Brew # 37 & 38

Pin It Now! My latest two beers have not been posted yet, an oversight now being repaired.

The first beer is a Christmas beer I was asked to brew before it was done at a large Irish breweries pilot brewery for a charity competition. I was given an old recipe that was never brewed. It did not make a lot of sense ingredient wise so I made a lot of changes.
This was a turbo brew. I brewed on a Saturday, kegged the following Sunday and force carbonated. I poured in to some bottles on Monday morning as the beer was being brewed on the Tuesday and they wanted to know what to expect. I scaled the recipe up for them as well and they used my recipe and made some changes. It was interesting being able to drink the beer within 8 days of brewing.

I drank the whole keg but there are a few bottle conditioned bottles to try. When I get the finished product from the brewery, I can compare with my bottle conditioned version.

The second beer was a simple New Zealand pale ale that was brewed after New Zealand won the rugby world cup. As soon as the festivities on TV were over, I set about brewing the beer.
This one is still in the fermenter and is due to be kegged soon.

Super Secret Chirstmas Ale

21-B Seasonal/Winter Specialty Spiced Beer

Author: Reuben Gray

Date: 01/10/2011

Size: 24.0 L

Efficiency: 70.85%

Attenuation: 82.8%

Calories: 190.85 kcal per 12.0 fl oz

Original Gravity: 1.058 (1.026 - 1.120)

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Terminal Gravity: 1.010 (0.995 - 1.035)

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Color: 24.76 (1.97 - 98.5)

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Alcohol: 6.3% (2.5% - 14.5%)

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Bitterness: 21.3 (0.0 - 100.0)

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Ingredients:

4156 g Pilsner Malt

443 g Optic Pale Ale Malt

977 g Light Crystal

1485 g CaraPils Malt (brupaks)

7.0 g East Kent Goldings (5.2%) - added during boil, boiled 60 m

12 g Northern Brewer (10.9%) - added during boil, boiled 60 m

15.0 g East Kent Goldings (5.2%) - added during boil, boiled 15 m

39 g Orange zest - added during boil, boiled 15 m

3 g Nutmeg (ground) - added during boil, boiled 15 m

1 g Cloves (whole) - added during boil, boiled 15 m

1 g Ground Ginger - added during boil, boiled 15 m

1 ea Danstar 3767 Nottingham

Notes

Initial mash 15L
30 mins @ 65c
Raised to 70c for another 30 minutes.
Then batch sparged twice @80c for 20 mins each

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New Zealand Pale Ale (Rugby World Cup)

14-B American IPA

Author: Reuben Gray

Date: 23/10/2011

Size: 19.68 L

Efficiency: 65.9%

Attenuation: 75.0%

Calories: 139.15 kcal per 12.0 fl oz

Original Gravity: 1.042 (1.056 - 1.075)

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Terminal Gravity: 1.011 (1.010 - 1.018)

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Color: 15.86 (11.82 - 29.55)

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Alcohol: 4.12% (5.5% - 7.5%)

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Bitterness: 77.7 (40.0 - 70.0)

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Ingredients:

1,861.0 g Pilsner Malt

1,529.0 g Munich Malt

275.0 g CaraPils Malt (brupaks)

251.0 g Rye Malt

514.0 g Wheat Malt

25 g Pacific Gem (15.9%) - added during boil, boiled 60 m

10 g Nelson Sauvin (12.6%) - added during boil, boiled 30 m

10 g Nelson Sauvin (12.6%) - added during boil, boiled 15 m

25 g Nelson Sauvin (12.6%) - added during boil, boiled 5 m

1 ea Danstar Nottingham

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