Pile O' Chamomile (pics)

Brewed the Wildflower Wheat from Extreme Brewing. It calls for 2 ounces of chamomile. I made a 11g batch, so I just upped it to 5 ounces. Man that is a LOT OF CHAMOMILE!

I was worried for 2 reasons: it's a lot more than I thought it would be, and the recipe calls for it to be boiled 60 instead of late addition. I was worried about bitterness.

Boil aroma was amazing.

Hydro tasted and smelled very nice. Don't think any of this was a problem. Anyway, here's some pics (cause I know we all love pics)

That's a lot of chamomile! I hope ya like the taste of it, cuz its pretty potent stuff. Made a wit with 1 oz and it ruined the beer for me. Though maybe the nuclear strength approach is the way to go?

Got a little rust in there too?

jgourd said:

Got a little rust in there too?

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I think the only rust is on the bolts on my hop bag 's threaded rods. Is that what you mean?

bierhaus15 said:

That's a lot of chamomile! I hope ya like the taste of it, cuz its pretty potent stuff. Made a wit with 1 oz and it ruined the beer for me. Though maybe the nuclear strength approach is the way to go?

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We'll just have to wait and see. I'm not above dumping something else in there at the end of fermentation of it is offensive (hops, lactose, whatever).

passedpawn said:

I think the only rust is on the bolts on my hop bag 's threaded rods. Is that what you mean?

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Yup. I made mine with just holes in the side for a wooden rod made of oak.

jgourd said:

Yup. I made mine with just holes in the side for a wooden rod made of oak.

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Honestly, the rust doesn't bother me. But I like the way you think... maybe I'll do the same.

Hey, care to post a pic? No concern of warpage?

go sox...

goose1873 said:

go sox...

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we're nippin at your tail. See you tomorrow!

passedpawn said:

Honestly, the rust doesn't bother me. But I like the way you think... maybe I'll do the same.

Hey, care to post a pic? No concern of warpage?

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Here ya go. No warpage so far.

Yep, I'm modifying mine this wkend. That would make storage much easier, too.

I pulled a thief from this beer. Wow. Both the honey and the chamomile are present. Just amazing. FG was at 1.020, and that will probably drop due to the honey being a slow fermenter, but guys and gals this is very flavorful. I make a lot of beer and I am rarely surprised like this.

passedpawn said:

I pulled a thief from this beer. Wow. Both the honey and the chamomile are present. Just amazing. FG was at 1.020, and that will probably drop due to the honey being a slow fermenter, but guys and gals this is very flavorful. I make a lot of beer and I am rarely surprised like this.

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Nice! I did the extract version of this and it was terrible. I think I messed up somewhere along the way and I want to try it again.

Did you convert to All Grain or did you go extract?

I bought 1 oz of the stuff and used probably over half of it in a wheat and I let it age for 2 months and had to toss it. I really think the chamomile ruined it.

Brewtimore said:

Nice! I did the extract version of this and it was terrible. I think I messed up somewhere along the way and I want to try it again.

Did you convert to All Grain or did you go extract?

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All grain. It was remarkable fry the the hydro, but maybe the finished product will not be. We'll wait and see.