Brewing Activities (2020)

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  1. Prep8611

    Prep8611 Savant (1,208) Aug 22, 2014 New Jersey

    Mesquite is worse.
     
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  2. wasatchback

    wasatchback Pooh-Bah (1,574) Jan 12, 2014 Tajikistan
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    Same basic 5% pale ale today. Going back to VT Ale after using the Ballantine’s strain from East Coast Yeast for a couple.

    Going to attempt to reuse the dry hops from this beer on another beer.

    Might turnout great. Could be a total disaster. Only one way to find out.
     
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  3. riptorn

    riptorn Pooh-Bah (1,776) Apr 26, 2018 Georgia
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    Leaf or pellet? At what point in the "another beer" are you thinking about using them?
     
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    wasatchback Pooh-Bah (1,574) Jan 12, 2014 Tajikistan
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    Pellets.

    After fermentation and soft crashing to remove yeast I’ll dry hop beer 1. After a couple days I’ll crash and transfer that beer off the hops then transfer beer 2 onto the dry hops from beer 1.
     
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  5. Prep8611

    Prep8611 Savant (1,208) Aug 22, 2014 New Jersey

    [​IMG] It arrived. Going to make something today or tomorrow. I only have centennial, eroica, bravo, and glacier on hand so I’m sort of debating till I can get some citra.
     
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    wasatchback Pooh-Bah (1,574) Jan 12, 2014 Tajikistan
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    Just use those hops on the hotside and dry hop it with the Citra when you get it. Never used Eroica or Glacier so I don’t have any recommendations but you could do Centennial/Bravo on the hotside then dry hop with mostly Citra and maybe some centennial. Bravo actually survives fermentation even better than Citra and has a similar profile when it comes to the compounds that make it into the beer. According to the recent YCH study its the third best hop when it comes to “survivables”, behind Idaho 7 and Mosaic.

    I wouldn’t dry hop with a ton of it cause it can be really “flowery”, think Geraniums, with large DH additions but on the hotside it’s pretty solid.
     
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  7. Prep8611

    Prep8611 Savant (1,208) Aug 22, 2014 New Jersey

    @wasatchback im really trying to use the hops I got. I also have another pound of experimental New Zealand hops that are pretty fruity. I may work with what I have on hand. Thanks for the recommendations.
     
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    wasatchback Pooh-Bah (1,574) Jan 12, 2014 Tajikistan
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    Which Experimental hop from NZ is it? 4337?
     
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    deadwolfbones Pundit (795) Jun 21, 2014 Oregon

    Currently...

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    deadwolfbones Pundit (795) Jun 21, 2014 Oregon

    Also, drinking my own Italian pilsner alongside Highland Park Brewery's Pleasant Pils and happy to say mine compares favorably!

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    Mine left, HPB right. Mine is a bit more malt forward (probably because of the 5% Mecca Grade Munich malt), theirs slightly hoppier. I'd happily drink both all summer long.
     
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  11. riptorn

    riptorn Pooh-Bah (1,776) Apr 26, 2018 Georgia
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    Amber ale
    43% Viking Pale Ale, 43% Heritage*, 10% C-20, 2% chocolate rye, 2% acid malt.
    Willamette; 2 oz FWH & 2 oz @ 5 min.
    Nottingham @ 66°F
    * A regional/local 6-row (~6°L) from Riverbend Malt House in Asheville, NC. They "developed the color and aroma of this malt to perform like a light Munich/Vienna style malt.” (~6°L)

    OG sample

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    riptorn Pooh-Bah (1,776) Apr 26, 2018 Georgia
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    I added the Nothingham yeast more than 24 hours ago and no bubbles can someone please help is my beer ruined? :astonished: :cry:
    (opened the fermentor to a burgeoning krausen, replaced lid and all is well)
     
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  13. Prep8611

    Prep8611 Savant (1,208) Aug 22, 2014 New Jersey

    HS-1228

    https://bsgcraftbrewing.com/hs-1228

    just brewed up a beer tonight using Eroica, bravo, and the experimental hop at whirlpool. Will dry hop with the same. Pitching verdant tomorrow am at 65 temp controlled.
     
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  14. Hanglow

    Hanglow Pooh-Bah (2,051) Feb 18, 2012 Scotland
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    I want to try this in a bitter rather than a NEIPA:grin:

    Incidentally the head brewer at Verdant gave some info on one of their NEIPAs ( one of the better UK brewers of this style and obviously the brewery that Lallemande worked with for this yeast)
    https://www.themaltmiller.co.uk/blog/verdant-ipa-yeast-home-brewing-competition/
     
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  15. Genuine

    Genuine Maven (1,347) May 7, 2009 Connecticut

    My kegs of a Pale lager and NEIPA kicked this past weekend. I have a couple gallons left of another pale lager with Hallertau and dry hopped with cascade left, along with a czech pils. I Just kegged a SMaSH with Thrall Family Pale Malt and Sabro, should be able to try it by the weekend. August has me itching to make my yearly Oktoberfest and Pumpkin ale. I need to get another NEIPA on tap soon however.
     
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    riptorn Pooh-Bah (1,776) Apr 26, 2018 Georgia
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  17. Yungcoolship

    Yungcoolship Initiate (0) Aug 16, 2017 Wisconsin
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    I blended a 2 year old mixed-ferm saison and a 4 month old saison on top of 6 lbs of plumcots. I'm planning on letting it re-ferment for 2 months until stable then bottle.
     
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  18. Jasonja1474

    Jasonja1474 Savant (1,100) Oct 15, 2018 Tennessee
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    How did you get their malt? I’ve been wanting to try them but if I remember correctly it seemed like they only dealt in huge amounts?
     
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  19. riptorn

    riptorn Pooh-Bah (1,776) Apr 26, 2018 Georgia
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    Yeah, breweries are their core (and maybe now only) customers.
    On a day trip to Asheville I stopped at Asheville Brewers Supply (ABS) at 712 Merrimon Ave. Neither Chrome nor Edge will let me access the ABS site, telling me “Your connection is not private.” (at your own risk, you can try www.ashevillebrewers.com/). Tel # can be found at https://www.yelp.com/biz/asheville-brewers-supply-asheville

    Riverbend used to have info on their website for a couple retailers homebrew quantities. ABS was one of them and seems like Fifth Season Gardening (also in Asheville) was the other, but Riverbend isn’t showing in Fifth Season’s grain list. That's not to say they wouldn't try to get some for you.

    A Riverbend blog post said they were offering homebrew kits (crushed grains, hops, yeast) and would arrange for pickup or shipping, but it was posted in 2014. There’s a homebrew contact email for them in the post; don’t know if it’s still valid. Or give ‘em a call, maybe they’ll package some up or steer you to a retailer.
     
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    riptorn Pooh-Bah (1,776) Apr 26, 2018 Georgia
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