lumpher

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3: American Amber

Kegged in the cold-storage chamber: Nut Brown Ale, American Premium Lager

Fermenting: Berry wine, ESB



On Deck: Iron Thistle

wacko

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Brought this to our annual snowboard trip in the cascades and finally got to share it. Reviews were all positive. I think my favorite comment was from one of the guys who had hurt his shoulder a couple days previous saying "Its better than vicodin"

Edit- One thing I think I would change is I think I could have used more oak flavor in it. The oak was lost at this point for me with the addition I used of sour cherries.

Brewpastor

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Oak and sour cherries sounds great!

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thrust

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Brewing this one today! I'll be pitching a stir-plated WLP099 starter.

I'll amend this post with my observations.

slvrstang

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Have you used WLP099 before? I've made this recipe three times now and used WLP001 and WLP051 with absolutely no problems. The yeast is a monster. FG have been 1.022 1.022 and 1.023.

I've heard bad things about WLP099 but haven't personally used it so let me know how it turns out!

Niilo

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I brewed this the first week of February. I did a partial mash due to limited space. I wanted to boost it up a bit so I did 15lbs of light DME and added .5lbs Black Patent (only because it was a bit light due to the DME). I used a 1/4 gallon starter of WLP099 and 2 packs of US-05. Primary for 5 weeks. Then aged it in a barrel I got from Farmhouse Brewing Supplies for an additional 6 weeks.(When I got the barrel I put 2 bottles of bourbon in it right away for about 7 weeks so I could get the bourbon barrel qualities in it). Tasted absolutely amazing when I transfered from barrel to bottling bucket! It's been bottled for almost a month now. It had some heat so I will let it sit for a while still. I did add Brown sugar a few times during Primary. I am unsure of the abv because of the brown sugar additions and what the bourbon in the barrel contributed. OG - 1.146 FG - 1.030 = 15.2% + brown sugar and bourbon. I will crack one this weekend to see how it is.

Haputanlas

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Sounds awesome. Keep us posted.

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Primary: Hoppy Wheat, Porter
Kegged: Reaper's English Mild (OO), BBK Jr., Lagunitas IPA, Fireman's #4
Bottled: None
Notable Empties: Oaked Black IIPA, BBK I, Red IIPA, Burning Bush, Apophis "The Destroyer", Vanilla Porter
On-Deck: The Titan BW, Ale of Olympus

scinerd3000

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Thanks for the recipe. Grain is getting picked up Tuesday and I can't. Gonna pitch onto a wlp007 cake as soon as my amber is done....Psyched.....I'm defiantly going to lay this down on some oak....

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scinerd3000

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Decided to try without a blowoff....yea bad idea. I should have listened. My LHBS was out of fermcap This shot off and sprayed the ceiling and the walls.....fermenting like a beast though...and smells terrific

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imtrashed

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Probably brewing this Labor Day weekend. Lots of horror stories about blowoff and losing a lot to blowoff. I plan on a 5 gal batch. Pitching onto a Pacman yeast cake. Should I split the 5 gal batch into 2 buckets to ferment? Think I'll be OK in a 6.5 gal bucket with blowoff (only about 1/2 inch ID)? I was thinking I might split into two 2.5 gal batches to Primary and then combine them in carboy for Secondary. Thoughts? Is it overkill and will I be OK with 5 gal in 6.5 gal bucket?

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Primary:
Secondary: Hard Cider
On Deck:
Bottle conditioning / Ageing: EdWort's Apfelwein, English Barleywine, Brewpastor's Dark Night of the Soul RIS, Sweet Mead
Consuming: Citra Pale Ale, Punkin' Ale, Allagash Tripel clone, Imperial Rye IPA, Pre-Prohibition Lager, Classic American Pilsner, Patersbier, Honey Kolsch
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