Wow, I've got to brew this. My brew bud and I have already brewed six 10g batches of the Centennial, and three 10g batches of the OcktoberFast. I have to admit I like a BierMuncher recipe.
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probably not the best thing to ask for this recipe, but is there a decent substitute for the sterling hops? I currently have:
centennial
cluster
hallartau
tettnang
probably not the best thing to ask for this recipe, but is there a decent substitute for the sterling hops? I currently have:
centennial
cluster
hallartau
tettnang
Go with the Tett.
It's cleaner and will allow the other flavors to come through.
Just tapped this tonight and I think I did something wrong. I substituted the pepper for GOP but kept everything else the same. I'm not getting any of the spices and there is a very distinct yeast aroma that isn't very pleasant.
I'm thinking of giving it a few weeks, if it stays the same maybe I'll steep a little more bitter orange and GOP and add it in. I've got 1 gm of GOP left and I was thinking of doing about .25oz of the bitter orange. Any thoughts on those amounts?
The coriander was in for 10 and the GOP and orange for 5.
I had a few glasses last night and as I was getting to the bottom of the glass (after the beer had been the glass around 30mi) I noticed the yeast smell fading. I still didn't get any smell from the spices but I could notice the taste of the spices much more when I wasn't being overpowered by the yeast smell. I used a 4th generation washed yeast, perhaps this is my problem. Maybe it's time to toss the yeast and start over.
Update- After a few weeks in the keg the yeast aroma has gone, I must have accidentally picked up some transferring it to the keg. I'm still not getting a lot of the spices, but I've decided to leave it alone. It's still a great beer, I think messing with it at this point is asking for something bad to happen. Thanks for the recipe BM, I always go to one of your recipes when I need something that I know will be good. I'm 5/5, haven't been let down yet!
i did a batch of this exactly as the recipe is posted but with Wyeast California Lager 2112
Fantastic!!! Very good. Gonna keep this in the rotation, great reviews from all my friends, even those who are die hard craft brew IPA drinkers.. Very nice drinkable beer.. and 3.9% @ 85% eff, its nice and light and i can drink 4 and enjoy even on a week night and not worry about waking up at 620am the next morning
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Fermenting: EL Black IIPA
Taps: EL Milk Stout, EL Toast IPA
On Deck: EL Big Bad Barleywine, EL Mango Lambic, EL Wheat, BM Blonde
Brewing 5 gals of this as we speak, partial mash style. This is my second PM attempt and it is going really well. I think I ended up mashing in the mid 150s for about half the mash. When I finished it was spot on. It never got above 158, though. Hopefully works out ok.
The spices and hop combo on this is incredible. I have .5 oz of Cascade left over in my fridge. I'm debating on whether or not to throw them in there. This one is for SWMBO, though, so I don't want to hop it up too much.
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