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re: Homebrewing Thread: Volume II
Posted on 6/14/23 at 10:22 am to Bleed P&G
Posted on 6/14/23 at 10:22 am to Bleed P&G
Homebrew Book Recommendations
Thought i'd list a few more recent books on brewing that i've been reading that i enjoyed/found useful.
Secrets of Master Brewers - This is my latest book. I've been getting into classic styles lately and enjoy learning about the history and process of classic styles from the brewer's themselves.
The Brewer's Tale: A History of the World According to Beer - Interesting book and fun read. The author goes through this history of certain beers/styles, and at the end of each chapter he attempts to brew the style.
Lambic: The untamed Brussells beer. Origin, evolution, and future - This book is a bit of a chore to get through. I'm about 1/3 of teh way through and it reads more like an academic paper than an easy read. It goes through some of the myths of the style, and then the author spends chapters explaining why those myths are wrong due to voluminous research. Frankly, it's pretty boring. Maybe the latter half of the book gets more interesting.
Thought i'd list a few more recent books on brewing that i've been reading that i enjoyed/found useful.
Secrets of Master Brewers - This is my latest book. I've been getting into classic styles lately and enjoy learning about the history and process of classic styles from the brewer's themselves.
The Brewer's Tale: A History of the World According to Beer - Interesting book and fun read. The author goes through this history of certain beers/styles, and at the end of each chapter he attempts to brew the style.
Lambic: The untamed Brussells beer. Origin, evolution, and future - This book is a bit of a chore to get through. I'm about 1/3 of teh way through and it reads more like an academic paper than an easy read. It goes through some of the myths of the style, and then the author spends chapters explaining why those myths are wrong due to voluminous research. Frankly, it's pretty boring. Maybe the latter half of the book gets more interesting.
This post was edited on 6/14/23 at 10:23 am
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Posted on 6/21/23 at 9:44 am to BugAC
What's your brew schedule look like this week?
I'm brewing up a Firestone Walker Pale 31 clone, though i do not have any centennial hops, so i'll have to substitute with more cascade.
My hop garden is kicking arse right now. The cascade is out of control. Bines off-shooting from all over the place, climbing onto different strings, and seeing a bunch of baby hop cones forming.
My new centennial rhizome has sprouted out of the ground. Not very big and i doubt i'll get anything this year.
Chinook is starting to take off right now. Once they were tall enough to reach the strings and i could begin training them up, they really started taking off.
I think my cascades may be growing up to nearly a foot per week. My setup now, is the coconut fiber goes from the ground 10' up to the pergola, then out 20' to the back fence. Well cascade is well over the 10', and is about 3-5' going vertical towards the fence. I have to constantly train it now that it is running vertical. The main bine keeps chasing the sun and wants to backtrack on itself.
I don't remember if i asked here, but when do you guys pick your cones? By the looks of it, cascade will be the first to harvest, but i'm trying to predict when to pick them so i can use them as a dry hop addition in a fresh hop pale ale.
I'm brewing up a Firestone Walker Pale 31 clone, though i do not have any centennial hops, so i'll have to substitute with more cascade.
My hop garden is kicking arse right now. The cascade is out of control. Bines off-shooting from all over the place, climbing onto different strings, and seeing a bunch of baby hop cones forming.
My new centennial rhizome has sprouted out of the ground. Not very big and i doubt i'll get anything this year.
Chinook is starting to take off right now. Once they were tall enough to reach the strings and i could begin training them up, they really started taking off.
I think my cascades may be growing up to nearly a foot per week. My setup now, is the coconut fiber goes from the ground 10' up to the pergola, then out 20' to the back fence. Well cascade is well over the 10', and is about 3-5' going vertical towards the fence. I have to constantly train it now that it is running vertical. The main bine keeps chasing the sun and wants to backtrack on itself.
I don't remember if i asked here, but when do you guys pick your cones? By the looks of it, cascade will be the first to harvest, but i'm trying to predict when to pick them so i can use them as a dry hop addition in a fresh hop pale ale.
Posted on 6/21/23 at 10:22 am to BugAC
I usually pick my hops mid summer. I've left them on the bine until late summer but they were dried out and lost most the lupilin. As for brewing, I'm leaving for Europe in a few days and I'll be hitting Kulminator bar in Antwerp and Cantillion and 3Fontaines in Brussels. When I'm in Europe, I pass through Brussels often but Cantillion always seems to be closed for holiday but they are open this go-round.
Posted on 6/21/23 at 10:54 am to Zappas Stache
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Kulminator bar in Antwerp and Cantillion and 3Fontaines in Brussels. When I'm in Europe, I pass through Brussels often but Cantillion always seems to be closed for holiday but they are open this go-round.
