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Posted on 9/14/14 at 1:31 pm to BottomlandBrew
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The worst and best things together?
Well with that attitude you get none.
Fwiw, I'm not a huge pumpkin beer fan. I drank 2 last night and they were very sweet.
But a pumpkin saison seemed and interesting take on the style.
Posted on 9/14/14 at 2:01 pm to BugAC
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Well with that attitude you get none.
Posted on 9/14/14 at 2:09 pm to BugAC
Trying to remember if I've had a pumpkin saison...
Posted on 9/15/14 at 8:09 am to s14suspense
Well the brewday went pretty well. I was multi tasking (planting a satsuma tree), so my efficiency suffered a bit. Didn't get my mash temps right the first try so it was diluted a bit by adding hotter mash water. So instead of a 7-8% saison, i'll have closer to a 5-6%. I did manage to get 6 gallons of it though. I think i need to readjust my settings a bit, to dial it in. My efficiency suffered a bit from my last brew.
The pumpkin saison tastes fantastic right now. It's not fermented or anything, so it's just sugary wort, but it tastes like pumpkin pie. A lot of pumpkin, a little bit of spice. I don't like overly spiced pumpkin beers.
Also, i tasted my Into the Ether IPA. It tastes really good. Used columbus for bittering, a shite load of citra, and dry hopped with 2 oz of citra and 1 oz of simcoe. It tastes very "juicy" and citrusy, yet the simcoe gives it a slight nose of pine. Still has another week or so to mature, but so far, so good. Maybe next time i won't add the simcoe, and just use 1 more oz. of citra.
The pumpkin saison tastes fantastic right now. It's not fermented or anything, so it's just sugary wort, but it tastes like pumpkin pie. A lot of pumpkin, a little bit of spice. I don't like overly spiced pumpkin beers.
Also, i tasted my Into the Ether IPA. It tastes really good. Used columbus for bittering, a shite load of citra, and dry hopped with 2 oz of citra and 1 oz of simcoe. It tastes very "juicy" and citrusy, yet the simcoe gives it a slight nose of pine. Still has another week or so to mature, but so far, so good. Maybe next time i won't add the simcoe, and just use 1 more oz. of citra.
This post was edited on 9/15/14 at 8:10 am
Posted on 9/15/14 at 11:18 am to BugAC
I took a sample of the American Amber I brewed last weekend yesterday to check for gravity. Gravity was great, fermented out. I noticed though that the color was just a bit off. I realized that I had not asked the LHBS to add the chocolate malt to the grain bill since I had a bunch of it. Everything else was in the bag so I completely forgot to add it.
Decided to do a mini mash of the 6 oz of chocolate malt for the 10 gallon batch, boil for 10 mins, then add to the fermentation vessel. Hopefully that works itself out. I shook the fermentor up some, curious how well it will incorporate all together. Going to try and keg the beer this week so I can bottle and drop off for the Dixie Cup this weekend.
Decided to do a mini mash of the 6 oz of chocolate malt for the 10 gallon batch, boil for 10 mins, then add to the fermentation vessel. Hopefully that works itself out. I shook the fermentor up some, curious how well it will incorporate all together. Going to try and keg the beer this week so I can bottle and drop off for the Dixie Cup this weekend.
Posted on 9/15/14 at 12:02 pm to Fratastic423
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Dixie Cup this weekend.
Dixie cup? What is this?
Posted on 9/15/14 at 12:22 pm to BugAC
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Dixie cup? What is this?
Homebrew competition held in Houston every year.
Posted on 9/15/14 at 12:28 pm to BugAC
I am driving to Houston this weekend so I want to drop off some entries into the competition rather than mailing them. So ideally I can get the Amber ready in time.
Posted on 9/15/14 at 1:50 pm to Fratastic423
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I am driving to Houston this weekend so I want to drop off some entries into the competition rather than mailing them. So ideally I can get the Amber ready in time.
I'm gonna bottle this week and drop them by your place if that's OK.
Posted on 9/15/14 at 1:52 pm to BMoney
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BMoney
I sent a couple homebrews your way
Posted on 9/15/14 at 1:57 pm to BugAC
Question about Spruce tips
At what point do you add them?
I'm going to make my Christmas Red Ale (IPA) again around november. I use a lot of simcoe and mosaic. I wanted to add spruce tips last year, but couldnt' get any in time. At what point is a good time to add some? I was thinking last 10 minutes of the boil to kill off any microbes it may have on it. What about dry hopping with them?
At what point do you add them?
I'm going to make my Christmas Red Ale (IPA) again around november. I use a lot of simcoe and mosaic. I wanted to add spruce tips last year, but couldnt' get any in time. At what point is a good time to add some? I was thinking last 10 minutes of the boil to kill off any microbes it may have on it. What about dry hopping with them?
Posted on 9/15/14 at 2:02 pm to BMoney
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I'm gonna bottle this week and drop them by your place if that's OK.
Same here....
