Recent content by jonpecan

Damnation! I forgot to warm up my gelatin before adding it to the beer. Did a 10 gallon batch. Split beer in half, one for keg, one for bottles. Gelatin going into the keg I neglected to heat. Any thoughts on the implication? Will room temperature gelatin do something, if never heated to...

Or maybe an enzyme, say, Ultra-Ferm

Any thoughts if souring it might help get rid of any of the unpleasant flavors? I used to make Brett, pedio, lactobacillus beers, and have saved less savory beers by doing this in the past.

Thanks for the input all. I'm going to take the aging approach with the last batch in which I decided to dump all of the remaining LME. Calling it a strong ale, because of the strength required to consume it. I'm thinking I'll give it half a year. Or just distill it into a weird tasting whisky.

In 2017, I thought I was being smart and purchased a large quantity of recipe kits online on discount that included with them Gold LME as the main fermentable. Keeping these for long term use for where and when I might need them. And lo, the world was upturned by a lethal pandemic. As such, I...

Awesome thanks for the responses!

I think extract is golden light from northern brewer. Aiming for as low FG as possible with this technique only.

Oops, forgot, Nottingham yeast

Hi all, Edit: Nottingham yeast! End edit. I wanted to see what you would expect by adding amyloglucosidase to a beer I made last night. Simple recipe, just 6 lbs extract for a 5 gallon batch. Ginger root, lemon zest, and a small amount of hops. OG is 1.043. How low do you expect FG...

+ 14 = 30,334.5 gallons Before Thanksgiving I think? Sitting in my basement in a demijohn. I've been too lazy to take it off the lees yet. Will likely break it into 2 or 3 batches with different fruit additions.

I am glad this thread exists. I am engaging in this sacrilegious (or sacrilicious) practice right now. Hope to hear more tasting notes from you happy heathens. Fermenting: 2 varieties of German lagers strains and a Czech pilsner strain. Ambient 60-62 F (for now, our winter house temp)...

Yes

I know it's unlikely, but was hoping to snag a can of the limited release Bernie Weisse from Zero Gravity in VT for a friend's upcoming birthday. Don't even know if this is in the realm of possibility. Might be a collector's item over time, so anyone that managed to get it might not want to...

Grilla: I wasn't aware of the 2 G/min flow recommendation. That might explain why I haven't seen anything on this. I think I'll start with my lazy, static approach and see where that gets me. Thanks for the pic of your set-up, very helpful: I think I'll replicate it if results are lacking...

Howdy folks, I am long overdue for a beer line cleaning on my converted kegerator. I've used CO2 to pump PBW before. But due to moving to a new house, my system has gone unused, with old sediments (including brett funk), for quite some time. So I wanted to get my pipes clean with some BLC...