Thought I should finally say "Hi"!

[Michael_Calgary]

Hello all. Love these Forums. I live in Calgary Canada.

I found HomebrewTalk while searching for all grain recipe ideas.
I've been brewing for decades (on and off) and have been into all grain for about a year now.

I kid you not, I am making the BEST beer I have ever made because of these Forums and the people on them!

So much information and so many helpful people. The other thing I would like to mention is that in the dozens and dozens of posts I have read, I have yet to find one with a "word war" going on. So refreshing!

Keep up the good work.

Michael Card

 

[brewgar]

Welcome aboard. Yes, this is generally a "civilized" forum. Brew on, and may all your beers be excellent.

 

[brewgar]

Hello all. Love these Forums. I live in Calgary Canada.

I found HomebrewTalk while searching for all grain recipe ideas.
I've been brewing for decades (on and off) and have been into all grain for about a year now.

I kid you not, I am making the BEST beer I have ever made because of these Forums and the people on them!

So much information and so many helpful people. The other thing I would like to mention is that in the dozens and dozens of posts I have read, I have yet to find one with a "word war" going on. So refreshing!

Keep up the good work.

Michael Card

Regarding your current brews [Fermenting: Maris Otter (rice adjunct) SMaSH Lager, Maris Otter (rice adjunct) SMaSH Ale], please post results when they reach maturity. This is VERY interesting.

 

[Michael_Calgary]

Regarding your current brews [Fermenting: Maris Otter (rice adjunct) SMaSH Lager, Maris Otter (rice adjunct) SMaSH Ale], please post results when they reach maturity. This is VERY interesting.

You bet! I'll post the details BeerSmith states about them. This is the second time I have made it. Basically, it is 8lbs Maris Otter, 2 pound Minute rice, 75 min mash at 152, (I am doing no sparge mash now) 60 min boil, 2 hop additions of Citra. 1oz at 60 and 0.5oz at 30. (whirlfloc or Irish Moss as usual) Safale US-05 for the Ale and Saflager (forget the number) for the Lager. Gelatin finings in the secondary for a couple days. Ale is grain to glass in 10 or 11 days (I move quick with Ale!!) , Lager is 6 weeks..

Careful... the rice likes to give you a stuck sparge....

This makes a beautifully clear beer with a THICK head with a nice color and flavor.

 

[Michael_Calgary]

Oh and that reminds me... lol The first time I made this, the OG was off the chart! I guess the enzymes in the grain like the rice too!!!

Sort of unrelated... My last bunch of brews, I've been playing around with the initial strike water volume so that after all the loss from racking and the whole process etc, I end up with the exact volume of clear beer in my secondary to fill my keg. Normally just boil down to the volume I need to make that happen.

So on my very first brew of this I did that same process... If you add an "ed" to SMaSH, that is what I was after 3 pints. This last brew, I boiled till the SG was 1.046 and then I stopped. While keeping an eye on the volume in my kettle, I pull a sample during the boil when I am close to 60 mins, cool it quickly and then I measure. I still boiled for over 60 mins.

I might have to adjust the grain bill as I still had close to 6 gallons in the pot starting from just under 7 gallons.

 

[jcav]

Welcome from Sunny Florida!

John

 

[Kent88]

Welcome!

 

[Cyclman]

Welcome to the group, from Colorado

 

[Michael_Calgary]

Regarding your current brews [Fermenting: Maris Otter (rice adjunct) SMaSH Lager, Maris Otter (rice adjunct) SMaSH Ale], please post results when they reach maturity. This is VERY interesting.

So for you Beer smith guys. I have my recipes in the cloud under calgary_brewer_73

For some reason I cannot search my own name or even a recipe name. It was my understanding that all recipes in the cloud were public. Anyway, both of the SMaSH recipes in my sig are there.

 

[Michael_Calgary]

oh wait... I guess I had to log into the BS website and make the recipes shared! Done.

Just search for "Maris -" you'll find me.

 

[ncbrewer]

Welcome to HBT.

 

[Michael_Calgary]

Regarding your current brews [Fermenting: Maris Otter (rice adjunct) SMaSH Lager, Maris Otter (rice adjunct) SMaSH Ale], please post results when they reach maturity. This is VERY interesting.

Here is a product shot of my "Maris Otter SMaSH Ale". Fast shutter speed to "stop" the bubbles. Pictures don't help with tasting the beer. But here is how it turns out after clearing and kegging.. oh and I guess you'll just have to take my word on it. It is very tasty!

 

[AkTom]

Welcome. Nice nice pic.
Cheers

 

[Michael_Calgary]

Screenshot from my Beer Smith. Ingredients state "Flaked Rice", but it is just Minute Rice I use... as BS does not have Minute Rice in the ingredient database.

Also this brew I just used domestic Pale malt as the HBS didn't have any Marris Otter in stock. The guy said that If I could tell the difference he would be very surprised. Also Domestic Pale Malt is cheaper than Marris Otter.

I also backed the IBU's down by using less Citra and by adding my first hop edition at 40 mins rather than 60. IBU's were in the 60's before. (and I still enjoyed it very much) It is now much more smooth.

 

[MaxStout]

Welcome to the forum, from Minnesota!

 

[Manufacturedevolution]

 

[Michael_Calgary]

Lol your emote is called "mug". So is that "Malt Users Group"? Lol