Wow great stuff. One question though. I too use idophor for sanitizing, and don't think mine has ever been quite that deep a yellow color. What concentration was that? Wondering if maybe I've been mixing mine too weak.
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The only, only time you should dump a brew is if you've finished it, bottled and aged it, tried it and nearly vomited, aged it for twice that long again, tried it again and nearly vomited again. It's damn hard to ruin beer. I've managed once.
Ya I used about a capful in 3 gallons last time. Probably good enough, water had a very light yellow tint.
Anywho, great post, I've bookmarked this for an upcoming brew
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Originally Posted by Kai
The only, only time you should dump a brew is if you've finished it, bottled and aged it, tried it and nearly vomited, aged it for twice that long again, tried it again and nearly vomited again. It's damn hard to ruin beer. I've managed once.
Thanks, i'm certainly working on the back problem.
my absolute favorite recipes for this method are my dunkelweizens. it can be as simple as:
Grains:
3 lbs Wheat Malt
2 lbs Munich Malt
¼ lbs Chocolate Malt (pale chocolate is wonderful in this recipe)
Extract: 3 lbs Wheat Dry Malt Extract
Hops: 0.75 oz Tettnanger, hallertau or saaz (at ~4% AA)
Yeast: WLP 300
ferment in the mid 60s if you can
EDIT: i think i'll make this recipe this weekend
That recipe looks fricken' amazing! I NEED to brew it. Have you ever brewed it at higher temps to get some yeast goodies?
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Drinking: Yakima Blonde (Imperialized), Banana Wheat, Russian Imperial Stout, and anything i can get my hands on
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That recipe looks fricken' amazing! I NEED to brew it. Have you ever brewed it at higher temps to get some yeast goodies?
yes...i'm not partial to banana esters in my darker hefeweizens, but...i actually think the time i made this with the pale chocolate it was with the 380...more apricot notes. it was fantastic. fermented in the high 60s.
That is idophor in the carboy? WHEW! I thought that was pee or something. I know pee is sterile but I was not going to say anything!
I feel MUCH better now (and will through out last nights brew).
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That recipe looks fricken' amazing! I NEED to brew it. Have you ever brewed it at higher temps to get some yeast goodies?
oh, almost forgot...another dunkelweizen i made that fermented too high, i used british chocolate, belgian munich and WLP300. i called it "banana bread ale"