Recent content by NeuroJoe

Hi all, if you've ever wanted to get into the brewing biz, here's your chance. No professional experience required, I'd actually prefer an all grain homebrewer with mechanical aptitude & good problem solving skills over a pro. We're brewing on a 7bbl BREWHA system, more or less a big...

They may float for the entire time, mine have been floating for months.

You may want to keep an eye on the SG during the primary. I use wlp550 as well with this recipe and typically put the primary in my fridge to knock out the yeast after 3-4 days of vigorous fermentation (1.020 or so). If you let the sacchromyces eat too much of the fermentables, there will be...

Over the last few weeks I've been pushing a little bit of gas out of the carboy through the airlock to get a whiff of the aromas. It smelled like the medicinal/fecal aroma was starting to dissipate, so I pulled a sample out today with a pipet. The flavor is *much* better than 6 weeks ago, more...

@ryane, the original recipe used Orval dregs, I have used 3278 twice and dregs from Cisco Peccish Woods once. The Peccish batch is a bit less horsey than the most recent 3278 batch after ~1 month, but comparable. @reverseapachemaster, I'm hoping you're right, it's tending towards sewage now...

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f72/drunk-owl-mango-55227/ is the link to the recipe itself for reference, I wont replicate that whole discussion here. Here's the issue I'm having:The first time I brewed this, a clean (little to no noticeable Brett flavor), sour flavor was surprisingly...

My guess is 12.7%:D

I cut up 12 large ripe to overripe mangoes into chunks and froze them overnight before thawing, adding campden and dumping into the carboy. That was in early summer though when they were much more available in the Northeast.

Fantastic thread, after living in the shadow of The Lost Abbey in the San Diego area for a few years I've become a big fan of sours. I brewed this back in late May, it's been sitting on ~10 lbs of mango meat for about 10 weeks now and is already getting tasty. Cant wait to see how it continues...

Please baby, baby baby please!

Have brewed this several times now, it's fantastic. Some don't like Chinook as a flavor hop because of the "aggressive, resinous" character but I love it, hope yours turns out well. jb

Bones meaning the kettles aren't included?