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atomeyes wrote:I took a peek at the lambic i brewed on July 13. There's what looks like an oily-ish film on the top, or almost a clear gel-like film. i THINK that's a good thing :)

brewing my mango sour this weekend. my brett clauss starter will be 11 days old (I think that will suffice). giddy with mango brett excitement
That should be the pellicle, a good thing
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icemachine wrote:
atomeyes wrote:I took a peek at the lambic i brewed on July 13. There's what looks like an oily-ish film on the top, or almost a clear gel-like film. i THINK that's a good thing :)

brewing my mango sour this weekend. my brett clauss starter will be 11 days old (I think that will suffice). giddy with mango brett excitement
That should be the pellicle, a good thing
not sure if its the pellicle or if its pediococcus doing its preliminary thing. i think its the latter, but i forget the timeline for it.

i've seen some pretty fugly pellicles in my day. this just looks like fat/gel. its probably the slimy pediococcus shit i've heard of.

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Trying something a little 'off the wall' tonight - a saison with calendula, chamomile & nasturtium. Hope it works :)

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11 Gallons of IPA, to be split and fermented with US-05 and WLP-007.

Shooting for OG of 1.075, SRM 11 and 75 IBU.

Grain Bill: Mostly 2-row, with C55, C20, amber and carapils
Hops: Bittered with chinook, then a pile of late cascade, centennial and columbus.
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i have 4 on the go:

-choco stout that will be racked on sour cherries and a vanilla bean
-mango sour that's close to being bottled
-brett clauss blonde w/citra
-gose bier with nelson sauvin

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matt7215 wrote:10 lbs pilsner

mash @ 150 F

90 min boil

1 oz strisselsplat @ 60min
3 oz strisselsplat @ flameout

t-58 and bret b

i plan on a 1 month primary then into bottles
this is drinking really well right now

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11 gallons of Stone AB Clone today:

90% 2-Row, 10% Special B. Mash @ 148F.

Target 95 IBU, Chinook (11% AA) @ 85, 45, 15 & 0 min.

Pitch WLP-007 slurry at 67F, free rise to 69F and hold until fermentation complete.
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Brewed the Dayman Double IPA on Saturday.

2 row, Munich, Carapils, C15, white wheat, honey malt, corn sugar

Simcoe, Amarillo, Centennial, Columbus & Citra

US-05

OG 1.074

Can't wait.

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Brewed a sort of hybrid, Special Bittter with Rye today

MO, Amber, Dk. Munich and the Rye
Centennial and Fuggles
S-04
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an IPA for a Meatluck.

bottling my sour cherry stout next week.

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i brewed a porter a few week back and today i racked half the batch onto beats that i roasted and pureed ( jsprimes suggestion) and spiked the other half with some bret B

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matt7215 wrote:i brewed a porter a few week back and today i racked half the batch onto beats that i roasted and pureed ( jsprimes suggestion) and spiked the other half with some bret B
i can sort of see that working, but i can see it not working. very earthy tasting, possibly, and there will be a lot of sweetness. let us know how it works.

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atomeyes wrote:
matt7215 wrote:i brewed a porter a few week back and today i racked half the batch onto beats that i roasted and pureed ( jsprimes suggestion) and spiked the other half with some bret B
i can sort of see that working, but i can see it not working. very earthy tasting, possibly, and there will be a lot of sweetness. let us know how it works.
What would be sweet about it?

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J343MY wrote:Brewed the Dayman Double IPA on Saturday.

2 row, Munich, Carapils, C15, white wheat, honey malt, corn sugar

Simcoe, Amarillo, Centennial, Columbus & Citra

US-05

OG 1.074

Can't wait.
Hey Jeremy, did you see this??

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Kish84 wrote:
Hey Jeremy, did you see this??
Those bastards! I tweeted about the Dayman a lot, maybe someone from Stone is creeping me on twitter. At least I can say I used the name first.

I hope they don't make a Nightman next.

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