Recent content by WoodyF15

Tapped the Keg a few days ago. Although I made every mistake possible, it turned out great. Very thick head and a great Kolsch. Better to be lucky than good. All 5 gallons almost gone. Wife loves it.

Carb'd for a week on CO2. What next? Age another week or so or start pouring?

Midfielder5 It's the brand carried by my LHBS. I'm re-engaging in this hobby after a long time away, thanks for the info, my learning curve will be steep with all the help offered.

Midfielder, I jumped into brewing the extract Kolsch kit without any research. A few days later I read all the post about the proper yeast to use for a real Kolsch. Since the Notty was already pitched all I could do was wonder how bad I screwed it up. Dumping trub today, kegging tomorrow...

Muncher, I did aerate prior to pitching the yeast but the next day I shot some CO2 in to bleed off the Air layer in the conical. I read this somewhere and thought I'd give it a try. I'm really scrambling to save this batch if you can't tell.

Muncher, the recipe called for 2.5 gal of water @ 150-165 deg F to steep the specialty grains for 20 min. Then bring the wort up to a "gentle rolling boil" and add only the 3.3 lbs of Pilsen LME. So the boil qty was only 2.5 gal with the additional volume of water added after the schedule of...

Thanks FishSniffer

Thanks OC, never heard of it, live and learn? http://www.beersmith.com/blog/2008/02/20/better-beer-with-late-malt-extract-additions/

Instructions state FG 1.010 to 1.013, Thanks SH for your comment. I'm leaning towards kegging.

Thanks OC, the internet is slammed full of the same exact "re-pitching" advice I received. Lot of people to slap. I'm gonna give you experts a day or so to chime in and make a move. My options at this point range from kegging/carbonating to flushing the batch down the $hi++er. The clock is...

One more fact, fermentation temperature maintained towards the high end of the recommended 57-70 deg F. 65-70 deg F was the norm for this batch.

After a 20 yr hiatus from home brewing I decided to check out the technology advancements in this hobby. After a month or so I began compiling all my equipment to make Kal's electric brewery. That portion is going well. In the mean time I decided to make a batch of Kolsch using Brewers Best...