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[wobrien]

Same here! Got a Chocolate stout to brew for yeast cake on my next attempt. Came out a bit dryer then intended. Thinking of adding lactose instead of mashing higher temp. Spices need more time also. How long did you have spices in?

I strayed from the recipe when it came to the adjuncts. I added cacao nibs, vanilla, oak all soaked in Jameson. No peppers.

 

[BrewinBromanite]

I strayed from the recipe when it came to the adjuncts. I added cacao nibs, vanilla, oak all soaked in Jameson. No peppers.

I've been thinking about doing something similar soon. I'd like to make a basic stout and use the cake or at least part of it for a big more complex stout afterwards. I can't seem to get enough of Prairie Bomb in particular lately.

A couple questions for you gents. Are you adding the whiskey into the brew? If so, how long are you soaking and how much liquor used?

 

[applescrap]

Morning all, i wanted to make founders kbs. I was going to soak wood chips in whiskey and add both to keg. Wood chips go in big stainless ball. 1 cup whiskey and .25oz wood chips is what that recipe calls for. The one thing i really regret is not boiling down the beer to 4 gallons. At 4 gallons i would have a pretty strong stout. I'm not sure how people make strong Stouts but doing a very long boil to concentrate the wort seems like a good idea.

 

[BUCKNUTS]

Morning all, i wanted to make founders kbs. I was going to soak wood chips in whiskey and add both to keg. Wood chips go in big stainless ball. 1 cup whiskey and .25oz wood chips is what that recipe calls for. The one thing i really regret is not boiling down the beer to 4 gallons. At 4 gallons i would have a pretty strong stout. I'm not sure how people make strong Stouts but doing a very long boil to concentrate the wort seems like a good idea.

I wanted to do a monster RIS my recipe would have been for a 18% stout but my recipe calculator could not account for the 2 hour boil I did and the starting gravity ended up at 1.210 it's currently at 1.038 = 22.5%. The only thing is I did 2 1/2 gallon incremental feedings both with a gravity of 1.060 in an attempt to get it to attenuate and to dilute the stout a bit. Beyond the basics I don't do math so not sure what the abv actually is at this point.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

I've been thinking about doing something similar soon. I'd like to make a basic stout and use the cake or at least part of it for a big more complex stout afterwards. I can't seem to get enough of Prairie Bomb in 5gallons particular lately.

A couple questions for you gents. Are you adding the whiskey into the brew? If so, how long are you soaking and how much liquor used?

I've gone from 4 to 6oz, but still too light. I'll soak with medium oak chips, 2oz. Then just add the liquid. Usually soak 3-4 weeks prior to adding. Definitely needs experimentation for each individual tastes. Takes a few months for the flavors to mesh. I've noticed the whiskey flavor almost seems overwhelming at first, but significantly diminishes with time.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Morning all, i wanted to make founders kbs. I was going to soak wood chips in whiskey and add both to keg. Wood chips go in big stainless ball. 1 cup whiskey and .25oz wood chips is what that recipe calls for. The one thing i really regret is not boiling down the beer to 4 gallons. At 4 gallons i would have a pretty strong stout. I'm not sure how people make strong Stouts but doing a very long boil to concentrate the wort seems like a good idea.

More grain, longer boils will clearly get you higher OG. It's fermenting that's tricky.

Brew a lighter stout with intended yeast. After it's ready to bottle/keg, brew the big beer and dump onto the yeast cake. Oxygenate the crap out of it between 2 buckets, if you don't have O2. Then split the batch between the 2 buckets. This gives plenty of head room. After 12hrs, re-oxygenate again. This is important, later would be harmful i'm told, 12hrs is perfect. Haven't detected issues doing this. Now ferment both buckets as usual using your temp control method. Cold crash and combine later in secondary with flavors. Done this twice to 10%ABV. That's high enough for me.

 

[applescrap]

@pianoman wow, thanks. F.....in awesome tips here.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

@AllenH was the dude who gave me the tips. Just passing it on brother! Another thing, I like to do double mashes to collect more wort instead of sparge. Comes out like motor oil, yum!
(Unless you have a 20 gallon tun..)

 

[applescrap]

Happy fathers day everyone! I want to dump it onto the yeast cake but what about all the other gunk in there on the bottom. How do I remove the yeast without the stinky junk? I don't want to wash it or anything just get the yeast. I was going to do a parti-gyle is that the same as a double mash. This strong beer stuff is pissing me off, I'm going to have to buy a hydrometer. Golfing fox hollow today its nice. Did I tell you I shot 78 in the Tuesday Skins game. Always happy to shoot a good score when actually playing by the rules.. Fox Hollows is a nice course but depending on the t's you can drive a lot of the greens and score pretty good.

 

[blizzard]

Happy fathers day everyone! I want to dump it onto the yeast cake but what about all the other gunk in there on the bottom. How do I remove the yeast without the stinky junk? I don't want to wash it or anything just get the yeast. I was going to do a parti-gyle is that the same as a double mash. This strong beer stuff is pissing me off, I'm going to have to buy a hydrometer. Golfing fox hollow today its nice. Did I tell you I shot 78 in the Tuesday Skins game. Always happy to shoot a good score when actually playing by the rules.. Fox Hollows is a nice course but depending on the t's you can drive a lot of the greens and score pretty good.

