What I do is just line my fermint bucket with a 15 by 15 sanitized nylon brew bag. Pour the entire brew kettle into it.. and then lift it out. Hop pieces trub and all
Just curious about the barrels, I know the chunks have some bugs already impregnated in them...but say you pitch the kit wood and some of your own..aside to it adding more of the barrel flavor would it inoculate the new wood as well?
So I stoped at a hbs a few months back and they had a gallon jug of wort sitting on the loading dock with a piece of cheese cloth covering it and it appeared to be bubbling away. Just curious if anyone else has tried this and what the results are
Even with a sealed container..having wet grain in a Luke warm bucket for a cooked days will allow the grain to mold. That's why they dry grain after malting
To my knowledge that's a way to start a sasion...having the sweet wort and grains be in contact with the elements would either cause a wild fermentation or a sour wort beer.
I am amazed how fast these sell..my order should be in tommrow, ill post the grain bill and schedule then...also I'm thinking that Russian river could make a bill gates fortune off of these barrel kits
I assume you mean light crystal malt...and I don't seeing it making much of a difference generally it takes heats for the grain to release sugars and enzymes..hence the reason for mashing
Just a heads up, I just noticed they refreshed the stock of the kits. Not sure how many but as soon as the word spreads I'm sure they will fly off the shelf
It's says ferment to 1.018 with abby, 73degrees..then rise to 76 until 1.106 ..secondary, add the bret currants and the barrel oak..Bottle with wine yeast at 1.008
Going to brew my first sour this weekend, its a all grain consecration kit from more beer. I've brewed several all grain beers with great results. Just a little nervous about the sour brewing..anyone have any helpful advice or tips