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re: Homebrewing: In-Process Thread
Posted on 12/22/15 at 5:44 pm to s14suspense
Posted on 12/22/15 at 5:44 pm to s14suspense
Well, finished up brew day about an hour ago. Hit all my marks on the dot. Wondering if the late addition of phopheric acid will have any negative impacts.
Also smoked some jerky and dehydrated it at the same time, and am making candied pecans for Christmas. Time to drink some beer and bourbon
Also smoked some jerky and dehydrated it at the same time, and am making candied pecans for Christmas. Time to drink some beer and bourbon
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Posted on 12/22/15 at 6:04 pm to BugAC
Anyone ever use Mt Hood hops? Got a couple ounces free from YVH
Posted on 12/22/15 at 7:12 pm to LoneStarTiger
I'm sure I have a while back. Could be good in a saison, I would think
Posted on 12/22/15 at 8:41 pm to BugAC
Might use them in a sour saison next year some time.
Kegged up the coconut porter. Tastes like a mounds bar. Really happy with this one, especially since I've given it so little thought and attention
Kegged up the coconut porter. Tastes like a mounds bar. Really happy with this one, especially since I've given it so little thought and attention
Posted on 12/22/15 at 9:38 pm to LoneStarTiger
I'd be happy to sample.
So already got some action going. San Diego super yeast. Very pretty krausen. And this is with fermcaps. Didn't quite get the 5.5 gallons I wanted. But I think that is due to the 4.5 oz of late addition hops. Need to adjust my batch size for hop bursting IPA's.
Excited about this one. Tasted it as I was measuring my OG. Intent was for this to be piney, but the wort sample tasted very citrusy. I'm sure I can thank simcoe for that.
So already got some action going. San Diego super yeast. Very pretty krausen. And this is with fermcaps. Didn't quite get the 5.5 gallons I wanted. But I think that is due to the 4.5 oz of late addition hops. Need to adjust my batch size for hop bursting IPA's.
Excited about this one. Tasted it as I was measuring my OG. Intent was for this to be piney, but the wort sample tasted very citrusy. I'm sure I can thank simcoe for that.
Posted on 12/22/15 at 10:17 pm to BugAC
That is a clean looking krausen, looks nice.
I had my first blow out the other day. 2 carboys both blew out their bungs and spewed a little foam. Had to do a little clean up at 6:00 am after getting home from work but thankfully didn't lose a whole lotta beer.
I had my first blow out the other day. 2 carboys both blew out their bungs and spewed a little foam. Had to do a little clean up at 6:00 am after getting home from work but thankfully didn't lose a whole lotta beer.
Posted on 12/23/15 at 12:00 pm to BugAC
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Hit all my marks on the dot.
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Didn't quite get the 5.5 gallons I wanted.
No offense.
Posted on 12/23/15 at 3:52 pm to I_heart_beer
After changing out all my CO2 tubing and losing a 20 lb bottle in 2 days I finally broke everything down and submerged individual pieces until I found the 3 leaks. Got everything tightened up and leak free 
Posted on 12/23/15 at 6:13 pm to I_heart_beer
Drinking a Grand Cru from rds that he gave me about 2 years ago. Very nice.
Posted on 12/23/15 at 6:26 pm to BMoney
I've considered opening mine but I've been assured this year's batch will be available at some point
Really happy with my coconut Porter. Basically tastes like a Mounds bar. Sweet, Chocolate, coconut.
Really happy with my coconut Porter. Basically tastes like a Mounds bar. Sweet, Chocolate, coconut.
This post was edited on 12/23/15 at 6:27 pm
Posted on 12/27/15 at 5:57 pm to LoneStarTiger
So this batch was the first time using San Diego super yeast. Brewed Tuesday, checked the gravity today and it is down to 1.008. Took a sip and it is very dry and is the lightest colored beer I've ever brewed. Dry hopped with an oz. each of simcoe, chinook, and Columbus, and will do the same again in 2 days, then will keg 4 days after that.
