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[1977Brewer]

I know zero about sours. It seems good unintentional ones are like hens teeth (unless your H.W.).



Who knows what it will become.



That would be a dumber every day in my mind but what the flock do I know.

I'm only out a hour and some bottle caps. I'm going for it, it's done at this point anyway.

 

[Psylocide]

I know zero about sours. It seems good unintentional ones are like hens teeth (unless your H.W.).

Who knows what it will become.

That would be a dumber every day in my mind but what the flock do I know.

ETA: Beautiful pictures of the pellicle BTW

I know one thing about them.

They are bad.

 

[Gavin C]

German. Probably do something very similar to yours. Ive thusfar kept pretty minimal water profile on Pils due to AJ's suggestions, but going to try that yellow bitter profile out.

Was talking with Martin and he mentioned that the color + bitter/balanced/malty profiles in Bru'n water are more suited and applicable to ales. Just a thought.

..it's done at this point anyway.

If it's infected it isn't done. Those bugs are going to continue to munch away on stuff. Bottles kablammo!

I know one thing about them.

They are bad.

They're not for me. That's all I know. Tried my best to try/enjoy them. Not happening for me unfortunately. A brett I could enjoy 5 gallons of . 5 gallons of sour, nopederp

 

[Billy-Klubb]

Tell me you can at least drink while painting? I couldn't imagine painting without beer!

I probably could have. my wife drove up and back. my BIL was only 3 steps in putting their grill together and already had everything wrong. I took it all apart and put things right. he's only got a few steps left now.

 

[Psylocide]

Feckin srs biznas.

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[Zekk]

Alright brewing folks I gots me a question. Anything wrong with doing a full volume mash with my DEM? Such a small grain bill in my 10 gallon cooler is just begging for it. Plus it might help it from loosing some temperature. Just a thought. Plus it'll save me some time and propane. Should I PM Owly?

 

[Psylocide]

Alright brewing folks I gots me a question. Anything wrong with doing a full volume mash with my DEM? Such a small grain bill in my 10 gallon cooler is just begging for it. Plus it might help it from loosing some temperature. Just a thought. Plus it'll save me some time and propane. Should I PM Owly?

Only thing wrong about it will be that you'll never want to sparge again.

 

[Fedora]

Feckin srs biznas.

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Damn, tall boys of Dale's?

Having a Lagunitas IPA.

 

[Fedora]

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[Psylocide]

Damn, tall boys of Dale's?

Having a Lagunitas IPA.

Imperial pint.

It's a damn proud beer.

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Assistant mashing in.

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[joshesmusica]

First pull from the Pilsner. Been in the keg 1 day. Still not very clear, but will definitely improve. Just couldn't wait.

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[fuzzy2133]

Relaxing with not much to do. Sun is starting to break though. Wish I could brew with this view.

Happy Saturday all.

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[fuzzy2133]

Alright brewing folks I gots me a question. Anything wrong with doing a full volume mash with my DEM? Such a small grain bill in my 10 gallon cooler is just begging for it. Plus it might help it from loosing some temperature. Just a thought. Plus it'll save me some time and propane. Should I PM Owly?

I have debated changing from BIAB to a cooler and doing the same for the same reason and being able to get clearer run off into the kettle.

Only thing wrong about it will be that you'll never want to sparge again.

 

[banesong]

Lunch, fat.

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[Gavin C]

Imperial pint.

It's a damn proud beer.

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Assistant mashing in.

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That's some good paddling skills on display there. Only 5 gallon batch?

 

[BGBC]

Was talking with Martin and he mentioned that the color + bitter/balanced/malty profiles in Bru'n water are more suited and applicable to ales. Just a thought.







If it's infected it isn't done. Those bugs are going to continue to munch away on stuff. Bottles kablammo!







They're not for me. That's all I know. Tried my best to try/enjoy them. Not happening for me unfortunately. A brett I could enjoy 5 gallons of . 5 gallons of sour, nopederp

Eh, if it's already down to 1.002, might be fine in the bottles. Maybe gushers, but doubtful bombs.

Coming to a boil here. Got pretty lucky not burning the crap out of my arm just now. Had the bag in a strainer over the pot. Started pressing the bag a bit, strainer falls into pot. Much wort everywhere. Luckily not hot enough for serious burns. Pretty much still at mash temps. Maybe just first degree burns.

 

[Gavin C]

Relaxing with not much to do. Sun is starting to break though. Wish I could brew with this view.

Happy Saturday all.

Beautiful looking beach

Also wanted to ask (none of my business) about your avatar. Is it supposed to be a taurus from a nuclear fusion reactor? Looks like something like that. Just curious.

 

[Gavin C]

Eh, if it's already down to 1.002, might be fine in the bottles. Maybe gushers, but doubtful bombs.

Coming to a boil here. Got pretty lucky not burning the crap out of my arm just now. Had the bag in a strainer over the pot. Started pressing the bag a bit, strainer falls into pot. Much wort everywhere. Luckily not hot enough for serious burns. Pretty much still at mash temps. Maybe just first degree burns.

Good point on the bombs/gushers. Not much left to chew through I guess.

Ouch on the burn. Been there.

 

[1977Brewer]

Good point on the bombs/gushers. Not much left to chew through I guess.



Ouch on the burn. Been there.

That's my thought. I'll prime a little short just to be certain.

It tastes to good to dump, believe it or not. Guess I'm tossing a fermenter though.

 

[Psylocide]

That's some good paddling skills on display there. Only 5 gallon batch?

Will only have one keg available and I refuse to bottle, haha.

 

[DrunkleJon]

The pressure was unnecessary.









Congrats that it came through. Assuming it was what you told me about, it sounded awesome.




Urf, rough.

On the road to Austin and Jester King! Eta 1230ish.

Yep. Probably a little time yet before I could start but it has promise. Enjoy the vacation. Hopefully SWMBO let's you do some day drinking

 

[Brizzo]

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[1977Brewer]

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Want.

I got excused from funeral duty to hang with the boy, so we cleaned the garage and acted like we were going to take a nap. We didn't take the nap.

 

[drainbamage]

Golden Monkey and sportsketballs.

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[Psylocide]

How did the first people to brew beer do it without beer? That had to have sucked.

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[geoffey]

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Brew day done. Blonde Irish ale in the fermenter at 67f.

Feel like an idiot though. This was a brew session specifically to teach my neighbor to brew. Haven't done extract for awhile and I completely forgot I had steeping grains left in the kettle until 15 minutes into the boil. So dumb. Hope it doesn't totally ruin the batch but am preparing for some pretty strong tannins in this.

 

[iijakii]

Was talking with Martin and he mentioned that the color + bitter/balanced/malty profiles in Bru'n water are more suited and applicable to ales. Just a thought.

I'll retract my fealty if anything goes amiss, milord.

 

[iijakii]

My crystal clear helles after moving the keg around.

 

[Psylocide]

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Brew day done. Blonde Irish ale in the fermenter at 67f.

Feel like an idiot though. This was a brew session specifically to teach my neighbor to brew. Haven't done extract for awhile and I completely forgot I had steeping grains left in the kettle until 15 minutes into the boil. So dumb. Hope it doesn't totally ruin the batch but am preparing for some pretty strong tannins in this.

A lesson in what not to do is still valuable. Haha.

How did the sample taste? Should be able to tell somewhat.

 

[drainbamage]

How did the first people to brew beer do it without beer? That had to have sucked.

Can you imagine the first time a batch of grains got accidentally fermented? They had to have been like, "****, what happened and how do we do it again?"