So I was able to get the honey malt. Planning on steeping 6 Oz of that and 6 Oz of flaked oats together before the boil. Does that sound right? Any suggestions?
flaked oats needs to be mashed with 2 row..... I don't think you will get anything out of that by itself.
I was just using them for the mouthfeel and head retention, not really caring about getting any fermentable sugars out of it. Do you think this is a bad idea?
What modification would you make, I am not really expert with conversions.You could always sub some of your extract with a little 2row to steep with your oats, no?
You could always sub some of your extract with a little 2row to steep with your oats, no?
Upping the wheat DME would actually get me to the right OG since I am leaving out the CARA. I just don't want to do it if it will affect the flavor profile negatively. I also don't mind just adding the .25 since a lower OG is not a problem for me.If you add too much you are just going to push the OG higher and out of the range you were shooting for.
Psue Psue Psuedio
Here is what I've done the last two times and it is ridiculously close to the original Psue, and better than what's been coming out of Florida.
Mash 152*F 90min
Boil 90min
100% RO water w/additions
Mash - .35 gram/gal Gypsum
1.17 gram/gal Baking Soda
1.10 gram/gal Calcium Chloride
0.50 ml/gal Lactic Acid
Sparge - .35 gram/gal Gypsum
1.10 gram/gal Calcium Chloride
93% Two Row
3.5% Flaked Barley
3.5% Honey malt
.25oz Warrior 60min
2oz Citra 10min
2.5oz Citra 5min
2oz Flame Out
5oz Whirlpool @ 175-180*F for 30min
Dose with WLP007 starter @ 68*F
Drop 2oz Citra in primary at day 7 (68*F) I spin the carboy every night to get them all saturated and soaking, gently though.
Drop 2.5oz Citra in primary at day 10 (68*F) By now it looks like a carboy of pea soup, when I give it a spin.
Cold crash to 34*F There's quite a bit of hop material floating around and layering the top, it all usually falls out by the time it gets to 34*F
Rack to keg on day 14
Carb for 7 days I've never bottled this, so I'm no help here.
Grain to glass in 21 days.
I know the Warrior, but it works. I've tried no bittering hops and Citra for bittering, and this is best of the three imo.
Most of active fermentation will be done at day 3-4 or so. At that point, there is little chance that fermentation will really generate much heat. I would give it about 4 solid days at that 64 and then take it inside. It will not go up all at once even if the room is 72.
~5 gallon batch here? OG target?
Wanting to order the citra ASAP and try this recipe before brew season is limited.
So I got home from work and even though my fridge was still at 62, my fermometer sticker was reading 68 and the bubbles on the airlock where going faster than they where this morning. Should I try to bring the fridge temp down a few degrees to get the wort temperature in the 64 range during active fermentation or do you think I should just leave it be for now?
Cool. I was planning on doing my first dry hop addition saturday night.I might just do it when I move it inside and take that first gravity reading, or should I wait for fermentation to complete before adding the hops?
Cool. Sounds like a plan.I would move it in. But, you could still wait till saturday to dry hop/ take reading if you want..... no big deal there.
After 8 days in the primary I finally took a gravity reading and added my first round of dry hops. The beer is at 1.014. I tasted the sample and it tasted both a little too bitter and a little too sweet. I am guessing that the excess bitterness was because the hop particles are still in suspension (it was a very cloudy sample) and it will fade. I am hoping the sweetness mellows out a little as well, although I am not too sure on that one.
Cool. I guess I will wait and see.Since your ferment started late, I wouldn't be surprised to see your FG drop another couple of points, which should lessen the sweetness. Plus conditioning / carbonating / chilling will change the taste as well. I wouldn't worry. I'm sure it's going to taste fantastic.
Awesome. Actually Braufessor was really generous and hooked me up with a bottle of Pseudo along with some other great beers including some his homebrew. That being said I would love to have another bottle of pseudo to be able to do side by sides with at different stages of my clone. Mainly, it would be great to get feedback on my beer so I would totally be interested in working something out.I'm planning to visit the brewery during my Christmas vacation to Iowa. Maybe we can work out a swap - some of yours for a bottle of the real thing. One of my sons lives in Austin and could facilitate the swap.
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