MirImage
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Just bought all of the ingredients yesterday. Woohoo. Brewing this on Wednesday and showing at least 4 people how to brew. Unfortunately it's just PM but it's a start. Also splurged and bought at wort chiller.
Just bought all of the ingredients yesterday. Woohoo. Brewing this on Wednesday and showing at least 4 people how to brew. Unfortunately it's just PM but it's a start. Also splurged and bought at wort chiller.
I see your in Houston. Where did you get your ingredients from?
Defalco's Its on Stella Link. I just moved down here from Wisconsin, seems like a great place thus far.
Just finished 5 gallons this morning ... the boil was about 90 mins, and the color is much darker than I expected ...
Did not change ingredients, except for the yeast (US-04 re-pitched from a cream ale)
I hope that the guy at Austin Homebrew made the right mixture og grains ... gravity was 1044, and the batch was closer to 5.5 - 6 gals..
Does a longer boil darken the wort ?
Cool. Yeah, that's where I go as well. They're pretty cool and informative. It seems a lot of people homebrew in Wisconsin.
How else do you keep warm? haha
Can't wait to brew this.... im drooling over the pics and comments about it!!
awesome thanks!
Just made a bit of a variation on this for my first AG beer. It took a lot longer than I thought, but it was fun. Also my initial gravity came in at 1.047, so a bit low... meh, never milled grains before. I drank some of the hydrometer jar and it tastes sweet and citrusy.
I'm planning to try this in the comming month as my first all grain adventure (which seems to have become cliche from replies in this thread), and have a question about substitutions in the grain bill. My LHBS carries a fairly limited selection of grains. I know I can use munich in place of the vienna, but for the crystal 10L, I'm not sure what to use. I can get the following locally:
American Victory
Briess Carapils
Belgian Biscuit
CaraRED Malt 15.3 - 19.6 Lovibond
Crystal Malt 80 Lovibond
Gambrinus Pale 2-Row
Gambrinus Honey Malt (20L)
H-B Carastan/Crystal (UK) 40 Lovibond
Malt Munich
Melanoidin Malt 23 31 Lovibond
Any feedback helps, thanks.
I forgot to check to see if I hit my numbers.... the problems of trying to entertain a party while brewing. Noticed this morning it was fermenting and even so now It's going stronger, can't wait to start drinking this!
Just brewed this last night. Look forward to drinking it soon!
Anyone have any blow off issues with this yeast? I forgot if anyone mentioned it in this thread and it is way too long to go back through.
So far there hasn't been for me. I got the pale in my room and every few seconds I hear a blurp. Might be a long night. Hope to hook in a airlock soon.
Yeah, I fermented in an ale pale last time and it doesn't seal properly, so I never even saw any airlock activity. I just left it alone for 2 weeks then when I took a gravity sample, it was down to 1.011 and I kegged.
I brewed Ed's porter a while back and it used Notty. I have never seen a fermentation that hardcore!
i bottled this and had a taste 10 days later and i am extremely impressed.
this is truly an elegant pale ale that has the right amount of hop character.
i am excited to give this to friends and family and have a toast!
Mine's got only two weeks since bottling, so it's not right yet. Was better at bottling(4 weeks fermenting). Bottling sometimes is like resetting the clock -- you need at least 2-3 weeks to carb and then a week or more to mature again. At least it's not like wine (2-5 years to peak!)
But it may be that I just finished the last of my own pale ale recipe which was a big hit in my family. To be fair, I'll have to wait another couple of weeks before seeing if Bee Cave Pale measures up.
yeah its not yet ready for distribution. there is certainly not as much carbonation as there should be yet. nevertheless i can tell its going to be a superb beer.
can i substitude the vienna with munich malt and crystal 10 with carapils and how would the ratio be?
Edwort, You Rock!
My first AG batch is ready, beautifully carbed and tasty. Bee Cave Brewing Haus Pale Ale is a crowd pleaser. Keep up the good work!
Rick
I've been drinking this beer like it's candy! I really love how simple, but complex it is. It really makes you appreciate what you can do in your kitchen/backyard!
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