Measurements - Old Skool Brewing.

[Orfy]

I may one day try it over wood and no thermometer. Go the decoction route to get the temps.

 

[zoebisch01]

I may one day try it over wood and no thermometer. Go the decoction route to get the temps.

I've always thought (I tend to think of odd scenarios) that if I had to, I'd just have a wood fire going outside and my kettle. Chuck in some grain and let it ride. With enough experience I think you could make beer like a champ. :fro:

 

[Orfy]

This is now (Should be) ready to keg.

Taste tomorrow I think.

 

[Orfy]

AND....................


It's a great beer, just right.

Recipe......no chance.

Sorry phone picture.


By orfy

 

[KingBrianI]

very cool, did you have your swmbo take a picture of the OG?

 

[Mutilated1]

Ah Cool - I was just wondering today how this beer turned out, I searched for the thread just in time to find your post. That looks like a very nice beer.

 

[talleym0nster]

That's cool, Orfy. That would be kind of a cool swap, if we all made our own medieval(or earlier?) brews and swapped them.

 

[KingBrianI]

That's cool, Orfy. That would be kind of a cool swap, if we all made our own medieval(or earlier?) brews and swapped them.

i had the same idea! https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f38/interest-historic-beer-swap-79964/#post844831

 

[Orfy]

Nah. No gravities.

 

[WBC]

Sure you can do it Orfy, you have all that experience to draw on and don't need to measure but the strength of the beer will vary a bit but still be a very good beer as evidenced by the outcome.

 

[Orfy]

Here's the recipe.

Here's the brew session.

Here's the new doors for the brew shack.

 

[WBC]

What grains are in the bowl left front? Looks yummy.

 

[Orfy]

Cara Pils - 1/3 bowl
Crystal - handful

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[Orfy]

I realy want to go the wood, no thermometer route just to see if I can.

I may make a mini AG set up for it and do 2.5g batches.
I'd do an Old Ale or mild to start.

 

[menschmaschine]

Here's the brew session.

Sorry, all I could think of when I saw this picture was:

"What's up?"

"Chicken-butt!"

 

[beerthirty]

My LHBS owner would love to brew with you Orfy! With all the equipment at his disposal he simply makes beer. I brewed with him on Memorial day to watch his lo-tech process. He did check his mash thermometer a couple times but had no need. His temps were right where he told me they would be. He doesn't measure grain, just pours it in until it looks right. The same with water. He decides his hop schedule during the boil. He guesstimated his OG before measuring and was within .002. I sampled three of his beers he had on tap, 1 IPA and 2 different pale ales. Absolutely great. So well balanced, I would drink at his pub(keezer) any day. His recipe database is 2 large loose leaf binders.The only thing modern he does is keep records so he can repeat(or come close) to his best brews. One day I hope to understand half of what he does.

 

[WBC]

I realy want to go the wood, no thermometer route just to see if I can.

I may make a mini AG set up for it and do 2.5g batches.
I'd do an Old Ale or mild to start.

Like I said before, you have gobs of experience and can do it. Any of us with years of experience could too. We know just from memory what and how much of any item to use just because we have done it so many times.

 

[Jayjay1976]

I think It'd make a cool article/feature for the wiki or even a dedicated web site.

We could call it the HBT Historicale society.