Dustin Frothman Posted January 6, 2022 Report Share Posted January 6, 2022 Bit of a slow start this morning as have been working far too much lately. This is a much simpler recipe than the Pirate Life Pale Ale that I tried first, so I'm hoping it will go just as smoothly. Attached is the Brewfather recipe for anyone interested, and I'll put a few photos up later today if I can get my iPhone camera working again. Brewfather_Batch2_20220106.pdf 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustin Frothman Posted January 6, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2022 Brew day went quite well. I was perhaps less organised than the first one owing to the recipe being a little simpler. I had difficulty getting 10L of wort to the Droid again so I think the equipment profile in Brewfather is not quite accurate. I'll have to tinker with it to generate a little more wort in order to reach the target. Perhaps whoever added the parameters did so based off the original Braumeister 10L and my new model is ever so slightly different. Even after a full wipe and rebuild my iPhone has some sort of camera software bug that is affecting the focus, so I'll have to wait for Mr Apple to release an update to fix it. I have limited photos but really they are all the same as the last brew anyway. I'm so impressed with the kettle's cooling jacket. I ran the hose out the window to a joiner and then onto a bigger hose with a little sprinkler head attached so the mandarin tree got its weekly soaking whilst my wort was cooling down. I was also smarter this time when setting up the custom brew parameters on the Droid. I got the wort in at about 30 degrees and then set propagation for 21C, went out for a walk and by the time we were home an hour later it was ready to pitch the yeast at 21C. It's now sitting there doing it's thing. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain 3 Droids Posted January 7, 2022 Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 14 hours ago, Dustin Frothman said: I ran the hose out the window to a joiner and then onto a bigger hose with a little sprinkler head attached so the mandarin tree got its weekly soaking whilst my wort was cooling down. Great use of the water. Out of interest do you know how many litres of water you go through. If not how long does it run for. (Ps with your engineering skills you could work out the litres, id of hose, length, time. Or flow rate x time🤔🤭😅) 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustin Frothman Posted January 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 26 minutes ago, Captain 3 Droids said: Great use of the water. Out of interest do you know how many litres of water you go through. If not how long does it run for. (Ps with your engineering skills you could work out the litres, id of hose, length, time. Or flow rate x time🤔🤭😅) I will have a go at working it out next time. It is quite efficient though. One of the great things about a smaller kettle is how quickly you can get the wort down to temperature. At a guess it was down under 50C within about 15 min. We have a sizeable garden and several fruit trees so I'm going to make it part of the routine that they get their deep soaking whenever I make a batch. We'd have to use that water on them anyway so it's a zero sum game. That said I have apricots the size of apples at the moment and as the wife doesn't like them, more than I know what to do with! Apricot weissbier anyone? 🤗 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain 3 Droids Posted January 7, 2022 Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 10 minutes ago, Dustin Frothman said: Apricot weissbier anyone? 🤗 Not so silly, boiled, mashed, strained and into your next all grain? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hambone Posted January 7, 2022 Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 4 hours ago, Dustin Frothman said: I will have a go at working it out next time. It is quite efficient though. One of the great things about a smaller kettle is how quickly you can get the wort down to temperature. At a guess it was down under 50C within about 15 min. We have a sizeable garden and several fruit trees so I'm going to make it part of the routine that they get their deep soaking whenever I make a batch. We'd have to use that water on them anyway so it's a zero sum game. That said I have apricots the size of apples at the moment and as the wife doesn't like them, more than I know what to do with! Apricot weissbier anyone? 🤗 When I was chilling after a brew in the Robobrew I used to keep the water in cubes and use on the next brew. I used about 60l to chill 25l of wort. 40l set aside for next brew and 20l of super hot water for wash up. Cheers 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustin Frothman Posted January 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 4 hours ago, Hambone said: When I was chilling after a brew in the Robobrew I used to keep the water in cubes and use on the next brew. I used about 60l to chill 25l of wort. I should stick my brewing jug under the kitchen tap and start a timer to check the flow rate. We have an inline filter so that slows it a little, and the garden tap connector thing I fitted adds a little more resistance. On second thought, with the price of water in SA I probably don't really want to know ... at least the fruit on the trees will be good. 24 hours in and the brew is bubbling away nicely in the Droid so I must have done something right again. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustin Frothman Posted January 14, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2022 Dry hopped this on Day 7 with 50g Cascade. The recipe doesn't call for it but the whole thing is an experiment anyway so why not? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain 3 Droids Posted January 14, 2022 Report Share Posted January 14, 2022 1 minute ago, Dustin Frothman said: Dry hopped this on Day 7 with 50g Cascade. The recipe doesn't call for it but the whole thing is an experiment anyway so why not? I’m with you, that’s what’s great about homebrew, experimentation. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustin Frothman Posted January 18, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2022 Brew completed today in 11 Days 18 hours (including the 2 day cold crash). All my kegs are full at the moment so it'll have to sit in storage for a bit. Either I need more friends or have to start drinking more. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Courtney Posted January 18, 2022 Report Share Posted January 18, 2022 On 07/01/2022 at 12:19 PM, Dustin Frothman said: That said I have apricots the size of apples at the moment and as the wife doesn't like them, more than I know what to do with! Quality LOLs in that sentence 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustin Frothman Posted January 18, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2022 2 minutes ago, Rob Courtney said: Quality LOLs in that sentence Glad you got it. 😆 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustin Frothman Posted February 19, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2022 Tried the taster bottle at just on 3 weeks secondary tonight. Amazing colour and really deep flavour for a pale ale. Beautifully clear too but I ruined the photo opportunity by topping up my glass so will post one when I tap the keg. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustin Frothman Posted March 21, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2022 At 8 weeks secondary this one is great and will get brewed regularly. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain 3 Droids Posted March 21, 2022 Report Share Posted March 21, 2022 2 minutes ago, Dustin Frothman said: At 8 weeks secondary this one is great and will get brewed regularly. Nice and clear, good head and certainly asking to be drunk. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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