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Your stick on thermometer should be fine. The other posters are just saying the air temp in the room your beer is in will be cooler than your beer temp but if you go off of your stick on thermometer then all is well. Another way to avoid fruitiness in your beer is to pitch an adequate amount of...

That sums up exactly why my flanders red aged for 2.5 years in the carboy instead of only 1 year haha :mug:

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Thanks for sharing the 15% off! I just ordered 15 lbs to roast for xmas gifts, fantastic deal :D

Drunken Ramblings and Mindless Mumbling > This Really Annoys Me Pet Peeve Thread I assumed this was sort of a dark back alley type of thread that never saw the light of day. I didn't expect this thread to become the epitome of the title -_-

My co-worker tells me that he likes sour beers so I decide to bring him a bottle of my flanders red. I tell him that it is 2.5 years old and other things about the beer, aged on cherries, etc. I ask him the next day how he liked the beer and he tells me he doesnt like it. So I want some...

Ha! Okay, thanks for the clarification. I'm still working on my coffee roasting lingo.

Woah... should I be washing by green coffee beans before roasting them? Never occured to me

This brewery is a local one for me and they don't brew beer to any sort of style. They make it up as they go. It's as if you went to Taco Bell and put a splash of each kind of soda into your cup. Also their name is Modist Brewing. The most egotistical name ever. I loathe this brewery. Check out...

Fair point. In my current predicament people expect free beer when they come to my house so I am always trying to keep up with demand by brewing more beer thus costing me more money even though I am drinking the same amount or less amount of beer than before. I'm definitely not complaining, it...

Wow! All good info guys thanks for helping me along. I will let you know how my next roast goes. It's strange to start a hobby that actually saves money. Did you tell the site you got the cat pee coffee from that it smelled like cat pee? I can't even imagine what that would smell like while...

Thanks for the informative response HarborTown. I am very new to (tasty) coffee in general so I guess I am still learning what kind of roasts I like. I would hate to ruin a good bean by roasting it too far. I do like a french roast occasionally but tend to drink medium to light roasts. I have...

So after doing a little more research I have determined that the first two roasts I did were city roasts. I roasted until first crack was finished and then dumped the beans. I typically like my coffee a bit darker so I think for my next roast I will go until the beginning of second crack. I am...

Since champagne yeast ferments out more sugars than a typical beer yeast wouldn't using that at bottling bring the fg lower than the ale yeast used leading to over carbing?

Well it happened exactly as I thought. I am completely addicted to home roasting. After only roasting an 8oz batch and a 1lb batch in my whirlypop I am hooked! I am already planning out how much to roast for xmas gifts.

So I ended up roasting 8oz and I think I initially started to burn the beans so I turned the heat down. I may have turned it down too low because it took 14 min to get to first crack. I let the beans go after first crack for about 2 min and they started to smell really good. I took a picture...

So for like a breakfast blend how far past 1C would be typical? I know it's dependent on a ton of variables but anything in the ball park would be helpful. I accept that I may mess up the first few roasts but I sure would love not to ha

Thank you for the tips! I will definitely post about my results. I'm very excited, I just now am getting into quality coffee. I'm a little concerned that it will turn into an expensive addiction like beer brewing haha. I just bought a Chemex today too! Cheers!

So after reading ~60 pages of this thread I have acquired a whirlypop and 4 lbs of beans from Sweet Marias sampler pack. I am going to roast on my gas stove. Any advice you guys have from your whirlypop days? How many beans is the sweet spot for this method? Thanks!

I just brewed a beer to celebrate the birth of my nephew! I brewed a delicious pilsner. For a 10 gal batch with 75% eff it's simply; 19lb pils malt 2.5 oz Sterling 60 min 1 oz sterling 5 min. Saflager 34/70 OG 1.045