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Brew 24- American Brown Ale... well and truely KEGGED!

"Well I woke up th's morn'n kegg'ns on my miiind"!

Lots of yeast by-product in the fermenter, it seemed more than usual? Maybe Humpback can produce 'Vegemite', couldn't do any worse than Dick Smith.

Anyway the yeast by-product will be used to attract snails and slugs from the garden. Snails to the chook, slugs... well just say they'll be 'flat out like a lizard drink'n'!

Brew 24- East Kent Goldings... don't get confused with West Kent!

Added 20gms of East Kent Goldings, stirred not shaken!

Brew 22 AIPA- kegged and lov'n it!

Kegging is exciting! We love to KEG!

Brew 24- American Brown Ale

Brown Ale (American Brown Ale- Pete's Wicked Ale)
*Clone Brews. Recipes for 200 Commercial Beers. Tess and Mark Szamatulski

Original Gravity (OG): 1.053
Final Gravity (FG): 1.012
Alcohol (ABV): 5.20 %
Colour (SRM): 27
Bitterness (IBU): 30

227g American Crystal Malt
113g American Chocolate Malt
1.8kg Alexander's Light Malt Syrup
1.4kg Muntons Light DME

28g Brewer's Gold (8 HBU)
14g East Kent Golding (4.7% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes (Boil)
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1.3 g/L Willamette (7.1% Alpha) @ 5 Minutes (Boil)
0.5 g/L Hersbrucker (2.8% Alpha) @ 0 Minutes (Boil)
0.9 g/L Amarillo (8.6% Alpha) @ 0 Days (Dry Hop)
0.9 g/L East Kent Golding (4.7% Alpha) @ 0 Days (Dry Hop)
0.9 g/L Willamette (7.1% Alpha) @ 0 Days (Dry Hop)


Single step Infusion at 68°C for 55 Minutes. Boil for 70 Minutes.........................................

Fermented at 20°C with SAFALE S-O4

Notes: Mash temperatures
65.5 degrees C for 30 minutes
68 degrees C for 55 minutes
78 degrees C for 10 minutes

final specific gravity @ 25 litres = 1.012

Brew 23- and a little bit more...

Dry Hopped Brew 23 with Columbus Hops (CTZ)- 40gms

Description from BrewDudes

"Aroma: Earthy, spicy, pungent, with some citrus overtones.  Not overwhelmingly citrus like Cascade.

Alpha Acid: 14% to 16%

Typical Usage: Dual purpose hop. Many sources saying it was a good candidate for a single hopped beer.

Beer Styles:  American pales (AIPA) and IPA. Bittering for American stouts and lagers."

http://www.brew-dudes.com/columbus-hops/423

More HOPS than a mob of Kangaroos! (Brew 22)

Well a 'hop in the hand is worth two in the bush'?
Guest 'HOPPER' Ian from BrewSkot Brewery added 30gms of Citra and 20gms of Amarillo (dry hop) to Brew 22- AIPA. mmmmm we liked to be hopped out of our heads!!!

Amarillo Hops
The resultant aroma is of medium strength and very distinct. The aroma is described as flowery, spicy and citrus-like with a distinct orange bouquet. The hop is good for flavor and aroma. It can also be used for bittering effectively because of the low cohumulone content.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amarillo_hops

Citra
Citra is a dual-purpose hop released in 2007 by the Hop Breeding Company. It is a cross of Hallertauer Mittelfruh, U.S. Tettnanger, East Kent Golding, Bavarian, Brewers Gold, and other unknown hops. Citra has a citrus aroma and flavor, with a heavy aroma of tropical fruits (guava, mango, tropical fruit). It is typically used as an aroma hop, but due to its high alpha % and low cohumulone content, it makes an excellent bittering hop as well.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hop_varieties

Brew 23- There's GOLD in them there hills!

Golden Ale

Recipe Specs
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Batch Size (L): 47.0
Total Grain (kg): 9.631
Total Hops (g): 118.00
Original Gravity (OG): 1.048 (°P): 11.9
Final Gravity (FG): 1.012 (°P): 3.1
Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 4.72 %
Colour (SRM): 7.0 (EBC): 13.8
Bitterness (IBU): 27.8 (Average)
Brewhouse Efficiency (%): 75
Boil Time (Minutes): 60
Grain Bill
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5.990 kg Pilsner (62.19%)
3.020 kg Wheat Malt (31.36%)
0.454 kg Munich II (4.71%)
0.091 kg Crystal Medium (0.94%)
0.076 kg Chocolate (0.79%)

Hop Bill
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18.0 g Galaxy Pellet (14.5% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes (Boil) (0.5 g/L)
30.0 g Amarillo Pellet (9.3% Alpha) @ 12 Minutes (Boil) (0.6 g/L)
40.0 g Amarillo Pellet (9.3% Alpha) @ 5 Minutes (Boil) (0.9 g/L)
30.0 g Amarillo Pellet (9.3% Alpha) @ 1 Minutes (Boil) (0.6 g/L)
Misc Bill
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Single step Infusion at 66°C for 60 Minutes.
Fermented at 15°C with Safale S-04

Recipe Generated with BrewMate
Beauty Duane
http://www.countrybrewer.com.au/pages/Toukley.html

Brew 22 AIPA- it's a 'catch' 22 situation!

