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re: Homebrewing: In-Process Thread
Posted on 3/14/14 at 7:57 am to BottomlandBrew
Posted on 3/14/14 at 7:57 am to BottomlandBrew
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Frat, I'm really enjoying your IPA.
Glad you like it. It has been a hit around the house. Will probably have to make that again.
I am looking at brewing on Sunday. Not really sure what yet, but my inlaws are in town so plans may get scrapped. I have a pack of that new Mangrove Jack American Ale yeast that I may try out. I still am holding onto the vile of farmhouse blend that you (bottomland) sent up that I want to use. So we shall see.
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Posted on 3/14/14 at 8:07 am to BottomlandBrew
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Both taken out after 3 days.
The dude from The Alchemist said 4 maybe 5 days tops for their dry hopping.
I'm good with that and have done it recently due to time constraints and it actually worked out just fine.
Posted on 3/14/14 at 9:47 am to s14suspense
Kegged my Amarillo/Citra IPA last night. I'm gonna enjoy the hell out of this one.
Really curious to get the scoresheets from the Louisiana Homebrew Competition. Checked my scores online last night, but want to see the feedback. Happy to see that my peanut butter chocolate stout scored a 33 in the sweet stout category, and curious to see the judges comments about it. Still didn't medal with it, but that's a promising score for it.
Really curious to get the scoresheets from the Louisiana Homebrew Competition. Checked my scores online last night, but want to see the feedback. Happy to see that my peanut butter chocolate stout scored a 33 in the sweet stout category, and curious to see the judges comments about it. Still didn't medal with it, but that's a promising score for it.
Posted on 3/14/14 at 10:27 am to BMoney
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Really curious to get the scoresheets from the Louisiana Homebrew Competition
We mailed all of the scoresheets out yesterday. Hopefully everyone will get them today or tomorrow.
Brewing my Strawberry Poptart Wheat for Zapps today.
Just checked my kettle soured berliner and it's got a really nice tart grainy character to it. Going to run and pick up some blackberries or raspberries this afternoon to toss this on top of them.
Will probably end up donating either this berliner or my sour stout to zapps too.
This post was edited on 3/14/14 at 10:27 am
Posted on 3/14/14 at 10:47 am to LSUGrad00
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We mailed all of the scoresheets out yesterday. Hopefully everyone will get them today or tomorrow.
You know if mine was in there? Went by LA homebrew on wednesday and it wasn't there.
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Brewing my Strawberry Poptart Wheat for Zapps today.
Yum.
Makes me want something made with the best pop tart ever. Brown Sugar Cinnamon.
Posted on 3/14/14 at 10:59 am to s14suspense
BCBS CS clone?
Posted on 3/14/14 at 11:24 am to s14suspense
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You know if mine was in there? Went by LA homebrew on wednesday and it wasn't there.
They should be, I pulled the sheets for you, BMoney, Bug, and frat on Monday and brought them up there just in case you guys stopped by.
Just talked to Keith, he said he had already taken them home to mail on Wednesday.
Posted on 3/14/14 at 11:26 am to s14suspense
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BCBS CS clone?
I was all over that until I saw that it is like 50 bucks a lb.
Posted on 3/14/14 at 11:31 am to LSUGrad00
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They should be, I pulled the sheets for you, BMoney, Bug, and frat on Monday and brought them up there just in case you guys stopped by.
Just talked to Keith, he said he had already taken them home to mail on Wednesday.
OK, thanks. They had a stack there but keith wasn't there and we didn't see mine.
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I was all over that until I saw that it is like 50 bucks a lb.
Sell 12 oz bottles for $5 ea?
Posted on 3/14/14 at 12:40 pm to s14suspense
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Sell 12 oz bottles for $5 ea?
Good point, I guess I could do that. And to be honest if I got anywhere close to BCBS-Coffee at home that would be my greatest brewing achievement to date.
