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03-23-2012, 02:03 PM
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So who's taking advantage of the rain and brewing this weekend?
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If you can't ride the hog, might as well brew eh? Doing BM's Continental Blonde for an easy drinker this weekend. I will be trying out the new HERMS setup I finished last night for the first time. No PID controllers or anything fancy, just a way to circulate mash and maintain temps in the cooler better. Happy brewing!
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03-23-2012, 07:10 PM
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We might be making a blackberry wheat this weekend. If it turns out to be clear, we will be cutting blackberry canes instead.
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03-23-2012, 07:21 PM
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Do you use fresh ones? I have some bushes here that produce some great berries (July) and I plan to use them this year for a blackberry wheat. How do you prepare them? Crushed, par boiled? Secondary.... Never done a fresh berry brew so I haven't looked it up yet.
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03-23-2012, 07:28 PM
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I freeze them to rupture the cell walls, then thaw and mash them up. I use a big mesh bag to hold them.
I've also got a 25 lb blackberry wine in the cabinet. Three years old and getting good.
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03-23-2012, 07:34 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by david_42
I freeze them to rupture the cell walls, then thaw and mash them up. I use a big mesh bag to hold them.
I've also got a 25 lb blackberry wine in the cabinet. Three years old and getting good.
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placing them in secondary?
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03-23-2012, 08:14 PM
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Trying out the new grain mill, trying hop bursting for the first time on a sessionable IPA, and trying a 10g batch for the first time. Lots o' firsts.
What are ya brewing up Snafu?
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03-23-2012, 08:19 PM
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I have my first decoction brew tonight, a SMaSH Munich and Spalt dunkel. Then tomorrow is a schwarzbier. Both are getting split to use different yeasts, Wyeast Kolsch and Wyeast Bohemian Lager. Also building a hop trellis and a bucket mount for my corona mill!
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03-23-2012, 08:20 PM
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Doing BM's Centennial Blonde for a "easy drinker". Some days you just need fizzy/yellow. So you doing a low abv IPA? I like the sound of that.
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03-23-2012, 08:21 PM
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I have my first decoction brew tonight, a SMaSH Munich and Spalt dunkel. Then tomorrow is a schwarzbier. Both are getting split to use different yeasts, Wyeast Kolsch and Wyeast Bohemian Lager. Also building a hop trellis and a bucket mount for my corona mill!
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Good grief, thats a busy couple of days!
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03-23-2012, 08:54 PM
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Originally Posted by urbanmyth
I have my first decoction brew tonight, a SMaSH Munich and Spalt dunkel. Then tomorrow is a schwarzbier. Both are getting split to use different yeasts, Wyeast Kolsch and Wyeast Bohemian Lager. Also building a hop trellis and a bucket mount for my corona mill!
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There might not be enough weekend for that!
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Originally Posted by Snafu
Doing BM's Centennial Blonde for a "easy drinker". Some days you just need fizzy/yellow. So you doing a low abv IPA? I like the sound of that.
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Looking at 5.6% (that's if I hit the projected 72% efficiency mark). I want something that's not gonna skunk me after 1-2 beers, but with a punch you in the face and bring you back for another round of hop beating flavor. Going to try a Magnum for 60/30 min additions, and cascade/ahtanum for 20/15/10/5/0 additions and see what happens.
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