Posted on 9/15/14 at 2:14 pm to s14suspense
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BMoney S14suspense
Works for me. I have to work late on Thursday night, but that wouldn't really get in the way. If you want to coordinate the visit we could try a couple of beers. I put a JK Provenance in the fridge on Saturday but we didnt get around to drinking it, so I would be happy to share.
Posted on 9/15/14 at 4:56 pm to BugAC
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Question about Spruce tips
At what point do you add them?
While not exactly spruce, if you're Norwegian, then you use juniper branches in the mash and sparge strike water. I think spruce would work similarly.
Norwegian Farmhouse Ales with juniper
Posted on 9/16/14 at 5:53 am to TomSpanks
I kegged my Pliny the Elder clone about a week ago and it turned out awesome. I've never tried the real Pliny the Elder so I have no idea how it compares, I'm sure it's nothing like it , but it's fantastic to me 
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Also, I tried bottling from a keg today for the first time with a DIY counter pressure filler and my results were far from awesome. I used a QC fitted to an 8' piece of tubing, connected to a picnic tap with a racking cane/#2 stopper jammed in it and had problems with too much foam. I could see the foam in the tubing and only got about 3/4 of a bottle of actual liquid. I let it sit and tried to refill and the whole process just seemed like a big hot mess. I ended up with 2 bottles with liquid up to the neck and 3 bottles with about 1/2 liquid. I attempted this yesterday afternoon and went ahead and capped them and am just now trying them and they're tasty but definitely not carbed up like they should be. I can pour a bottle into a glass from a foot above the glass and I get no head. After the first pour I was kind of worried about keg so I drew a glass from the tap and it was perfect, a finger or so of head and nice clear beer. I'm going to order a Bowie bottle filler attachment for my faucets and try and fill from there using shorter tubing that I'm going to freeze beforehand, along with my bottles. Any other pointer for filling bottles from kegs would be greatly appreciated.
, but it's fantastic to me . Also, I tried bottling from a keg today for the first time with a DIY counter pressure filler and my results were far from awesome. I used a QC fitted to an 8' piece of tubing, connected to a picnic tap with a racking cane/#2 stopper jammed in it and had problems with too much foam. I could see the foam in the tubing and only got about 3/4 of a bottle of actual liquid. I let it sit and tried to refill and the whole process just seemed like a big hot mess. I ended up with 2 bottles with liquid up to the neck and 3 bottles with about 1/2 liquid. I attempted this yesterday afternoon and went ahead and capped them and am just now trying them and they're tasty but definitely not carbed up like they should be. I can pour a bottle into a glass from a foot above the glass and I get no head. After the first pour I was kind of worried about keg so I drew a glass from the tap and it was perfect, a finger or so of head and nice clear beer. I'm going to order a Bowie bottle filler attachment for my faucets and try and fill from there using shorter tubing that I'm going to freeze beforehand, along with my bottles. Any other pointer for filling bottles from kegs would be greatly appreciated.
Posted on 9/16/14 at 7:47 am to TomSpanks
did you run it into a pitcher until the foam was out of the line? I found it works best for me to have all my bottles clean and lined up, ready to go, then run beer into a pitcher to get the foam out of the line, then fill the bottles as quickly as possible.
To simplify things further, I ordered a cheap growler filler to use instead, but I haven't filled bottles with it yet. Will do so pretty soon to bottle some saison.
I have finally pulled the trigger and started accumulating the goods for small batch brewing. I want stuff small enough to do it in the kitchen. I plan to end up with 6-8 bombers when it's said and done. I want to use this for stuff like pumpkin beers, where I don't want 5 gallons. Also think it's a good way to start dabbling with brett and sours.
To simplify things further, I ordered a cheap growler filler to use instead, but I haven't filled bottles with it yet. Will do so pretty soon to bottle some saison.
I have finally pulled the trigger and started accumulating the goods for small batch brewing. I want stuff small enough to do it in the kitchen. I plan to end up with 6-8 bombers when it's said and done. I want to use this for stuff like pumpkin beers, where I don't want 5 gallons. Also think it's a good way to start dabbling with brett and sours.
Posted on 9/16/14 at 7:57 am to LoneStarTiger
I had everything cleaned and sanitized, waiting to be filled. I did go to a waste pitcher before bottling, and I could see good beer coming thru the line. However, once I started following bottles it was mostly foam. I think my problems were not chilling the tubing and bottles
Posted on 9/16/14 at 8:02 am to TomSpanks
I try to follow the "rule" of over carbonate but push with low carbonation when bottling. I have never really felt the need to keep the bottles really cold but I have a beer gun so IDK if that matters. Length of tubing makes a huge difference as well. I tried to use a different piece of tubing that wasn't as long for the beer gun. Disaster ensued.
Posted on 9/16/14 at 8:02 am to TomSpanks
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I had everything cleaned and sanitized, waiting to be filled. I did go to a waste pitcher before bottling, and I could see good beer coming thru the line. However, once I started following bottles it was mostly foam. I think my problems were not chilling the tubing and bottles
could be. sounds like you did everything I do and I've seen others do.
glad the beer turned out, a Pliny clone will be my next full batch brew
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