yeah, let's see your home bar, Brau.!
I have plenty of thirsty friends, we have coworkers, neighbors, friends over somewhat often, and I fill growlers for people now and then..... Oh, and I probably have 2-4 a day as well. Gotta keep the taps full
yeah, let's see your home bar, Brau.!
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I have plenty of thirsty friends, we have coworkers, neighbors, friends over somewhat often, and I fill growlers for people now and then..... Oh, and I probably have 2-4 a day as well. Gotta keep the taps full
I have plenty of thirsty friends, we have coworkers, neighbors, friends over somewhat often, and I fill growlers for people now and then..... Oh, and I probably have 2-4 a day as well. Gotta keep the taps full
How important is bicarbonate to the brew? Using Bru'n water, in order to get to 5.4pH I need to add 1.5ml of Lactic Acid to the mash and the sparge. If I do this it says the bicarbonate level will be -25.7. Is that okay? Or should I just take the 5.6pH that is says I will have if I don't use Lactic Acid?
Also, side question, when exactly do you add the Lactic Acid for both mash and sparge?
Thanks!
I like your bar area. Are you using a keezer or a kegerator?
What's the recipe for the 1.065 version? Or did you just up everything proportionally?
Have you ever tried Citra-Mosaic-Simcoe?
I just finished Citra-Amarillo-Centennial and it's almost tapped. It was CTZ to bitter (.75) Citra (5) Amarillo (4) Centennial (1) I loved it.
Hey @braufessor
What do you think the different grains are bringing to the beer? I've been toying with the idea of doing a 80/20 GP/flaked oats but I don't want to lose any of the haziness that could be coming from the wheat, flaked barley and honey malt. Do you think any of the haziness is from something in those grains or is it more from the yeast/hop/water?
OT, but Abrasive has only 6% oats. I emailed them and he told me that. They do use golden naked oats and flaked oats, but he said it's a total of 6% combined.I know Surly Abrasive is a GP & oat beer but it doesn't have much haziness to it. I'm not sure on the ratio but I would expect it to be more than 80% GP. It does have a nice full mouthfeel, though, which I like. Most of Surly's beers do, and from my understanding, most Surly beers use GP as their base malt.
How important is bicarbonate to the brew? Using Bru'n water, in order to get to 5.4pH I need to add 1.5ml of Lactic Acid to the mash and the sparge. If I do this it says the bicarbonate level will be -25.7. Is that okay? Or should I just take the 5.6pH that is says I will have if I don't use Lactic Acid?
Also, side question, when exactly do you add the Lactic Acid for both mash and sparge?
Thanks!
It is a bug/quirk in the program. Negative bicarbonate is not a thing.
I brewed this as posted except I scaled it up to 1.068 and added another whirlpool addition at 145 degrees. What a fantastic beer! I am brewing this again in a few weeks using all New Zealand hops and 100% Golden Promise. This may be the best IPA I have brewed to date. View attachment 353976
If you're near a Wal-Mart you can fill a 5 gal jug for .37/gal. Just ditched my filtered tap water after it ruined too many ipas
Pulled another gravity sample today (Day 9). FG is 1.012 for an ABV of 5.6%.
Added sanitized foil and a rubber band and dropped the controller to 60*. Hoping to compact the trub some more before transferring, may drop to 50* tomorrow. Planning to transfer to dry hop keg on Day 11 or Day 12.
Tasting very good, slight bite that is probably from the yeast still in suspension as well as raw hop flavors.
Really, really happy with my latest. 1 oz. each of centennial, Amarillo, simcoe in two kettle additions. Left centennial out of dry hop, and went 1.5 ounces each of simcoe/Amarillo in the two dry hops.
Otherwise, pretty much the original recipe. Super smooth. I found the same recipe with centennial in dry hop to be rather dry and a bit harsh.
What about the Eureka! version?
Fresh from the dry hop keg........Holy dank tropicalness. Citra, eureka, Columbus..... I think this will be a winner.
Really, really happy with my latest. 1 oz. each of centennial, Amarillo, simcoe in two kettle additions. Left centennial out of dry hop, and went 1.5 ounces each of simcoe/Amarillo in the two dry hops.
Otherwise, pretty much the original recipe. Super smooth. I found the same recipe with centennial in dry hop to be rather dry and a bit harsh.
Sorry if you've answered this before, but how are you lighting those pictures?
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