Extract - Dog Fish Head - Midas Touch - Page 7

Xcorpia · 01-16-2011, 11:01 AM

Hi:

I'm planning on brewing the original recipe this week. How aggressive is the fermentation? Do I need a blow off tube for this? Also, the batch size is 6.5 gallons. Does this mean 6 gallons of original wort + 0.5 gallons juice?

Thanks!

millaj92 · 01-17-2011, 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Xcorpia

Hi:

I'm planning on brewing the original recipe this week. How aggressive is the fermentation? Do I need a blow off tube for this? Also, the batch size is 6.5 gallons. Does this mean 6 gallons of original wort + 0.5 gallons juice?

Thanks!

I can't say for sure because I haven't made a batch going by original recipe, but with my recipe the fermentation was pretty aggressive (with a starter). I made a 5.5gal batch in a 6.5gal primary and I had to use a blow-off tube. That recipe only calls for .25gal juice so I'm guessing your initial batch size should be 6.25gal, going by that recipe.

Xcorpia · 01-18-2011, 07:22 AM

Thanks for the heads up. Well then what I'm going to do is divide the batch and use two 5 gallon carboys because this brew is way too expensive to lose a single drop. I was planning on buying a 7.5 gallon carboy especially for this recipe, but if a 6.5 gallon carboy didn't work for your 5 gallon batch then the 7.5 gallon one isn't going to work for me.

The Muscat juice is on its way so I'll know soon enough if this will work.

bknifefight · 01-18-2011, 01:58 PM

I think you're too worried about it. It seems like using 2 carboys is a good way to get an inconsistent beer. If you have a 7.5 gallon carboy, that should be more than enough for a 5 gallon batch. Use some fermcap to keep the krausen down if you are that worried about losing beer to blow off.

brew2enjoy · 01-18-2011, 04:39 PM

Does anybody know if I can lower the boil to 3 gal? Sams recipe says to do a 6 gallon boil which I do not have the ability to do at this time. Would lowering it to a 3 gal boil and adding the remaining water in the primary cause any problems? Will i need to adjust anything in the recipe?

bknifefight · 01-18-2011, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by brew2enjoy

Does anybody know if I can lower the boil to 3 gal? Sams recipe says to do a 6 gallon boil which I do not have the ability to do at this time. Would lowering it to a 3 gal boil and adding the remaining water in the primary cause any problems? Will i need to adjust anything in the recipe?

You'll be fine with a partial boil.

millaj92 · 01-19-2011, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by bknifefight

I think you're too worried about it. It seems like using 2 carboys is a good way to get an inconsistent beer. If you have a 7.5 gallon carboy, that should be more than enough for a 5 gallon batch. Use some fermcap to keep the krausen down if you are that worried about losing beer to blow off.

I have to agree with bknifefight here. I didn't use any fermcap for whatever reason in mine so you could do that, or the 7.5gal would give you plenty of head space I think. Why don't you just cut the recipe down to a 5.5gal batch?

Xcorpia · 01-20-2011, 06:29 PM

Thanks for all the input. I'll do the whole 6.5 gallon batch then and place it in the 7.5 gallon bucket. I want to use up all the ingredients I already purchased for it and I don't want to compromise the flavor by dividing it into two smaller batches. I'm brewing this tonight!

brew2enjoy · 01-20-2011, 07:32 PM

keep us posted. I am gathering ingredients for this.

Xcorpia · 01-21-2011, 02:38 AM

I'm brewing this now. Only 45 minutes of boil left. Yay!

Hey brew2enjoy: Is that DFH 60 minute IPA any good?