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re: Homebrewing: In-Process Thread
Posted on 12/3/15 at 2:22 pm to s14suspense
Posted on 12/3/15 at 2:22 pm to s14suspense
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Anyone have a bazooka tube they're not using anymore that they'd want to get rid of?
I've got one I can give you.
This post was edited on 12/3/15 at 2:30 pm
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Posted on 12/3/15 at 2:27 pm to I_heart_beer
Got it, you can take it down.
Posted on 12/3/15 at 2:29 pm to BugAC
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How much coffee did you use?
The recipe called for 2 oz ground coffee at flameout and 3 oz beans at kegging. IIRC, I skipped the 3 oz of beans because it already had a pretty potent coffee taste/smell. I also just use regular old community coffee, stapled in a couple of coffee filters thrown in at flame out.
Posted on 12/3/15 at 2:31 pm to I_heart_beer
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The recipe called for 2 oz ground coffee at flameout
The heat at flameout might have caused some of the more pronounced acridness. I've read a few articles and cold steeping and adding the coffee at kegging/bottling is suggested. That's what i've done.
Also, if you are grinding your beans, needs to be on a course setting.
Posted on 12/3/15 at 7:58 pm to BugAC
Label for my IPA I plan to brew either this weekend or in 2 weeks.
Posted on 12/4/15 at 1:43 pm to BugAC
Anybody brewing this weekend?
We're brewing an amaretto barrel aged stout. Will probably have a misogynistic inspired name considering it should taste like Chocolate Sundae.
Smaller version of our TenFIDY clone with cocoa nibs basically.
We're brewing an amaretto barrel aged stout. Will probably have a misogynistic inspired name considering it should taste like Chocolate Sundae.
Smaller version of our TenFIDY clone with cocoa nibs basically.
Posted on 12/4/15 at 1:47 pm to s14suspense
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Anybody brewing this weekend?
Thinking about it. Got a saturday to myself, but i think i'd rather not do anything and just take multiple naps on the couch. Haven't done that in over a year.
Posted on 12/4/15 at 3:45 pm to s14suspense
I'm going to try and get a 5 gallon stout and a 1o gallon Citra Blonde done, for sure going to brew up the stout tomorrow, we'll see if I have time for both.
Then I hope my one remaining keg has enough beer to get me through the Fla-Bama game that I'm sure will require several beers
Then I hope my one remaining keg has enough beer to get me through the Fla-Bama game that I'm sure will require several beers
Posted on 12/4/15 at 4:39 pm to s14suspense
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Will probably have a misogynistic inspired name
I named my most recent beer The Slutty Belgian due to how easy it drinks.
No brewing this weekend, but rather Winter Warmer beer festival.
This post was edited on 12/4/15 at 4:40 pm
Posted on 12/4/15 at 4:42 pm to I_heart_beer
Nice to meet you. I Heart Beer. I'll try that Citra Blonde tonight and know that you've got quite a few locals rooting with you on Saturday.
Posted on 12/4/15 at 5:17 pm to s14suspense
No brewing, just hunting.
Posted on 12/4/15 at 6:23 pm to LoneStarTiger
Yep. Hunted the last 3 weekends in a row with no success. Picked a bad weekend to skip and take care of things around the house.
Hooked everything up and cleaned it all up. All the valves and hoses and plugging in and out was certainly more to deal with but very cool.
Cleaned 3 kegs with hot PBW too.
Just need to mount pump to stand with some scrap wood or something soon.
Hooked everything up and cleaned it all up. All the valves and hoses and plugging in and out was certainly more to deal with but very cool.
Cleaned 3 kegs with hot PBW too.
Just need to mount pump to stand with some scrap wood or something soon.
Posted on 12/4/15 at 6:43 pm to s14suspense
It was nice meeting you too, definitely let me know how you like the beer. I'm finishing my glass of IPA now then plan to try the RIS you gave me while I watch the kids decorate the tree. Thanks again for the beers.
Posted on 12/4/15 at 7:04 pm to I_heart_beer
Great tasting Stout! Thanks again.
Posted on 12/4/15 at 7:13 pm to I_heart_beer
It's 10.5% be careful.
Working on your beer now with my wife. Tastes great.
Working on your beer now with my wife. Tastes great.
Posted on 12/4/15 at 7:14 pm to s14suspense
Glad you like it, and if your wife can drink it must be good 
Posted on 12/4/15 at 10:08 pm to I_heart_beer
She liked it too. Said would be good with sushi.
Posted on 12/7/15 at 8:16 am to s14suspense
So i'm not brewing again until the week of Christmas (getting another keg too), so to pass the time between then and now, I believe i'm going to start building up a culture of mixed fermentation based on the dregs i have reserved in my fridge.
Was doing some reading in my sour beers book last night, and was reading through how to keep a viable culture sustained for a period of time.
And since i have a 1 liter erlinmeyer i don't use for anything (use the 2L for all starters) i believe i'll use that and see if i can grow anything from the dregs.
Right now, i have a mason jar with dregs from Hill Farmstead Dorothy, Hill Farmstead Arthur, and Goose Island Matilda. I believe all of these are Brett only beers. And i've heard the reports that HF bottles with a sach strain rather than Brett, so pickup of the brett culture might be minimal. I won't be brewing a brett ale until January or February so i figured i'd have fun playing around with trying to build something up off of what is left viable from the dregs.
Was doing some reading in my sour beers book last night, and was reading through how to keep a viable culture sustained for a period of time.
And since i have a 1 liter erlinmeyer i don't use for anything (use the 2L for all starters) i believe i'll use that and see if i can grow anything from the dregs.
Right now, i have a mason jar with dregs from Hill Farmstead Dorothy, Hill Farmstead Arthur, and Goose Island Matilda. I believe all of these are Brett only beers. And i've heard the reports that HF bottles with a sach strain rather than Brett, so pickup of the brett culture might be minimal. I won't be brewing a brett ale until January or February so i figured i'd have fun playing around with trying to build something up off of what is left viable from the dregs.
Posted on 12/7/15 at 8:39 am to BugAC
Also, still thinking about doing mixed batches. Might buy 3 - 2 gallon buckets, and make a 6 gallon batch.
Split it up.
1 i'd use a saison strain with dregs.
1 would be 100% brett Brux
1 would be Brett/Lacto mix
The only caveat, is that if i'm doing lacto, then my hops would be pretty much nonexistent. Or, maybe this first iteration of sour/brett beers will be Brett only, no lacto. And the second go round will be brett/lacto mixtures.
Speaking to that, when brewing a brett IPA, how many IBU's do you target? Do you brew it like a traditional IPA, just with a brett strain?
Split it up.
1 i'd use a saison strain with dregs.
1 would be 100% brett Brux
1 would be Brett/Lacto mix
The only caveat, is that if i'm doing lacto, then my hops would be pretty much nonexistent. Or, maybe this first iteration of sour/brett beers will be Brett only, no lacto. And the second go round will be brett/lacto mixtures.
Speaking to that, when brewing a brett IPA, how many IBU's do you target? Do you brew it like a traditional IPA, just with a brett strain?
This post was edited on 12/7/15 at 8:42 am
Posted on 12/7/15 at 8:45 am to BugAC
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Speaking to that, when brewing a brett IPA, how many IBU's do you target? Do you brew it like a traditional IPA, just with a brett strain?
yes, the hops don't bother the brett like it will the lacto. Just remember that they can and probably will change the hop character of the beer.
This post was edited on 12/7/15 at 8:46 am
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