arcorey, I love the setup. I've been back and for about building a stand and I think I might go a similar route here pretty soon. I'm getting tired of lugging everything upstairs piece by piece. It'll be nice to be able to roll it around the house to the back yard all in one.
I brew in a keggle so I'm not sure I'll be able to maintain the temp for 24 hours. What if I used the method I did before, but use 1/4 to 1/2 of the acid malt for the whole grain bill to drop the ph and then proceed with the method I did before? I would also purge with co2 prior to and just...
I did not. The recipe I was following didn't say to. It was my understanding that the lactic was dropping the ph. The thread starter and a couple of others seemed to have success.
So I made my first attempt at a berliner weisse using a similar method outlined in this thread https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=460657. I mashed on the stove top in an aluminum pot with 5 pounds of pilsner malt and let it drop below 120 before pitching the WLP320. I then put plastic...
So I've read over this thread a few times now and read the BYO article as well. My plan is to do a 10 gallon batch. Half of it will be a wedding gift for my girlfriend's sister and her fiance that are getting married at the end of January and the rest is for will be for home consumption. I'm...
I made a saison November of 2015 with French saison yeast primary and then pitched a vial of Amalgamation. I have only taken one sample since the second pitch, but really enjoyed what I tasted. I picked up strong fruity/strawberry notes. I really need to get around to bottling that. I'd be...