When the kids get a bit older, i'd like to make a trip out there. First Europe trip, however, is Great Britain.
Posted on 6/21/23 at 11:30 am to BugAC
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First Europe trip, however, is Great Britain.
Why GB? GB is great but what specifically do you want to see?
Posted on 6/21/23 at 12:13 pm to Zappas Stache
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Why GB? GB is great but what specifically do you want to see?
Never been to Europe, but we plan to visit London, Oxford and all over Scotland in the next 2 or 3 years. Edinburgh, the highlands, castles, etc... And my wife is a huge Harry Potter nerd so i'm sure we'd try to hit most of the landmarks.
Another trip we want to take is Germany/Austria/Italy. Though i hear you can spend 2 weeks in Italy and still not have enough time. And also a France/Belgium trip.
This post was edited on 6/21/23 at 12:16 pm
Posted on 6/21/23 at 1:39 pm to BugAC
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And my wife is a huge Harry Potter nerd so i'm sure we'd try to hit most of the landmarks.
Gotcha. We walked by a few Harry Potter places in Porto, with people lined up around the corner to get inside.
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Though i hear you can spend 2 weeks in Italy and still not have enough time.
That's pretty much any country. Belgium is tiny and we've been there 3 or 4 times but feel like we've only scratched the surface.
Posted on 6/21/23 at 2:46 pm to BugAC
My neomex are mature enough to pick by the first week or two of July. The northern brewer are typically later in July on in to August.
Last weekend, I brewed for the first time in about four months. Did an 11g batch and split it between kolsch and saison yeasts. That brings me to the new White labs purepitch packs.
I went to the LHBS and all he really carries is White Labs. They have these new packages (or new to me) that are essentially a double pitch. The problem is that you're now forced to pay $16 for a package of yeast as opposed to half that. Gotta say, as a tight-arse, I'm not too thrilled about having to pay double. It started fermentation quicker than the old single packages, but not as quickly as an active starter does. Anyways, just a small bitch session on my part. Thanks for listening.
Last weekend, I brewed for the first time in about four months. Did an 11g batch and split it between kolsch and saison yeasts. That brings me to the new White labs purepitch packs.
I went to the LHBS and all he really carries is White Labs. They have these new packages (or new to me) that are essentially a double pitch. The problem is that you're now forced to pay $16 for a package of yeast as opposed to half that. Gotta say, as a tight-arse, I'm not too thrilled about having to pay double. It started fermentation quicker than the old single packages, but not as quickly as an active starter does. Anyways, just a small bitch session on my part. Thanks for listening.
Posted on 6/21/23 at 3:04 pm to BottomlandBrew
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That brings me to the new White labs purepitch packs.
I've seen those and have been wanting to try them. Didn't realize they were nearly double the price of the old packs. I went with Omega for my upcoming Pale Ale, instead of the new packs.
Posted on 6/22/23 at 2:16 pm to BugAC
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What's your brew schedule look like this week?
I've got nothing, but I probably need to try soon... What are some of yalls favorite summer styles to brew? Think I might try a saison soon. Never brewed one, and I've heard they are simple, but I know you can start getting real complex with the yeasts.
Beyond that, I might consider another pilsner style, I've done italian and german, so I might try a Czech.
Then maybe another hoppy beer. I'll see what hops I have in the fridge.
Posted on 6/23/23 at 12:44 pm to GeauxPack81
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What are some of yalls favorite summer styles to brew?
Pale Ales, Pilsners, Helles, Fruited Sours, light sours...
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Think I might try a saison soon. Never brewed one, and I've heard they are simple, but I know you can start getting real complex with the yeasts.
Well the saison style is pretty basic. It's flavor is estery yeast driven. You begin getting complicated when you add brett or bugs to sour it, then it becomes a mixed fermenation with a base saison. I know i brew more mixed ferm sours than most, but i really enjoy more of a grisette (lower abv than saison) and blend it to have just enough acidity to make it thirst quenching. Though i realize, unless you got a sour stock/pipeline going, it's not easy to brew something like that if you're blending. Bootleg biology's mad fermentation saison blend yeast could get you close, as long as you hop it enough to restrain some of the acidity, but even then you can't guarantee your results. I'd start there hop to about 10-14 IBU's and let it sit in the fermenter for about 2-3 months and taste. If it's to your desired acidity level, then keg/bottle. If not, just let it ride a little longer.
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Beyond that, I might consider another pilsner style, I've done italian and german, so I might try a Czech.
I've been brewing a lot of pilsners and lagers the last year or so. I have an italian pilsner going on the tap today. Just finished off a helles, and before that had a czech pils. Next pils for me is a German pils.
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Then maybe another hoppy beer. I'll see what hops I have in the fridge.
