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Under pitch home brewed accidental barleywine

Home brew... The Cat's Up

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Agreed. Well knowing you already gorilla glued the magnet I gotta say that stinks. Otherwise I Would change the magnets, buy 2 rare earth magnets and glue them down then buy a flat bottomed pitcher or large beer mug that has a flat bottom and use that as my vessel.

How did the Nelson turn out? Was the hop profile muted and tamed? Or flavorful? If I am reading this correctly my guess is that you have not carbed it yet. What was the other yeast strain? I would be curios to know the difference in the feel, et. al. between the two batches.

Agreed. I have already eliminated any hop additions prior to the 20 minute mark. My last 4 or 5 batches have all been the result of hop bursting and I doubt I will ever go back.

Couple of things here: First if you want to keep the grain bill simple, use the Red X. I plan on doing a red IPA with Red X and maybe 10% carapils and/or5% oats. that's really all you'll need. Second, if you want to avoid that dry, bitter west coast ipa, you will need to consider changing...

I used both Columbus and Warrior. I have never used Warrior for anything other than bittering. Columbus on the other hand, (and I hope the OP takes a little note on this) is a very well balanced hop that I have successfully used for bittering, flavoring and aroma-ing. It is probably the hop I...

Simcoe..... I really like how Simcoe seems to pair so well with a more red ipa. Simcoe is awesome, tho.

I kinda like the idea of lowering the gypsum level even further than the approximate 60-70pmm I had used previously. I agree that if you have a good beer to start with then it would still be good. The lack or even increase of the salts would change only the outcome of the beer, not the...

Now that would be a gigantic downside.

Okay, so I have completed a few batches using the higher Chloride to Sulfate ratio (2:1, I tired to replicate Braufessor's 'water model') and I have noticed a marked difference in the feel of the beer. I use distilled water and add salts and acids in an effort to gain as much flavor, silkiness...

Yup, I would still do the FWH (but with Amarillo instead of Citra... Citra bitters weird in my experience) and add all the hops (and then some :) ) at flameout, let them steep for about 20 minutes, and then another 2-4 ounces at 170*. let those steep for a good 20 minutes. Dry hop as...

Home brewed American IPA

Newest home brew. I call it "The Cat's Up". For some reason I started with a grist which I have tweaked 3 times then named them "The Cat's Ass, The Cat's Meow, and The Cat's Up". I don't even like cats. I have a base hop schedule of Columbus and Citra for "The Cat's Ass" and added Amarillo this...

Well, I emailed white labs and told them what was up. I told them i would make a starter, etc and they advised me not to do that they simply said dump it in and hope for the best. I did just that---- I knew the alcohol content would be bad for the yeast and voiced that concern. They said not to...

I guess this has never been tried

So, for the first time, I grossly under-pitched and as a result, a beer that started at about 1.090 has finished at 1.028. This was-and still is -supposed to be a hoppy red ale. One that has more malt flavor, but hoppy aroma. With the high FG, I have achieved an overly malty tasting beer. I...

The Cat's Meow. Complete with the pint glass with the home brewery's logo etched in the glass

So 24 hours later and ..... Nothing. A few extra bubbles that haven't grown since this morning. Looks like this now barleywine will be great thanksgiving. Thanksgiving 2016