r2eng
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You need to raise the temp to 168.
so was I! I just also figured it at needed 6-7 months aging.3 Months is perfect, as I was trying to make a big beer that I could start cracking open in the fall when it starts cooling off.
24 hours in, the Pacman yeast from the smack pack are kicking ass and bubbling away aggresively and my garage smells like coffee and chocolate. Thanks for the recipe.
Yep! Both of the recipes I have under my sig provide violent fermentations!
I have my last bottle of this brew in my glass. After a year, it is a bit sweet. My next beer to brew is a repeat of this one for Thanksgiving. I think I am going to up the IBU's at the 60 minute boil time. Possibly 50% more hops...
Keep me posted!
I am going above that, and will post the new recipe. My B-day's coming up, so I want to brew a big one for the occasion.
I am looking at 100IBU or so that this can age a bit. Currently, at 10 months in a bottle, the bitterness needed to balance it is gone.
I have some 16.6AA Zeus and 11.2AA Centennial. I'm going to go larger with the bittering hops.
Not yet... I had a hankerin' for a DIPA. Read the article in Zymurgy, and had to create a 7.5%, big hop bomb. By the time the dry-hop takes place there will be just shy of a pound of hops in the 5.5 gallon batch.
And, there was also a need for a Belgian pale. The stout will be brewed by August.
1-2 lbs should be fine.... and I think it could work out well too!Popped another one open today. It benefited from another couple weeks in the bottle. The bitterness has faded noticeable degree which is good with mine. The roasted flavor is awesome and the dark tan head stays solid at about 1/4 inch for the length of the glass. Good coffee aroma, and though mine is a little sweeter than I would hope, it in no way detracts from the solid flavors in this one. I think I will try this one again and this time repitch on a yeast cake from a Dark Lord clone I will be racking soon. That should give it the legs to fully ferment.
Also, if you were going to add oats to this to smooth it out a bit, how much would be appropriate?
1-2 lbs should be fine.... and I think it could work out well too!
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