beer time capsule

[amandabab]

i did, but for the life of me i cant figure out what its for. any ideas?

mouthfeel starch? who knows.

 

[Howiedw]

There were hops in the recipe?

Based on some research, most malt extract sold back then was hopped malt extract. I added 1/2 oz of northern brewer and did a 30 min boil. I was trying to remain as close to original with today's ingredients.

 

[nmfree]

Based on some research, most malt extract sold back then was hopped malt extract. I added 1/2 oz of northern brewer and did a 30 min boil. I was trying to remain as close to original with today's ingredients.

I didn't use any hops in my batch, and I omitted the potato.

The resulting beer is... not good. I'll hang on to some for posterity but the rest will get dumped as I need the bottles for other projects.

If I were to try this again I would either try to find pre-hopped extract or add a small amount of hops.

 

[pedroheartsummer]

i made another 10 gallons of this last night in my giant crock with wooden spigot. i'm planning to individually prime each bottle before pouring direct from the spigot. last time, the bottles were pretty overcarbonated, as i more or less guessed about how much priming DME to use. i made two incorrect assumptions. one was the amount of beer i was actually priming, so too much priming DME for too little volume. secondly, the bottle priming calculators seem pretty straight forward, but the variable that i'm hung up on is the volume c02. i'm pretty much just picking a number out of a hat on that one. . .
with the last batch i had to crack the lid a bit in the sink, and let the c02 escape for a minute or two before opening it completely or else it would shoot up to the ceiling.

sanity check, is 2.2 volumes c02 appropriate?
public math, dont laugh. . .
.355 L in a sam adams bottle, approx 65-70 F temp at bottling, so. . . a hair under 1 tsp DME per bottle? anybody with experience that doesnt involve beer staining the ceiling, feel free to chime in.

 

[Dynachrome]

I use corn sugar. I mix it into the bottling bucket.

DME Thread

It looks like you'd use more volume with the DME. That sounds like a neat idea to me.

 

[Howiedw]

Batch number 2 brewed today. Everything per OP, (including the potato) only this time, I added a full ounce of Northern Brewer for 30 minutes and an additional 1/4 ounce with 5 minutes left in the boil. This is going to be one of the two inaugral beers for the new kegaradio! Here's to tapping it in about a month! Tasting notes to follow!

 

[pedroheartsummer]

yeah, i've got to get some gear so that i can add some hops to this. without the prehopped malt, there is no way to add the hops without doing some sort of boil, which i hadnt done in the past.

 

[pedroheartsummer]

yes, last time i primed the whole batch in the bottling bucket, but this time, my primary is basically also my bottling bucket so i dont want to stir up all the sediment for priming, thats why i'm thinking to individually prime each bottle.

 

[two_hearted]

yeah, i've got to get some gear so that i can add some hops to this. without the prehopped malt, there is no way to add the hops without doing some sort of boil, which i hadnt done in the past.

You could make a hop tea and add it to the fermenter. Boil your hops in a pot with some water, cool and toss in.

 

[pedroheartsummer]

i wondered if that would have the same effect as boiling the whole thing. THANKS!
think it would be too late after the most active fermentation is complete? the sugars are just about all fermented by now. the hops dont contribute any sugar to that process so adding a hoppy flavor after fermentation should still work to balance out the sweetness a tad?

 

[Howiedw]

Easy enough with what you might already have in your kitchen. I have a 12qt stockpot, add 1.5-2 gallons of water, add all fermentables and bring to a boil. Add hops for desired time, cool, transfer to fermenter and top off to 5 gallons and pitch yeast. Simple as that.

 

[Dynachrome]

yes, last time i primed the whole batch in the bottling bucket, but this time, my primary is basically also my bottling bucket so i dont want to stir up all the sediment for priming, thats why i'm thinking to individually prime each bottle.

Decant into a clean 5 gallon bucket for bottling? Leave the trub behind.

 

[Howiedw]

Decant into a clean 5 gallon bucket for bottling? Leave the trub behind.

My bottling bucket is a 5 gallon from lowes. I put in a plastic spigot and attach my bottling wand with a legnth of tygon tube. Just disolve your priming sugar in some water, dump it into your bottling bucket, and transfer your beer into it with a racking cane or auto siphon. Simple and easy.

 

[pedroheartsummer]

i understand what you guys are saying, i think i'm just doing a horrible job of explaining what i did. i'm fermenting in this

so i'm thinking of the max relax (although far less precise) approach of bottling straight from here by bottle priming individually. weather i do that or as you guys suggest, my question is still the same, how do i decide how many volumes co2 i want?

 

[Dynachrome]

Did gram-pa have something like this laying around with his system? It might have had nails in place of screws and a black rubber hose instead of clear vinyl.

...how are you going to get the beer out of the crock? I have used one of these with great sucess, but I decant and place the priming sugar in the bottling bucket.

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