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  1. JLeather

    Irish Red Ale Raging Red Irish Red Ale

    Yeah, I labeled it "Clifford the Big Red Ale" on the kegerator :)
  2. JLeather

    Irish Red Ale Raging Red Irish Red Ale

    Brewed this again a few weeks ago. I've been messing around with my RIMS setup and blew my OG out of the water so this batch ended up at like 7.7% ABV, but it didn't hurt anything :)
  3. JLeather

    Bob Ross Sour(?) Imperial Stout

    Well, the LHBS didn't have all the stuff I would have needed for a top-off so I just left it go for a few more weeks. Last night I was brewing (and drinking) and I kicked my IPA keg in the kegerator and since I had some time to kill and some liquid motivation I decided to taste the stout and...
  4. JLeather

    Bob Ross Sour(?) Imperial Stout

    Ok, so I'll give it a taste and if it tastes good I'll pick up the ingredients to brew another ~1.75 gallons to top off.
  5. JLeather

    Bob Ross Sour(?) Imperial Stout

    Yeah, I was afraid I'd get called out for that. I was hoping that since it's actively (if slowly) fermenting again that I'd be ok with the excess head space? I do have a couple 5 gallon kegs I haven't gotten around to rebuilding/pressure testing yet if need be. You know, that's not a bad...
  6. JLeather

    Bob Ross Sour(?) Imperial Stout

    "There are no mistakes, only happy little accidents". I'm battling a recurring infection of something unknown/wild but not un-tasty. First appeared in an APA a ~3 months ago, reappeared in my Imperial Stout so I've named in Bob Ross. Originally 1.092 to 1.014 on US-05, now slowly bubbling away...
  7. JLeather

    Scorched Wort, Dump or Finish?

    How do you liquid purge a car boy? I just dropped a hose in the bottom of the empty/sanitized carboy and let a slow stream of CO2 in for a bit. StarSan for things like this, SaniClean in my "brublaster" keg washer. Smell is fine, I'll give it a while before a taste.
  8. JLeather

    Scorched Wort, Dump or Finish?

    I did purge with CO2 (as well as possible for a carboy anyway) and I filled it bottom-up through a hose to push the CO2 up and out, but I did have way too much head space...
  9. JLeather

    Scorched Wort, Dump or Finish?

    I wanted my fermenter back for another beer, and being a 10.2% stout this won't be really drinkable for at least another month or two. If I make another big stout I'll probably not ferment in one of my regular corneys and just put it straight in a carboy.
  10. JLeather

    Scorched Wort, Dump or Finish?

    This is actually a glass carboy secondary that I've never used before (recent hand-me-down from a friend). I didn't see anything in primary when I transferred it. I have not disassembled my kettle valve yet, not a bad idea.
  11. JLeather

    Pellicle Photo Collection

    Thanks. I'm not sure about taking a lot of readings on this one and disturbing the pellicle too much. Might just wait a month and keg it. I wasn't going to keg it because I wasn't sure how long it'd take me to finish 5 gallons of 10.2% Stout :)
  12. JLeather

    Pellicle Photo Collection

    [sigh] Another accident. 6 weeks in on my Imperial Stout (3 weeks primary, just started 3rd week of secondary) and I found this last night: In the plus side my last accident turned out ok so I'll let this one keep going. I was going to bottle condition this with champagne yeast, do I have...
  13. JLeather

    Scorched Wort, Dump or Finish?

    Well, it appears I have a contaminant somewhere still, unless this is a coincidence: I made a clean IPA without issues after the pellicle and thought I was in the clear, but last night I found this on my Imperial Stout. It spent 2-3 weeks in the primary without a problem, and this is (I...
  14. JLeather

    Scorched Wort, Dump or Finish?

    I'll keep that in mind. As long as it doesn't get more sour I like it the way it is. This continues to be an interesting experiment.
  15. JLeather

    Scorched Wort, Dump or Finish?

    First full pour tonight. This batch had one last frustration for me. It spent a full week in the kegerator at 25 psi and would not get carbed properly, but it finally came around. Tastes good. The scorch smell/flavor is almost entirely gone. There's a very mild twang from the pellicle...
  16. JLeather

    Irish Red Ale Raging Red Irish Red Ale

    I brewed mine with EKG and Fuggle. I'll probably try it as-written next time, but it was very good.
  17. JLeather

    Irish Red Ale Raging Red Irish Red Ale

    You gotta catch the light right, but it's pretty apparent. Here's mine after something like 9 weeks in bottles (last beer I made before switching to kegs):
  18. JLeather

    Scorched Wort, Dump or Finish?

    I tasted the FG sample that I pulled. It was largely trub, thanks to the dip-tube, so it wasn't exactly delicious but it didn't smell or taste noticeably bad. Decent enough to justify a couple more ounces of hops at any rate.
  19. JLeather

    Pellicle Photo Collection

    Side note, should I save some of this in case I like it and actually want to re-use it in a future brew? How best to collect it? I would assume that the yeast in the trub is the US-05 I pitched. Do you skim off the pelicle and store that some how?
  20. JLeather

    Pellicle Photo Collection

    I think what I'll do is kick it over into a purged serving keg that I know seals, since I'm concerned about the lack of airlock activity. I'll dry hop it for the intended 7 days with a suspended bag, and then pull it and leave the whole thing for a while and see what happens. I'm not a fan of...
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