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re: Homebrewing: In-Process Thread
Posted on 5/14/15 at 8:15 am to s14suspense
Posted on 5/14/15 at 8:15 am to s14suspense
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You could always go the semi-pro route and have a conical fermenter and drop the yeast out of the bottom and bubble up CO2 through your dry hops.
Hmmm, I wonder if I could make a connection for my conical to do this.
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Posted on 5/14/15 at 8:32 am to Fratastic423
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Only coming in contact with maybe the first gallon. Do you get yours to stay at the bottom of the carboy?
I guess your right. Yeah they float. After the first day or 2, i move the fermenter gently enough to let the hops fall down to the bottom.
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A brewer brewed a single hop IPA then split the batch to dry hop differently, more specifically for a different duration. He hop'd one for 3 days and the other for 10. In the group of 22 tasters, only 9 could identify the difference in a triangle test. 9 is just barely over the random threshold of 7, so we deemed that there was no perceptible difference between 3 days and 10 days of dry hopping. Cool times.
Interesting. I've been doing my dry hops around 5-7 days. I usually shoot for 5, but get lazy and don't want to bottle so it ends up being 7.
Posted on 5/14/15 at 9:25 am to BugAC
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A brewer brewed a single hop IPA then split the batch to dry hop differently, more specifically for a different duration. He hop'd one for 3 days and the other for 10. In the group of 22 tasters, only 9 could identify the difference in a triangle test. 9 is just barely over the random threshold of 7, so we deemed that there was no perceptible difference between 3 days and 10 days of dry hopping. Cool times.
I missed the meeting and missed out on all of this but what was the temperature?
I've been dry hopping for around 4 days here recently.
Posted on 5/14/15 at 9:33 am to s14suspense
after running a few calculators on my kegerator set-up, it appears that to use the 5' lines that I have, I would need 15 PSI. In order not to over-carbonate at 15 PSI, I would have to keep my beer at 48 degrees
so, I've decided to not worry about it at all and just drink the beer as is
so, I've decided to not worry about it at all and just drink the beer as is
Posted on 5/14/15 at 9:34 am to LoneStarTiger
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so, I've decided to not worry about it at all and just drink the beer as is
Always a great decision
Posted on 5/14/15 at 9:37 am to LSUGrad00
I have noticed CO2 coming out of it in the lines, which all goes up the line to either right at the shank or right at the connection to the keg. I'm sure that's why it has a foamy pour for the first pint, but why does that happen and can it be prevented?
Posted on 5/14/15 at 9:40 am to LoneStarTiger
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I'm sure that's why it has a foamy pour for the first pint, but why does that happen and can it be prevented?
If you ever figure that out let me know.
Posted on 5/14/15 at 9:43 am to LoneStarTiger
Only possible tip I've seen is a fan setup in the kegerator to help circulate cold air around better. Should keep the shank and faucet colder which might help that problem.
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This post was edited on 5/14/15 at 9:44 am
Posted on 5/14/15 at 9:43 am to s14suspense
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I missed the meeting and missed out on all of this but what was the temperature?
Nathan says 70ish
Posted on 5/14/15 at 9:47 am to s14suspense
when I bottled on Monday I emptied the praline porter keg, so I decided to go ahead and pull the faucet off and take it apart to be cleaned.
I really, really need to do that more often
I really, really need to do that more often
Posted on 5/14/15 at 9:51 am to LoneStarTiger
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so I decided to go ahead and pull the faucet off and take it apart to be cleaned.
I really, really need to do that more often
I'm hoping my hot PBW recirc is helping with that.
I pulled apart the ball valve on the kettle yesterday and it wasn't too bad at all.
Got the Stainless kettle and future Keggle soda blasted at work and they're looking better than new.
Can't wait to finish putting it together and being able to use my 8 gallon pot as a HLT and switching to the keggle.
Posted on 5/14/15 at 9:57 am to s14suspense
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I've been dry hopping for around 4 days here recently.
Ditto. I double dry hopped this last IPA. 2 rounds at 2 days each. Exactly what the brewmaster at Drake's Brewing said that they do for Aroma Coma.
