re: Homebrewing Thread: Volume II

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id be worried with having to monitor the flow out if you dont have it sealed.

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Didn't think about that. I was just planning to monitor it. I was going to put a mesh screen on the bottom so the hops don't plug the whole, then add the hops, then a sink strainer inside to filter out some of the trub. I'll see how the first attempt goes. If it's a pain, i'll just have to find a stainless bucket that has a seal.

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Hey do you think you are getting most of your hop flavor from whirlpooling or the dryhopping? Im getting lazy and hate whirlpooling and trying to talk myself into thinking of other ways to do this. and pumping over a hopback like this would work.

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I don't know. Probably from the dry hopping. I made too many changes at one time to narrow down what emphasized the hop aroma/flavor more. I think the biotrans definitely impacted the hop flavor. Whirlpool, to a degree. I'm trying to figure out what the law of diminishing returns is with my NEIPA's. My problem, is i don't change just 1 thing at a time, when i try to perfect my beer.

My first modifications have been with getting better mouthfeel. I'm not big on the overly grainy/minerally bite that some NEIPA's have. So i adjusted my salts to a more neutral slightly malty water profile, as opposed to a largely malty profile. I then started pulling back on the oats/wheat/etc... So far, i like what the result has been, but the beer hasn't been as big on aroma as i'd like, so thus the new tinkering with the hops.

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It's late this year right?

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Yeah. I'm wondering if they aren't going to release it since they have their vault system now.

Bummer.

Brewed a saison today.

10 lbs Pils
1.5 lbs Munich
2 oz Hallertau at 60
2 oz Hallertau at 20
1 oz Hallertau at 1
3724/3711 at ambient in garage

Think I’ll go with 3724 and Belle and Hallertau Blanc hops

still using direct fire. idk if im going to go to a herms or RIMS. But you never know.

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3724/3711 at ambient in garage

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i forget if you are in SLA or not, but i see that thermometer at 95 degrees.

found a pot with a locking lid. It has been used a good bit on the HB forums. Im going to pick one up.

LINK

here is one of the threads. I dont like this guys design but i like the pot.
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found a pot with a locking lid. It has been used a good bit on the HB forums. Im going to pick one up.

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Looks like i won't be using the hop back this weekend. Turns out, stainless fittings aren't easy to find.

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I co-pitched a starter of 3724 and a packet of 3711 the first batch. The subsequent batches have utilized harvested yeast, so proportions are all whack and unknown. This batch is the 3rd gen of the mix.

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What sort of flavor profiles are you getting from this co-pitch? I would think the 3711 would dominate the batch, considering how aggressive it is.

Last batch was pretty peppery, and that was gen 2. Most of the fruit flavor came from the nelson and hallertau blanc. And now that I think harder about it, it may have been Belle Saison instead of 3711. I can't remember. It's been 2 or 3 months. Doesn't matter as they're both "Thiriez," but the dry would have had a longer lag time while the 3724 did the heavy lifting on gen 1. That point is now moot as it's all liquid I pitched in gen 2 and gen 3.