Search results

8lbs. Pilsner LME 3lbs. Rye Malt 1lb. Victory Malt 1lb. Flaked Oats .25lbs. Roasted Barley 2 oz. Magnum (60 mins) 1 oz. Hallertauer (15 mins) 2 oz. Juniper Berries (Boil 5 mins) 1 pkg. White Labs Belgian Ale yeast I'm going to smoke my grains at home... not quite sure for how long. Also...

The acid blend is a mix of citric, malic, and tartaric acid. I imagine there'd be enough citric acid in this recipe from the lemon and orange juice that you might not want to add more. I'll have to look into the head retention thing... very interesting.

Boiling nettles prevents them from stinging. Perhaps its in there to balance the acids? I've read somewhere that a 3:1 ratio of lemon juice to cream of tartar provides the right balance of acids for baking applications.

So not necessarily being accessible, just keeping it hyrdolized rather than crystals?

I don't believe so. Cream of tartar inhibits the formation of sugar crystals. My guess is that its there to keep the sugar from bunching up and remaining accessible to the yeast.

You might try using tartaric acid. Maybe half the amount? Cream of tartar is a 50% neutralized version of tartaric acid..so that might work. It should be available in your LHBS.

I don't think you need to boil any longer than you want; as long as you have your hot break, you're good. As I'm sure you know, the longer you boil, the more more you drive off hop aroma and extract bitterness..up to a point. If you really want hop aroma, make an addition at the knockout...

Also, did you enjoy them?

Yeah, I saw someone from Washington had posted a link to them in a previous thread to FreshHops. Sadly, it 404'd. :(

I have yet to try these, but they seem to be particularly suited to my tastes; based on descriptions I've read. Trouble is I can't seem to find them anywhere, let alone Washington. And Washington has that hop quarantine going on still, so I apparently can't get them out of state anyway. BUT a...

Good thing we figured out they didn't need to come out.

Nope, I guess not. Just the bung, which is no problem.

Sweet. I'll take you up on your offer. But it wont be for 2 or 3 weeks if that's okay? Send me a PM if that sounds good to you. We can discuss payment from there.

The link re-directs to KegWorks, and they no longer carry them. Yeah, I'm interested. How much $ are we talking?

Ha. So he did. God I feel like an idiot.

Well, this is gonna be a pain to find valve couplers.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Thank you!

Yeah.. tried screwdriver and..wrench.. couldn't find my hammer. lol. Tomorrow I guess.

If only I had one... it's like it needs some sort of key or something. I couldn't find anything that fit in there well enough that I could apply enough pressure to get it to budge. And yeah, definitely not a D. Looked like a U except for that center pin..thingy. But it's an Anheuser-Busch keg...

Okay, I was given this Anheuser-Busch pony keg the other day. It's got two of these valves on it. One on the top and one on the bottom side. It also has a bung on the side. I initially thought it was a U - type valve system, but I'm not so sure. And I can't figure out how to get that retainer...