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Posted on 7/27/15 at 3:00 pm to LSUGrad00
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SS Perlick Taps - These were awesome, looked great, and worked as advertised, but when my last kegerator died I sold them and really don't miss them at all. All the kegs in my kegerator are on picnic taps now and they work fine.
I completely agree with this, especially since now two of them are leaking and I cannot figure out why. Amazingly frustrating.
Posted on 7/27/15 at 3:10 pm to Fratastic423
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especially since now two of them are leaking and I cannot figure out why.
Mine did the same thing towards the end.
They also tout 'not sticking' as a selling point of those forward sealing facuets, but my kegerator was in the laundry room and the faucets were so easy to pull that if you accidentally bumped into them they would open.
Posted on 7/27/15 at 3:21 pm to LSUGrad00
I did a 2 batch brew day last weekend and am 100% sure I started drinking too soon into the brew day, had company stop by, and forgot to add a 1 oz Cascade addition at 30 minutes on my last brew, an Irish Red. I just pulled a sample and the beer is, not surprisingly, pretty damn sweet. Anything I can do at this point to add some bitterness to it or should I just go with it?
Recipe:
8 lbs 2 Row
1 lb cararoma
.5 lb carafoam
.5 lb melanoiden
1 oz liberty at 60 minutes
1 0z cascade at 30 minutes (this one got forgotten)
OG - 1.050
FG - 1.009
Recipe:
8 lbs 2 Row
1 lb cararoma
.5 lb carafoam
.5 lb melanoiden
1 oz liberty at 60 minutes
1 0z cascade at 30 minutes (this one got forgotten)
OG - 1.050
FG - 1.009
This post was edited on 7/27/15 at 3:24 pm
Posted on 7/27/15 at 3:24 pm to LSUGrad00
I'm waiting for the day my daughter discovers that she can pull the tap handle and gets drenched in beer. And it will be the good one I have on tap, not the shitty one.
Posted on 7/27/15 at 3:31 pm to I_heart_beer
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Anything I can do at this point to add some bitterness to it or should I just go with it?
There used to be a product from morebeer called isohop. Which was pure isomerized alpha acids. You could just add drops directly to the fermenter/keg to raise the bitterness. Great for a west coast DIPA that didn't have that bitterness you were expecting
Unfortunately the product was discontinued and I have no clue if it's available anywhere else.
If it's sweet to the point where you won't drink it, you could try boiling a small amount of hop extract in some water for 'x' minutes and dumping that in there. What's the worse that could happen.
ETA: These guys say they carry it...
LINK
This post was edited on 7/27/15 at 3:34 pm
Posted on 7/27/15 at 3:42 pm to LSUGrad00
Awesome, thanks for that. Just ordered some, will let y'all know how it turns out. The sample tasted pretty decent, but it finished way sweeter and a little dryer than I was hoping, both combined make it very meh. I think a little bitterness will really make it much better.
Posted on 7/27/15 at 3:54 pm to I_heart_beer
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but it finished way sweeter and a little dryer than I was hoping
Wait..what? Is it sweeter or dryer?
Posted on 7/27/15 at 4:02 pm to BMoney
Finished lower than I thought it would, but it's definitely very sweet.
Posted on 7/27/15 at 4:25 pm to Fratastic423
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I completely agree with this, especially since now two of them are leaking and I cannot figure out why. Amazingly frustrating.
There's a new model out 630SS to replace the old 525SS that apparently like to leak eventually.
Maybe give them a call and see if they can get you new ones?
Posted on 7/27/15 at 7:28 pm to I_heart_beer
You can add some tannins from say tea to add to perceived bitterness.
Note that I have no experience doing that nor have I heard of anyone doing that. However, I've had a few beers tonight and it sounds like a good idea.
Eta: or blend.
Note that I have no experience doing that nor have I heard of anyone doing that. However, I've had a few beers tonight and it sounds like a good idea.
Eta: or blend.
This post was edited on 7/27/15 at 7:30 pm
Posted on 7/27/15 at 8:04 pm to BottomlandBrew
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Or blend
I listened to the brewing network about brewing a rescue beer. Pretty cool idea.
Posted on 7/27/15 at 8:37 pm to BottomlandBrew
I'm going to give the isohop a try on this one, but will look into the blend thing for future screw ups.
Posted on 7/28/15 at 8:44 am to I_heart_beer
checked on my table beer this morning, and it's looking pretty nice. Think I'll just let it sit until after my trip in August then taste it and see if it's ready to be dry hopped and kegged.
Posted on 7/28/15 at 9:00 am to LoneStarTiger
I may have inadvertently brewed a table beer this weekend with the kettle sour. It probably won't hit 4% when it is finished up, which could be today actually. I have no hopes that this will be a good beer in the end. I really need to get my system set up at the house to temp control ferment and easily have electricity out by the system. Beer probably fermented at 79 degrees. So we shall see.
Posted on 7/28/15 at 9:01 am to Fratastic423
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. I have no hopes that this will be a good beer in the end.
Which probably means it'll be really good.
Posted on 7/28/15 at 9:14 am to Fratastic423
I'm not sure mine will hit 3%, though I'm hoping it dries out enough to be right at it. Started at 1.027.
Posted on 7/28/15 at 9:49 am to s14suspense
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Which probably means it'll be really good.
Or since I cannot replicate the beer in any way, it will be fantastic.
Posted on 7/28/15 at 10:41 am to LoneStarTiger
Mine is at 3.1% at the moment. I'm sitting at 1.006, so I expect to drop a few more points.
Posted on 7/29/15 at 7:51 am to BottomlandBrew
So i picked up my ingredients for my Oktoberfest from LA Homebrew yesterday. Planning on entering it into the Robert's Cove German fest. I purchased the gigayeast German lager pack. Talking with Chico, he says for a German Lager, you need at least twice the yeast cells as opposed to ales. So, with a starter and stir plate, if i make a 2 liter starter, i should be good for cell count.
I've never made that big of a starter, so let me know if my process is right. I'm going to make a 1 liter starter tonight and put it on the stir plate. Thursday or Friday, i will then add another liter of starter wort to my erlinmeyer flask. By saturday i should be good to pitch.
Does this sound correct? Also, i've read about pouring off the starter wort and saving just the yeast. How does one accomplish this? I'm afraid that if i pour off the wort, i'll pour out the yeast too. I could, on brew day, put the flask in the fridge, but since it is lager yeast, wouldn't they still be suspended and active?
I've never made that big of a starter, so let me know if my process is right. I'm going to make a 1 liter starter tonight and put it on the stir plate. Thursday or Friday, i will then add another liter of starter wort to my erlinmeyer flask. By saturday i should be good to pitch.
Does this sound correct? Also, i've read about pouring off the starter wort and saving just the yeast. How does one accomplish this? I'm afraid that if i pour off the wort, i'll pour out the yeast too. I could, on brew day, put the flask in the fridge, but since it is lager yeast, wouldn't they still be suspended and active?
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