Dustin Frothman Posted January 14, 2021 Report Share Posted January 14, 2021 Put down the Pirate Life IPA clone from the Shemsheet Excel file today. This is my first custom brew so it will be interesting to see how it turns out. I know the original beer quite well so I'm keen to see how close the clone gets. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain 3 Droids Posted January 14, 2021 Report Share Posted January 14, 2021 49 minutes ago, Dustin Frothman said: Put down the Pirate Life IPA clone from the Shemsheet Excel file today. This is my first custom brew so it will be interesting to see how it turns out. I know the original beer quite well so I'm keen to see how close the clone gets. Will be interested in your report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Murphy Posted January 18, 2021 Report Share Posted January 18, 2021 Hi all new to the group. Is there a recipe section or such? many advice would be appreciated. Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain 3 Droids Posted January 18, 2021 Report Share Posted January 18, 2021 3 minutes ago, Shaun Murphy said: Hi all new to the group. Is there a recipe section or such? many advice would be appreciated. Thank you Welcome Shaun to the forum, lots of info and help. This may help, has the BrewPrint recipes and some clone extras. What styles do you prefer? https://community.brewart.com/applications/core/interface/file/attachment.php?id=605 Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Murphy Posted January 18, 2021 Report Share Posted January 18, 2021 Beautiful thank you and really getting into HAZY’s at the moment. And allways love a sour so that might be a thing for future. quick question what does the short hand references in the notes section mean? Ie:DH AND THANK YOU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain 3 Droids Posted January 18, 2021 Report Share Posted January 18, 2021 2 minutes ago, Shaun Murphy said: Beautiful thank you and really getting into HAZY’s at the moment. And allways love a sour so that might be a thing for future. quick question what does the short hand references in the notes section mean? Ie:DH AND THANK YOU The HAZY’S are great, sours depends. DH means dry hop. Feel free to ask anything here, always someone to help out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Murphy Posted January 18, 2021 Report Share Posted January 18, 2021 What’s your goto hazy to start with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain 3 Droids Posted January 18, 2021 Report Share Posted January 18, 2021 11 minutes ago, Shaun Murphy said: What’s your goto hazy to start with? Hop-Sessed Session IPA, Coopers XPA, Coopers Session Ale are three of my favourites, where I dry hop near the end of fermentation but still fermentation/ yeast reaction with the hops. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Pretty Posted January 18, 2021 Report Share Posted January 18, 2021 (edited) Dustin be keen to hear your report to. Thought about doing that one. What amounts are you going to hop to. Pirate Life had a decent beer until they sold out. Shaun welcome, I'm pretty sure you will see a Hazy IPA coming out soon from Brewart. Captain, agree the Hop-sessed IPA is a great session IPA, the XPA was great two. Actually ordered the Session (Pacific) ale . First the Boho out and the Goat in. Edited January 18, 2021 by Robert Pretty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustin Frothman Posted January 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2021 On 18/01/2021 at 10:11 PM, Robert Pretty said: Dustin be keen to hear your report to. Thought about doing that one. What amounts are you going to hop to. Pirate Life had a decent beer until they sold out. I dry hopped this one a couple of days ago using 30 grams each of Centennial, Riwaka and Simcoe as per the spreadsheet recipe. I'll leave that mix in for 5 days as suggested and then cold crash for about 3 days. I guess this one will need 8 weeks secondary to be at its best so it will be a little while before the real taste test. Now that I'm on a bit of a roll again I just need to work out which brew to put down next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustin Frothman Posted January 24, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2021 I almost forgot that this one needs 2 x H2 at kegging as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustin Frothman Posted February 9, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2021 Early taster at 2 weeks secondary from one of the two overflow bottles. Well, well, very close to the original! This can only get better with time. Looking forward to trying the next bottle at 4 weeks and then first keg at 6. