So here it is. Turned out very nice. Good citrus Arron's and orange finish. Defiantly a fantastic summer quencher! Thanks Sd-Slim for a great recipe.....
Ok. So here is the whole story. This is my 3rd all grain. I am brewing SD-Slim's Blood Orange Hef. Since the recipe uses two yeasts and I used a starter, it was blowing yeast out of the fermenter in great abundance! I was using a 7.9 gal bucket fermenter with 6 gal in it with a regular air...
Probably the best way to learn to brew while avoiding mistakes, besides reading "how to brew" is, IMHO, hook up with your local home brew club. They really helped me out in the beginning.
This happened to me with my last two smack packs. I called the vendor where I bought it and they said that was not uncommon. Both had March 2013 dates. They said to go ahead and pitch them and they worked great. Pitch it!!!!!!
Was thinking of harvesting yeast to brew this again but since the two yeasts are combined, I would have to pitch two batches of the mixed yeast and don't know if I would get the same flavor profile. What do you think Slim?
As long as you use a small fridge it will not be very efficient as it is only designed to get so cold. It will have to run more to keep up with the ambient temp. Better solution is to get a small chest freezer and use your temp control. By design it is more than 3 times as efficient and you...
Brewed this today at our brewpub brew day. The wort tastes amazing!!!! Big Orange smack in the face. OG was 1.054. Just pitched my yeast stated and can't wait to see those happy yeasts doing their work. :D