Recent content by Jebediahscooter

This is my first funky/wild brew. 60/40/10 pils/wheat/Munich with Perle hops to about 20ibu and a starter of wlp670. Brew day was July 2. It's very fruity and a little funky. It's kind of boring, so I'm about to rack half onto wild blackberries picked this summer and half onto some more...

Tart to me means "a little tangy," as another poster mentioned. It's that tang, quick, not lingering, not sour. I think of eating fruit that's mostly ripe and sweet, but with some tartness in the skins. I understand that Brett does not sour a beer.

Thanks for sharing thoughts, guys. Anybody else? Was actually just reading OldSock's Zymurgy article on sour beer mashes last night, and he said the same... "Brettanomyces' production of flavorful esters and phenols does not require vast stores of carbohydrates. Therefore, if you are...

I would do a series of freshly dry-hopped lambics or gueuzes.

Hi all, Brett neophyte here. I'm going to be brewing up 11 gallons of this over the weekend: 60% pilsner 28% wheat 10% munich 20L 2% acid malt OG 1.051, grains are already bought and milled. 90 minute boil, 2oz Fuggles @ 60, 1oz Perle @ 15, 1oz Perle @ 5 --> 23 IBUs. I also...

Sorry to threadjack, but I too am making some Saison plans. Going to brew 11 gal. with pils, wheat, munich, hop to about 20-25 ibu, and split the batch. Half will get wlp670 and half will get ecy03. So two farmhouse brett blends. Plan is to let them ride for 3 months. I've never brewed a...

False bottom is confirmed sold and shipped out, and I'm meeting a guy Saturday about the keggles. There are 3 others locals in line if he doesn't take them, so I would venture to say that they will be sold soon. Refractometer still for sale, $25 shipped.

False bottom appears to be taken. Have an interested local person for the keggles, but nothing definite. Refractometer still available.

I did a 1.046 "session IPA." 8 oz of Simcoe, Nelson, and Amarillo all 15 minutes on. We'll see how at goes, my first stab at a low-grav super hoppy beer and my first stab at doing a hoppy beer without a 60-minute addition.

As requested, here are some photos. The first three are of the BK, and the second two are the HLT. Note that the camlock is not included. There's some wort burned onto the bottom of this one from a recent boilover, will take care of that for you. You can also see the plug in...

Sure, I'm brewing now but will get them up ASAP...probably this evening.

Making some upgrades to my system, so I have two weldless keggles for sale, $150 each. Both have bulkheads, ball valves (one 3-piece, one 2-piece), hose barbs, and dip tubes from bargainfittings.com. All leak-free but probably in need of some cleaning. Both keggles also have site glasses from...

So, laptop safety aside, any thoughts? One concern that I had was running cables from the control panel to the RIMS tube past the BK burner. How hot do these stands get? Do people ever run their electronics cables through some sort of conduit for protection? I'll probably flip it so that the...

A fold-out side table for the side table! There's only one beer there...the solo cups are hop additions. Yeah, once I figured out the sketchup basics, I went a little nuts.

So I've been brewing on cobbled together wood platforms with a pump on a little stand for about two years, and I am in the planning stage of a new stand. Given that the vast majority of my beers are < 1.060, I am seriously considering going to a two-vessel, no-sparge setup to save some time and...