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Pretty Posted February 9, 2021 Report Share Posted February 9, 2021 Dustin that looks like it has turned out awesomely. A few more weeks in secondary and it will be better than the original. Good to see you got yourself a nice glass as well. Makes all the difference 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustin Frothman Posted March 13, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2021 (edited) Keg pour at 6 weeks. The glass is cold and it's a bit humid here today. The beer is completely clear but it's difficult to tell in this photo. Might take another later. The head retention is perfect, all the way to the last sip. This is an awesome custom brew, the Riwaka hops really make it stand out from the other IPAs. Tastes like Pirate Life IPA to me. Unfortunately I've had a few keg liner issues lately and this one split near the spigot so outside the keg liner is full of beer. Thankfully this was a brand new keg out of the box so it's relatively sanitary and my kegs sit somewhere dark when in secondary. I can't taste any bad flavours but it's never going pour well out of the Brewflo like that. I'm not wasting 5 litres of beer so will be drinking all of this. I guess the next keg (which hasn't had any issues) will be the real taste test but if this is anything to go by I'll be making this one again. Whilst we're talking about kegs and liners etc. I found an interesting one the other day where the liner hadn't failed completely but there was a tiny manufacturing flaw that was letting air in/out. I think I could taste a little bit of oxidisation on that brew and it certainly didn't pour well. Anyway, just another appreciative shout out to the Brewart customer service superstar (Liam) for working through troubleshooting with me and we've arranged for me to send in the suspect liner for their quality control inspection. I really hope the team can get on top of their manufacturing and supply chain issues because it must be driving them mad. I'm pretty sure the keg liners are made in Germany. Maybe they can find someone local like Visy or Detmold to get onboard and manufacture them here instead so that Brewart can have some more visibility over the process. Edited March 13, 2021 by Dustin Frothman 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustin Frothman Posted March 13, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2021 It’s pouring surprisingly well now. 😍 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustin Frothman Posted March 27, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2021 Enjoying the second keg at almost 9 weeks in secondary. This is a favourite recipe and definitely in my top 10. Will try to brew this one as regularly as my Single-Droidedness allows. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain 3 Droids Posted March 27, 2021 Report Share Posted March 27, 2021 6 minutes ago, Dustin Frothman said: Enjoying the second keg at almost 9 weeks in secondary. This is a favourite recipe and definitely in my top 10. Will try to brew this one as regularly as my Single-Droidedness allows. You will have to alternate 2 or 3 of your favourites, only way to stay sane “Dustin one brew, no room” 😁 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustin Frothman Posted March 27, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2021 3 minutes ago, Captain 3 Droids said: You will have to alternate 2 or 3 of your favourites, only way to stay sane “Dustin one brew, no room” 😁 I’ll have room in about 4 weeks ... 🥳 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain 3 Droids Posted March 27, 2021 Report Share Posted March 27, 2021 8 minutes ago, Dustin Frothman said: I’ll have room in about 4 weeks ... 🥳 Got your order in? Still none in stock? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustin Frothman Posted March 27, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2021 6 minutes ago, Captain 3 Droids said: Got your order in? Still none in stock? Tried to buy a secondhand Droid from a bloke in Prospect the other day but it seems he was a little confused about his price. New ones are still out of stock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain 3 Droids Posted March 27, 2021 Report Share Posted March 27, 2021 4 minutes ago, Dustin Frothman said: Tried to buy a secondhand Droid from a bloke in Prospect the other day but it seems he was a little confused about his price. New ones are still out of stock. I’ll keep my eye out for you. 👁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senator Posted July 3, 2021 Report Share Posted July 3, 2021 Hi Guy's Also looking to have a crack at a custom Brew / Pirate Life IPA. Any tips I may need? Do I just use the Ale program? I have all the individual ingredients as per the Shemsheet Excel file including the Dry Hops Centiennial, Riwaka & Simcoe + H2 x 2. This is my first custom brew so any help would be appreciated. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain 3 Droids Posted July 3, 2021 Report Share Posted July 3, 2021 4 minutes ago, Senator said: Hi Guy's Also looking to have a crack at a custom Brew / Pirate Life IPA. Any tips I may need? Do I just use the Ale program? I have all the individual ingredients as per the Shemsheet Excel file including the Dry Hops Centiennial, Riwaka & Simcoe + H2 x 2. This is my first custom brew so any help would be appreciated. Cheers. Ale mode and make as per recipe. Note, this is a high alcohol brew, 7.5% and the ingredients would suggest a probable overflow so prepare for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senator Posted July 3, 2021 Report Share Posted July 3, 2021 3 minutes ago, Captain 3 Droids said: Ale mode and make as per recipe. Note, this is a high alcohol brew, 7.5% and the ingredients would suggest a probable overflow so prepare for that. Thanks Captain. Wow 7.5% shouldn't need many of these! Thanks for the heads up on probable overflow too... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Pretty Posted July 3, 2021 Report Share Posted July 3, 2021 Just ordered the ingredients for this one. I don't think you need the 2x H2 as per the Shem sheet. It is centennial, that you are already dry hopping with . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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