Recent content by xdosequisx

Sounds like a sexy brew. Have you played around different ratios of Pils:2-row at all? Me and @Overkill did a Kolsch in a non-lodo format a few months ago which came out pretty nicely, Its high on the agenda to re-brew with lodo technique. 7# Admiral's Maltings Pilsner 3# Yolo Wheat 8gal...

Thanks for the tip, I had a feeling it might be the stirring. Currently I'm using a steel mash tun and underletting to 100% full then locking down the lid so that there's no headspace, then draining and underletting to full two more times to sparge. No stirring whatsoever. I think next time...

Stay posted, should be done lagering in about a month. What I can say now is that something went very wrong with Lauter/Sparging. OG was only 1.039, target was 1.059. I was initially thinking that it was too coarse of a crush since it was the also the first time using a new grain mill and...

Just completed first LoDo brew, I did a Helles Bock with 65% Pils and 35% light Munich. Lets see how it turns out!

On the lowoxygenbrewing page, it is noted that Is this suggesting that Vienna and Munich malts should be avoided in Helles Lagers, or rather that they should be included at >5%? In the GBF paper, three example recipes are provided: One with Pils only, one with 10% Vienna, and one with 10%/5%...

Edit: whups, meant to post this in the LoDo forum On the lowoxygenbrewing page, it is noted that Is this suggesting that Vienna and Munich malts should be avoided in Helles Lagers, or rather that they should be included at >5%? In the GBF paper, three example recipes are provided: One with...

I just learned about this place the other day! I called them up to ask if they sell direct to homebrewers. They said they have a number of homebrew customers, and that you can order grain at their brewpub "The Rake." Not sure if you can buy less than a full 50lb sack, headed up there this...

Not to rag on Overkill but to add to the whole ambitiousness and insanity of this build: this project was started after having done exactly one brew, about a month after leaning the basics of how brewing works. I have never seen anyone dive so balls-deep into a hobby so quickly as Overkill

Wow, quite the response! I guess this issue is a lot more widespread than I had imagined. The difference for me is really quite severe. I brewed a Czech Pils with a predicted IBU of about 35-40, it came out at what I would guess to be maybe 15. I am definitely going to abandon the spider from...

Has anyone else on here noticed their beers coming out drastically less bitter than the estimated IBU would predict when using a hop-spider? Last handful of brews I've been using a morebeer 200um hop spider to prevent plate-chiller clogging. All of them have turned out way less hoppy than the...

I see, I was under the impression that it was to be maintained permanently at 118F. At what point should the temp be lowered for storage?

Interesting, so then it is a fortuitous coincidence that by inoculating with malt grains rather than pitching a pure culture you are also inoculating with oxygen consuming wild yeasts in addition to being Reinheitsgebot compliant. This brings be back to the mini-mash question though, if there...

So, from reading Kunze and elsewhere, I'm gathering that the culture is grows at 48C until it reaches 2% Lactic acid, after which cell growth becomes stationary. Before reaching stationary phase, the culture must be split or expanded by feeding one part culture with one part diluted (1.040?)...

"No, no, I'm not going to go crazy with it or anything, I just want to brew a lil beer." -/u/Overkill, about 2 months ago

Way she F** gose boys, way she F** gose. No hops in this recipe?