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[HomebrewCraig]

So the Belgian Dubbel recipe I am brewing today requires the addition of Candi Syrup and beet sugar... But the recipe does not specify when they are added to the boil. I have seen in other Belgian recipes to add with ten minutes remaining.. Does that sound correct?

 

[sumbrewindude]

Sugars can be added anywhere in the boil, the longer they're in can effect the IBU, so when you run the recipe through BS see if there's a late addition option to check it against a normal addition. I don't think you'll have an issue with carmelization, but for really long boils you may see an increase in SRM.

Either way, make sure you stir it good when you add - just like LME it'll sink and scorch if you're not stirring!

 

[HomebrewCraig]

Just wrapped up Belgian Brew Day! Everything went nice and smoothly... Overshot my OG by 5 points, hit 1.070 with a target of 1.065. Not worried about that though! The only issue came up at pitching time, when I noticed that my Pure O2 hose had mold in it... I had to cut the hose off, sanitize a new length and shoot it.

 

[ohiobeer29]

I'd add them between 30 and 10 mins depending on your taste preference

 

[sumbrewindude]

Must have had some moisture in the tubing? O2 is pretty harsh, much like straight CO2, things don't like hanging out in a pure O2 environment.

Either way, tubing's cheap - good that you caught it!

 

[burninator]

Has anyone brewed the Amazon Old Ale on BYO yet, or am I going to be the guinea pig?

 

[sumbrewindude]

Neat recipe, looks sort of similar to Old Peculier. I bet it's going to be tasty!

Put those fuzzy ears on and get brewing!

 

[burninator]

I'll do it...for science.

 

[1fast636]

So got a surprise visit from a coworker dropped off 10 gal fermenters for free looks like some brewing is in my future

 

[fuzzy2133]

Has anyone brewed the Amazon Old Ale on BYO yet, or am I going to be the guinea pig?

Neat recipe, looks sort of similar to Old Peculier. I bet it's going to be tasty!

Put those fuzzy ears on and get brewing!

1 pinch of black patent? Any ideas what that small amount adds?

If it is only there for color just leave it out.

 

[sumbrewindude]

It will have a color component, maybe give you a couple SRM tint, but Black Patent also has a bitter/acrid taste to it that may be present. You could sub in roast if you've got a little. It'd be one of those things I'd think about, but I wouldn't stop the recipe just because I didn't have it on hand or needed to but a minimum amount of something I wouldn't use a lot of.

My guess is that if you get your grains from a LHBS, they may just let you toss in a smidge with no charge. If you're ordering grain online, that won't be the case.

 

[burninator]

It will have a color component, maybe give you a couple SRM tint, but Black Patent also has a bitter/acrid taste to it that may be present. You could sub in roast if you've got a little. It'd be one of those things I'd think about, but I wouldn't stop the recipe just because I didn't have it on hand or needed to but a minimum amount of something I wouldn't use a lot of.

My guess is that if you get your grains from a LHBS, they may just let you toss in a smidge with no charge. If you're ordering grain online, that won't be the case.

Yeah, the LHBS didn't care much if I wanted to toss in a bit. Personally, even if it only added color, I'd still want it there, but I'm kind of a sucker for presentation. Like you said, it can have a bitter taste, which, in a gallon of beer, might come through a bit. This looks like it could come off as sweet, and the bittering hops are light, though, so that little bit of bitterness would provide some balance.

I'll probably get to this in a week or two. Tonight I'm bottling a gallon of Vienna/Saaz I brewed last weekend, and brewing an amber that'll go right onto the yeast cake.

 

[fuzzy2133]

Good to know thanks!

 

[ohiobeer29]

Thanks to brewing I was able to pick up on a certain type of hop in revolutions unsessionable ipa for the first time was a pretty cool moment in my beer drinking history

 

[phug]

ok, so how much irish moss are one gallon brewers adding, and how are you measuring it. I've seen Charlie Papazian says /1/4 tsp for 5 gallons, and OBK says 1 oz is enough for 100 gallons of beer, which means .01 oz per gallon, which is roughly .28 grams.

What are you guys adding, and how are you measuring such minute amounts.

