Recent content by Naked_Eskimo

Yup.

I took notes of everything I needed to. Didn't play with the water...according to my information, Terrapin doesnt alter the water for the stout.

Fletch, it's busy cold-crashing in the keg as we speak. I'll cold-steep it with coffee in a couple of days then gas it. Should be good to go in two weeks or so!! Cant wait...I expect big things from this guy!

Actually not, live in Athens GA...was on the shelf of my fave bottle store a week ago.

Any suggestions for something nice, clean/crisp and refreshing, but not as hoppy as an IPA? Was thinking an amber or a red...something along those lines?

I've been on a IPA/IIPA bender of late. For the last 6 months or so, all I've been drinking are IPAs. Each trip to the bottle store results in a six-pack or two of a new IPA.....so I've gone through plenty of craftbrews in that time. Problem is, I'm now finding I'm "burned out" on these hoppy...

I'm used to kreusen lasting for 3-4 days....but just one day this time round. This was the first time using Wyeast 1272 though.

Is it possible to have a rolling fermentation without a protracted kreusen? I brewed an imperial stout on saturday. By sunday, I had a nice fat kreusen which blocked my airlock. I then removed the airlock and replaced it with a blowoff tube and at the same time pitched in some new yeast...

Cause I only had a 3.5 gallon carboy free :)

So I brewed up an imperial stout this past weekend, and totally overshot on my OG. Since I was brewing a big beer with BIAB method, I expected (based on some things I had read) to get much lower efficiency than I normally do (65% vs 70%). So I banked on 65% and also added in a little more base...

IMO...you need more roasted malts in there.

Used gelatin for the first time a couple of batches ago. Added gelatin (1 week) after cold crashing my primary (4 days) in the keezer. Beer came out CRYSTAL clear. I've never had a beer come out that clean -- so +1 to gelatin~

Closes just fine.

Wyeast website considers 1028 to be medium-low flocculation....how have you found it?

Got my first contamination this last brew...nice white pillows sitting on top of my wort long after the kreusen has fallen. Waiting to see how bad it gets to see whether I can salvage the brew or not. Two possible reasons for the contam: Decided to just pour all the wort into my carboy...