Gillies Brewing Posted January 5, 2022 Report Share Posted January 5, 2022 8 hours ago, Captain 3 Droids said: Does contain wheat, the 3 x X2 is the wheat. (X1= light dry malt; X2 = wheat malt and X3= Amber malt) Oh nice 😅 I probably should have double checked 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hambone Posted January 15, 2022 Report Share Posted January 15, 2022 2 weeks in the bottle. 10l keg in the fridge not violated yet.😉 Carbonation nice, but flava flav needs some time. Cheers 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain 3 Droids Posted January 15, 2022 Report Share Posted January 15, 2022 6 minutes ago, Hambone said: 2 weeks in the bottle. 10l keg in the fridge not violated yet.😉 Carbonation nice, but flava flav needs some time. Cheers 2 weeks. a bit early but the bottle is a “taster”. 4 weeks for the keg and away you go 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hambone Posted January 15, 2022 Report Share Posted January 15, 2022 20 minutes ago, Captain 3 Droids said: 2 weeks. a bit early but the bottle is a “taster”. 4 weeks for the keg and away you go Affirm Sir 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain 3 Droids Posted January 22, 2022 Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 In the Droid today, I’m tempted to dry hop however this ale is a treat as per the recipe. Some brews need to be left that way. (eg English Pub Draught) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hambone Posted January 23, 2022 Report Share Posted January 23, 2022 13 hours ago, Captain 3 Droids said: In the Droid today, I’m tempted to dry hop however this ale is a treat as per the recipe. Some brews need to be left that way. (eg English Pub Draught) I will dry hop extra on this one next time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain 3 Droids Posted January 23, 2022 Report Share Posted January 23, 2022 8 hours ago, Hambone said: I will dry hop extra on this one next time. What will you do? Will be interested in your result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hambone Posted January 23, 2022 Report Share Posted January 23, 2022 27 minutes ago, Captain 3 Droids said: What will you do? Will be interested in your result. Not sure yet. It's just a bit thin on flavour for me. I'd much prefer a super banana ery Hefe. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain 3 Droids Posted February 20, 2022 Report Share Posted February 20, 2022 Have a keg conditioning at the moment however put @nither in the Droid today however used Y6 yeast instead of Y5 and will dry hop on day 5 with 20g of Hersbrucker. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain 3 Droids Posted March 7, 2022 Report Share Posted March 7, 2022 6 weeks per recipe, such a traditional basic German ale. Sorry about the dark image 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gillies Brewing Posted March 7, 2022 Report Share Posted March 7, 2022 7 hours ago, Captain 3 Droids said: 6 weeks per recipe, such a traditional basic German ale. Sorry about the dark image is the amber colour due to the lighting or is yours just a darker colour brew than some of the other pics in the thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain 3 Droids Posted March 7, 2022 Report Share Posted March 7, 2022 4 minutes ago, Gillies Brewing said: is the amber colour due to the lighting or is yours just a darker colour brew than some of the other pics in the thread? It is a lot lighter in colour than the photo, a bit lazy in me not turning the light on. Off due to not necessary and last electricity bill. Sorry it is a very poor photo in hindsight, will do better.🤗 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul84 Posted March 7, 2022 Report Share Posted March 7, 2022 Dropped this one in the droid on Sunday . Was tempted to push the fermenting temp up to stress the yeast and get those Esters out , but think i will stick to recipe as well lol . 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hambone Posted March 28, 2022 Report Share Posted March 28, 2022 2nd time around for this one. Used a commercial yeast Lallemand Munich Classic. Will be upping the fermentation temp to 20 to get those esters going. Will check on day 5 with a sample, if it's nice and banana-ery then will leave it. If it seems as plain as last time, I'll hit it will 25g Mosaic for a little sparkle ✨. Cheers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain 3 Droids Posted March 28, 2022 Report Share Posted March 28, 2022 11 minutes ago, Hambone said: 2nd time around for this one. Used a commercial yeast Lallemand Munich Classic. Will be upping the fermentation temp to 20 to get those esters going. Will check on day 5 with a sample, if it's nice and banana-ery then will leave it. If it seems as plain as last time, I'll hit it will 25g Mosaic for a little sparkle ✨. Cheers You should harvest the Lallemand Munich Classic yeast for a couple of more goes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hambone Posted