Recent content by Alpsie

@Beeru How did this turn out :) ?

Just a update. The beer turned out great taste wise, sadly I seem to have missed t he mark with carbonation, it has a "fizz" at the start, but it vanishes quite quickly, like less than 5 min. I´ll try and add more fermentables next time. I decided to make cider on the yeastkeg, and I just...

Oh, I was thinking I would use the hopspider in the current fermentation bucket, have it down near the yeastkeg, and then siphon directly over to a new bucket, where the hose is touching the buttom bucket, to prevent splashes and airation like you mention.

I´ve put this in the fridge yesterday for cold crashing at 40F and it is slowly dropping down in temperature currently at 45F, hopefully I´ll be able to bottle (don´t yet have a keg) on saturday when I don´t work. I´m thinking I´ll siphon it through some thin mesh from my hop-spider into a new...

I´m not sure I´ll want to boost to 1.070, I´m quite fine with the 1.041 it started at, will make an experience for my next brew when I do hit correct OG, see how much a flavour change it has compared to this "bad" OG haha. When using the Tilt to monitor, it has been changing between1.005 and...

Hi @anotherbeerplease Yes this was post-boil, I´ve been getting other replies and the consensus seems to be that my sparge was too quick and the grain was not milled correctly. So I know what to improve upon :) Now I´m just a bit hesitant about how the beer looks haha, if you look at the post...

Thank you all for the comments about the milling of the grains, I will try a different shop next time and ask before I buy anything. I hope it is okay, I keep updating this topic, I like to have stuff collected one place, so that I can go back to it during my next brew. I have two question and...

Thanks for the new replies. Sounds like I´ll need to find a new store for the malt/grain, or invest in my own mill. I see mills with 2 rollers and some with 3, is it worth getting one with 3, despite it being 100$ more? I´ve double checked the thermometer, and it shows the same numbers as the...

Hi again all, Thanks for describing the grain and how yours are milled, I´ve reached for the specialty grain and taken two pictures, this is similar to how the pilsner malt was milled, do it look okay to you guys? One more question, I´ve been keeping an eye/ear on the fermentation bucket and...

Okay so it will be a somewhat weaker beer, ill take it as a learning experience :) and if it is horrid, ill give it away for taste tests at work haha. Final volume for the fermenter should be 6.07 gallons and I ended up with 5.81 gallons, so not that much of the mark.

Thanks all for your inputs, I do think its due to the sparge, but now you got me thinking about how the grain was milled, the grain was all pre-milled so I´m not sure how fine/rough it was. The OG was taken after the boil, having missed the OG, I will just end up with a beer that has less...

@brewcat Thanks for your insight good to know im within the safe range of the yeast. I had just been reading that some yeasts gives one flavour profile at lower temperature and a other at higher temperatur. The sparge was very quick, too quick I think. Havent really read what is the typicall...

Hi all, I´m a long time lurker without an account, but decided to create an account to get a bit of help. I just brewed for the first time yesterday, with a pre-made recipe for a "Belgian Blond" I followed the recipe step by step, but ended up with less of a OG than listed. Recipe was in...