A VERY clean Yak!

We needed to transport the Fat Yaks, while still in the fermenters just prior to kegging! So as a precaution we Cold Filtered the brews to remove any sediment. All good. Regassed and rechilled! Ready to drink. GREAT Australian drinking weather this summer!!!

Dick Fixed It!

Leaking Keg... Bugger! Fixed a faulty black out valve on the keg, cleaned the bottom of the keezer. Loaded the new Czech Pilsner brew to be fermented in the keezer, set new thermostat @ 12C. Brewery barn door hing came off so also fixed that so that the brewery is still locked and loaded.
Director Dick

Kegging it, cause that's what I do!

2 Fat Yaks kegged, with a little hopping. 2 locked & loaded in the 'New' Keezer and 1 in the Kegerator! What an epic movie... Keezer v's Kegerator!

Brew 41 & 42 Czech Pilsner- Check Mate

In the great, ancient and grand tradition of Czech Pilsner( Pilsner Urquell) comes a beer that's made just for MATES- Czech!

Brew 39-40 I LOVE to Count.... 2 Fat Yaks... with a bullish attitude!

* Keep'n it REAL! Away from the heat that is an Australian Summer by placing the fermenters under the house.

This is the commercial Fat Yak Pale Ale description from BeerBrewGuru...

Brand:Fat Yak
Brewer: Matilda Bay Brewing Company
Type: Ale
Style: Pale Ale
Region: South East Australia
Alcohol/vol(ABV): 4.7%

Brewers Description: Fat Yak first impresses with its golden colour, distinctive, hop driven, fruity and herbaceous aromas, giving characteristic passionfruit and melon notes, followed by a whack of hop flavour at the finish. The taste is refreshingly clean on the palate. Fat Yak is engineered in the Garage Brewery from natural ingredients, including premium malts, American Cascade hops and a hint of New Zealand Nelson Sauvin hops. Enjoy!

 

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Duane Wright
Country Brewer-Toukley
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Toukley, NSW, 2263
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Brew 57 Porter Harpoon

Harpoon Porter (Robust Porter)

Type: All Grain/Braumeister

Batch Size (fermenter): 48.00 l Boil Size: 59.41 l
Boil Time: 70 min
Final Bottling Volume: 45.00 l Fermentation: My Aging Profile Taste Notes:
Date: 05/01/2013

Brewer/s: Pete and Richard. Asst Brewer: Wayne
Equipment: Braumeister 50L
Brewhouse Efficiency: 80.00
Taste Rating(out of 50): 42.0

Prepare for Brewing
Clean and Prepare Brewing Equipment
Total Water Needed: 70.90 l

Water Prep
17.28 g Calcium Chloride (Mash 60.0 mins)
15.36 g Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate)

Mash Ingredients
8.78 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter (5.9 EBC) 76.6 %
0.95 kg Wheat Malt, Ger (3.9 EBC) 8.3 %
0.60 kg Crystal, Medium (Simpsons) (108.3 EBC) 5.3 %
0.40 kg EnglishPale Chocolate Malt (394.0 EBC) 3.5 %
0.38 kg Chocolate Malt (Joe White) (750.6 EBC)  3.3 %
0.35 kg Carapils (3.9 EBC) 3.0 %
 

Mash Steps
Protein Rest Add 48.03 l of water at 58.0 C 55.0 C 10 min
Step Heat to 69.0 C over 2 min
Mashout Heat to 76.0 over 2 min
Fly sparge with 22.87 l water at 75.6 C
Boil Wort- Add water to achieve boil volume of 59.41 l


Boil Ingredients
59.91g Cascade [5.60%] 22.0 IBUs
39.94g Willamette [4.60%] 12.1 IBUs
19.97g Cascade [5.60%] 1.5 IBUs
0.96(item) Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 0 mins) Fining
28.80g Willamette [4.60%] 13.0 IBUs
*estimated post boilVol:52.00 and estimated post boil Gravity: 1.060 SG

Add water to achieve a final volume of 48.00l
1.9pkg English Ale(White Labs #WLP002)
Measure Actual Original Gravity (Target 1.060SG)
Measure Actual Batch Volume (Target 48l)

Primary Fermentation (21 days @ 17.8C)
Age beer for 28 days 11.1C

Too Hot 4 Hops

Building a shade for our suffering hop plants. It's the least we can do!
Well we can also have a beer, just one glass!

Brew 38 AIPA

AIPA- American IPA

Recipe Specs
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Batch Size (L): 47.0
Total Grain (kg): 11.360
Total Hops (g): 174.07
Original Gravity (OG): 1.057 (°P): 14.0
Final Gravity (FG): 1.014 (°P): 3.6
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 5.60 %
Colour (SRM): 12.5 (EBC): 24.7
Bitterness (IBU): 40.3 (Average)
Brewhouse Efficiency (%): 75
Boil Time (Minutes): 60

Grain Bill
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10.444 kg Pale Ale Malt (91.94%)
0.846 kg Crystal Medium (7.44%)
0.070 kg Roasted Barley (0.61%)

Hop Bill
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34.8 g Galaxy Pellet (13.4% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes (Boil) (0.7 g/L)
34.8 g Cascade Pellet (7.8% Alpha) @ 15 Minutes (Boil) (0.7 g/L)
34.8 g Fuggles Pellet (5.7% Alpha) @ 15 Minutes (Boil) (0.7 g/L)
34.8 g Cascade Pellet (7.8% Alpha) @ 1 Minutes (Boil) (0.7 g/L)
34.8 g Fuggles Pellet (5.7% Alpha) @ 1 Minutes (Boil) (0.7 g/L)

Misc Bill
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Single step Infusion at 66°C for 60 Minutes.
We would like to Ferment at 20°C but its summer and there's FAT chance of anythingless than 23°C with Safale S-04


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... and our mate
Duane Wright
Country Brewer-Toukley
356b Main Rd
Toukley, NSW, 2263
(02) 43 966 887
toukley@countrybrewer.com.au
www.countrybrewer.com.au