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Smoky Cat Saison | Karl's Home Brewery
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My first saison – a French farmhouse ale. As with so may of these French/Belgiany beers, it’s the yeast that makes all the difference. I used a White Labs liquid yeast for this one. I used my technique of just not bothering to add the extra sugar, keeping this beer down below 6% abv. Just the thing for a thirsty farm-hand’s lunch. Pre-Boil Gravity: 1.051 SG. Original Gravity: 1.051 SG (my volumes were low so I added 2L water). Final Gravity: 1.009 SG. Actual IBU: 31.0 IBU. BU:GU Ratio: 0.63. I’ve b...
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Mower Lager | Karl's Home Brewery
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A very malty and refreshing German lager. Crisp and with a little malt sweetness. This recipe worked well. The White Labs WLP838 Southern German Lager Yeast gave the beer a really authentic flavour and let the malt shine through. I’ll definitely be brewing this again! Pre-Boil Gravity: 1.052 SG. Original Gravity: 1.056 SG. Final Gravity: 1.015 SG. ABV: 5.5 %. BU:GU Ratio: 0.4. 25 kg (37%) Pilsner Malt. 2 kg (29%) Munich Malt. 15 kg (22%) Vienna Malt. 500g (8%) CaraMunich II. 250g (4%) Aurora Malt. I want...
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Sharp Chainsaw Pale Ale | Karl's Home Brewery
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Sharp Chainsaw Pale Ale. Sharp Chainsaw Pale Ale. A re-brewing of the Behemoth Chur Pale Ale clone, but with a small tweak to the grain bill to boost the maltiness. It went down well at a recent BBQ. Pre-Boil Gravity: 1.051 SG. Original Gravity: 1.053 SG. Final Gravity: 1.011 SG. Actual IBU: 40.0 IBU. BU:GU Ratio: 0.78. Mash water: 20.5L. Sparge water: 12.5L. Grain (total: 6.3kg):. Pale Ale Malt 5.000 kg (79.4%). Aurora Malt 500 g (7.9%). CaraMunich II 500 g (7.9%). Carahell 300g (4.8%). Riwaka 20g @ 1min.
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Recipes | Karl's Home Brewery
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Port Hills Mild Ale. The name comes from the big fires in Christchurch in Feb 2017. I love the Port Hills and it’s hard to think of them all dark and roasty like this beer. I sent some down to my mate, who had to evacuate his house in Kennedy’s Bush. I hope they went down OK. Pre-Boil Gravity: 1.036 SG. Original Gravity: 1.039 SG. Final Gravity: 1.007 SG. Actual IBU: 17.0 IBU. BU:GU Ratio: 0.45. Mash water: 22L (I went with a thin mash for this one because of the oats and flaked barley). My first saison ...
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Brewing with the Grainfather | Karl's Home Brewery
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Brewing with the Grainfather. Brewing with the Grainfather. I purchased my Grainfather in September of 2014, so I had one of the original run of 200. I bought mine from Hauraki Homebrew. In Auckland. I’ve always been very impressed with their service. They’re friendly, efficient, and they have a lot of great products. Shipping is free once you get over $30 worth. This meant that the Grainfather was free to ship down to me here in the South Island. Advantages over Brew in a Bag? If you build your own syst...
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My brewing software | Karl's Home Brewery
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I think it’s important to have good brewing software if you want to brew a variety of good beers. I know that for thousands of years people have been brewing beer without the benefit of a glorified pocket calculator, but my answer to that is “Would the beer they made have been better had they access to MacBook Pro? What they needed was a thermometer and an awareness of the existence of microbes. Thankfully science came to the brewing world…. There are some other good reasons for using brewing software:.
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Temperature control | Karl's Home Brewery
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When you first start brewing there are a bunch of different toys to spend your money on. There are shiny things, electric things, glass things, things with pipes everywhere and big steam-punk dials. It’s very hard to know what to go for next! My set-up is an old fridge that I purchased from trade-me. It cost about $30 and was in perfect working condition. Every now and then someone gives away an unwanted fridge too 🙂. My STC-1000, running the fridge, keeping my beer happy. A project box or case. These a...
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Grainfather STC-1000 upgrade | Karl's Home Brewery
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The Grainfather STC-1000 upgrade: On controllers and software. The Grainfather is an awesome brewing machine, no doubt about it. It does suffer a little by comparison to the big German heavyweight, the Speidel Braumeister. Pretty easily. It does the trick. It holds the temperature at a set point by switching the element on when it’s below the set point and off when it goes above. It’ll hold the temperature to within a degree or two. If you want the mash to be at a different te...There’s a very popu...
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My Recipes | Karl's Home Brewery
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Port Hills Mild Ale. Sharp Chainsaw Pale Ale. Olly’s Pale Ale. Neville’s Pride of the Moutere. Brew in a Bag. Port Hills Mild Ale. Sharp Chainsaw Pale Ale. The New Zealand Home-brewers’ Conference. League of Brewers (my local HB store). Jamil Zainasheff’s pitching calculator. About my brewing system. Brewin’ my own blog. League of Brewers blog. Brülosophy – one of my favourite blogs. The Beer & Wine Journal. The New Zealand Home-brewers’ Conference. League of Brewers (my local HB store).
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Books I heartily recommend | Karl's Home Brewery
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Books I heartily recommend. Books I heartily recommend. If you’re getting serious about brewing then you will want to start formulating your own recipes, or at the very least brewing some reliable recipes for the styles you are interested in. Say you’re keen to try a slightly unusual style, like a Vienna lager. Where do you get a recipe? BREWING CLASSIC STYLES,. Jamil Zainasheff and John J. Palmer. DESIGNING GREAT BEERS,. BREW LIKE A MONK,. The go-to book for those of us that like to brew Belgian beers&#...
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