 

[Calichusetts]

I just put a pinch in if at all.

 

[Darth_Beer]

ok, so how much irish moss are one gallon brewers adding, and how are you measuring it. I've seen Charlie Papazian says /1/4 tsp for 5 gallons, and OBK says 1 oz is enough for 100 gallons of beer, which means .01 oz per gallon, which is roughly .28 grams.

What are you guys adding, and how are you measuring such minute amounts.

My last 3 gallons batches, used .08 grams Irish moss (scaled weight from most of my 5 gal recipes)

 

[phug]

My last 3 gallons batches, used .08 grams Irish moss (scaled weight from most of my 5 gal recipes)

Are you blessed with a fractional gram accurate scale? Mine only goes as low as 1 gram measurements.

 

[Calichusetts]

I got one...can't trust the 1 gram increments when measuring salt additions.

 

[bleme]

Are you blessed with a fractional gram accurate scale? Mine only goes as low as 1 gram measurements.

Mines a cheapo from Amazon and measures tenths of a gram. As I have nothing to compare it to, I can't tell you how accurate is it tho. Let's just assume it is 100% accurate ;-P

 

[sumbrewindude]

I use waaaaaaaaaaaaay to much whirlfloc and just call it a victory (0.25 of a tablet).

I'm still using the very first bag of whirlfloc I ever bought, and it's only half empty.

 

[Darth_Beer]

Phug, I am using the Amazon scale (AC-100 I think its called) recommended somewhere near the begging of this thread.

 

[MedBrewer]

Any one attempt a 1 gal Dunkel ever? I am very interested in brewing one but at ale temps, any advice what yeast to use?

 

[MedBrewer]

Phug, I am using the Amazon scale (AC-100 I think its called) recommended somewhere near the begging of this thread.

I've had that scale for over a year and use it quite a bit, no problems. It is a very good scale! Mine is from a company called AWS, model AC-100.

 

[ohiobeer29]

All my beers sit 21 days once the krausen forms.

Have some been ready sooner? Yup. Could I speed up the process on certain beers? Yup. Would I do it? Nope. Let's the beer mature a little, gets the yeast out of suspension after they've cleaned up, and usually allows the FG to stabilize fully. I say usually becuase I have found a yeast that if you let it chillax a month or more, it'll continue to chew down the FG a bit more than you expected (S33).

I'm not in a hurry, and if you have a pipeline rolling you'll be surpised at how fast that 21 days comes due.

This shouldn't be confused with allowing high ABV beers (other than hop bombs) to hang out and really meld together. Those need time to mature, sometimes well into months, to make sure they're ready.

Great advice here.this is why I love this place

 

[phug]

Thanks med and darth, one more thing to put on the wish list



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[sumbrewindude]

Any one attempt a 1 gal Dunkel ever? I am very interested in brewing one but at ale temps, any advice what yeast to use?

You want to use dry yeast or liquid?

Traditional dunkels are lagers, so you'll need to account for that when fermenting (you could lager in your fridge, but you'll need to turn the temp up during fermentation as most fridges are quite a bit lower than 50F). Whether or not you can stand your leftovers at 50F for a week or so is up to you. The sacrifices we make for beer...

If using a dry yeast, I'd go Fermentis W34/70, if using liquid I'd go with either Bavarian Lager (Wyeast 2206) or the Munich Lager (2308)

You could use an ale yeast, but you'll need to be careful not to pick one that attenuates too far (like US05/Notty), and ferment it cool so you don't get weird esters showing up. Something like BRY-97, Fermentis K-97, Wyeast German Ale might be a good choices, just know that some of them are pokey yeasts that takes it's sweet time showing up or leaving the party if ya dig.

Here's a link to a BYO article that might help:
https://byo.com/stories/item/578-dunkel-style-profile

 

[Nogud247]

So I started a new job tonight and saw that the hot sauce comes in these is there any reason I shouldn't aka to keep 4-6 of these to brew in?

 

[LabRatBrewer]

I'd brew it that.

 

[phug]

Go for it just make sure you clean them really we'll, or you'll get a hot sauce IPA


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