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re: Homebrewing: In-Process Thread
Posted on 10/14/15 at 2:30 pm to LSUGrad00
Posted on 10/14/15 at 2:30 pm to LSUGrad00
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Opened your IPA at our board meeting last night. I thought it was really well done. Would drink it before a lot of the commercial examples we have in available
Thanks man. I wish you could have tried it 2 weeks ago. It really was a completely different IPA. It is still good now but it was way more aromatic and hop forward. My brother in law tried it then, and he's a recent convert to the craft brews, thanks to me. And he said the same thing. He loves the beer, but he said that when we had it 2 weeks ago, it tasted like a different beer.
I am surpised at how dark it is, considering how low the crystal amount was. It was 84% 2 row, 7% crystal 15, 4.5 vienna and 4.5% acidulated malt. Clocked in at 7 SRM.
My next IPA is already designed and will be much lighter, beersmith tells me 4.7 SRM.
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Posted on 10/14/15 at 8:09 pm to BMoney
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No Brett. At all.
You say that like its a good thing
Posted on 10/15/15 at 8:31 am to LoneStarTiger
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You say that like its a good thing
It's a wonderful thing. Why would I want to purposely make a beer taste like Band-Aids?
Posted on 10/15/15 at 10:34 pm to BMoney
Confession:
Rds made a fantastic 100% Brett pale ale. This is far better than most commercial examples I've had.
Rds made a fantastic 100% Brett pale ale. This is far better than most commercial examples I've had.
Posted on 10/16/15 at 5:35 am to BMoney
If that's the same one he sent me, then I agree that it was a very good beer.
Posted on 10/16/15 at 7:23 am to BMoney
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Rds made a fantastic 100% Brett pale ale. This is far better than most commercial examples I've had.
I'm a big fan of Brett Pale Ale's nowadays. Would love to try it.
It is hard to find a good example of one, though. Some come off as too dry and almost cardboard like texture.
I have Hill Farmstead's Arthur sitting in my fridge waiting to be opened. That thing is going to be fantastic.
Rds, what sort of process do you use? Prepackaged brett mix, or pure brett strain? I'm sure you add dregs. I know you've discussed it before, but i'm too lazy to sift through this thread to find it.
Posted on 10/16/15 at 9:07 am to BMoney
Glad you found a Brett beer you like. I used his brett culture for the brett IPA I have fermenting now, and so far I don't taste anything like band aid, so you may like it too
Posted on 10/16/15 at 8:32 pm to BugAC
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I'm a big fan of Brett Pale Ale's nowadays. Would love to try it.
I've got a few bottles of this current batch left, if you want to setup a trade. I'm brewing a fresh batch that is using the same grain bill ratios as my pale ale but will be closer to 9%. That will be ready for shipping in a month or so.
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Rds, what sort of process do you use? Prepackaged brett mix, or pure brett strain? I'm sure you add dregs. I know you've discussed it before, but i'm too lazy to sift through this thread to find it.
I got this Brett strain from a bottle of Crooked Stave '13 Hop Savant and then added some '15 Hop Savant dregs back over the summer. I typically top harvest yeast every few brews and can pull you some off this current batch that is fermenting. Everything else is pretty standard brewing with only a couple of twist. I use direct heat for the mash, so I mash in at about 100 and then raise the temp up to the target over about an hour. Then I no chill, using the same technique that Bottomland does.
Posted on 10/17/15 at 8:03 am to rds dc
Would love to make a trade. I can send you whatever I got here. Think I have an IPA, Oktoberfest, Hefeweizen, Hefeweizen on blueberries, and a pumpkin saison I made last year.
Posted on 10/17/15 at 3:03 pm to BugAC
Help! Just realized a Citra Pale recipe kit came with 4oz of Maltodextrin for the main boil. Can I boil it in 2 cups of water and add it to the carbor? Day 4 of initial fermentation.
Posted on 10/17/15 at 3:43 pm to LSUOFFSHORE
I wouldn't worry with it, honestly, it's just a little unfermentable sugar for extra body. You could boil it 10 minutes or so and add it I guess
This post was edited on 10/17/15 at 3:46 pm
Posted on 10/19/15 at 9:41 am to LoneStarTiger
Great Raft is hosting another homebrew competition. Follow the jump for more info!
2nd annual HomeBrewHaHa
2nd annual HomeBrewHaHa
Posted on 10/19/15 at 9:46 am to LSURoss
Geez, I wish our local brewery would do something like this... 
Is anyone from making the trip up there from BR to get wort?
Is anyone from making the trip up there from BR to get wort?
Posted on 10/19/15 at 10:08 am to LSUGrad00
I thought about it, but I am not sure that my buddy who would travel up there again would be excited about going for the bama weekend.
And I would have to be massively guaranteed to get wort due to missing out last time.
And I would have to be massively guaranteed to get wort due to missing out last time.
Posted on 10/19/15 at 10:36 am to Fratastic423
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And I would have to be massively guaranteed to get wort due to missing out last time
That problem from last year has been fixed
Posted on 10/19/15 at 10:41 am to LSUGrad00
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Geez, I wish our local brewery would do something like this...
But the problem is that you'd then have to use the local brewery's wort.
Posted on 10/19/15 at 10:44 am to LSURoss
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LSURoss
I know it would be. That experience will not stop me from participating again this year if I can make it work.
Posted on 10/19/15 at 10:47 am to LSUOFFSHORE
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Help! Just realized a Citra Pale recipe kit came with 4oz of Maltodextrin for the main boil. Can I boil it in 2 cups of water and add it to the carbor? Day 4 of initial fermentation.
You could... or you could just leave it out. It probably won't make a huge difference either way.
Posted on 10/19/15 at 10:47 am to Fratastic423
Lots of fun stuff can be done with Reasonably Corrupt wort.
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