Recent content by Nyrkki

This is my first stab at a black ipa/pale ale. My aim is to get a hoppy beer, with some nice caramelly notes and the black currant/chocolate flavor of darker malts. OG: 1.065 FG: 1.012 ABV: 7,2 IBU: 60 EBC: 57 Malts: 5 kg Maris Otter, EBC 6 1 kg Muncih, EBC 17 370 g Carafa special...

Okay thanks. This actually sounds easier than with leaf.

I've always used leaf hops. I've never even tried using pellets, and never seen anyone try them. Because it is quite difficult to obtain high quality US hops in Finland I have decided to try pellets. There is more variation available and because pellets have better storage properties, they are...

I've built a copper manifold and I'm wondering whether I should weld the pieces together. Will this make cleaning the manifold from the inside next to impossible? Are there any good techniques to clean a manifold? I always just break my own to pieces and then clean it with running water, but if...

Well that seems quite obvoius, but sometimes people make quite obvious mistakes. I know that I do. I'll be sure to use the fishing line to suspend the bag above the beer.

I've had great results by adding cold pressed coffee to the bottling bucket. Just mix some ground coffee with cool water that you've boiled, Let it sit in the fridge in a sealed container for a few days and pour though a sanitized filter to the bottling mucket. Then siphon the beer to the bucket...

Thanks for the quick reply! Earlier I just threw my hops in the container without a bag or a weight. As a result half of the hops never submerged. This time I'm planing to put them in a bag with a weight as you suggested.

I brewed an APA last weekend and I was wondering how much cascade I should dry hop it with. Here's the recepie: Batch size: 20 liters OG:1.056 IBU: 46 Color:18 FG: 1.012? Frementables: 4 kg pale malt (73%) 1 kg vienna (18%) 250g crystal 20 (5%) 250 g cara-munich (5%) Hops: 20 g...

I've had the 'traditional' in secondary for 2,5 months now. I guess that the consensus is that pitching more yeast before bottling is a good idea with this beer. I'm going to bottle next week (hopefully) and I was thinking of adding 1/2 cup of yeast that I've collected at high kraussen 1,5...

Coffee sounds great. BTW did you use 3 vanilla beans? Did they not produce enough aroma as you are adding vanilla?

Any updates on the results for this one?

Well I opened a bottle and I'm sipping it right now. The color is very deep amber and it is quite clear. Head is made from very very small bubbles and carbonation is low as it should be. The head laces it self nicely. Aroma is dominated by cascade citrus, caramel and deep malty flavor. The body...

Can't believe I didn't post earlier on the results. The beer came out fantastic. It's been six months in bottles now and still has a decent hop punch. Adding more dry hops could improve this beer, though I think it is really really good as it is. I'll open a bottle tomorrow so I can give proper...

I use a wort chiller and allow the hop cones to sit in the wort while I chill it. After that I pour the wort into the bucket through a hop bag that catches the hops used in the boil and some proteins. After that I whirlpool the wort in the bucket and siphon to a carboy. Well my experience...

Get rid of the bags. I used them, but I would never return to those days. The hops need a roiling boil so that they will move around in the kettle. If you use a bag they won't move with the currents nearly as much. At least I experienced a huge difference in what I got out of my hops when I...