American IPA (AIPA)

Recipe Specs
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Batch Size (L): 18.9
Total Grain (kg): 4.568
Total Hops (g): 70.00
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): 40.1 (Average)
Brewhouse Efficiency (%): 75
Boil Time (Minutes): 60

Grain Bill
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4.200 kg Pale Ale Malt (91.94%)
0.340 kg Crystal Medium (7.44%)
0.028 kg Roasted Barley (0.61%)

Hop Bill
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14.0 g Galaxy Pellet (13.4% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes (Boil) (0.7 g/L)
14.0 g Cascade Pellet (7.8% Alpha) @ 15 Minutes (Boil) (0.7 g/L)
14.0 g Fuggles Pellet (5.7% Alpha) @ 15 Minutes (Boil) (0.7 g/L)
14.0 g Cascade Pellet (7.8% Alpha) @ 1 Minutes (Boil) (0.7 g/L)
14.0 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.
Fermented at 20°C with Safale S-04


Recipe Generated with BrewMate
Thanks Duane

Happy Brew Day to YOU!

Kegged Brew 21. Filtered out some floating hops in the transfer. Spread the 25 litres between two kegs. Had just enough gas to process the kegging.
We're ready to begin Brews 22 & 23 later this arvo.

* Experimenting to determine the BEST, quickest and easiest way to polish our kegs? More soon!

Hop to it!

Ordered our Hop Rhizomes, Tasmanian of course...
1 * SAAZ
1 * Wurtemburger
1 * Super Alpha

“Mother's in the kitchen washing out the jugs, Sister's in the pantry bottling the suds, Father's in the cellar mixin' up the hops, Johnny's on the front porch watchin' for the cops”

I put my Willi in our brew!

Added a further 30 gms of Willamette Hops to Brew #21 Stella!

Willamette is described as: 'the king of aroma hops in the US with its modest bittering value and the joyous harmony of flowers, fruit, earth and spice'!
American Pale, Brown & English style ales!

Brew 21 Stella- Hopped with a little help... Willa

Dry Hopped Brew 21 Stella with 20gms of Willamette

Please, please hop me!
Want more...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hop_varieties#Willamette

Close enough?

This is the visual distance from the BrewHouse to the GreenHouse! Taken from the Brewery... of course!

'Greening' our Brewery

Planted some of our seeds, *@ The Funny Farm, ready to transplant to the Greenhouse. Pallets used for beds and aquaponic beds will be mounted on top of the construction shown below.
 Humpback Brewing is diversifying.

We have another Greenhouse (some assembly required).
Fun in the sun!


ALDI special- enable WiFi monitoring of garden beds in the Greenhouse. On special $9
Gives- air temp., soil temp., humidity of the soil with 'alarms'!
http://www.brewerschoice.net.au/html/growing%20hops.htm

Winter Brewing in Australia

Brew 21- STELLA continues the turtle brew... slow and steady @ 14.+C
The SafLager yeasties 'like it like that'! It has the heart beat of an Olympic Marathon runner! We have a lagering space specially reserved for further maturation.

Kegged Brew 20- Olympic Moment

An Olympic event! A Gold medal performance...
Kegging the English Bitter Ale.

The previous SG confirmed our tasting that all was good BUT there was still some residule sugars/sweetness! An addition of an aquarium heater enabled us to ferment out/reactivate yeasties to completed the job.

3 days passed... SG and more tasting confirm Gold, Gold, Gold!
No need for filtering as this is a malt beer without excess hops in suspension. Plus we tilted the fermenter to enable dead yeast (RIP) to settle away from the tap.

Kegged easily, gased, regased and refrigerated. CAN'T WAIT!
Initial comments include: BALANCE, CLASSIC, FLAG SHIP (Malt)!

... and a little bit more!

How green is your beer?
Humpback Brewing are NEVER satisfied with the standard of OUR beer! At Humpback St. Paddy's day is *every day* and WE are always looking to make our beer GREENer! So we have built 2 new greenhouses to ...

What a GR8 day to drink beer!