Brewing Activities (2020)

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  1. GormBrewhouse

    GormBrewhouse Pooh-Bah (2,111) Jun 24, 2015 Vermont
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    Thanks, personally , I have discontinued useing 04 for the same reason. Your beer sound excellent.
     
    #1181 GormBrewhouse, Dec 14, 2020
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  2. Prep8611

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

    I stopped using us-04 when verdant yeast by lallemand proved how amazing it is.

    today I’m kegging my glacier, simcoe, summit pale ale. Smelling fantastic.
     
    #1182 Prep8611, Dec 14, 2020
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  3. pweis909

    pweis909 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,250) Aug 13, 2005 Wisconsin
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    Never tried S04 for NEIPA or Verdant for anything yet
     
    #1183 pweis909, Dec 14, 2020
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  4. OddNotion

    OddNotion Pooh-Bah (1,915) Nov 1, 2009 New Jersey
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    Speaking of NEIPAs, I brewed one yesterday. Used Idaho 7, Citra and Mosaic.

    I am putting together my next couple of recipes soon. Thinking of a hoppy amber ale with some Cascade, Centennial and maybe Amarillo, a pretty simple German Pilsner with Hallertau Mittelfruh and Saphir and then another Saison but this one will get some Brett C and age out for a few months.
     
    #1184 OddNotion, Dec 14, 2020
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  5. Prep8611

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

    Doing a double decoction 100% pils saison cause I’m bored and I have time on this freezing cold day. Hoping to get a bit of complexity from that rather then using other malts. Either going to hop with herbsbrucker throughout boil or use barbe rouge late and dry hop with an ounce. Any suggestions in terms of hopping?
     
    #1185 Prep8611, Dec 15, 2020
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  6. wasatchback

    wasatchback Pooh-Bah (1,574) Jan 12, 2014 Tajikistan
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    Oatmeal Stout today. I don’t brew enough dark beers cause I never can finish a keg nor can I find enough people to give them to who like to drink dark beers... I need to learn more about recipe building for darker beers. Maybe the area of brewing I feel least comfortable with.

    Today’s Recipe is:
    2 Row
    18.6% Munich
    15.5% Oats
    7.8% Crisp Pale Chocolate
    4.7% Carafa Special III
    4.7% Simpsons Medium

    Nugget for Bittering
    US Goldings @ 20
    59.6 theoretical

    1.070/1.020
    WLP030 Thames Valley

    Split between two 7g conicals. One will get coffee. Not sure if I’ll keep the other one adjunct free or not.
     
    #1186 wasatchback, Dec 16, 2020
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  7. skleice

    skleice Maven (1,271) Aug 6, 2015 Connecticut

    What do u use for a conical? I may be in the market.
     
    #1187 skleice, Dec 16, 2020
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  8. wasatchback

    wasatchback Pooh-Bah (1,574) Jan 12, 2014 Tajikistan
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    I’ve got SS Brewtech 7g and Spike CF5 and SS 14g Unitanks. I can tell you just about anything you’d like to know. Got over 350 brews into them at this point.
     
    #1188 wasatchback, Dec 16, 2020
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  9. ECCS

    ECCS Pundit (755) Oct 28, 2015 Illinois

    I bought a Spike CF5 about a year ago and I’m 100% satisfied with it.
     
    #1189 ECCS, Dec 16, 2020
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  10. skleice

    skleice Maven (1,271) Aug 6, 2015 Connecticut

    Ahh, tx. I don't think I'm ready to drop that $$$. I've been fermenting in kegs, but I wouldn't mind being able to remove yeast and dry hop through a purged port. Fermzilla concept is great, but reviews and customer service are mixed.
     
    #1190 skleice, Dec 16, 2020
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  11. skleice

    skleice Maven (1,271) Aug 6, 2015 Connecticut

    Can you crash without O2 ingress in the brewtech?
     
    #1191 skleice, Dec 16, 2020
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  12. wasatchback

    wasatchback Pooh-Bah (1,574) Jan 12, 2014 Tajikistan
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    Essentially yes. SS makes a pressure transfer valve that has a PRV on it. It holds around 2 psi. I have a dedicated Co2 tank and manifold near my fermenters. When beers get close to terminal I’ll remove the blowoff and attach the pressure transfer fitting. I leave that fitting on the rest of the time. If dry hopping it’s great cause you can purge headspace with it after you add hops. Generally can get close to 42* if you go slow without having to add much additional Co2. I don’t go below 39 generally with the SS Conicals. There’s all sorts of little modifications I’ve done as well. I can give you an exact step by step process of how I handle different beer styles with them if you want to PM me.
     
