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atomeyes wrote:BBT isn't a bad choice. b brux could get interesting.
i'd always suggest closer to 150 if you can. just lends to that dryer finish that i'd associate with wine-like strains of brett. also make sure you have a hell of a starter and that it's been building for 2 weeks vs 2 days. probably need to do a 2-step starter if you want it to be strong.
I did make a big two stage starter, two weeks in advance. The beer took off like crazy, and after about two weeks it looked like fermentation had pretty much stopped and it was still at 1.038. I brought it upstairs to warm up a bit and it got down to where it is now, but that seems like it may be it.
brux isn't really the direction I want to go with it, I'll probably go trois if I do anything. Not sure though.
first attempt at a turbid mash. will keep me on the go.
have lots of stale hallertau i'm tossing in. east coast yeast to innoculate. pussied out and am only doing a 3 hr boil.
fun times!
turbid mashes are fun! even better, we're usually doing two 10gal batches in parallel, so you get to do everything twice. keeps you on your toes. I REALLY like having detailed notes, particularly for the turbid mash, showing times + temps and all that.
why wimp out on the boil? if you're doing 3, you might as well go whole hog and let it ride 4-5!
first attempt at a turbid mash. will keep me on the go.
have lots of stale hallertau i'm tossing in. east coast yeast to innoculate. pussied out and am only doing a 3 hr boil.
fun times!
turbid mashes are fun! even better, we're usually doing two 10gal batches in parallel, so you get to do everything twice. keeps you on your toes. I REALLY like having detailed notes, particularly for the turbid mash, showing times + temps and all that.
why wimp out on the boil? if you're doing 3, you might as well go whole hog and let it ride 4-5!
it was bad enough that i had to ask my neighbour to turn the burner off at 6:45 PM. asking someone to come over on a friday night at 8 or 9 PM isn't that cool.
i had a family dinner that i couldn't say no to. boil started at 3:45. the wind was something lovely yesterday.
doing the turbid mash wasn't nearly as bad as i thought it would be.
atomeyes wrote:jeremy,
curious as to why you chose to do 2-row and pilsner blend, vs one or the other.
for some of my beer, i'll do a 3:1 pils:MO blend, and that's just to keep the MO breadiness down or make it present. what are your thoughts?
I had 5 pounds of pilsner malt that had been kicking around for a while. I just decided to use it up. No real reason other than that. It would have been all 2-row otherwise.
atomeyes wrote:jeremy,
curious as to why you chose to do 2-row and pilsner blend, vs one or the other.
for some of my beer, i'll do a 3:1 pils:MO blend, and that's just to keep the MO breadiness down or make it present. what are your thoughts?
I had 5 pounds of pilsner malt that had been kicking around for a while. I just decided to use it up. No real reason other than that. It would have been all 2-row otherwise.
you prefer 2-row over pilsner? any reason?
had this discussion with a brewer. he claims he likes pilsner because it is cleaner all-around (palate-wise and dust-wise).
First brew of 2014 on Saturday night, hadn't brewed since November. Did a 2-row, rye, dark rye, and chocolate malt brew with some Columbus bittering and galaxy aroma hops.
Going to attempt a TenFidy-inspired stout. a cool basement will do wonders for primary and secondary.
will do it either this Friday or one day next week if/when it is nice out
atomeyes wrote:jeremy,
curious as to why you chose to do 2-row and pilsner blend, vs one or the other.
for some of my beer, i'll do a 3:1 pils:MO blend, and that's just to keep the MO breadiness down or make it present. what are your thoughts?
I had 5 pounds of pilsner malt that had been kicking around for a while. I just decided to use it up. No real reason other than that. It would have been all 2-row otherwise.
you prefer 2-row over pilsner? any reason?
had this discussion with a brewer. he claims he likes pilsner because it is cleaner all-around (palate-wise and dust-wise).
2-row is my go-to base malt because I brew a lot of hoppy beers, and I like 2-row for them. I buy several sacks at a time so its just what I always have on hand. If I'm doing something like the above beer with a lot going on, I'll just use 2-row. If its a more delicate style, I might buy a different base malt specifically for that.
Saturday: brewing a TenFidy-inspired clone. OG is around 1.11. FG is around 1.030. big beer.
bought an oxygen stone. figured it was about time. especially with this beer. tired of rocking glass carboys.
also ordered some of the Yeast Bay's yeast, including the Vermont strain (i.e. Heady Topper). would make a nice summer IPA.