Recent content by brewtus-maximus

I’ve had a similar look to my blue moon clone. It was explained to me that it was break matter (aka protein). My guess, in your case, is that it’s just the protein from all that lactose. I bet it settles out.

So I have finally acquired a grain mill. I have always just spent an extra 30-40 minutes at the store grinding my grains before purchasing them while my wife and/or daughter waited on me... well I think my wife was fed up with this because this year she got me my very own mill for Christmas...

Welp... I got no replies so I talked with a friend at work. He wanted to see what would happen if I steeped more orange and coriander in my priming sugar mix. So I did. We'll see...

So I tried this the other day and took a gravity read. Gravity was down to 1019. It tasted ok.. Nothing like Blue Moon obviously, but drinkable. It tasted a lot like a farmhouse ale with a bit milder yeast factor, but I could definitely taste the yeast(could have still just been in...

Never mind, I read a different Blue Moon CLone. This link is way more helpful! Also, I loved the ebook from John Palmer. All of these links were very insightful. Thanks! :mug:

Yeah, I started reading that thread and got lazy... It's really long. And while I love how much I am learning, I am pretty disappointed in myself for not already knowing that DME would be more concentrated since I just read Joy of Home Brewing cover to cover and he goes into great detail about...

Had no idea that DME was more potent than LME and tried using it as a one for one substitute in my Blue Moon Clone (I'm making it for my wife not myself). End result... My intended 1060 OG was actually 1080. Gonna be one big Blue Moon!

Also, I accidentally added LME into Brew Pal instead of DME. When I change it to DME, the estimated gravity goes to 1074 which is closer than Brew Pal usually gets me.

So I might know what I did. I started off brewing with LME and hated the mess, stickiness and difficulty so I switched to DME. I have always assumed that LME and DME we equal pound for pound but I am starting to doubt that now. I was just reading a dogfish clone recipe that called for 9.5 pounds...

Ba-brewer, the wort was chilled and I came out to 5.25 gallons. I went over a little on purpose since it seemed like a strong recipe. Also,what is break material?

They were quick oats. The coagulated stuff settled though. Also, it's fermenting like crazy! Almost had a full on blow off this morning. Went to check it and wort was bubbling out of my air lock so I changed over to my blow off tube.

Also for my flaked oats I uses regular old oat meal.

So I tried out a Blue Moon clone today that I found online. They had an all grain option and an extract option which being new to the brew world I opted for extract. 1# white wheat 1# 2 row .75# flaked oats 6.6 # wheat lme 1 oz hallertau @ 60 3oz orange peels 1.5 tsp coriander Partial mash...

So I think that the soapy flavor is the Chloromine (or whatever that chlorine containing chemical in my water is) because it always seems to go away after time. I also used some Campden tablets on my last brew and that terrible flavor went away. As for the actual flavor of the Apollo hops...

I have to admit.. It took me my first two brews to realize that 3 pounds of extract was not enough to make a real brew. I just assumed that this was an adequate amount since that's how they sold it.