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JPBrewLI
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Made my chocolate ale in the new pot and was way off with my expected boil off. First time i try to use a recipe calc to estimate OG and ended up with 1.3 gallons instead of 1. I just dumped the rest into a sanitized growler and put some sanitized foil on top as my 'air lock'
It's interesting that there was much more krausen production going on in the growler, which is good because i overfilled the 1 gallon carboy a bit.
Also I tried my first beer, tasted way better than i was expecting!
1.5lb munich grain malt
2 cups dark malt powder
6 gr fuggle - 60 min
2.8gr w-34 lager yeast
og 1.068
3 weeks primary
2 weeks bottle
Not sure what to call it, I really like the saranac black forest that you can only get in a seasonal sampler.
I had intentions of making it a schwarzbier but i rushed a bit to make my first beer with what i had. Someone said maybe a octoberfest
Tasting: Slightly malty, medium body, smooth, berry / caramel taste. Got a black berry nose to it from the glass. Light carbonation, no head
Dark red color, cloudy but most of the yeast built up a thin layer of film at the bottom of the bottle and not really noticeable sediment once in the glass. Later i added some water to the bottle and tasted what was left to see if it there was any sweetness from the bottling sugar but just tasted yeast. I will condition these for 1 more week then put them in the garage/fridge and see if i can save one a few months.
I only have 7 so it's going to be hard.
(I'm very new to describing beer taste)
I was told to try 'Baba black lager' as it was a similar style but i think what i made tasted a lot closer to black forest. I will probably make this again, maybe see if i can find out exactly what grain is in this breiss dark dme and change a few things.
It's interesting that there was much more krausen production going on in the growler, which is good because i overfilled the 1 gallon carboy a bit.
Also I tried my first beer, tasted way better than i was expecting!
1.5lb munich grain malt
2 cups dark malt powder
6 gr fuggle - 60 min
2.8gr w-34 lager yeast
og 1.068
3 weeks primary
2 weeks bottle
Not sure what to call it, I really like the saranac black forest that you can only get in a seasonal sampler.
I had intentions of making it a schwarzbier but i rushed a bit to make my first beer with what i had. Someone said maybe a octoberfest
Tasting: Slightly malty, medium body, smooth, berry / caramel taste. Got a black berry nose to it from the glass. Light carbonation, no head
Dark red color, cloudy but most of the yeast built up a thin layer of film at the bottom of the bottle and not really noticeable sediment once in the glass. Later i added some water to the bottle and tasted what was left to see if it there was any sweetness from the bottling sugar but just tasted yeast. I will condition these for 1 more week then put them in the garage/fridge and see if i can save one a few months.
I only have 7 so it's going to be hard.
(I'm very new to describing beer taste)
I was told to try 'Baba black lager' as it was a similar style but i think what i made tasted a lot closer to black forest. I will probably make this again, maybe see if i can find out exactly what grain is in this breiss dark dme and change a few things.
, also my quick labeling system. 
