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Forum: Cider 05-23-2013, 03:50 PM
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Posted By Scottie61
Thanks, very good to know. I've got it...

Thanks, very good to know.

I've got it cold-crashing right now, and will probably bottle and do a stove-top pasteurizing this weekend. It tastes pretty good, and I may add some concentrate to...
Forum: Recipes/Ingredients 05-23-2013, 03:07 PM
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Posted By Scottie61
I've been pretty impatient with this brew, and I...

I've been pretty impatient with this brew, and I had to try one of my bottles last night. Carbonation is coming along, but not all the way there yet as it's only four days in the bottle.

The...
Forum: Cider 05-23-2013, 03:46 AM
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Posted By Scottie61
This is pretty weird -- I started my 2.5 gallon...

This is pretty weird -- I started my 2.5 gallon batch on the 16th at 1.062, and after checking today, it's already at 1.002. I never thought it would go that fast!

My last ed wort apple wine...
Forum: All Grain & Partial Mash Brewing 05-23-2013, 02:13 AM
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Posted By Scottie61
Egg drop soup -- good description, that's about...

Egg drop soup -- good description, that's about it!

It's nice to know that others get their timing screwed up like me.

I'm gonna try this brew again soon, because of some DMS (I think) issues...
Forum: All Grain & Partial Mash Brewing 05-22-2013, 03:23 AM
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Views: 753
Posted By Scottie61
You siphoned after a day? I agree, there was a...

You siphoned after a day? I agree, there was a lot of goo separating out, but like mentioned above, it settled out to about 1 inch of trub after a week of active fermentation with lotsa blowoff. ...
Forum: All Grain & Partial Mash Brewing 05-21-2013, 02:44 AM
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Views: 753
Posted By Scottie61
Wyeast 2565 Kolsch Scott

Wyeast 2565 Kolsch

Scott
Forum: All Grain & Partial Mash Brewing 05-20-2013, 09:02 PM
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Views: 753
Posted By Scottie61
Hey, New brewer here, too. I just made an...

Hey,

New brewer here, too. I just made an all-grain cream ale and used Whirfloc at 5 min, and it separated a load of stuff out. I'm told that the Koelsch yeast I'm using is a bit powdery so it's...
Forum: Recipes/Ingredients 05-20-2013, 03:30 AM
Replies: 318
Views: 64,383
Posted By Scottie61
I went ahead and bottled tonight, after only a...

I went ahead and bottled tonight, after only a few days in secondary. It was definitely done, and I couldn't wait! I'm not that concerned with clearing, as you can tell...

One thing though, the...
Forum: Cider 05-18-2013, 12:58 AM
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Posted By Scottie61
I just did a 2.4-2.5 gal batch. I ended up using...

I just did a 2.4-2.5 gal batch. I ended up using three 96oz containers of juice and used 1 quart of water as my boil with 1 lb DME and 4 oz brown sugar. After cooling I added that to my juice to...
Forum: Recipes/Ingredients 05-13-2013, 03:53 AM
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Views: 64,383
Posted By Scottie61
The garage smells like stale beer! More cleanup...

The garage smells like stale beer! More cleanup to do. Glad it wasn't in the house.

The fermentation has now calmed down quite-a-bit.

How long do you recommend to keep this in primary? The...
Forum: Recipes/Ingredients 05-12-2013, 03:16 PM
Replies: 318
Views: 64,383
Posted By Scottie61
Thanks for the input. Had it out in the garage...

Thanks for the input. Had it out in the garage yesterday for a while, but brought it back in last night after getting home from a family get-together.

I had a blow-off tube on it, but it looked...
Forum: Recipes/Ingredients 05-11-2013, 04:35 PM
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Posted By Scottie61
Just brewed a 2.4g batch of the brewninja recipe...

Just brewed a 2.4g batch of the brewninja recipe late last night, my 2nd all-grain I've done, and the first with my homemade cooler mash tun. I hit about 70%, which I'm happy with, and it's bubbling...
Forum: General Beer Discussion 05-11-2013, 01:11 PM
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Posted By Scottie61
Brewed a cream ale last night with my son. He...

