Yep. Those are DEFINITELY hop pellets...
And yes. That is what the two Briess bags are in the picture where I am showing off all the malts.
As far as the recipe it was pretty much Jamil's Rauchbier recipe from Brewing Classic Styles with the Rauchmaltz cranked up to 50%.
Fermentation...
Went and brewed 400 gallons up in Milwaukee in late April.
The beer was released the last weekend of May.
People are loving it !!
https://plus.google.com/u/0/106612507429412633740/posts/Uu2DDEQsy9t
and
https://plus.google.com/u/0/106612507429412633740/posts/ZkPtDEejA7g
Just brewed this last week (finally).
Pitched yeast starter and aerated with Oxygen on Tuesday night, and was down to almost 1.020 by Friday evening (i.e. 3 days)!!
Dry hopped with the first batch of hops and let sit 3 more days at ~68F.
Transferred to secondary carboy and dry hopped with...
I never really thought this about the commercial version UNTIL I made the clone... BUT, does anyone think one of the hops in this beer has a very "CELERY" flavor/smell to it !?
I almost couldn't finish my keg of the clone because of it, and then I went back and had a commercial one and have...
ALL THE DETAILS are HERE:
http://www.bunitedint.com/information/brands/description/96/
And another good thread on Hopfenweisse cloning over here:
http://www.thebrewingnetwork.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=19223
I have brewed this clone several times and it is BETTER than the real one...
ALL THE DETAILS are HERE:
http://www.bunitedint.com/information/b ... iption/96/
And another good thread on Hopfenweisse cloning over here:
http://www.thebrewingnetwork.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=19223
I have brewed this clone several times and it is BETTER than the real one...
ALL THE DETAILS are HERE:
http://www.bunitedint.com/information/b ... iption/96/
And another good thread on Hopfenweisse cloning over here:
http://www.thebrewingnetwork.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=19223
-Randy Simmons
I wasn't correcting anyone...
I was just trying to provide a formula to help someone in the future when they Google this topic and find this thread like I did.
AND I ALSO DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU THOUGHT YOU HAD TO POST THAT THE THREAD WAS 3 YEARS OLD ?!?
SO F**KING WHAT ????
Because of your...
The "FORMULA" to figure out how much EXTRA water to treat in the BOIL is:
VOLUME OF WATER TO BE TREATED IN BOIL = Total PREboil Vol - Treated MASH Vol
Then you do a ratio (i.e. Vol of water to be treated in boil / Treated Mash Vol) and then you know what to multiply your MASH SALTS by...
EXACTLY !!!
The "RO water with Gypsum and CalciumChloride to 100ppm" is NOT enough info !
TimBrewz, why do you think that means to get the Calcium to 100ppm !?!?!?
They didn't say THAT.
Although like I said I don't understand what they DID mean either...
I am VERY much in line with...
And with that SAME beer, won the whole damn BEST OF SHOW in the Milwaukee Beer Barons ALL GERMAN competition in August !!! :tank:
The Milwaukee Brewing Company is going to BREW THE BEER !!! :mug:
By the way...
Local Homebrew Shop (Brewtensils, Dayton, OH) had no Crystal Hops...
They called LD CARLSON to order some, and they told them NONE for the rest of the YEAR !
They also called the place they order their hop rhizomes from, and they told them that it was a "really bad year" for...