Black Pearl Brewing Co.

BPBC Open For Business

2007-02-25T16:56:00.000-08:00

Hi guys,
After much time away, the Black Pearl Brewing Company is back in business. Due to circumstances beyond our control, we had to put our brewing on hold for some time but now that things are back to normal, you should see some more activity & postings happening.
Thanks for your patience...
Jack.

Honey Wheat Brew Day...

2006-02-26T13:02:00.000-08:00

I took a gravity reading which was 1045 & the colour of the brew looks great, I was expecting quite a light colour but this looks good! The taste is fantastic, lovely sweet tones which arent overpowering & a nice bitter after taste, thanks to the Hallertau hops!

After getting the great idea from Yardie, I made up a bucket filter which worked a treat for both filtering the water & cooling the wort down!

The boil for this went really well, no boil overs & a nice steady rolling boil. The Wheat Sheaf extract, wheat malt & dextrose was boiled for 60 mins, adding 325g of honey at the last 5 minutes...the aromas from the boil were fantastic!

Premium Honey Blonde

2006-02-24T16:36:00.000-08:00

Not quite 2 weeks in the bottle but looking & tasting damn good...very refreshing & plenty of bitterness...head retention isnt so good yet but Im sure it will get better with age...if it lasts long enough to do so!!

Final product of Premium Honey Blonde

2006-02-23T12:48:00.000-08:00

This is the final product of the Premium Honey Blonde with Silky's labels on them...if all my bottles can look this good, I'll be a happy chappy!!

Black Widow Honey Wheat label...

2006-02-21T20:29:00.000-08:00

After being inspired by Silky's excellent labels, I thought I would give it a go myself & came up with this...Im really happy with the layout of it & am looking forward to how it will look on bottles!

Black Widow Honey Wheat

2006-02-21T12:35:00.000-08:00

Below are the ingredients I'll be using for my next brew. I am putting this one down on Saturday 25th Feb.
I'll post progressive results but I think this one will turn out really well. The idea of some sublte honey with the wheat malt & hallertau hops will make it a great tasting brew, IMHO!

Lager Bottle Label...

2006-02-07T17:36:00.000-08:00

And again, many many thanks to Silky for the Lager label...both these labels look fantastic so I will post a pic of what the final product will look like once they are stuck on bottles...Cheers Silky!

Ale Bottle Label...

2006-02-07T12:16:00.001-08:00

Many thanks to Silky for producing the first ever BPBC label for the upcoming Ale being brewed as we speak. Check out some of his other work at The Animated Brewer link....thanks again Silky!

1st FG reading @ 1005 on 01/02/2006

2006-02-01T12:30:00.000-08:00

I took the first of 2 FG readings last night (01/02) which read around 1005, so Im hoping once this is bulk primed & bottled, the Alc Vol. will be quite good...Im thinking around 5.5%

Brew Log...Revised

2006-02-01T12:27:00.000-08:00

I was informed there was something missing from my brewery so I've posted this just to delight that particular person....thanks Yardie! :))

Temp Control for fridge

2006-01-31T15:33:00.000-08:00

Thanks to http://groups.msn.com/MacabresBrewery/brewingfridge.msnw for providing me these images for easy temperature control for a fridge for brewing.

The first image is the Adloheat THF 0-40*C thermostat

This particualr image is the Jaycar digital thermometer used inside the fridge to give a perfect read-out.

Racked Brew in secondary

2006-01-31T15:26:00.000-08:00

I finished racking the brew into secondary & put it back into the fridge at fermentation temps...around 19*C. I will leave this at this stage for around 3-4 days.

Racking to secondary...

2006-01-31T15:23:00.000-08:00

I racked to secondary on Sunday 29/01 to clear the brew out & get it off the yeast bed.

Sample from Fermenter

2006-01-31T15:14:00.000-08:00

This sample was taken from the fermenter on the first day, before the fermenting process had started...nice huh? :)

Honey Blonde in Fermenter

2006-01-31T15:08:00.000-08:00

This has just been put into the fermenter & placed in the fridge.
• 1.7kg can Coopers Canadian Blonde
• 500g LDME
• 500g dextrose
• 250g dried corn syrup
• Safale S-04 yeast
• 325g Leabrook Farms Strawberry Clover honey
• 12g Super Alpha hop tea bag

Trying to get the wort down to fermenting temps...approx. 19*C

Inside the Brewery...

2006-01-31T15:04:00.000-08:00

This is a quick look inside the Black Pearl Brewing Co.
There isnt a lot to see at the moment as I have limited equipment.

Black Pearl Brewing Co. opens today!

2006-01-31T14:48:00.000-08:00

Welcome to the Black Pearl Brewing Co.
Firstly let me say thank you to all those who have helped me get setup & for providing the much needed information.
The Black Pearl Brewing Co. is relatively new to the home brewing family but I will endeavour to bring you on-going informtaion & pictures of all brews & related issues.
Enjoy your stay.