Dunkel sampled, maudite bottled. 18.4

so, i did bottle the maudite last friday night. went smoothly, about 20 x 750ml, only a few 500's and a few stubbies. John came over and watched.

Sampled a stubby of the Dunkel too. still a little young, at (peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot...) 9 days old but the potential is definitely there, its gonna be a tasty brew.

having a look in my 'cellar' now, i've got a heap of beer, but majority only maudite and dunkel. there's probably only 3 or 4 bottles of brown left, still a few bock, hardly any dopplebock or hoegaardens left...

i want a recipe for a Leffe Radieuse. any brewers out there able to post a clone?
also, have lots of whole grain oats to use, so an oatmeal stout is up and coming. also, would like a lighter brew, so a Koelsch is maybe on the cards. or another witte/hoegaarden style.

Maudite ready for bottling

Had stopped bubbling this morning, so i'll bottle up tonight...

Maudite next...

Next one will be a Maudite... purchased yesterday, putting down tonight.

Muntons Premium Bitter (1.5kg),
Black Rock Light Malt (1.5kg)
1kg Dextrose
400g Crystal
Saaz pellets
Safale yeast...

should be 7.9%?

Dunkel weizen bottled... 8.4

Finally she'd stopped bubbling, so bottled late last night... went down pretty well, clean 2 hours. so. sampling in a few weeks time. ended up doing only 6 x 750ml. plus 11 stubbies, 2x 640ml, and 24x 500ml botts... total, 21.41 litres

dunkel bubbler...

STILL the dunkel bubbles, albeit VERY slowly...

its 9(!) days now. might pull the plug on it and bottle tonight...

And will go for a Maudite - Strong Belgian Ale, next...


Did a bit of a stock take. Getting pretty low on brews. All the empties i'm holding at the mo is indicative of that too...
Only about 3 or 4 Hoegaardens left. one or two of the Brown. still a few of the Bock, but its a pain in the ass so the sooner they're gone the better... and ONE stout...
still quite a few Dopplebocks.

dunkel beginnings...

put down, and bubbling nicely now, a dunkel on friday night.

Muntons Dark 1.8kg
Black Rock Whispering Wheat, 1.5
340g Crystal,
114g Black
114g Chocolate
hallertau bag
safale/wheat yeast.

ground the grains by hand, and added to cold water on stove, then brought to boil, then did usual sitting extract malts in hot water, pouring into barrel, along with the wort from the grains, then cold water. temp said 28 (but is inaccurate) and has come down to 24. bubbling nicely and smelling gooooood...
will post post bottling.

Also, Hoegaarden is drinking beautifully at the mo.
last weekend i had my second to last stout, only one left!
Bock still a champagne-in-the-ass, going OFF when you open it...
Dopplebock just gets better and better...

tasted dopplebock.

divine. sampled a stubby last night.

a little flat, but the flavour is rich and smooth and mellow and delicious. i'm gonna enjoy imbibing this one.
alcohol content? STRONG

Bottled Dopplebock

Saturday, got all the Dopplebock into bottles...
now to wait for sampling.



on another note, the Brown is drinking quite nicely at the mo.

Uncle Igor's Dopplebock.

Put down this one on tuesday night...

Black Rock Lager kit
Black Rock light malt
2 x 500g Light unhopped spray malt
200g each of chocolate and crystal malt grains
50g black porter malt grains
hallertau hops,
saflager yeast...

expected alc content, up round 8... looking forward to it.

she's already bubbling away happily...

hoegaarden...

at a month old, its yummy. crisp, fresh, tasty. eminently drinkable.

still 2 bottles of stout left.
quite a few of the brown still around. john said one i left him was extremely flat, but the 750's are proving to be quite good
the bock is still tasty as, but still way too fizzy...

next brew is in the shop waiting... will be making the purchase soon.