Ain't No April Fooling You - April 2017 - BeerCo Brewing News

Ain't No April Fooling You - April 2017 - BeerCo Brewing News

Dermott Dowling
Where did March go? Hop you harvested your homegrown hops or enjoyed some fresh wet hop Harvest Ales.  We managed to get away for a couple of days to High Country Hops in NE Victoria and enjoy some wonderful fresh hop beers and rediscovered Super Pride of Ringwood in a whole wet hop cone way thanks for sharing that beer Bright Brewery.  Got a brew down on the trusty 2V using homegrown 3 year old East Kent Golding (recipe coming to the blog soon...) and Gus took the easy way out brewing a Pliney Maximus on his Pico Pico in under 3 hours...review coming to the blog soon... That's enough about us let's talk to you about what is old and new and good to get your brewing on this April - cause you ain't no April fool and there is no fooling a brewer what is good to go and get brewing so on with the real news....

Malt of the Month - Gladfield Gladiator® Malt

Author: Caleb De Frees – Gladfield Malt Editor: Dermott Dowling – BeerCo Gladiator Malt is one of the most functional malts that can be added to a brew. With just a 5 to 10% addition Gladfield Gladiator malt can boost foam stability and increase a beers final gravity with little impact on colour or flavour. This is made possible by Gladfield Malting own custom process which involves starting the malt at a moderate level of modification, a careful stewing to form dextrins and a Maillard reaction followed by a final kilning to lock all these functional components into the malt. These dextrins are short chained carbohydrates than will not be broken down by alpha and beta Amylase in the mash or fermented by the yeast.  Leaving these carbohydrates in the beer increases the body and fullness of your beer. Foam stability is enhanced due to many foam positive proteins that occur due to the lower level of modification and stewing process. Overall Gladfield Gladiator malt is a fantastic malt to add to almost any beer style which can benefit from added foam stability and body.  At BeerCo we tend to cut 5% Gladfield Gladiator Malt into most of our recipes - find them in the Recipe Library - especially in a Pale Ale, IPA or Pilsner

Gladfield Gladiator Malt

Developed to provide extra foaming stability, mouth feel and body to the beer with out adding too much colour.

Specification

  • Moisture (%) Max 5
  • Extract – Fine Dry 82%
  • Wort Colour Range (EBC) 5 – 10
  • Typical Wort Colour (EBC) 8

Usage Rate Guidance:

  • Up to 15% of the Grist

Commonly Used in Place of the following Malts:

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Hop of the Month – Summer™ HPA Flavour AU Hop

  Hop Products Australia or HPA for short, seedless Summer™ hop brings a promise of subtle, light apricot and melon fruit flavours in a number of beer styles, which is more apparent when dry hopping. Summer ™ features balanced citrus and stone fruit flavors.  What you are about to hear next is what you do not want to hear every year! Summer ™ is almost gone!  2017 Harvest will be the last for this unique and rather special HPA AU Hop. Bred in 1997 at Tasmanian Bushy Park Breeding Garden, Summer™ is the result of open pollination of a tetraploid Czech Saaz.  We love this hop as it sits in an Alpha Acid range that is very versatile for delicate well brewed Pilsner and can add some beautiful subtle character as a late addition to an Australian or International Pale Ale.  Hell you can even use it in an IPA and some local Australian craft brewers have like Bridge Road Brewers - Single Hop Summer IPA We all sadden a little when we think summer is almost gone...we love the sunshine and while we love Autumn and its Amber hues we all relish the thought of Summer coming again...well do not delay...get your hands on some summer and get your brewing on with this beautiful hop before its too late and make something great!

Brewing Values:

certificates-of-analysis-hpa-sep-2016

  • Alpha Acid  5.6 – 6.4%
  • Beta Acid  4.8 – 6.1%
  • Co-humulone  20 – 25%
  • Total Oil  1.4 – 2 mL/100g
  • Myrcene  29 – 38% of total oil
  • Linalool  0.2 – 0.6% of total oil
  • Caryophyllene  8 – 11% of total oil
  • Farnesene  < 1.0% of total oil
  • Humulene  28 – 50% of total oil
  • Geraniol  0 – 0% of total oil

Style Guidance

  • Ale
  • Witbier / Wheat
  • Belgian Ale
  • American Ale
  • India Pale Ale

Craft Beer Examples

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Yeast of the Month - GY031 British Ale #2 GigaYeast

