Recent content by SaintAnky

Thanks for the reply, Pappers. I've considered using some corn sugar or rice syrup solids, but I kind of wanted to get all mad scientist on this batch. Playing god with biotechnology and all that. I was planning on fermenting with Nottingham in my 55-60 degree basement. I do have some US-05...

Thinking about doing an experiment: something along the lines of a dry lager (think Asahi), but with clean ale yeast since I don't have (or plan to get) lagering facilities. A dry cream ale, if you will. I think this could be achieved by tossing some amylase enzyme into the fermenter after...

That's what I've heard too, but the HBT wiki says it can happen, and wikis are never wrong.

The other thing I'm thinking is that it's gotten wicked hot in my basement (80 degrees! In New England!) and that the heat may have aroused some otherwise-dormant yeast. US-05, BTW. I don't know if this is actually possible; just a guess. Unfortunately I don't have a cooler place to store it...

This weekend I experienced my first (and hopefully only) bottle bomb. I'm still trying to get my head around it, and I'm not sure what went wrong. Overcarbonation? I don't think so. Fermentation was complete, and verified with hydrometer readings. I used a reasonable amount of priming...

I just opened my latest batch of IPA, which I DH'd with Chinook, and it is indeed piney. I used 1 oz of pellets in a 5 gallon batch for about 2 weeks, and the hop aroma is fairly subtle (by IPA standards, anyway). You may get more or less pine depending on what hops you add at the end of the boil.

You could keep that Better Bottle and use it as a primary. I started out using a bucket for primary and a 5-gallon carboy for secondary. Now I use them both for primary. Usually at the same time!

Has anybody tried this recipe with all Centennial? I misread the recipe and used Centennial instead of Cascade for the third and fourth additions. I imagine it'll still be pretty good, maybe just a tad more bitter, which is fine by me -- guess I'll know in a few weeks! :mug: