How to brew your own beer - The All Grain method

As promised here's the end result for the Leffe :)

It's gorgeous!!!!

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There's a couple of beers that I'd like to replicate:

1. Paulaner I've had this many times and it's a great beer.
2. Innis & Gunn - this has oak ageing (possibly some oak soaked in whiskey.

Is there any way to recreate oak ageing - perhaps stuffing some presoaked oak chips in the barrel for two months?

Also do you use finings?

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The oak used is American White Oak. A malty Pale Ale/Beer is used to condition the oak. There are some hops but not much... more research.
One of the most innovative products in the beer market today, this Edinburgh ale is aged in brand new malt whisky barrels, made from American oak. The colour is a glowing gold, with a creamy head. On the nose it is intensely aromatic, with really fresh, grassy hop character and quite a deep, almost briney note. The oak influence is more noticeable on the palate, where a luscious vanilla and caramel note permeates the beer. This adds an unguent sweetness on the mid palate, but the freshness of the hops cuts through and the acidity is clean in the finish.
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NickK said:
There's a couple of beers that I'd like to replicate:

1. Paulaner I've had this many times and it's a great beer.
2. Innis & Gunn - this has oak ageing (possibly some oak soaked in whiskey.

Is there any way to recreate oak ageing - perhaps stuffing some presoaked oak chips in the barrel for two months?

Also do you use finings?

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The oak used is American White Oak. A malty Pale Ale/Beer is used to condition the oak. There are some hops but not much... more research.
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Can't give you any advice re the innis & gunn, but I have heard of people putting oak chips in the barrel yes.

And yup I do use finings, standard run of the mill gelatine.
 
I'm treating this as a recipe thread aswell now. So here's my latest

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FOUR SHADES OF STOUT

23 Litre Batch

3230 gms Marris Otter
500 gms Flaked Barley
250 gms Amber Malt
250 gms Chocolate Malt
200 gms Roasted Barley
200 gms Caramalt

40 gms Boadicea (7.6% AAU's) 60 min boil - 35.1 IBU's

This has a rich coffee flavour, with a hint of caramel :)
 
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Well you could make the all grain version of it! :p

Also I've read you should use AAU/IBU for recording rather than specific weights as the AAU varies over harvests/producers.. do you do this?
 
I stumbled across this thread after reading the other beer making one and I wanted to say thanks!

I will be trying this in the near future, I had no idea how to do it and was considering a kit as I thought that was the only way to go but I'm inspired after reading this, good man!
 
TheBrooder said:
I stumbled across this thread after reading the other beer making one and I wanted to say thanks!

I will be trying this in the near future, I had no idea how to do it and was considering a kit as I thought that was the only way to go but I'm inspired after reading this, good man!
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No probs! Gonna try my first lager in the next month or so, might as well seeing as it's cold outside at the mo. :)
 
Well to resurrect the thread.. I'm just about to go and collect my boiler, mash tun and IC.. along with ingredients :D

I have American White Oak cubes (medium toast+) incoming from California *jokes about carbon footprint and wood insert here* These are, according to UPS, currently at Tamworth.. so I should get these on monday which is perfect timing as I want to start the FV off this weekend (sunday), secondary ferment start next sunday with oak. Contemplating a third kegging without the oak for carbonisation/conditioning.

I'm brewing something similar to Innis and Gunn. Instead of Phoenix hops I'm using Fuggles/Goldings and rather than straight Golden Promise I'm also adding British Caramalt and Carapils. Yeast will be WYeast #1968.
The result should be a bit different an it should have a head too..

I'll take some photos through brew day..
 
NickK said:
Well to resurrect the thread.. I'm just about to go and collect my boiler, mash tun and IC.. along with ingredients :D

I have American White Oak cubes (medium toast+) incoming from California *jokes about carbon footprint and wood insert here* These are, according to UPS, currently at Tamworth.. so I should get these on monday which is perfect timing as I want to start the FV off this weekend (sunday), secondary ferment start next sunday with oak. Contemplating a third kegging without the oak for carbonisation/conditioning.

I'm brewing something similar to Innis and Gunn. Instead of Phoenix hops I'm using Fuggles/Goldings and rather than straight Golden Promise I'm also adding British Caramalt and Carapils. Yeast will be WYeast #1968.
The result should be a bit different an it should have a head too..

I'll take some photos through brew day..
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Nice one, have you done your brew yet?

I'm looking to do a spitfire clone soonish as my kegs are starting to run low
 
Ok so it's been a while since I've posted a new recipe, by I give you my very own:

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RUBY RUBY RUBY

4500 gms Maris Otter
500 gms Crystal malt
400 gms Flaked barley
300 gms Amber malt
250 gms Wheat malt
100 gms Roasted barley

40 gms Bramling Cross (5.5% AAU) 90 mins
30 gms Fuggles (4.8% AAU) 90 mins
10 gms Bramling Cross (5.5% AAU) 10 mins
10 gms Fuggles (4.8% AAU) 10 mins

Safale S-04 yeast * 2 sachets

It might look like a stout/porter from the picture but you'll just have to trust me it's a Ruby beer. This has hints of toffee, biscuit, coffee, caramel. The hops give it a peppery sort of taste.

All in all this is a lovely beer :cool:
 
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