GY031 British Ale #2 GigaYeast is from a traditional British brewery from one of the oldest and best-known English cask ales.  Very flocculent — GY031 produces clear beer. GY031 British Ale #2 leaves a slightly sweet malty flavor.   Flavor profile is nearly neutral at lower fermentation temps.  Slight banana/fruit notes appear at higher temps. Perfect for English style pale ales, stouts, porters, bitters browns etc. GY031 British Ale #2 has strong attenuation and excellent flocculation with slightly more fruity ester production than GY011 British Ale #1 GigaYeast
  • Attenuation Medium Gravity* 80% – 82%
  • Attenuation High Gravity* 72% – 75% (9.3% – 10.0% ABV)
  • Temperature Range†: 18˚C – 24˚C  (65˚F – 75˚F)
  • Flocculation: High

Representative Styles:

  • British Ales
  • Pale/Amber Ale
  • Barley Wine
  • Scotch Ale
  • Bitter
  • Stout
  • India Pale Ale

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Equipment of the Month - Oxebar – Fermentasaurus – 35 Litre – Uni Tanks

Wow! Where do we start? World First! Designed and Made in Melbourne, Australia.  Ferment, Clarify, Dry Hop, Carbonate and potentially even dispense straight from the Fermentasaurus   This is a significant step forward in the brewing revolution at home.  We are seeing more and more amazing equipment hit the market nowadays that is making brewing your own beer at home equally as easy and to the same premium high quality standard of commercial craft brewers.  There is simply no excuses for not brewing amazing beer at home with the abundance of premium quality brewing ingredients and equipment in the market today.  The Fermentasaurus has been over 4 years in the design and build phase and a short video here from one of the lead designers and creators Kee will illustrate very quickly how much thought has gone into making this next leap forward in the brewing revolution at home - cheers Kee - we love this innovation - keep them coming! [embed]https://youtu.be/_zQ85Au9DQU[/embed] https://www.beerco.com.au/product/equipment/oxebar-fermentasauras-35-litre-uni-tanks/

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Please note that due to the thought care and design and build of these amazing new Fermentasaurus there has been a run on international and domestic orders.  As such we have 1 x Fermentasaurus in stock and more due to land end of April available on back-order. Do not delay - order or pre-order yours today.   You might also like to buy the Oxebar – Fermentasaurus Pressure Kit for $39.95 Incl. GST while you are in the shop so you can keg and or ferment under pressure in the Fermentasaurus [embed]https://www.beerco.com.au/product/equipment/oxebar-fermentasaurus-pressure-kit/[/embed]

Merchandise - Join the Brewing Revolution - BeerCo Tees

You love brewing, you love sharing your wonderful beers with friends and family.  Well the ultimate gift to you the brewer or to your mate(s) has arrived!  The BeerCo Brewing Revolution Tee.  Made from 100% Cotton, 200gm heavy duty and double stitched these Tees are built to last and you will be as comfortable in them running around the brewery as you are out and about.  Priced to sell and help you and us get the word out there to more brewers and drinkers jump online and get yours today! [embed]http://www.beerco.com.au/product/merchandise/brewing-revolution-beerco-t-shirts/[/embed]

BeerCo - Brewing Recipe Kit of the Month - Kunekune | Manuka Smoked Porter 

Who doesn’t love tasty smokey bacon and warming your toes by the fire in the depth of winter with a smoked porter?.  Here we have put together the ultimate warming Kunekune | Manuka Smoked Porter | BeerCo Recipe Kit named after the little Kunekune pig introduced to NZ from the UK and a hit with the Maori and Pakeha alike cooked in a traditional hāngi on hot rocks beneath the earth or on a spit this little piggy is one to be relished with delight and should be accompanied by a subtly smoked Porter to bring out the best of Kunekune.  Manuka is a native tea tree to NZ and interestingly found in AU as well.  More famous in Honey, Gladfield Malt have taken the unique smoke of the Manuka tree and made a delightfully subtle and complex smoked malt that will bring across even the smoke beer haters. We suggest you put this one down in Autumn and give it time to age and develop complexity. If you are into smoking your own bacon or curing meat then grab your finest smokey little piggy and invite all your friends over for some slow and low smokey delights!  Cheers #brewhappy and as always #drinkhappier and #responsibly and give this brew a review for the benefit of our customers – old and new. [embed]http://www.beerco.com.au/product/beer-kits/kunekune-manuka-smoke-porter-beerco-recipe-kit/[/embed]
That's enough from us - we know you ain't no April fool and there is no fooling you over great beer from so so beer so what are you waiting for? Get out of here! Jump online get to the BeerCo Shop and let us do the bagging and tagging and delivery of the best damn brewing ingredients and equipment in the world so you can brew the best darn beer in the world your brewing revolutionary - aclamaciones!