the dry hops.

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