Just put 3 1 gallon batches into primary. What should I brew with this leftover hodgepodge of Pilsen, munich, 2 row pale, crystal 60l, kolsch yeast, random noble hops......
Just put 3 1 gallon batches into primary. What should I brew with this leftover hodgepodge of Pilsen, munich, 2 row pale, crystal 60l, kolsch yeast, random noble hops......
Sounds like you have the ingredients for a Düsseldorf Altbier. From the BJCP guidelines:
Ingredients
Grists vary, but usually consist of German base malts (usually Pils, sometimes Munich) with small amounts of crystal, chocolate, and/or black malts used to adjust color. Occasionally will include some wheat. Spalt hops are traditional, but other noble hops can also be used. Moderately carbonate water. Clean, highly attenuative ale yeast. A step mash or decoction mash program is traditional.
It may be on the lighter end of the spectrum without the chocolate or black malts, depending on how much Munich you use. And White Labs gives that yeast a 4 for making an Alt (out of 4; meaning great choice for style).
Second batch done and clearing up nicely.
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I should have enough munich and Crystal 60 to get the color but at a higher gravity. One of the three in primary is a northern German alt so a dusseldorf using the same yeast and hops could be fun to taste the differences
1 Gallon Brewers!
getting ready to bottle three batches. how much water volume do you use when priming with corn sugar? I don't want to dilute this liquid gold.
I'm debating building a mash tun for my all grain batches. Watched many youtube videos for ideas, all for 5-gallon and up batches. One guy did up a functioning MT in an ice chest for under $5.00 and I'd like to give it a try. I'm new to Homebrew (2 extract, zero all-grain), have physical limitations that stop me from standing for long periods or lifting heavy items so using a larger cooler is not on the table.
Questions: Would a 2-gallon water jug be big enough for a 1-gallon batch?
Is it better to be wider than taller?
Is there any reason why a filter 'bag' could not be used to cover the tubing I'd be using inside the container, filtering through the bag to the collection tubing?
(PS. I'd vote for a 1-gallon Birds of a Feather sub group so threads could stay reasonable. Just saying.)
1 Gallon Brewers!
getting ready to bottle three batches. how much water volume do you use when priming with corn sugar? I don't want to dilute this liquid gold.
I'm debating building a mash tun for my all grain batches. Watched many youtube videos for ideas, all for 5-gallon and up batches. One guy did up a functioning MT in an ice chest for under $5.00 and I'd like to give it a try. I'm new to Homebrew (2 extract, zero all-grain), have physical limitations that stop me from standing for long periods or lifting heavy items so using a larger cooler is not on the table.
Questions: Would a 2-gallon water jug be big enough for a 1-gallon batch?
Is it better to be wider than taller?
Is there any reason why a filter 'bag' could not be used to cover the tubing I'd be using inside the container, filtering through the bag to the collection tubing?
(PS. I'd vote for a 1-gallon Birds of a Feather sub group so threads could stay reasonable. Just saying.)
Go to the store and get some Domino brand sugar cubes - in the yellow box.
Must be DOMINO, not the pink C&H brand ones.
One cube will carbonate to 2.5ppm in a 12oz bottle, which is just about perfect. Just drop a cube in a sanitized bottle, fill as normal and cap.
Come back in 3 weeks and enjoy carbed beer. No dilution required.
What happens with the pink C&H? Domino is not available in my area but C&H is. I'm brewing BBS Brown Ale (no chestnut) tomorrow so I don't need an immediate reply but would like to know.
I used all brass 1/2" parts. i believe the nipple was 1 1/2" long and I actual used the exact white gasket from your picture, had to stretch it a bit but no leaks.
Because it is the will of the brew gods
Why do some of my pics upload sideways?
Me too, I just tried my Everyday IPA (BBS kit) and it came out great, gonna bottle a Brooklyn summer ale clone that I picked up from my LHBS this Sunday and am getting ready to brew a one gallon batch of Heffewezen, let me know how that Warrior kit comes out.I'm loving one gallon all grain brewing. So far I've done two kits from Brooklyn Brew Shops. Chocolate Maple Porter and the Warrior Double IPA. Looking forward to brewing my own recipes soon!
Chocolate Maple Porter:
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Warrior Double IPA:
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Sure you can use a mash tun for 1gal batches.
There've been some clever adaptations for coolers, but in general you want the cooler to be more deep than it is wide - and the reason for this is thermal mass. The more hot liquid and less airspace in the cooler, the less thermal drop you'll have over time. You can mitigate this a bit by using a piece of tin foil over the grains and creating a barrier before the lid (insulating just the mash), and some have gone so far as to cut out a piece of 2" foam board and put it in a ziplock to make a false lid.
I'd tell you to go right to a 5gal jug, but if you're only doing 1-1.5gal batches you'll have a bit of dead space above the mash. A 3gal round cooler would be better, but they're more expensive. Sometimes if you shop around you can find a good deal, but try to keep your mash tun 2x the size of the batch you're making - especially if you have a desire to make high ABV beers.
And you can totally use the filter bag in a mash tun. I do all the time, a 5gal paint strainer is ideal - and it just happens to fit a 3 or 5gal round cooler perfectly. They're cheap, and you get two in a package - one for the cooler, and the other for your pot as a hop bag.
Have fun!
I posted the 2 gallon Mash Tun I made two pages ago on this thread, take a look, cheap build too.
Sure you can use a mash tun for 1gal batches.
There've been some clever adaptations for coolers, but in general you want the cooler to be more deep than it is wide - and the reason for this is thermal mass. The more hot liquid and less airspace in the cooler, the less thermal drop you'll have over time. You can mitigate this a bit by using a piece of tin foil over the grains and creating a barrier before the lid (insulating just the mash), and some have gone so far as to cut out a piece of 2" foam board and put it in a ziplock to make a false lid.
I'd tell you to go right to a 5gal jug, but if you're only doing 1-1.5gal batches you'll have a bit of dead space above the mash. A 3gal round cooler would be better, but they're more expensive. Sometimes if you shop around you can find a good deal, but try to keep your mash tun 2x the size of the batch you're making - especially if you have a desire to make high ABV beers.
And you can totally use the filter bag in a mash tun. I do all the time, a 5gal paint strainer is ideal - and it just happens to fit a 3 or 5gal round cooler perfectly. They're cheap, and you get two in a package - one for the cooler, and the other for your pot as a hop bag.
Have fun!
Thanks. Will look for the paint strainer when I return various doodads to the hardware store, I built the 2-gallon mash tun, finished this morning
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