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re: Homebrewing: In-Process Thread

Posted on 9/28/15 at 7:41 pm to
Posted by LSUGrad00
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Posted on 9/28/15 at 7:41 pm to
Well that's not going to suck..
Posted by s14suspense
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 9/29/15 at 10:42 am to
That'll be real nice.
Posted by BugAC
St. George
Member since Oct 2007
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Posted on 9/29/15 at 11:00 am to
What are some hops with heavy Pine notes?

Crafting a piney ipa, and so far i'm using majority chinook and simcoe, but looking for something else.
Posted by LSUGrad00
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Posted on 9/29/15 at 11:16 am to
I think those two are the most obvious 'pine' hops..

Northern brewer will give you some pine notes too
Posted by BugAC
St. George
Member since Oct 2007
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Posted on 9/29/15 at 11:20 am to
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I think those two are the most obvious 'pine' hops..

Northern brewer will give you some pine notes too


I'm creating a Piney sort of IPA right now in beersmith. I was thinking chinook for bittering, chinook, simcoe and galaxy for whirlpool and dry hops.

I really like Galaxy, and i made the galaxy xpa, and i found that hop to be clean and citrusy. Wondering how that would complement the piney/slight citrus of simcoe.
And wondering if i should equal parts simcoe/chinook/galaxy, or maybe tone down the galaxy to provide a sort of background citrus filler. Or should i scratch the galaxy, and go with Northern Brewer for an all out piney hop assault.
Also considering adding cedar and spruce tips to half of it, or just leaving it be.
This post was edited on 9/29/15 at 11:21 am
Posted by BMoney
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 9/29/15 at 11:27 am to
Warrior should give you some pine as well. Would make a good bittering hop for it.
Posted by BugAC
St. George
Member since Oct 2007
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Posted on 9/29/15 at 12:15 pm to
quote:

Warrior should give you some pine as well. Would make a good bittering hop for it.


Was thinking of warrior for bittering as well. Not sure if it would throw enough aroma and flavor in a dry hop though.
Posted by LoneStarTiger
Lone Star State
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Posted on 9/29/15 at 12:17 pm to
El cedro is one of my favorite Jester King beers, I think it's aged in cedar. I might consider adding cedar to a beer
Posted by BugAC
St. George
Member since Oct 2007
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Posted on 9/29/15 at 12:23 pm to
quote:

El cedro is one of my favorite Jester King beers, I think it's aged in cedar. I might consider adding cedar to a beer


Always wanted to try it, but well, Jester King.
Posted by BugAC
St. George
Member since Oct 2007
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Posted on 9/29/15 at 12:26 pm to
So, here is my Piney IPA that i will probably brew in November. May or may not add spruce tips. Recipe is subject to change. Galaxy may or may not be in the final recipe.

10 lbs 14.0 oz Brewers Malt 2-Row (Briess) (1.8 SRM) Grain 1 83.7 %
1 lbs 10.0 oz Munich (BestMälz) (7.6 SRM) Grain 2 12.5 %
8.0 oz Vienna (BestMälz) (4.1 SRM) Grain 3 3.8 %

1.00 oz Warrior [15.00 %] - First Wort 60.0 min Hop 4 48.9 IBUs
0.25 oz Warrior [15.00 %] - Boil 40.0 min Hop 5 9.8 IBUs
0.50 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 6 3.8 IBUs

2.00 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 1.0 Hop 7 1.7 IBUs
1.50 oz Chinook [13.00 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 1.0 Hop 8 1.2 IBUs
1.00 oz Galaxy [14.00 %] - Steep/Whirlpool 1.0 Hop 9 0.9 IBUs

1.0 pkg San Diego Super Yeast (White Labs #WLP09 Yeast 10 -

1.00 oz Chinook [13.00 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days Hop 11 0.0 IBUs
1.00 oz Galaxy [14.00 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days Hop 12 0.0 IBUs
1.00 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] - Dry Hop 7.0 Days Hop 13 0.0 IBUs

1.00 oz Cedar (Secondary 7.0 days) Other 14 -

1.50 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] - Dry Hop 4.0 Days Hop 15 0.0 IBUs
1.00 oz Chinook [13.00 %] - Dry Hop 4.0 Days Hop 16 0.0 IBUs
1.00 oz Galaxy [14.00 %] - Dry Hop 4.0 Days Hop 17 0.0 IBUs

ETA: Also thinking about possibly upping my munich malt and possibly adding some dextrin, and lowering my 2 row base amount.
This post was edited on 9/29/15 at 12:34 pm
Posted by Rouge
Floston Paradise
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Posted on 9/29/15 at 10:02 pm to
Any of you periscope your brew days?

