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re: Homebrewing Thread: Volume II
Posted on 6/27/19 at 2:58 pm to GeauxPack81
Posted on 6/27/19 at 2:58 pm to GeauxPack81
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Where do y'all buy from?
My grain comes from LA Homebrew. About half my yeast comes from there too. So do the more traditional hops if i need them.
Majority of my hops, especially for NEIPAs comes from Yakima Valley Hops
Majority of my Brett yeast and bacteria, and some saison and 1 or 2 NEIPA yeast strains i get from bootleg biology. They only go on sale once a quarter though.
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Posted on 6/27/19 at 3:01 pm to GeauxPack81
Dilf is really outdoing himself with these labels
Posted on 6/27/19 at 3:54 pm to GeauxPack81
There's another homebrew store just east of Denham on 90. You could always try there if LA Homebrew is out of something.
I picked up some grain yesterday for a LHMS clone, i had to switch my base from american 2-row to Marris Otter (no big deal due to the beer). I've only been brewing since Jan and doing about 2 batches a month. Yesterday was the 1st time I had to change my ingredients. Just checked and they are back in stock of base malts.
I picked up some grain yesterday for a LHMS clone, i had to switch my base from american 2-row to Marris Otter (no big deal due to the beer). I've only been brewing since Jan and doing about 2 batches a month. Yesterday was the 1st time I had to change my ingredients. Just checked and they are back in stock of base malts.
Posted on 6/27/19 at 7:41 pm to GeauxPack81
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I'm not experienced enough to be changing up recipes on the fly or knowing good substitutes.
LHBS should be able to suggest good subs for grain, yeast, and hops.
On another topic, I froze my beer. started cold crashing three days ago with gradual drop 10 degrees per day. Last night set the Inkbird to 34 and went to check about 30 minutes ago. Two carboys frozen solid... This ever happen to any of you?
Looking for suggestions on what course of action to take next after they thaw. They are destined for the bottle so there is a concern that the yeast may not be viable enough to carb it. Threads on HomebrewTalk were mixed about re-pitching. Any wisdom?
Posted on 6/27/19 at 9:34 pm to BigDropper
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ast night set the Inkbird to 34 and went to check about 30 minutes ago. Two carboys frozen solid... This ever happen to any of you?
I never cold crash lower than 38/39. I set the temp controller to 40 with a 1 degree differential so it drops to 39 or 38 occasionally. But my keg fridge (in the garage) doesn’t get colder than 40 and in the summer, 45 degrees.
I suggest just to reyeast with your carb sugar. I do it all the time for my sours because they finish so low. Measure your FG, and add your yeast. A pack of liquid yeast (no starter) and whatever carbing sugar for your desired CO2 volume. I don’t think it would be a problem. Just give the beer 2-4 weeks before it’s carbed.
ETA: also, there is a residual sugar carb calculator that I use with my sours and it tells you the grams of dried yeast you’d need. I’ll look it up tomorrow when I get in front of the computer. What’s your FG and what yeast did you ferment with.
This post was edited on 6/27/19 at 9:38 pm
Posted on 6/27/19 at 9:47 pm to BigDropper
I froze 5 gallons of a stout once while cold crashing because I put the temp probe in a double walled stainless jug like an idiot. Thawed it out, carbed it up and it turned out fine. My one and hopefullly only Eistout.
Eta: I force carbed it
Eta: I force carbed it
This post was edited on 6/27/19 at 9:50 pm
Posted on 6/28/19 at 7:30 am to USEyourCURDS
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USEyourCURDS
If you're in BR, i'd like to get you some sours. Have about 5 different homebrewed sours right now.
Posted on 6/28/19 at 8:03 am to BugAC
Cool. I’ll be in BR today. Could meet at lunch.
Posted on 6/28/19 at 8:11 am to USEyourCURDS
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Cool. I’ll be in BR today. Could meet at lunch.
I'll message you on untappd.
Posted on 6/28/19 at 9:07 am to BugAC
Thanks for the replies Bug & Curds
I had success at 34 before with 1 low and 2 high as my parameters but, I think after this I will be adjusting my process. There are probably some environmental factors, such as the summer season, affecting it.
FG is at 1.012, one point lower than projected.
Pitched one packet of S-04 in 5G. Using dextrose for bubbles. This beer is super bright, I can read the hydrometer through it!!!
Thanks again for the help!
I had success at 34 before with 1 low and 2 high as my parameters but, I think after this I will be adjusting my process. There are probably some environmental factors, such as the summer season, affecting it.
FG is at 1.012, one point lower than projected.
Pitched one packet of S-04 in 5G. Using dextrose for bubbles. This beer is super bright, I can read the hydrometer through it!!!
Thanks again for the help!
Posted on 6/28/19 at 9:09 am to BigDropper
quote:
Pitched one packet of S-04 in 5G. Using dextrose for bubbles. This beer is super bright, I can read the hydrometer through it!!!
Thanks again for the help!
Good luck!
Posted on 6/28/19 at 9:37 am to BugAC
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Pitched one packet of S-04 in 5G.
That was before it froze. I'm not bottling until tomorrow if you can still look up those numbers for me, I'd greatly appreciate it... Thanks!
Posted on 6/28/19 at 9:51 am to BigDropper
This is the calculator
Need a few more things.
O.G.
SRM
Peak ferm. temperature
Target volumes of CO2
Need a few more things.
O.G.