Posted on 5/14/15 at 10:45 am to BMoney
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BMoney
Someone mentioned you brewed a peach wheat at some point in the past. Do you have that recipe handy, and do you mind sharing? We are kicking the idea around of a fruit wheat to brew soon.
I think we can keep it simple to a basic wheat beer base, so really I'm more interested in how you handled the peach flavors and aromas. Did you use extract at kegging/bottling time? Did you rack on to frozen peaches? 1# per gallon?
Posted on 5/14/15 at 10:50 am to HungryFisherman
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HungryFisherman
Can't really speak to the peach wheat, other than saying it was very tasty.
I have brewed a blackberry wheat a couple times. I took the blackberries and froze them. then when it came time for secondarying, just dropped them in the carboy (which involved a wooden spoon handle because the blackberries were rather large and i had to jam them in there somehow). I used 4 lbs for a 5 gallon batch. My wife and her friends love the beer.
I think its ok, but a little too acidic. It's been 2 years since i brewed it, so i don't recall the malt bill.
The next fruit beer i do will probably be using blueberries. I have 2 bushes in my backyard that are full of blueberries. I just need to keep the mockingbirds away long enough for me to pick them when they become ripe.
This post was edited on 5/14/15 at 11:12 am
Posted on 5/14/15 at 10:56 am to BugAC
Thanks, Bug. That is helpful. Blackberries is also an option we talked about. Posted on 5/14/15 at 11:06 am to HungryFisherman
Super easy recipe that I'll be brewing again really soon. The recipe is super easy.
5 lbs flaked wheat
5 lbs either Pilsner or 2-row (either works fine)
Wyeast 1010 American wheat
After fermentation finishes, I dumped 5 pounds of frozen peaches directly in the bucket. That's another good reason to use buckets. I can't imagine putting 5 pounds of fruit piece by piece into a carboy. Or getting it out afterward. I let that sit for a week, then kegged. When I kegged, I added about 1.5oz of lactic acid then about 2oz of peach extract to give it that final kick.
Late last summer was the first time I brewed it, but that batch was good enough to win the Fruit Beer category at Dixie Cup in Houston last fall.
5 lbs flaked wheat
5 lbs either Pilsner or 2-row (either works fine)
Wyeast 1010 American wheat
After fermentation finishes, I dumped 5 pounds of frozen peaches directly in the bucket. That's another good reason to use buckets. I can't imagine putting 5 pounds of fruit piece by piece into a carboy. Or getting it out afterward. I let that sit for a week, then kegged. When I kegged, I added about 1.5oz of lactic acid then about 2oz of peach extract to give it that final kick.
Late last summer was the first time I brewed it, but that batch was good enough to win the Fruit Beer category at Dixie Cup in Houston last fall.
Posted on 5/14/15 at 11:09 am to BMoney
Thanks a lot. We'll probably try this out. Let you know how it goes of course.
ETA: any hops? Low AA hops I assume? IBUs you were shooting for?
This post was edited on 5/14/15 at 11:11 am
Posted on 5/14/15 at 11:15 am to HungryFisherman
here is the plum wheat I have fermenting now:
8.0 oz Rice Hulls
4 lbs 8.0 oz Pale Malt (2 Row)
4 lbs White Wheat Malt
1 lbs Acid Malt
0.50 oz Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 60.0 min
1.0 pkg American Wheat Ale Wyeast 1010
5 lbs Plum in secondary
are you brewing this all-grain or extract?
8.0 oz Rice Hulls
4 lbs 8.0 oz Pale Malt (2 Row)
4 lbs White Wheat Malt
1 lbs Acid Malt
0.50 oz Cascade [5.50 %] - Boil 60.0 min
1.0 pkg American Wheat Ale Wyeast 1010
5 lbs Plum in secondary
are you brewing this all-grain or extract?
This post was edited on 5/14/15 at 11:17 am
Posted on 5/14/15 at 11:17 am to HungryFisherman
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ETA: any hops? Low AA hops I assume? IBUs you were shooting for?
Forgot to include that. I used an ounce of Hallertau at 60.
Posted on 5/14/15 at 11:20 am to LoneStarTiger
Extract, but I should be able to convert fairly easily.
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Been using that link to get an idea of the conversion.
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Been using that link to get an idea of the conversion.
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