I would probably watch
Posted by BottomlandBrew
Member since Aug 2010
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Posted on 9/30/15 at 6:16 am to
I could give it a a shot sometime. I'm sure I'd be fairly cringe-worthy.
Posted by s14suspense
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2007
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Posted on 9/30/15 at 7:23 am to
I don't think it would be as interesting as you're thinking.

There are about 15 minutes of total "action" in a 4 hour brewday. So a lot like an NFL game I guess.

Posted by BugAC
St. George
Member since Oct 2007
52784 posts
Posted on 9/30/15 at 7:34 am to
quote:

There are about 15 minutes of total "action" in a 4 hour brewday.


What's a 4 hour brew day?
Posted by LoneStarTiger
Lone Star State
Member since Aug 2004
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Posted on 9/30/15 at 7:40 am to
Brew "day"?

You mean evening after work?

Brewing tomorrow. Might make note of the time it takes.
Posted by s14suspense
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2007
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Posted on 9/30/15 at 8:12 am to
quote:

Brew "day"?

You mean evening after work?

Brewing tomorrow. Might make note of the time it takes.



I push for an even quicker time frame for that.



Have most everything out and ready.
Start heating up strike water while getting everything else out.
Add water salts
Take temps of all equipment and materials to plug in beersmith.
Add water to mash tun
Stir in grain and set 45 min timer
Stir occasionally(maybe)
Start heating up sparge water
As Sparge water is heating vorlauff/recirculate mash
Drain to boil kettle and start heating that up
Dump/Stir/Vorlauff/Recirculate second bath and drain into kettle
Start boil/Set 60* min timer/add bittering hops
Clean clean clean
15 mins left in boil add whirlfloc yeast nutrient and prep chiller and late hop additions
Start chilling at 0 mins and prep fermenter and yeast and O2.
clean clean clean
Netflix and Chill
Run off 5.5 gallons and clean boil kettle put everything back up.
If everything goes smooth it should be a problem at all to be completely put up and done in about 4 hours.
Posted by BMoney
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2005
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Posted on 9/30/15 at 8:34 am to
quote:

I push for an even quicker time frame for that.


That's pretty much me too. Most of my single brews end up taking about 3 1/2 hours from when I start until I have everything cleaned up. My last two brew days have been double brews, and I managed to knock them out in a touch over 5 hours. Being able to have the second one in the mash tun while the first one is boiling really makes it efficient.

I don't understand why it should take 6 hours for anyone to brew a single batch of beer. Other than the time it takes to heat the water and chill the wort, there's no time difference between brewing 1 gallon or 5 gallons or 10 gallons.
Posted by s14suspense
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2007
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Posted on 9/30/15 at 8:41 am to
quote:

there's no time difference between brewing 1 gallon or 5 gallons or 10 gallons.


Yep,

Our 10 gallon batch went relatively quickly too. Longest one recently was that damn stout. So much grain and oats that it was a VERY slow runoff.
Posted by LSUBoo
Knoxville, TN
Member since Mar 2006
101915 posts
Posted on 9/30/15 at 8:51 am to
quote:

I don't understand why it should take 6 hours for anyone to brew a single batch of beer.


That's a bit extreme.

I think it takes me more like 4.5... but I could easily reduce mashing time if I wanted to.

Kegging my Chinook SMASH for Brew At The Zoo tonight... will be a quick turnaround on the carbonation.
Posted by s14suspense
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2007
14690 posts
Posted on 9/30/15 at 8:55 am to
quote:

will be a quick turnaround on the carbonation.


That's another thing we end up having to speed up.

Should be kegging ours tomorrow.
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