Recent content by Father Dattan

Revised recipe. Any advice anyone? https://brew.grainfather.com/recipes/219489

I’ve been using magnum and Hallertau tradition before. From memory, I believe Magnum has quite good alpha. Might spare me some money :)

I see you are quite correct. I have older and newer bottles. I don’t know age or if I bought them here or in Germany. Swedes sometimes take trips over the border to buy cheap beer in Germany. That means I brewed with the wrong input, which I hate... Well, I used Hallertau mittelfrüh. It would...

I don’t think it’s th pH. If it had been too wrong, you would have of tastes that you would recognize as bitter. My2c is the gelatin process. I cold crash for a week at 2 degrees Celsius, i.e. 35-36 Fahrenheit. After the first day of cold crash, I add the gelatin, on the 7th day I transfer to...

It also says Hallertau hops, so not much of a choice there either!

Well it’s says 5.5 ABV on the bottle. That gives me a clear target, shouldn’t it?

So, finally I had the opportunity to try to clone Jever Pilsner. It’s quite cheap in Sweden, but I really like the bitter lager taste. Well, I’ve had a most horrible brew day, but it smells good so far. I’ve read most posts on Jever that I could find on the internet and concluded that: 1. Only...