After three weeks, I dropped the temp down to 42 to cold crash and get down in temp for carbing in the kegs. Probably leave it like that for a week or so and hopefully it clears up before kegging.
Just brewed this today, my first attempt at all grain BIAB. 90 minute mash at 150 and dipped it in a couple gallons at 170. 1.058 og, I can't wait to see how it turns out. I haven't had Two hearted in days as it's not available on the west coast. This 5 1/2 gallon batch cost me $21 which is pretty awesome. I love all grain!
Beer-lord said:This past week I brewed Northern Brewers Dead Ringer again. It's all grain but this time I bought the ingredients locally and saved a few $$. NB is reasonable but after I buy a 50 lb sack of 2 row and got a large supply of hops to freeze, my friends loved it so much a few months ago they begged me to do it again. They're all beer snobs and see this is the best beer they've tasted that I've made and one of the all time favorites of any beer they've ever had. It's gotta stay on rotation.
And, it's so simple, it's basically a SMaSh with the exception of the 1 lb of crystal 40.
sivdrinks said:The OP recipe here is much closer to the real thing.
Gameface said:So I'm planning to make this but I have already bulk ordered my hops for the year and unfortunately missed out on getting centennial. I do, however, have 2lbs of cascade and 1lb of amarillo. Can I get there from here or am I going to need to buy some centennial if I even want to get in the ballpark? I'm okay not being 100% identical as long as it's close and delicious.
I'm also subbing munich for vienna, although if that's a poor substitution I can easily get a few pounds of vienna. Don't have any other plans for the munich so I'd like to use it on this if it's a good enough sub.
Wyeast 1272 is my yeast.
Other hops I have on hand: US Goldings, Northern Brewer, Magnum.
I've never had Bell's Two-Hearted and it isn't available in UT as far as I have found. There's a guy from Kentucky who is in UT for business and he's going to bring some Two-Hearted back soon and our plan is to try them side-by-side. I'd like to impress with my beer even if it isn't identical.
What about "Centennial Type" hops? I'm not certain but I hear they are quite close. Given the fact that its a one hop recipe maybe it won't be a clone, but I bet it would make a great beer. I think this will be my next brew, with Centennial "type" hops.
They're cheap by the pound so if I don't love it, no huge loss. Anyone ever subbed for this recipe?
So I'm planning to make this but I have already bulk ordered my hops for the year and unfortunately missed out on getting centennial. I do, however, have 2lbs of cascade and 1lb of amarillo. Can I get there from here or am I going to need to buy some centennial if I even want to get in the ballpark? I'm okay not being 100% identical as long as it's close and delicious.
I'm also subbing munich for vienna, although if that's a poor substitution I can easily get a few pounds of vienna. Don't have any other plans for the munich so I'd like to use it on this if it's a good enough sub.
Wyeast 1272 is my yeast.
Other hops I have on hand: US Goldings, Northern Brewer, Magnum.
I've never had Bell's Two-Hearted and it isn't available in UT as far as I have found. There's a guy from Kentucky who is in UT for business and he's going to bring some Two-Hearted back soon and our plan is to try them side-by-side. I'd like to impress with my beer even if it isn't identical.
Hops Direct has Centennial pellets now! http://www.hopsdirect.com/
Got 'em!
Thanks for the head's up.
...I had SWIMBO pour them and move them around so I could do the blind taste test. I did pick which is which. Maybe its just me,...
Jhoss, what was ur fermentation schedule like? My brew is in the fermenter now. Was planning 3 weeks in primary and then dry hop for a week, cold crash and keg. What did you do?
Just did this on Friday. My first AG without a bag!
Missed the note about mashing low and did mine at 162F for 1hr15. Is this why I missed the OG by so much?
barhoc11 said:Alright, I really hate to do this since its probably the 1 millionth time someone has posted something like this and I should know better but getting reassurance helps out.
I recently made 10 gallons of this clone after my first batch was so well received. After opening one of my fermentation buckets, I noticed what is in the picture below floating on the top. I am hoping its just chunks of yeast, I tried my hydrometer sample and it tasted great so I am hoping this isn't an infection.
My other fermenter looks fine and no chunks like this, it was a 6 gallon better bottle that I had swirled due to a ton of krausen on top that I wanted to fall out.
I used some harvested yeast from Bell's Oarsman Ale, just as I had in the past and this was a very long and explosive fermentation. Anybody think this is something to worry about or am I good since the sample tasted good after 3 weeks?
Not certain but that just looks like some yeast rafts to me. Time and or cold crashing (or both) will probably cause that to settle out. If not, add a bit of gelatin if and when you rack to secondary for dry hopping. If you're already in secondary and will be kegging then add gelatin at kegging time, cold crash, then toss the first pint or two as the gelatin will settle at the bottom of your keg.
Good luck.
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