If you're in BR and need something, i have a 2 small plastic boxes of hops in my freezer. Citra, sabro, amarillo, strata, fuggles, saaz, etc...
I'm looking for some centennial for my brew tomorrow, if anyone local has about 2-3 oz.?
Posted on 6/23/23 at 6:45 pm to BugAC
Posted this on the FBD thread, Mi Scusi Italian Pilsner (Homebrew) - First pull off the keg. Needs a little more conditioning time but this one is going to be nice!
As it warms up, i get loads of floral/fruit aromas from the spalt/ saphir dry hops. It finished at 1.005 using a partial decoction mash but it doesn’t taste dry. Sits at about 6% ABV.
As it warms up, i get loads of floral/fruit aromas from the spalt/ saphir dry hops. It finished at 1.005 using a partial decoction mash but it doesn’t taste dry. Sits at about 6% ABV.
Posted on 6/24/23 at 2:16 pm to BugAC
I've got just about everything but Centennial 
Hope you got it figured out. Very frustrating to not have a LHBS anymore.
Hope you got it figured out. Very frustrating to not have a LHBS anymore.
Posted on 7/7/23 at 4:15 pm to GeauxPack81
My hops order came in. I ordered from hops direct for the first time and I can’t say enough about them. It took a couple days longer shipping but the prices were nearly half compared to Yakima Valley Hops. Mosaic 2022 was $21.99/lb at YVH, whereas Hops Direct was $10.99 lb.
In addition, they threw in a pound of cashmere and a 10 ml hopshot of Belma for free!
In addition, they threw in a pound of cashmere and a 10 ml hopshot of Belma for free!
Posted on 7/7/23 at 6:14 pm to BugAC
I'll need to try them out. My issue is I don't brew often so need to figure out 3-4 hops I'd buy to store.
I know for certain northern brewer/liberty (I find both are similar), magnum, and maybe a English and German/Czech noble.
I know for certain northern brewer/liberty (I find both are similar), magnum, and maybe a English and German/Czech noble.
Posted on 7/8/23 at 2:47 pm to mchias1
I’ve got saaz, hallertau mittelfruh for pilsners.
Fuggles for English styles and sours.
Cascade, citra, mosaic, Idaho 7, Amarillo, sabro, zappa and cashmere for hoppy beers.
Magnum for bittering
And some aged lambic hops for lambics.
I’ve been wanting to get one of those Lukr side pull faucets to get a Czech style pour (thick foam), but didn’t want to spend $350 for one. Well I remembered my intertap faucets had a stout spout alternative. Switched out the spouts and got foam pretty similar to what the Czechs do. And for about $10, much cheaper.
Stout spout is one closest min the picture. Longer and thinner, and has an insert that precipitates more foam.
And the hops are kicking arse right now! (Oscar wanted in on the pic)
Fuggles for English styles and sours.
Cascade, citra, mosaic, Idaho 7, Amarillo, sabro, zappa and cashmere for hoppy beers.
Magnum for bittering
And some aged lambic hops for lambics.
I’ve been wanting to get one of those Lukr side pull faucets to get a Czech style pour (thick foam), but didn’t want to spend $350 for one. Well I remembered my intertap faucets had a stout spout alternative. Switched out the spouts and got foam pretty similar to what the Czechs do. And for about $10, much cheaper.
Stout spout is one closest min the picture. Longer and thinner, and has an insert that precipitates more foam.
And the hops are kicking arse right now! (Oscar wanted in on the pic)
This post was edited on 7/8/23 at 2:49 pm
Posted on 7/8/23 at 4:41 pm to BugAC
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been wanting to get one of those Lukr side pull faucets to get a Czech style pour (thick foam), but didn’t want to spend $350 for one. Well I remembered my intertap faucets had a stout spout alternative. Switched out the spouts and got foam pretty similar to what the Czechs do. And for about $10, much cheaper.
Funny you posted this. I just watched a YouTube video from The Craft Brew channel and they were talking to a Czech about pouring a tap beer. I have the stout tap for my intertap, need to give it a try with my next beer.
Posted on 7/8/23 at 5:01 pm to BugAC
Forgive me boys, for I have sinned. I haven’t brewed in a year. I need to dust my equipment off.
Posted on 7/8/23 at 6:40 pm to mchias1
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just watched a YouTube video from The Craft Brew channel and they were talking to a Czech about pouring a tap beer. I have the stout tap for my intertap, need to give it a try with my next beer.
Lol, I watched that one this morning. That’s what gave me the idea. I almost bought one of those lukr’s and remembered the stout faucet.
Posted on 7/8/23 at 6:42 pm to BigPerm30
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Forgive me boys, for I have sinned. I haven’t brewed in a year. I need to dust my equipment off.
For your penance, say 5 hail Mary’s and drink 3 Belgian Tripel’s.
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