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[banesong]

Ox tail soup, and this to close the night. Had a Lost Gold earlier, it had a good 1/2 inch of sediment. Chewy. Good.

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[DisturbdChemist]

Ox tail soup, and this to close the night. Had a Lost Gold earlier, it had a good 1/2 inch of sediment. Chewy. Good.

That what makes it good. Would get a beer but

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[WesleyS]

So many hops!!

And, is that a problem?
It was 4oz. Had another eight I could've added.

Damn man that sucks. Did you get it all racked alright though?

Yeah, thankfully I have, well had, one for clean beers. So, I used it and tossed the cracked one. The sucky thing is I had just bought the one that broke a few months ago, so it had only been used a couple times. Now, I've gotta buy another one for clean beers. Still have no clue what could've happened to crack it so bad.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

First, brew a 5-6% brown or stout with a medium attenuating yeast (nobody wants a dry RIS). While you are mashing your RIS, rack the brown/stout to a keg or bottling bucket. Swirl the entire yeast cake and split between 2 clean buckets, rack RIS, split evenly between the buckets. 12 hours AFTER racking, pour buckets back and forth between each other 6-8 times, ending with 2 even buckets. Ferment out, rack both buckets into 1 secondary vessel for bulk aging and additions.
That's how I got 1968 to go to 11%. The 12 hour mark is critical for aerating without oxidizing the wort. I had a 14" krausen in one bucket and a 16" in the other, no worries about too much headspace fermenting in 2 buckets.

That looks to be an excellent process...Thank you!! I'll name it after you...

 

[allenH]

That looks to be an excellent process...Thank you!! I'll name it after you...

Unfortunately I can't take credit for it, I found it doing research on the dark web.

Seriously, I found it doing research on attenuating big beers without an oxygen system.

 

[banesong]

So.... I believe someone from Pena made a mention of kids activities a while back. thinking of a weekend trip with just me and the 6yo away from the house up that way to allow SWMBO time to get stuff done. Suggestions?

 

[Qhrumphf]

Unfortunately I can't take credit for it, I found it doing research on the dark web.

Seriously, I found it doing research on attenuating big beers without an oxygen system.

I was gonna say, I'd just hit it with a blast of pure O2. But if you don't have an oxygen system, this seems to be an excellent workaround.

 

[1977Brewer]

Ox tail soup, and this to close the night. Had a Lost Gold earlier, it had a good 1/2 inch of sediment. Chewy. Good.

Yeah Lost Gold is chock full of goodies.

So's my mild. This bottle could have been yours.,thank heavens it wasn't. What an embarrassment.

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[BigPerm]

Just tried my bbl quad with tart cherries. Im happy. Spent nearly 2yrs in the barrel. 15gals went in only 10gals got out. If only water evaporated it was 8.6% going in and 12.9% coming out. Going to bottle 5 and experiment with the other 5.

Faulty assumption. Reported.

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Having this. Brett brawl from @finsfan ! Good stuff!

 

[finsfan]

Faulty assumption. Reported.

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Having this. Brett brawl from @finsfan ! Good stuff!

Enjoy man, i love that stuff!

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Night cap..??

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[thatjonguy]

That what makes it good. Would get a beer but

This is why you need to stick a bottle of bouron in between the couch cushions.

 

[DisturbdChemist]

Faulty assumption. Reported.

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Having this. Brett brawl from @finsfan ! Good stuff!

My beer my alcohol content. Ill have 2. If im trashed then im right haha

 

[1977Brewer]

My beer my alcohol content. Ill have 2. If im trashed then im right haha

That's exactly how I know. I haven't touched my hydrometer in months.

This mild is exactly 2.5%.

 

[finsfan]

Drinking duff beer. Good stuff. View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1453173467.617520.jpgView attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1453173479.087969.jpg

 

[SupervisingChildren]

Having another ipa and watching hockey. Came back in from a smoke to 6 yr old stomping down the stairs saying she didn't feel good. 104.2 fever, so something is definitely wrong. Swmbo just took her to go get checked out. ****.

 

[BigPerm]

Enjoy man, i love that stuff!

Great character, very crisp. Touch of acetic, which is very nice. You can send me beer anytime.