Posted on 12/27/15 at 9:36 pm to BugAC
Need some advice. I'm a noob. Very noob.
I am going to secondary a porter with vanilla and oak. Can I just add those things straight to the primary fermenter after 7-10 days or do i have to transfer to another carboy to get the beer off the yeast bed?
Another question. I only have 1 carboy and 1 bottling bucket. Can I simply transfer from the carboy and secondary in the bottling bucket, then in 2-3 weeks simply add priming sugar then bottle?
I am going to secondary a porter with vanilla and oak. Can I just add those things straight to the primary fermenter after 7-10 days or do i have to transfer to another carboy to get the beer off the yeast bed?
Another question. I only have 1 carboy and 1 bottling bucket. Can I simply transfer from the carboy and secondary in the bottling bucket, then in 2-3 weeks simply add priming sugar then bottle?
Posted on 12/27/15 at 11:16 pm to GregMaddux
Add them to the primary. You can usually do more harm than good by racking to a secondary.
You can secondary in the bottling bucket if it has a good, tight fitting lid. Mine does not, and I would also be concerned with a potential leak around the valve.
What are you using for the vanilla? I'd add it when you get ready to bottle, it won't do any good in the secondary. The oak would need a few days.
You can secondary in the bottling bucket if it has a good, tight fitting lid. Mine does not, and I would also be concerned with a potential leak around the valve.
What are you using for the vanilla? I'd add it when you get ready to bottle, it won't do any good in the secondary. The oak would need a few days.
This post was edited on 12/27/15 at 11:19 pm
Posted on 12/28/15 at 10:22 am to LoneStarTiger
My bottling bucket had a good seal. The starter kit that I bought had instructions that said to secondary in bucket, but I wasn't sure that was a good idea. I will be using vanilla beans, so I intend to secondary for two weeks or more. Is this too much time to leave the beer sitting with the yeast bed?
Posted on 12/28/15 at 10:23 am to GregMaddux
I've left it on the yeast for months. You're good.
Posted on 12/28/15 at 9:46 pm to GregMaddux
To this day I still can't find a good reason to rack to a secondary. You should just ignore that everywhere you see it as a homebrewer.
Posted on 12/29/15 at 9:15 am to BeerMoney
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To this day I still can't find a good reason to rack to a secondary. You should just ignore that everywhere you see it as a homebrewer.
Yeah, i recently stopped doing this. Took me 4 or 5 years to stop it. I noticed a huge drop off in hop presence during a secondary.
I made an ipa with a large whirlpool/steep addition, then dry hopped in a secondary with a large amount of hops. I was also still bottling (before i got my keg). So, from brew day to cracking open my first bottle it was about 28-35 days. The beer was incredible the first 3 days. Best IPA to date. However, by day 4 the hops started to fade. By day 10, it was a completely different beer. Still good and better than IPA i previously made, but it couldn't come close to touching the presence of the IPA when fresh.
I currently have an IPA about to hit it's 2nd dose of dry hops in the primary (after 2 days) and will let it dry hop for 4 more days, then will keg. Plan to push some CO2 into the fermenter then purge the keg with some CO2 just before kegging. Hopefully i get a few more weeks of fresh hops out of this one.
Posted on 12/29/15 at 4:16 pm to BugAC
Got myself a keg/carboy washer for Christmas and just now trying it out. I love it! Had 3 empty kegs that had been sitting around and got them all cleaned in less than an hour. I need to head to LAHomebrew for some saniclean and I plan to sanitize and fill a couple tomorrow. Also going to see how it works with carboys.
Posted on 12/29/15 at 9:43 pm to I_heart_beer
That's next on my wishlist and will probably pick up when it's on sale again.
Posted on 12/29/15 at 10:14 pm to s14suspense
Yeah, I picked it up for 15% off when it was a morebeer.com deal of the day.
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