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View Poll Results: What should I brew with the second runnings?
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ESB
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11 |
40.74% |
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Oatmeal Stout
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7 |
25.93% |
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English Pale Ale
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2 |
7.41% |
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American Pale Ale
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1 |
3.70% |
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Brown porter
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6 |
22.22% |
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Other-please specify
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02-16-2007, 03:25 PM
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POLL--what should I brew?
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I'm going to experiment with something different today...I'm going to collect a second run-off from the Loose Cannon batch and do a mini brew on the stove.
Ingredients I have on hand:
Grains:
Chocolate wheat
oatmeal
2 row
crystal 120, 60, 40, 20
special b
aromatic
wheat
These will have to be steeped. I also have DME on hand in case I need to fix the gravity.
Once I get a good idea on a style, I'll worry about hops--i have about 10 (EDIT: Errr....19) varieties to choose from.
Yeast has to be safale 56 or nottingham--I'm leaning towards using the nottingham.
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02-16-2007, 03:31 PM
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...My Junk is Ugly...
Join Date: Jan 2007
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I can't imagine a better brew to pull out in a few weeks than a nice stout. Mine usually get enough carbonation in just ten days and that would put you right on target for St. Patty's day.  |
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02-16-2007, 03:38 PM
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Yeah, irish stout is out--no roasted barley. ESSENTIAL.
Oatmeal stout i could prolly pull off though.
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02-16-2007, 03:42 PM
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FWIW, here are the hops I have on hand (assume it is enought to do a full batch):
EKG
Sorach Ace
Simcoe
Amarillo
Fuggle
pacific Gem
Newport
perle
willamette
Mt. hood
warrior
columbus
glacier
hallertau mittlefrue
horizon
chinook
northern brewer
phoenix
cascade
I have taken this opportunity to inventory my hops....HOLY CRAP. I am a SICk individual.
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02-16-2007, 03:45 PM
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: O'Fallon, Missouri
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An ESB would be nice!
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02-16-2007, 03:47 PM
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I second the ESB. Fuller's is my favorite!
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02-16-2007, 03:50 PM
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I said ESB, but I'm thinking more pale ale. Something nice and clean. Good spring beer. Fuggles and EKG. Half-pound of wheat for head retention. Some crystal 20, keep it pretty pale. Nottingham. Gravity around 1045 - 1050, IBUs maybe 35-40. Session beer.
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02-16-2007, 03:54 PM
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Need me to change your vote?
Whatever I do, it will be a low grav session beer.
I'm surprised we don't have 1 vote for APA yet... 
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02-16-2007, 03:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Dude
Need me to change your vote?
Whatever I do, it will be a low grav session beer.
I'm surprised we don't have 1 vote for APA yet... |
Personally, I was making the assumption that you probably have a lot of domestically-hopped pale ales already kicking around, that maybe doing something more English in character would be a little bit different.
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02-16-2007, 04:00 PM
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Originally Posted by the_bird
Personally, I was making the assumption that you probably have a lot of domestically-hopped pale ales already kicking around, that maybe doing something more English in character would be a little bit different.
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Yeah, definitely. I kind of want an English session style beer around.
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