 

[Gavin C]

Thank you sir! I'm sure it wouldnt hold its own up against yours but i enjoy it. View attachment 331215

I don't know about that Fins. I've not made a Marzen yet. One is planned though. The reason I like Vienna lager so much is that it is similar to an O'fest but drier, less malty and not as strong.

I do like a true Marzen though.

Still have no clue what could've happened to crack it so bad.

There is a better option if you are in the market for a syphon and use carboys. I really do love my sterile syphon starter.
(Sorry to flog this dead horse, I have no stocks in morebeer.com , it's just a great tool)

Unfortunately I can't take credit for it, I found it doing research on the dark web.

Seriously, I found it doing research on attenuating big beers without an oxygen system.

Another simple option is the German practice of Drauflassen. Just thought I'd throw it in here.

And just for some fun

 

[Qhrumphf]

Seltzer water and mucking about in BeerSmith. Joy.

 

[BeerMeDuffMan]

Drinking duff beer. Good stuff. View attachment 331252View attachment 331253

Duff dry is in the works

 

[Qhrumphf]

And just for some fun

Knowing nothing about that sport, it seems to be as brutal as I've heard. Combat sports aside, it might be the only one to stack up to hockey and rugby.

 

[iijakii]

Saturday is doable I think. Ramping the temperature to 68F over the next few hours to ensure maximal attenuation, leave it there at 68F till tomorrow, then comes the cold-crash, fining and burst-carbing in the keg.

Fining? It's feckin BLACK.

 

[Gavin C]

Knowing nothing about that sport, it seems to be as brutal as I've heard. Combat sports aside, it might be the only one to stack up to hockey and rugby.

Yeah. Hurling is a great game. Fastest field-sport in the world I believe. I never had the steelies or skills required to attempt it.

Great hurlers are by and large completely fearless.

Chess is more my level of combat sport. That and balloon sword fighting; still pretty bruised after the weekend's escapades.

 

[Gavin C]

Fining? It's feckin BLACK.

Nope, just dark.

#cleardarkbeersmattertoo

You too lazy to fine also?

 

[BigPerm]

Duff dry is in the works

I've been holding out for Duff extra cold.

 

[iijakii]

You too lazy to fine also?

You know me too well! We'll see if this pilsner changes my mind, but I've never had a beer that I thought wasn't clear enough. Cold crash and a little bit of time in the keg is all that mattered. Been a long time since I made a light lager though so my memories might be skewed.

 

[Qhrumphf]

Yeah. Hurling is a great game. Fastest field-sport in the world I believe. I never had the steelies or skills required to attempt it.

Great hurlers are by and large completely fearless.

Chess is more my level of combat sport. That and balloon sword fighting; still pretty bruised after the weekend's escapades.

Both hurling and lacrosse. I know very little about either (to the point that they look all but interchangeable to me), aside from the impression (perhaps incorrect) that hurling is to lacrosse what rugby is to American football.

 

[blizzard]

Mash at 149f, didn't add sugar though. What are others' attenuation % with RIS? Not to start it all over again, just would like to know what to realistically aim for.

Well, i was trying to make a Mephistopheles clone, so I mashed long and low with a thin mash, pitched a ton of 3787, added sugar over a couple additions during fermentation, oxygenated several times, ramped up temps, and swirled a bunch. It went from 1.148 to 1.020 which was way, way too much attenuation. So don't do that.

That what makes it good. Would get a beer but

So you and @theCADjockey are both crazy cat ladies?

 

[Gavin C]

Both hurling and lacrosse. I know very little about either (to the point that they look all but interchangeable to me), aside from the impression (perhaps incorrect) that hurling is to lacrosse what rugby is to American football.

I suppose it's a reasonable comparison.

Lacrosse seems a lot more timid by comparison though. Plus they wear padding and whatnot. I'm sure I'd have been equally rubbish at it too.

Hurling is more like ice-hockey without the ice and goal posts more like rugby with a ball comparable in hardness to an 80 over old cricket ball only with raised seams.

A Sliotar (pronounced shlit-ar)

 

[Gavin C]

Been a long time since I made a light lager though so my memories might be skewed.

Light lager, dark mild. Po-tay-toe, poh-ta-toe