The only way that I know of to get rid of the gunk is to wash the yeast. If you don't want to do that you could pitch some of the yeast caked rom that fermentor into a new carboy of your wort.

 

[applescrap]

^^how do I do that? That's what I figured just from one to the other right? Or can you go right in with the gunk. Seems yucky

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Happy fathers day everyone! I want to dump it onto the yeast cake but what about all the other gunk in there on the bottom. How do I remove the yeast without the stinky junk? I don't want to wash it or anything just get the yeast. I was going to do a parti-gyle is that the same as a double mash.

Junk doesn't do anything that I can tell. Latest RIS is working it's way to be the best beer I've made...junk and all.

A PG is mashing grains you just mashed. Double mash is using completely fresh grains. Never made a decent PG...they're out of my rotations.

 

[blizzard]

^^how do I do that? That's what I figured just from one to the other right? Or can you go right in with the gunk. Seems yucky

Yeah, if you do that some trub will get in the new beer. No way around that.

 

[applescrap]

Thanks pianoman, i knew that about double mashing, just making sure everyone else was paying attention . So I thought that's what you meant you just dump right on that trub and yeast and all. Since I put everything in the kettle in the fermenter i get a good gallon of trub. I'm going to start using 8 gallon fermenters because I'm tired of trying to get around the gallon of trub and 5 gallon batch or so and the head room of basic fermentor. So I have a couple goals this summer: make the lemonade and make the ris. I would really like to make a good IPA but the better recipes seem to have multiple hops and will make it difficult to buy in bulk.

 

[Brizzo]

Happy Father's Day to applicable friendlys. Grillin and chillin with a lil beer buzz. Gorgeous day out. And the red sox are winning

 

[BrewinBromanite]

Happy Father's Day to all the dads! Spent the weekend swimming with the kiddos, grilling and drinking. Wife got me this card. Now just need to figure out how to make this happen...View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1466381783.886920.jpg. (I do remember a while back seeing a cool video where this crew turned every water tap in this dude's house into a beer dispenser.).

 

[wobrien]

Happy Father's Day to you all too. Still at the cabin, tonight my brother and dad came, shared some Homebrew by the fire, and tomorrow we're golfing.
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[fuzzy2133]

(I do remember a while back seeing a cool video where this crew turned every water tap in this dude's house into a beer dispenser.).

Yes i think some one said it was some sort of aussie video for a comercial.

 

[Zekk]

Happy fathers day everyone! I want to dump it onto the yeast cake but what about all the other gunk in there on the bottom. How do I remove the yeast without the stinky junk? I don't want to wash it or anything just get the yeast. I was going to do a parti-gyle is that the same as a double mash. This strong beer stuff is pissing me off, I'm going to have to buy a hydrometer. Golfing fox hollow today its nice. Did I tell you I shot 78 in the Tuesday Skins game. Always happy to shoot a good score when actually playing by the rules.. Fox Hollows is a nice course but depending on the t's you can drive a lot of the greens and score pretty good.

For my RIS I just dumped right on a cake of 04, no washing or anything. Should've used a little yeast nutrient, finished 1.024, still it's 11%. [emoji28]

 

[applescrap]

Happy Father's Day to you all too. Still at the cabin, tonight my brother and dad came, shared some Homebrew by the fire, and tomorrow we're golfing.
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Strong homebrew, cabin, fire, and golf...awesome

 

[applescrap]

@brewinbroman you'll come out and your neighbor will be passed out under it

 

[BUCKNUTS]

For my RIS I just dumped right on a cake of 04, no washing or anything. Should've used a little yeast nutrient, finished 1.024, still it's 11%. [emoji28]

I've made several 10% + RIS, IPA and Belgian strong ales with no change in my normal brewing routine. Pitch an appropriate amount of the right yeast in to oxygenated wort and fement at right temp and 10-12% is easy. I'm surprised how easily I got my current RIS over 20% actually.

 

[wobrien]

My brother bought me a magic hat not quite pale ale. It was bad. I'm done trying magic hat beers, haven't liked any of them
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[hunter_le five]

My brother bought me a magic hat not quite pale ale. It was bad. I'm done trying magic hat beers, haven't liked any of them

Can't stand them either. I think I'd rather drink a Bud Light Lime than a Magic Hat #9.

 

[fuzzy2133]

My brother bought me a magic hat not quite pale ale. It was bad. I'm done trying magic hat beers, haven't liked any of them
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Can't stand them either. I think I'd rather drink a Bud Light Lime than a Magic Hat #9.

I do not see them as anything special with all the different ones I have tried.

 

[blizzard]

Can't stand them either. I think I'd rather drink a Bud Light Lime than a Magic Hat #9.

+1. I gave up on them a few years ago. It looks like I haven't missed anything since then.

 

[applescrap]

Hey i like bud light lime. Golf course looks nice.

 

[fuzzy2133]

 

[smurfjuice]

A brewery of many hats ... sorry . ...

 

[wobrien]

This is much better
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