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I’ve also been assuming this water profile which lacks alkalinity is just fine for light colored lagers - am I missing something by not adding any bicarb? My thinking has always been “why add bicarb to just counteract it with lactic acid” but maybe I’m off base (no pun intended)?

Interesting, I’m glad you’re not experiencing the same thing I am! I think my approach will be to stick to my current water profile, eliminate the OxBlox from my sparge water, drop the OxBlox amount from 0.3g to 0.2g per gallon. Since they say to use 0.2-0.4g per gallon and say it can lower...

I just checked out the Morebeer page, looks like I should stop adding to sparge water and that it can lower mash/final pH by 0.2-0.4. I guess in the worst case if I was targeting a mash pH of 5.4 it could be as low as 5 and then kettle acidifying could have dropped it to about 4.8. Is that pH...

I’ll read the morebeer page and see what’s on there. I use very close to 0.3g per gallon as well. You don’t get any odd flavors in batches using it? I’ve brewed a couple batches of bitter and Porter in between my lager stream and haven’t noticed anything close to the flavor I’ve seen above...

For a more granular view into my process in case it helps here’s the helles for example: Brewing in a Robobrew/brewzilla 10lbs barke pils, 2lbs barke Vienna 1oz mittelfrüh @70, 0.5oz mittelfrüh @40, 0.5oz mittelfrüh @20 all 3%AA Mash: hochkurz 145 for 30min, 158 for 45min, 170 for 10min...

I build my water from distilled. I’ve been trying to keep the same water profile as a way to eliminate a variable and to explore ingredients from the same clean slate if that makes sense. I use the profile as follows: Ca: 53 Mg: 6 SO4: 59 Na: 12 Cl: 86 I add 88% lactic acid into the mash as...

I tapped a keg of märzen yesterday and noticed it was a lot more hop forward than I was expecting - particularly from 70 and 40 minute additions amounting to about 25 IBUs (1oz hallertau tradition @70, 1oz Tettnanger @40). It had a very sort of like green-zesty flavor? That’s the only way I can...

I’d definitely bump it up a few degrees to see if you can get it rolling a bit more. Second the idea of taking a sample for a hydrometer reading.

When I open ferment I do something similar - anvil bucket lid set on but not clamped, no stopper/airlock but with a piece of loosely cupped foil on top. It’s not totally open but I call it open.

90 minutes with the lid off

Dang that wheat on the top is super clear! Did you have to use finings? Thinking of doing something similar as a lager and I’d like it clear

I enjoyed how the porter came out using the Jasper 037 - seemed to clear very well. I think the esters were covered a bit by the brown and chocolate malts so I think I’ll have to run it in a bitter like @Bramling Cross Good stuff!

English porter - first time I’ve busted out the beer engine and cask in a long time

Getting to the end of the keg of my Munich dunkel, still delicious even with the warmer weather!

What I’m taking home from this thread is that nobody who has one has regretted it in any fashion. How’s cleaning and maintenance on one of these faucets? I imagine more involved than my current Nuka taps, but is it complex?

I didn’t even know Lukr faucets had stout nozzles, that’s pretty cool! It sounds like they can be used with more or less any lager type and work well for other beer types as well. Not one trick ponies. Now I have to weigh if this is the best “treat yourself” option. In my cursory research it...

Wow that looks awesome! It’s been so long since I’ve been to a festival like that. Beautiful sunny day with mugs of doppelbock? Sounds great to me.

I honestly haven’t looked into it in depth. I was curious about the jaded chillers but never really looked into it seriously. I’ve always just accepted the stock chiller for what it was and added the ice/cooler/pond pump combo to make it better.

I did a quick google of those mugs they’re pretty sharp. The only thing I have at this point is a mug I picked up while I was in Vienna this fall but it’s “special” so nobody else will get to use it! I’ve never had the chance to try anything from Notch but it’s on my list of things to do. I...

That looks great! I’d have to track down some mugs that’s for sure. Speaking of which that looks like a Tübinger mug where did you happen to pick that up? I’ve had a hard time when I’ve looked and have resorted to scanning eBay for them without much luck at all.