March 29, 2022 Report Share Posted March 29, 2022 1 hour ago, Captain 3 Droids said: You should harvest the Lallemand Munich Classic yeast for a couple of more goes. Yeah good point. Really easy to with the Droid too. Cheers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMagoo Posted March 29, 2022 Report Share Posted March 29, 2022 Gents, my first brew is in! The German Weissbier. Beerdroid counter is close to 3 days. I set it off through the app and it defaulted to using a custom profile (IIRC propagation was 21c, ferment 17c). A recent review on the brewprint and the comments here have led me to bump up the ferment temp to 20c, I'm a big fan of banana-ry esters and it seems these may be lacking at the lower temps. Keen to see how it turns out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain 3 Droids Posted March 29, 2022 Report Share Posted March 29, 2022 7 hours ago, iMagoo said: Gents, my first brew is in! The German Weissbier. Beerdroid counter is close to 3 days. I set it off through the app and it defaulted to using a custom profile (IIRC propagation was 21c, ferment 17c). A recent review on the brewprint and the comments here have led me to bump up the ferment temp to 20c, I'm a big fan of banana-ry esters and it seems these may be lacking at the lower temps. Keen to see how it turns out! Hi IMagoo and welcome to the forum. For a first brew you have chosen a good one. A few here increase the fermentation temperature to achieve banana-ry esters so it’s not issue. Let us know how it turns out, have a “tot” when ready to keg/bottle. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hambone Posted March 30, 2022 Report Share Posted March 30, 2022 12 hours ago, iMagoo said: Gents, my first brew is in! The German Weissbier. Beerdroid counter is close to 3 days. I set it off through the app and it defaulted to using a custom profile (IIRC propagation was 21c, ferment 17c). A recent review on the brewprint and the comments here have led me to bump up the ferment temp to 20c, I'm a big fan of banana-ry esters and it seems these may be lacking at the lower temps. Keen to see how it turns out! Welcome Magoo, yeah definitely 20 is better for this one. Good luck with the journey. Cheers 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMagoo Posted April 3, 2022 Report Share Posted April 3, 2022 Fermentation has finished and I've had a tot. Definitely left it too late to crank up the temp - the bubbles had slowed right down at that point. There's cloves, but not much banana. I am a bit dubious on mouth feel, seems quite light. Is it possible to bring it out of storage and add some DME to try beef it up or should I keg and hope for the best? Planning on transferring to a 10L stainless keg and force carbing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain 3 Droids Posted April 3, 2022 Report Share Posted April 3, 2022 8 hours ago, iMagoo said: Fermentation has finished and I've had a tot. Definitely left it too late to crank up the temp - the bubbles had slowed right down at that point. There's cloves, but not much banana. I am a bit dubious on mouth feel, seems quite light. Is it possible to bring it out of storage and add some DME to try beef it up or should I keg and hope for the best? Planning on transferring to a 10L stainless keg and force carbing. I’d keg. The ale should develop over time and if you sampled when it was in storage (4C) and being very young then flavours would be subdued. This style should be consumed at warmer temperatures to get the full effect. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain 3 Droids Posted May 4, 2022 Report Share Posted May 4, 2022 With this German Weissbier I have of late been using Y6 yeast instead of the recipe Y5. This has certainly provide more of the “banana” to the taste. (not quite sure why) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Posted May 5, 2022 Report Share Posted May 5, 2022 21 hours ago, Captain 3 Droids said: With this German Weissbier I have of late been using Y6 yeast instead of the recipe Y5. This has certainly provide more of the “banana” to the taste. (not quite sure why) I found the same thing, definitely closer to what I'm aiming for with Y6. Perhaps a higher temp on Y5 would produce more of the banana esters but I won't be able to test that out until some time in June (grrr pre order delayed again). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hambone Posted May 5, 2022 Report Share Posted May 5, 2022 When I was still doing all grain, the best yeast for producing those banana/vanilla esters is MJ20. Ramp the temp up to about 25 or so (this yeast can go up to 30) and it produces an awesome flavours/esters. Also, I added dex to this last batch for head retention. Cheers 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain 3 Droids Posted June 16, 2022 Report Share Posted June 16, 2022 Another goodie in the Droid today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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