Recent content by TBryerton

I’ve never understood the love for malted oats on here. I’ve hated every beer I’ve ever made with them. I’ve always had better luck with Flaked oats or wheat malt. Interesting that they need to back off the 2Row with certain hops.

I wasted a lot of time and money trying to reproduce that TH flavor. A few of my takeaways… - I drink a decent amount of TH, and it’s been a long time since I’ve had a beer that has that vintage TH flavor. At least at the level is use to be at. - t58 and wb06 stick out like a sore thumb. -...

They claim they target 1.016? I don’t believe I’ve ever measured their beer but I would be shocked if they were under 1.020. I would have guess even higher. I’ve had 1 or 2 that I would’ve guessed closer to 1.030, but certainly not the norm.

100% agree. While on this topic, I’m curious how everyone is measuring for water chemistry. For those of you who measure mash volume and add salts to that kettle, are you doing the same to the HLT (or sparge water)? I don’t think there’s a right or wrong way to do this. Just curious what...

I’m also typically around 16oz. 5# per bbl = (5x16) x 6.5 / 31 = 16.77 oz. If you’re making beer you’re happy with, with 8oz, god bless you. For those using a conical, I find that keeping a close eye on that sight glass really helps. With a small amount of pressure the hops eventually start...

If I remember correctly, Alter Ego is (or at least was) the same kettle hops as Julius, with different hops cold side. Obviously mostly Mosaic.

I read that description as confirmed. It’s not confirmed if it’s all American hops, but it almost certainly is. It’s definitely heavy Amarillo, most likely some Citra, and probably a kiss of Columbus, maybe even a pinch of Cascade.

Awhile back in this thread we discussed which hops are used in which beers. In the description for their 10th anniversary Haze, they confirmed Amarillo. I think most of us knew this was a heavy Amarillo beer, but this confirms it.

I started watching the video but haven’t had a chance to make it all the way through yet. In your screen shot it has the beer name as a YouTube recipe, which would make me think it’s a mockup specifically for the video, so not sure how much weight I’d put into it. That being said, I recall...

Amazon. It’s Borosilicate. Not familiar with true Borosilicate - are there different levels?

If you’re building a lot of starters for DIPAs, or other big beers, I highly recommend this. I thought it was overkill, but after getting in trouble with the wife about 1000 times for messy overflows, I decided to give this a shot. So much easier than the 2000.

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You can definitely taste the crystal in the majority of their beers. No surprise there, but very surprised Haze and Julius were Simcoe heavy. I don’t get that at all. Like Nate, I also find it ridiculous on Facebook all these beer connoisseurs calling any ipa with crystal malt oxidized...

My process aligns with Fidens, or I guess I should say my process is close but will be shifting to their numbers on current / next batch. I was aiming for 5.3-5.4 in the Mash but that’s not the first time I’ve heard going lower for this style. I use lactic in the kettle, phosphoric in the FV...

It’s on my to-do list to listen to but haven’t had the chance yet. Thanks for the summary. I still find it surprising that the % of oats isn’t higher for Fidens. That being said their beer is not nearly as thick as it once was, and has gotten significantly better. I’ve always thought their...