A leaf fell in while cooling!

[jgln]

If it is a-corn based recipe it should be ok.

 

[munche]

I have been asked a million times on HBT for the recipe and I won't give it out. I got the recipe by literally just emailing Vinnie at RR and he was nice enough to give it to me within 30 minutes of my asking. I feel really weird turning and giving it out to the world. I probably sound like a douchenozzle (wont be the first or last time) but if people want it, i would prefer they get it from Vinnie or someone else.

That said, there is a freakin 100+ page thread on it that'll give you a ton of info called "brewfest so big you can see it from space

I totally understand I got a recipe from Pizza Port for a beer and I'd feel like a complete ass sending it out to the world. I'm still scared of going for sours, not sure how much extra equipment I'd have to buy.

 

[japhroaig]

better a leaf than a rat.

http://www.devon-calling.com/food and drink/cider.htm (yeah, carefully read the recipe)

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"Fermentation in the past was a haphazard affair because no one knew how to control the wild yeasts properly. Often a leg of mutton was thrown into the barrel, or sometimes the cock's throat was slit and blood was poured in! It was said that no traces of meat or bone remained when the barrel was emptied however. It is also true, that rats who drank from the froth at the top of a fermenting barrel often got drunk and fell in. "

http://www.thecornishcyderfarm.co.uk/cyder.htm

 

[Cape Brewing]

Maybe next fall you can alder the recipe or just leaf it alone.

.... or at least just spruce it up a bit

 

[japhroaig]

all these puns are really barking up the wrong tree. leaf it alone, already! stop sapping the life out of this branch of thought. just because you are all so in-grained in this thought process doesn't mean the root of the problem leaves all other answers untapped.

pfft, amateurs.

 

[petep1980]

Your biggest problem is coming up with a good name.

 

[zanemoseley]

Am I the only one that thinks there are some seriously anal retentive SOB's on this site. Holy jeeze, you're worrying about a leaf??? I'm very clean but give me a break. If beer were this sensitive we'd all be dead years ago. I'd say relax and drink a home brew but hell drink any beer within arms reach NOW!!!

 

[Nowuries]

I cant remember where I picked this up... But I always fit a layer of aluminum foil over the kettle while cooling to keep the beasties out....it has worked fine so far.
Let us know how the brew turns out!

 

[breez7]

ya Zane...you are the only one...

but anyways ya ill let you know how it turns out, its going strong right now and smells great. Used a ton of hops!

 

[Banjoman76]

I got a name for this ! How about "Leaf me Alone" IPA ? :rockin:
(thanks to Greta Garbo)

I'd rather have a leaf in the brew than a bug doing the backstroke or crawl

 

[JebCkr]

Maple S%$T IPA
Falling Leaf IPA
Dirty Leaf IPA
Dirty Maple IPA
Maple's Revenge IPA...Oh, I like that one. Hmm, I hearby copyright it under no actual legal premise.

 

[curlyfat]

I doubt the leaf will cause any issues. My very first brew was a pale ale, and while starting a siphon from pot to bucket, I sucked it into my mouth and spit it into the fermenter without thinking. Well, we all know that saliva has bacteria in it that will certainly destroy any beer instantly! So, we combined my last name and spit (Schaefer + Spit) and dubbed it "Schit Pale Ale". It tasted great (first brew, of course). But not not soured at all.

Use any of the names suggested with a sub-title of "Where did you think that earthy taste came from?"

 

[breez7]

Im thinking "mIPAle"

 

[enid]

I like Autumn Leaf IPA, after too many you turn colors and fall down.

 

[dawgman]

so how'd it turn out?

 

[agroff383]

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f14/stupid-brew-day-141520/

lol you will be fine...

what kind of tree?

 

[edecambra]

I have posted this before, but as I was cooling one beer my condo's sprinklers went off right into my pot. It was one of my better beers in the end.

 

[tchuklobrau]

A leaf. Really 5 pages of debate brit and every other nasty mentioned over a leaf? I made an octoberfest laced with red currants(the 1st step in my mutation) and while tipping a few with my buddy half wy through his 2nd bottle a spider came out of the bottle. it tased as good as all the others, and u wanna bicker if 1 leaf is gonna contaminate the whole brew...........REALLY 1 LEAF the odds of that 1 leaf ruining the whole batch are greater than my getting hit by a bus 2morrow.

 

[biochemedic]

This thread is funny as #3LL...I'm sorry I missed it last fall when it first passed through! I wanted to post this link from my "other board." You'll be in stitches reading this....

 

[LVBen]

link from my "other board."

Wow. I've only read about 5 posts so far and I am almost already rolling on the floor!

 

[breez7]

So heres the update...

Beer turned out amazing, no bugs at all. Just a super hoppy 8.11% 'session beer'. Just kidding, I could only drink about 2! It is gone now, I miss the beer, not the headaches.

could have been a problem but turned out to be just a good beer and an ever better thread! Thanks everyone for making it fun!!!