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Posted on 5/21/15 at 6:35 am to
Posted by LSURoss
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Posted on 5/21/15 at 6:35 am to
It crashed out. The 2 I've left in my freezer blew up
Posted by rbWarEagle
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Posted on 5/21/15 at 9:41 am to
Is there a way I can do this without freezing the shite out of the beer?
Posted by LSURoss
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Posted on 5/21/15 at 9:45 am to
yep, put your bottling bucket in a fridge a day or so before you bottle. Everything that is suspended will fall to the bottom.
Posted by rbWarEagle
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Posted on 5/21/15 at 9:50 am to
That would have been a good idea, in retrospect. I feel like that would have made carbonation last way longer, though.
Posted by rbWarEagle
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Posted on 5/21/15 at 8:07 pm to
Can anyone tell me a good way to speed up the crashing process? Cycling between fridge and freezer? How long would it take just leaving it in the fridge. The beer is pretty cloudy if only left for a few hours.
Posted by LoneStarTiger
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Posted on 5/21/15 at 8:22 pm to
I leave mine overnight at a minimum

I put one in tonight to keg next week
Posted by rbWarEagle
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Posted on 5/21/15 at 8:26 pm to
Sorry, should have specified.... I meant after bottling.
Posted by LSUGrad00
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Posted on 5/21/15 at 10:52 pm to
I haven't bottled in forever, but Bug's beers were crystal clear. Maybe he will chime in and give some pointers.

Brewed a 3 gallon BIAB batch of Kentucky Common today.

OG: 1.050
Mash @ 149 for 60 mins.

49% Pilsner
28% Flaked Maize
18% Flaked Rye
2% Crystal 120
2% Acid Malt
1% Black Patent

.5 oz Cluster @ 60mins

Not really sure what to expect from this beer.. Supposed to be a dry session ale with some rye spice. We will see.
This post was edited on 5/21/15 at 10:54 pm
Posted by s14suspense
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Posted on 5/21/15 at 11:01 pm to
Huh. What yeast?
Posted by LSUGrad00
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Posted on 5/22/15 at 8:18 am to
I used US05 simply because I had it on hand, but the guys on HBT have fermented it with all sorts of different yeast (London Ale, California Common, German Ale, S-23, S-04).

LINK

Some interesting background on the style from NHC 2014.

LINK
Posted by s14suspense
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Posted on 5/22/15 at 10:41 am to
Ha. Yes. Was just listening to the President of BJCP talking about that presentation. Thanks. I'll check it out.
Posted by I_heart_beer
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Posted on 5/22/15 at 6:22 pm to
Got my peach witbier going, finally





I'm thinking about adding about 6 lbs of peaches to one fermentor and my wife wants me to add limes to the other. How do y'all think limes will taste?
Posted by BottomlandBrew
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Posted on 5/22/15 at 6:32 pm to
quote:

Brewed a 3 gallon BIAB batch of Kentucky Common today.


Just bought a "Tennessee" common today from a local brewery. Not a bad beer. Seems like something that would be better out of a pint glass at the bar where you could have a few, but not bad. The only hint of acid is the very first hit on the tongue, then it moves towards malt and spice.
Posted by BottomlandBrew
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Posted on 5/22/15 at 6:32 pm to
quote:

How do y'all think limes will taste?


Only one way to find out.
Posted by I_heart_beer
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Posted on 5/22/15 at 6:47 pm to
Ok, you talked me into it. Will let y'all know how it tastes.
Posted by rds dc
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Posted on 5/23/15 at 9:26 am to
I'm going to brew something today but not sure what yet. I have a bag of grain that has been sitting in my garage for about 3 weeks now - 7 lbs 2-row, 4 lbs Wheat, 1 lbs Acid. It looks like another cloudy & rainy week here in Dallas, so it probably won't be warm enough out in the garage for my saison yeast blend to really go off. I like to keep it close to 90.

I could do a hoppy 100% Brett wheat or I was also thinking about brewing a 100% Brett orange/chamomile/lavender wheat? I did a chamomile/lavender wit last year that turned out nice but needed a bit of sharpness added to it. So thinking that maybe the orange plus a bit more hops could do that.
Posted by LoneStarTiger
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Posted on 5/23/15 at 10:22 pm to
You can make something similar to the fortunate islands clone I just made and use your Brett to ferment it
You will need a bunch of Amarillo and citra though
This post was edited on 5/23/15 at 10:23 pm
Posted by BugAC
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Posted on 5/24/15 at 3:30 pm to
Brewing up an IPA today. El Dorado, Azacca, and Motueka hops. All new hops for me.
Posted by BugAC
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Posted on 5/24/15 at 6:20 pm to
So the three hops, here is what i get from the aroma.

El Dorado - Clean citrus. Very pleasant
Motueka - Flowery, Citrus. Also very nice
Azacca - Tropical Fruit, Pine notes, and peppery. This hop is pretty outstanding from smell. I may make an all Azacca hop pale ale or ipa one day. Or an all azacca/simcoe.
Posted by LoneStarTiger
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Posted on 5/24/15 at 6:46 pm to
I remember Azacca being very spicy/peppery
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