SRM
Peak ferm. temperature
Target volumes of CO2
Posted on 6/28/19 at 2:22 pm to BugAC
i sometime find LA home brew is out of stuff but not too often. I just place the order online and go pick it up. their inventory SHOULD be corect. But with him mentioning that the online say in stock and him going there and it isnt, im now kinda worried that they might trade an equivalent grain for something else when out of stock. because i have brewed a beer a couple times and it is slightly different one of the times and i did nothing different. So idk...
Im planning on getting a mill and buying bulk base grains and just using them for specialty grains.
Im planning on getting a mill and buying bulk base grains and just using them for specialty grains.
Posted on 6/29/19 at 11:25 am to CarRamrod
Brew day was yesterday, and I didn't go well. Can someone help me figure out wtf I did to my beer?
Supposed to be a NEIPA
10lb American 2-row
1 lb flaked oats
10 oz Crystal 20
Mashed for 60 min @ 151
Boiled for 70 min (accidentally spilled some grain, and so I tried to account for it. Probably a mistake)
Put the pot in cold water while I ate dinner.
At this point the beer already is starting to look like its got an amber color developing on the top. Whirlpool with 3 oz of hops, and when I stir it up it looks more yellow-orange like a NEIPA.
Put it in my chest freezer to cool it for a couple hours, which was a bad idea. It didn't work at all. It was too hot for the chest freezer to handle, and basically didn't cool it at all. It was a better theory in my head. Decided to go ahead and transfer to my carboy. It looked okay at first but got darker and darker as more beer got in it.
Now it's sitting inside and the whole thing looks like an amber ale. Its like a red-brown. My last NEIPA looked nothing like this. Should I scrap it or try to save it? Didn't add yeast in case I scrap it.
Supposed to be a NEIPA
10lb American 2-row
1 lb flaked oats
10 oz Crystal 20
Mashed for 60 min @ 151
Boiled for 70 min (accidentally spilled some grain, and so I tried to account for it. Probably a mistake)
Put the pot in cold water while I ate dinner.
At this point the beer already is starting to look like its got an amber color developing on the top. Whirlpool with 3 oz of hops, and when I stir it up it looks more yellow-orange like a NEIPA.
Put it in my chest freezer to cool it for a couple hours, which was a bad idea. It didn't work at all. It was too hot for the chest freezer to handle, and basically didn't cool it at all. It was a better theory in my head. Decided to go ahead and transfer to my carboy. It looked okay at first but got darker and darker as more beer got in it.
Now it's sitting inside and the whole thing looks like an amber ale. Its like a red-brown. My last NEIPA looked nothing like this. Should I scrap it or try to save it? Didn't add yeast in case I scrap it.
Posted on 6/29/19 at 3:43 pm to GeauxPack81
Never judge a beer's color until after fermentation. Your beer sounds a little dark, but it could be numerous lightning illusions playing tricks on you. Let ride and see where it takes you.
Posted on 6/29/19 at 3:56 pm to GeauxPack81
Beer always looks darker in the carboy. Have you taken a sample and looked at it in your hydrometer testing tube?
Posted on 6/29/19 at 4:19 pm to Zappas Stache
Well, possibly just fricked up my NEIPA. Everything came out on target. FG ok, hopping went according to schedule, brewday a couple weeks ago was a success.
Then comes kegging day. I made an O2 free transfer with my sterile siphon starter and a beer in disconnect. Well, everything was going ok, although slow and when I had 2 gallons left, the siphon stopped. I messed with it for 45 minutes. Forcing CO2 in the fermenter through the blow tube, purging, etc.... nothing worked. Only thing different this batch was I used one of those Italian 6.5 gallon carboys. To get the siphon starter to work I had to buy a carboy cap that fit that style.
I have no idea why the frick it quit working. I tried everything to get it back going. I ended up getting pissed off and just opened the keg and poured the remaining 2 gallons into the keg. I’m sure I oxidized the frick out of it and it will be a lackluster waste of hops. So pissed.
Sour beer is so much easier.
Then comes kegging day. I made an O2 free transfer with my sterile siphon starter and a beer in disconnect. Well, everything was going ok, although slow and when I had 2 gallons left, the siphon stopped. I messed with it for 45 minutes. Forcing CO2 in the fermenter through the blow tube, purging, etc.... nothing worked. Only thing different this batch was I used one of those Italian 6.5 gallon carboys. To get the siphon starter to work I had to buy a carboy cap that fit that style.
I have no idea why the frick it quit working. I tried everything to get it back going. I ended up getting pissed off and just opened the keg and poured the remaining 2 gallons into the keg. I’m sure I oxidized the frick out of it and it will be a lackluster waste of hops. So pissed.
Sour beer is so much easier.
This post was edited on 6/29/19 at 4:41 pm
Posted on 6/29/19 at 4:47 pm to BugAC
Two posters reporting problems brewing neipas. I think it's a sign everyone should quit brewing them.
Posted on 6/29/19 at 5:04 pm to BugAC
My beer was lighter in the hydrometer, but still not at all where I wanted it. Said frick it, and just pitched the yeast. Will report back when it's ready.
Sorry to hear that Bug. If you had a good seal, idk why it wouldn't have worked. Did you make sure to purge the headspace in the keg while you were filling it? Only thing I can think of.
Sorry to hear that Bug. If you had a good seal, idk why it wouldn't have worked. Did you make sure to purge the headspace in the keg while you were filling it? Only thing I can think of.
This post was edited on 6/29/19 at 5:06 pm
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