Brewed a cream ale last night with my son. He was a big help getting my new homemade mash tun set up so it wouldn't leak. Bubbling away as I type!

Scott
Forum: Cider Forum 04-26-2013, 01:29 PM
Replies: 810
Views: 154,178
Posted By Scottie61
When I was quite-a-bit younger, my mother used a...

When I was quite-a-bit younger, my mother used a large stovetop pressure cooker and I used to be pretty leary of that thing (esp. now in light of what happened in Boston, yet).

She would heat up...
Forum: Cider Forum 04-22-2013, 01:53 PM
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Posted By Scottie61
Others have posted about the temp profiles to...

Others have posted about the temp profiles to achieve adequate pastuerization, so you may want to check into that, if you're interested. It's a time above a particular temperature thing, I believe....
Forum: Cider Forum 03-27-2013, 06:25 PM
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Posted By Scottie61
Yeah, have to admit I considered some safety...

Yeah, have to admit I considered some safety glasses, too.

And that is a bit freaky seeing how much headspace disappears when the bottles are hot!

Scottie
Forum: Beginners Beer Brewing Forum 03-27-2013, 06:19 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 1,225
Posted By Scottie61
I've used ammonia and hot water for the New...

I've used ammonia and hot water for the New Glarus bottles that I've settled on, and that works fairly well, but I'll try the Oxy soon.

The Darkhorse bottles are a similar size, and while the...
Forum: Cider Forum 03-27-2013, 04:22 AM
Replies: 810
Views: 154,178
Posted By Scottie61
For my first 1 gallon batch of Ed Worts cider I...

For my first 1 gallon batch of Ed Worts cider I ended up waiting until about 1.004 (I was aiming for 1.008 but waited too long) and then bottled and did pappers' Pasteurizing method. Everything...
Forum: Cider Forum 03-26-2013, 10:00 PM
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Views: 843
Posted By Scottie61
I'm on my second batch, a 2 gallon, and it's in...

I'm on my second batch, a 2 gallon, and it's in secondary right now. It had seemed to slow down for a while in primary, and when I racked it to secondary it woke up a bit. It is still going pretty...
Forum: Beginners Beer Brewing Forum 03-06-2013, 05:51 PM
Replies: 3,236
Views: 204,995
Posted By Scottie61
Our local grocery store has "Sage Valley Organic...

Our local grocery store has "Sage Valley Organic Apple Juice", 1 gallon, unfiltered, pasteurized. Expensive, but the price is coming down now, as they must have a lot of it to move. I have been...
Forum: Cider Forum 02-26-2013, 11:38 PM
Replies: 810
Views: 154,178
Posted By Scottie61
Pasteurizing Still Version

I tried to find a method for this but didn't, so hope this isn't covered elsewhere... :o FWIW, here's my guess for a method.

I'm brewing a 1 gallon batch of Ed's Apfelwine, and am interested in...
Forum: Beginners Beer Brewing Forum 02-25-2013, 02:52 PM
Replies: 3,236
Views: 204,995
Posted By Scottie61
There is also...

There is also http://www.barrelsonline.com/Default.aspx, among others.

I have other questions on these, such as, can you reuse them? Would you have to sand out the interior and rechar the inside...
Forum: Label Display & Discussion 02-19-2013, 06:29 PM
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Views: 536,326
Posted By Scottie61
First ale label for, you guessed it, my first...

First ale label for, you guessed it, my first ale:

http://wheee5.portalstream.net/SFAlabel.jpg

Scottie
Forum: Cider Forum 02-19-2013, 05:51 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 1,294
Posted By Scottie61
I thought that yeast mainly ate the sugar in the...

I thought that yeast mainly ate the sugar in the solution? But, like I say, I'm still learnin'.

At the time I put this together, I kinda thought I would have rather boiled it, but didn't have...
Forum: Cider Forum 02-17-2013, 02:30 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 1,294
Posted By Scottie61
Hey, all, Another noob here, and I just put...

Hey, all,

Another noob here, and I just put my first batch together last night. I basically used the Ed Wort recipe scaled to 1 gallon, with Nottingham yeast.

The local grocer has pasteurized...
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