water with pop-tarts on the side.
Drinking with Dustin
This is what i found this morning. Looked like a warzone. Idk how long the lid was off but im not too worried. Gose is violent bunch lol
This is what i found this morning. Looked like a warzone. Idk how long the lid was off but im not too worried. Gose is violent bunch lol
nobody wants to drive to Waco today. it's like Fresno. Tommy Chong: "Hey, nobody wants to go to Fresno, man."Coffee hoping I don't have to drive to Waco today
"If you've made something that doesn't offend anybody, you've made Budweiser"
-Augie Carton-
another reason I don't like comps.I've only entered one beer comp in my life. I entered the same comp again this year and surprised results are not up. The festival at which awards will be given is this weekend. Wouldn't you think results would be up by now? I'm not expecting to win anything, but I like to see the stats on the website about the entries that did win.
I do not brew as much as most of you guys, but I have never had a blow off. I even had a couple of batches in which I felt way too little head space and had a very vigorous fermentation...but no blow off. I certainly have never blown a lid off of an Ale Pale. I guess I have something to strive for.
I've only entered one beer comp in my life. I entered the same comp again this year and surprised results are not up. The festival at which awards will be given is this weekend. Wouldn't you think results would be up by now? I'm not expecting to win anything, but I like to see the stats on the website about the entries that did win.
another reason I don't like comps.
I will admit that most of my beers are not good enough for comps, but I thought the feedback from last year's entry was a good way to start improving. That feedback got me thinking more seriously about my water. I entered a similar beer this year, with a lot of attention paid to the water, and I am hoping I can see the difference in the feedback.
personally, I don't trust judges to be impartial to personal taste. and I've had responses that make me wonder if the judges were tasting the same beer. it's great to get feed back to improve your process and your beer, but I personally don't like comps.
and with that being said, I am going to be a hypocrite and entering into the Byggvir Beer Cup this year.
I do not brew as much as most of you guys, but I have never had a blow off. I even had a couple of batches in which I felt way too little head space and had a very vigorous fermentation...but no blow off. I certainly have never blown a lid off of an Ale Pale. I guess I have something to strive for.
I like to enter just to get feed back and see if people like my beer. I had a mead that scored a 23 in one comp and a 43 in the next. Same batch, same mead. Its sometime luck of the draw and get judges that like your beer or they hate something in there (adjuncts style) and throw their opinion on the page that does not help you improve your beers
When you brew a big Russian imperial stout or a big Belgian you will.
The lid on the last quad I made cracked around the rim. Both RIS I've made, the floccing lids were dome-shaped even with the blow-off.
Early morning bottling. This Brett saison is tart as hell and smells like a disaster. it's funky as ****
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My last brew was a 1.080 stout with little head space. I put a blow-off tube on it but nothing but C02 came through it. I do not know much about the yeast strain, though, as I harvested it from a Bell's Porter.
how did you aerate? how big a starter you use? did you add any yeast nutrient?
I like to enter just to get feed back and see if people like my beer. I had a mead that scored a 23 in one comp and a 43 in the next. Same batch, same mead. Its sometime luck of the draw and get judges that like your beer or they hate something in there (adjuncts style) and throw their opinion on the page that does not help you improve your beers
When you brew a big Russian imperial stout or a big Belgian you will.
The lid on the last quad I made cracked around the rim. Both RIS I've made, the floccing lids were dome-shaped even with the blow-off.
Early morning bottling. This Brett saison is tart as hell and smells like a disaster. it's funky as ****
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My last brew was a 1.080 stout with little head space. I put a blow-off tube on it but nothing but C02 came through it. I do not know much about the yeast strain, though, as I harvested it from a Bell's Porter.
Did you get a different capper or just decided to go ahead and try your hand capper with the JK bottles? Sounds good - I'm going to throw some chardonnay soaked oak (actually, a lot of chardonnay soaked oak) in my saison with brett this weekend and then give it a couple more weeks.
I do not brew as much as most of you guys, but I have never had a blow off. I even had a couple of batches in which I felt way too little head space and had a very vigorous fermentation...but no blow off. I certainly have never blown a lid off of an Ale Pale. I guess I have something to strive for.
Be prepared for an enormous messy blowout on your next brew.
Be prepared for an enormous messy blowout on your next restroom trip.
Going to spend an hour at the beach, huh?
Going to spend an hour at the beach, huh?
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