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re: Homebrewing: In-Process Thread
Posted on 3/24/14 at 9:31 am to LSUGrad00
Posted on 3/24/14 at 9:31 am to LSUGrad00
I have 3 chest freezers dedicated to beer. one is built out as my kegerator and one is the fermentation chest. The other I bought as cold storage and it ended up being one of the old style 5 cubic ft one and it is a square, so it holds 4 kegs perfectly.
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Posted on 3/24/14 at 10:50 am to Fratastic423
what is a typical water:grain ratio? I've read older posts on here using 1.25, and read as much as 1.5 or 2.
Posted on 3/24/14 at 11:44 am to LoneStarTiger
I am lazy and use roughly 4.5 gallons for every beer I make, unless it is really small or really big.
Posted on 3/24/14 at 1:34 pm to LoneStarTiger
quote:
what is a typical water:grain ratio? I've read older posts on here using 1.25, and read as much as 1.5 or 2.
I think I have 1.33 punched in to beersmith.
Posted on 3/24/14 at 4:04 pm to s14suspense
Holy hell the closet I have my beer fermenting in smells incredible. I might just hang out in there tonight.
Posted on 3/26/14 at 7:08 am to LoneStarTiger
I am going to dry hop the wheat beer that has been in the fermenter for awhile now. Any suggestions on how many ounces of hops I should put in? 1, 2?
Thanks
Thanks
Posted on 3/26/14 at 7:45 am to LSURoss
I don't know if I would put 2, unless you wanted it to be closer to in your face hops than just a touch. I think 1 would be enough.
Posted on 3/26/14 at 7:52 am to Fratastic423
Thanks. Will pellets or whole cone work best for dry hopping or does it matter?
Posted on 3/26/14 at 7:53 am to LSURoss
It doesn't matter, whole hops will soak up more beer so I typically stay away from dry hopping with whole hops, but if that is what you have then go right a head.
Posted on 3/26/14 at 7:55 am to Fratastic423
My local home brew shop should have both. I'm gonna go with cascade.
Posted on 3/26/14 at 8:09 am to LSURoss
I like pellets for dry hopping. I like pellets for anything, really. Except french press infusions. Then I go leaf. If you use pellets to dry-hop, use a hop sock and go in knowing clarity will take a hit.
Posted on 3/26/14 at 8:59 am to BottomlandBrew
or don't worry about the clarity, those hops taste good
Posted on 3/26/14 at 9:00 am to BottomlandBrew
Thanks. The beer isn't very clear anyway. Wasn't really expecting it to. This is my first all grain batch so I'm pretty excited to get this thing ready to drink. Is there a set timeframe I should let the dry hop set? The beer has already been in the fermenter for a little over a month(haven't felt like messing with it until this week)
Posted on 3/26/14 at 9:12 am to LSURoss
I dont think you need to go more than like 5/6 days
Posted on 3/26/14 at 9:14 am to LSURoss
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Is there a set timeframe I should let the dry hop set?
as far as I can tell there isn't a set anything when it comes to brewing
go at least 3 days, up to a week. I've dry hopped a week then hit it again with another round for another week, but I could have probably gotten the same results in half that time
Posted on 3/26/14 at 9:50 am to LoneStarTiger
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as far as I can tell there isn't a set anything when it comes to brewing
Truer words have never been spoken.
I brewed a brown ale last night. Gotta have it ready in 2 1/2 weeks, so weeknight brewing had to be done. Tired this morning.
Posted on 3/26/14 at 10:54 am to BMoney
Taste testing some La homebrew Zapps beers...
They are going to have some killer stuff on tap.
Eta: Chico should be sending out a newsletter to subscribers soon w/ a tap list preview and an "off menu" special beer.
They are going to have some killer stuff on tap.
Eta: Chico should be sending out a newsletter to subscribers soon w/ a tap list preview and an "off menu" special beer.
This post was edited on 3/26/14 at 10:59 am
Posted on 3/26/14 at 11:44 am to Fratastic423
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Posted by Fratastic423 I dont think you need to go more than like 5/6 days
I agree. Heady Topper is dry hopped for 4 maybe 5 days per the brewer.
Posted on 3/28/14 at 10:34 am to s14suspense
page 5
sticky requested again
anyways, finally got a decent lead on a fridge, so the kegerator conversion may happen Saturday after visiting True Vine Brewery in Tyler, or on Sunday. Looks like the Rye IPA will be kegged.
now to decide whether to bottle a few before kegging or afterwards
sticky requested again
anyways, finally got a decent lead on a fridge, so the kegerator conversion may happen Saturday after visiting True Vine Brewery in Tyler, or on Sunday. Looks like the Rye IPA will be kegged.
now to decide whether to bottle a few before kegging or afterwards
Posted on 3/28/14 at 10:42 am to LoneStarTiger
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Looks like the Rye IPA will be kegged.
Good deal. Kegged our RyePA last night for Zapp's tomorrow.
Only problem with bottling some and kegging some is getting sugar right for bottles.
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