Gainesville, FL

[chefchris]

looks like a very balanced beer. What yeast did you use?

 

[Yambor44]

looks like a very balanced beer. What yeast did you use?

Safale US-05 yeast cake from a Centennial Pale Ale.

 

[chefchris]

won't have to worry about attenuation with that process, that's for sure.

 

[Yambor44]

won't have to worry about attenuation with that process, that's for sure.

Hope that's not a bad thing! I've had some in the 90's without a yeast cake.

 

[chefchris]

Geez, well as long as you like dry beer like I do then it's not a bad thing. What'd you mash at?

 

[Yambor44]

Thats the odd thing. I always mash at 152 for 60 minutes and I usually only lose 1 or 2 degrees at the most. I was talking with BM about getting more consistent attenuation (ranges from 75% to 96% at the highest) and he said it sounded like a long low mash. I use an analog Brewmometer in the keggle and a Oregon digital probe in the top and they stay the same throughout the mash so I'm clueless.

 

[chefchris]

You like those Brewmometers? I'm looking at buying 3 of them for my new single tier set up. So damn expensive, though.

 

[Yambor44]

I really like them. They seem to be a quality product. There is one on each of my keggles. Lucked up and got them already installed when I bought the setup from a guy down in Tampa. I always use a digital backup plus the digital lets me know when I'm getting near my target temps as far as strike and boil temps are concerned.

I have 2 of these:

http://www.uncrate.com/men/gear/grilling/oregon-scientific-grill-right-wireless-talking-thermometer/

I just set my strike temp and when it gets to withing 5 degrees it alerts me. Do the same for the BK and haven't had a boil over since using it. They are wireless so I can clip the unit to my pocket and do other stuff while its coming to temp.

 

[ArcaneXor]

Finally bottled my Fat Man Porter today. Bit more roasty than I remembered from the keg, but the samples tasted great otherwise. Too bad carbing takes a few extra days during the winter

Need to get around bottling my Mild this week as well.

 

[elmetal]

bottling a mild :-O!!!

I need to keg the porter and ESB and brew up my next hefe.

**** this semester already sucks

 

[ghpeel]

Gotta bottle a brown ale that I threw 3oz of Amarillo in as dry hops. Luv that amarillo smell ..... mmmmm....

 

[matt415]

well it sounds like everyone is back in town. lets get back to drinking.

 

[elmetal]

I may have to go to miami thursday night for some stuff but if I don't, I'll keg the porter and esb and we can get to drinkin!

 

[chefchris]

kegged my ESB last night and pitched barron's 3SB onto it's cake. It's too cold in my house for the yeast. sucks.

 

[jtobias]

go gators!!!!!!!

 

[matt415]

kegged my ESB last night and pitched barron's 3SB onto it's cake. It's too cold in my house for the yeast. sucks.

whats is a 3SB?

I am having problems keeping beers warm too. i cant believe this is something i have to worry about living in FL. i should be brewing lagers right now.

 

[chefchris]

3 day special bitter. Barron made me brew a beer yesterday to be drank on saturday. ugh.

 

[elmetal]

I have to keep my house at 72 degrees or else my roomates kick my ass. I hate it.

I just crack my window at night and call it even.

 

[chefchris]

so i pitched the beer on top of the s04 cake last night. too damn cold in my house so no signs of fermentation this morning. had sarah put a space heater on it for about 30 minutes or so and also pitch another packet of S04 This is the first time I've ever repitched. At 4:15 she notices it bubbling. When i got home and felt the side of the bucket it was very warm. So I took a temp reading. 80F. Gravity reading: 1.032! Went down 18 points in a couple of hours! It's sitting outside now.

Surprisingly it tastes pretty good. Murky as **** right now.

Just a reminder, we will be drinking this beer in 3 days.

 

[ldgenius2000]

Wow this beer just keeps sounding better and better (sarcasm). Is it uber estery or pretty clean?

 

[chefchris]

nah, smells and tastes pretty damn good.

 

[chefchris]

so by the time i went to bed last night the krausen had fallen. this is insane. krausen for 6-7 hours then it drops. i'm gonna take another reading when I get home tonight. It was still murky as ****.

 

[elmetal]

cold crash it saturday morning until saturday night!

 

[chefchris]

cold crash it saturday morning until saturday night!

i'll probably keg it friday. i'd like a little carbonation.

 

[ArcaneXor]

Throw in some gelatin or fish guts if you want clarity!

 

[ldgenius2000]

I'm astonished this is working so quickly, I think Barron has magic recipes or something.

 

[chefchris]

no time for finings. everyone will just have to deal with it. there's some more bubbling action going on today.

this is a really odd beer.

 

[ghpeel]

Sounds delicious.

 

[chefchris]

in case anyone's not on facebook. tasting party at barron's saturday night at 8pm.

the 3SB will be the highlight of the night.

 

[Yambor44]

in case anyone's not on facebook. tasting party at barron's saturday night at 8pm.

the 3SB will be the highlight of the night.

Did you post the recipe on this already?