    #1192 wasatchback, Dec 16, 2020
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  13. invertalon

    invertalon Pooh-Bah (2,249) Jan 27, 2009 Ohio
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    Just prepping my recipe/water stuff for the next two brews (this weekend and following weekend). Brewing up a new WC IPA this weekend, will be hopped with Comet, Simcoe and Nelson Sauvin. About 7% ABV and 75 IBU. It's basically a copy of my current one on tap with a change in hops and slight bump in ABV (0.5%). One of my favorite IPA's I have done to date, so I'd like to do another variant of it! Current one on tap featured Enigma, Idaho 7 and Cryo Citra/Simcoe. So damn good!

    Also have a Maibock to be brewed the following weekend. First time I have done one, actually. Will have an OG expected of 1.070 and utilize a double decoction with the Hochkurz Schedule (144, 158, 170). Will pull portions of the mash and boil for 15mins or so in-between rest temps. I have not done decoction in ages but I'd like to give it another go. Will be about 35 IBU with Gr. Magnum, Perle and Tettnang. Fermented with 2206.

    My "NZ Pils" is currently at 30F in it's lager slumber. Finished at 5.2% ABV (OG 1.047, FG 1.007). Will tap next month. Really gitty for this one given the stunning results of the beer going into the spunding keg.

    Lastly, my ESB will tap later today when my Oktoberfest kicks (it's on fumes...). I sampled it a few weeks ago and it was really, really good. I can't wait to see what a few weeks of conditioning has done. This one had an OG of 1.052 and FG of 1.011. Floor Malted Maris Otter, 55L/75L/150L crystal malt trio. Magnum/Golding/Cascade and WLP005 British Ale
     
    #1193 invertalon, Dec 16, 2020
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  14. Lukass

    Lukass Pooh-Bah (2,891) Dec 16, 2012 Ohio
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    Getting ready for another batch of rye saison, another recipe I’ve been trying to nail down over the past 5ish years. Tried quite a few different saison yeasts, but yeast bay’s Saison blend II may have been my favorite so far. Imperial Rustic is another contender as it’s such a fantastic bottle conditioning yeast, but just takes so damn long to develop in the bottle.

    Pilsner, rye malt, vienna and white wheat. Columbus for bittering and most likely Amarillo at flameout
     
    #1194 Lukass, Dec 17, 2020
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  15. Davl22

    Davl22 Maven (1,341) Sep 27, 2011 New Hampshire
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    What percentage of rye do you use?
     
    #1195 Davl22, Dec 17, 2020
  16. Lukass

    Lukass Pooh-Bah (2,891) Dec 16, 2012 Ohio
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    I’ve used anywhere between 10-20%, and I made an error in my previous post... I use flaked rye, not rye malt. I think for this next batch I’m shooting for around 15%
     
    #1196 Lukass, Dec 18, 2020
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  17. deadwolfbones

    deadwolfbones Pundit (795) Jun 21, 2014 Oregon

    Put 2.5 gallons of my solera golden sour on 100g of 50:50 Nelson & Mosaic dry hops, and bottled another 1.75 gallons straight. Added 6 gallons of base beer to the barrel to top it up.

    Later tonight I'm planning to make a starter of Omega Bayern for a take on Enegren Brewing's Lagertha (Mosaic dry-hopped German pils).
     
    #1197 deadwolfbones, Dec 18, 2020
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  18. Prep8611

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

    Should I dry hop by saison with an ounce of barbe rouge or let it ride without a dry hop. I’m worried about overshadowing the yeast.
     
    #1198 Prep8611, Dec 18, 2020
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  19. deadwolfbones

    deadwolfbones Pundit (795) Jun 21, 2014 Oregon

    If it's your first time making the recipe I'd leave it alone (says the guy who just dry hopped his sour).
     
    #1199 deadwolfbones, Dec 18, 2020
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  20. Prep8611

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

    True I can always keg hop it
     
    #1200 Prep8611, Dec 18, 2020
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