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  1. COLObrewer

    Dry your own yeast?

    I would be utilizing this for long term storage of local "mother" yeasts.:mug: Come on Denny, you are obviously interested since you've been reading this thread and posting comments on it for years, heheh
  2. COLObrewer

    Malting barley - "animal feed" barley, useable?

    Unmalted barley, you did good.
  3. COLObrewer

    Wheat Lager?

    Yes it works, it depends what you are looking for though. See the wheat lager threads down there VVVVVV (At the bottom of this page) for some discussion on wheat lagers. Mostly people don't brew very many wheat lagers because of the pain it takes to clear the cloudiness that the wheat protein...
  4. COLObrewer

    CDA questions!

    Recipe looks good to me but I like more roasted flavor (I'd actually add some roasted barley), I guess it depends on if you're mashing the carafa and chocolate for the entire mash session or if your adding them later like at 15 minutes left or some such, etc. There is alot of caramel there but I...
  5. COLObrewer

    Souring A Stout with Beer Fermented with Wine Yeast

    OK, I'm a little slow.You're adding the soured beer to the stout, this is called blending. I would wait till both beers are fermented out and then do as inhousebrew suggests. Unless you wanted a "traditional" soured stout, then I would not boil the sour, however this takes a long time as the...
  6. COLObrewer

    Malting barley - "animal feed" barley, useable?

    The good barley sinks, floating stuff is non-viable, my experience is here: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/happiness-home-malting-107409/ Malt on my friend:mug:
  7. COLObrewer

    Souring A Stout with Beer Fermented with Wine Yeast

    Not sure I understand your question, if you boil the yeast it will die.
  8. COLObrewer

    munton yeast pitched too low?

    Patience is what is needed here, it should take off within appx. 72 hours.
  9. COLObrewer

    Wlp028

    It's possible, however we usually need a long age for our wee heavies anyway so it should be fine after a bit of age and/or secondary.:mug:
  10. COLObrewer

    four row

    Excellent, post results please.
  11. COLObrewer

    Lagering question

    Lagering is done after fermentation and diacetyl rest (if needed), the yeast aren't much of a factor after that as far as fermenting goes, some yeast does help clean up the beer. Temperature depends on a few things, most people ferment around 50-55F, I tend to ferment around 45F because thats...
  12. COLObrewer

    Malting my own barley

    Winnowing works great for removing rootlets as well, drop the malt from one receptacle to another in front of a fan, the rootlets blow away. How does your malt taste? I've never had a grassy smell from the finished malt. How long was it kilned and what temp's? Here are my efforts if it helps...
  13. COLObrewer

    Safale-05 vs. Saflager-23 fermented at 50-55 degrees

    Not sure what the OP is wanting but it appears he wants to use a lager yeast at lager temperature with an ale timeline which IMO will never work unless making a steam or something similar. Lagers take 3 times the duration of an ale just to ferment in my experience, however I tend to ferment...
  14. COLObrewer

    Scheduling a brew around vacation

    This beer (Most beer) will be fine in the fermentor for weeks, if not months and will be better for it. As always good sanitation practices are a must.
  15. COLObrewer

    36deg yeast washing ?

    Nope.
  16. COLObrewer

    Safale-05 vs. Saflager-23 fermented at 50-55 degrees

    You will have an unfinished, unlagered lager.
  17. COLObrewer

    Quick fermentation

    Why would you "bother" it on day 7? Leave it on the yeast for at least 3 weeks, (especially with that high of fermentation temp) so they can clean up some by-products that may create off flavors.
  18. COLObrewer

    Safale-05 vs. Saflager-23 fermented at 50-55 degrees

    It would make beer. Assuming you did all the other nuances it takes to make lager yeast work.
  19. COLObrewer

    Quick fermentation

    What temperature was it?
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