Posted on 3/14/14 at 5:19 pm to LSUGrad00
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Hopefully everyone will get them today or tomorrow
Got ours in today and I'm happy with the comments. All of the deductions seemed to be recipe based becuase it was just a SMASH with thrown into the IPA category.
Needs more/darker malts. I'm OK with that.
Posted on 3/14/14 at 5:49 pm to s14suspense
Got mine as well. The comments were helpful, and I agree with pretty much all of them.
Posted on 3/14/14 at 5:52 pm to BMoney
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Posted by BMoney Got mine as well. The comments were helpful, and I agree with pretty much all of them.
That's always nice. Bad judging can hurt more than it helps.
Posted on 3/17/14 at 8:28 am to s14suspense
Brewed 10 gallons of Red IPA yesterday. Fermenting 5 gallons with an Irish Ale yeast because how could I make an IRA (India Red Ale) and not want to make it Irish. The other 5 got Mangrove Jack's West Coast Ale
Posted on 3/17/14 at 8:45 am to Fratastic423
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how could I make an IRA and not want to make it Irish
I see what you did there...
The wheat I brewed Friday is almost done fermenting... time to start raising the temp to let those yeast clean up after themselves.
I'm pretty amazed at what a difference using fresh yeast, 10 days from packaging date, made in the fermentation time of this beer. I pitched a 1L starter in a 1.060 beer and fermentation took off like I pitched on top of a yeast cake.
Posted on 3/17/14 at 9:06 am to LSUGrad00
On the flip side, I used a really old Irish Ale pack from Wyeast. We shall see how that works out with no starter. I don't expect activity when I get home tonight.
Posted on 3/17/14 at 9:38 am to Fratastic423
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We shall see how that works out with no starter. I don't expect activity when I get home tonight.
That means it'll be bubbling away...
Kegged a pale ale Saturday, so I now have all 5 kegs with beer in them. And a fermentor full of coffee vanilla porter for Zapp's. I'm gonna need a bigger kegerator it seems.
I used gelatin as a fining agent on my IPA I kegged Thursday and this pale ale. Haven't poured any of the pale ale yet, but it's amazing just how clear the IPA is. The gelatin really dropped a lot of particulate matter to the bottom of the keg. The first pint was full of gunk, but after that it's almost commercial beer clear. Probably something I'll continue to do for my lighter colored brews.
Posted on 3/17/14 at 10:06 am to BMoney
Probably so.
I kegged the Tiramisu Porter for Zapp's yesterday. Still need to get the espresso brewed for it. I realized that I have a bunch of beer as well at the house, which is nice. May dump one half batch though, haven't tasted it recently but it was full of diacetyl the last time I tasted it. Hoping that lagering knocked that out.
I kegged the Tiramisu Porter for Zapp's yesterday. Still need to get the espresso brewed for it. I realized that I have a bunch of beer as well at the house, which is nice. May dump one half batch though, haven't tasted it recently but it was full of diacetyl the last time I tasted it. Hoping that lagering knocked that out.
Posted on 3/17/14 at 10:07 am to BMoney
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I used gelatin as a fining agent
I need to get around to trying this. You just kegged up the beer like normal and added a pack of gelatin, then put it in the kegerator? It's almost impossible for me to have clear beer that has been dry-hopped. Might try this on the SMaSH I having going right now. All my brett beers are super clear, but then again they sit around for 6+ months while the brett chomps away at any hazy proteins floating around in there.
Posted on 3/17/14 at 10:23 am to BottomlandBrew
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need to get around to trying this. You just kegged up the beer like normal and added a pack of gelatin, then put it in the kegerator? It's almost impossible for me to have clear beer that has been dry-hopped. Might try this on the SMaSH I having going right now. All my brett beers are super clear, but then again they sit around for 6+ months while the brett chomps away at any hazy proteins floating around in there.
This is the process I used to clear it using gelatin. Super easy. The IPA had tons of pellet dry hops in it, but I cold crashed before kegging. The pale ale had a couple ounces of leaf dry hops, but I had no room to cold crash. We shall see how well it clears up.
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