Random Brewing Thoughts

[Snarf1]

Grisette - when saison just doesn't sound pretentious enough anymore!

What does saison mean? It's French for overpriced.

What does biere de garde means? Absolutely nothing &/or anything you want.

Acid beers really need tannins to be balanced.

If you don't make the occasional really ****** batch of beer, you're not trying hard enough.

 

[FTowne1]

Grisette - when saison just doesn't sound pretentious enough anymore!

What does saison mean? It's French for overpriced.

What does biere de garde means? Absolutely nothing &/or anything you want.

Acid beers really need tannins to be balanced.

If you don't make the occasional really ****** batch of beer, you're not trying hard enough.

PREACH!

 

[Snarf1]

PREACH!

DON'T YELL AT ME! I'LL GET DISRACTED AND FALL OF MY SOAP BOX.

 

[Snarf1]

New Sour Hour is up with Tim from SARA.

 

[doobiegoobie]

New Sour Hour is up with Tim from SARA.

My dog loves these days. He gets to walk for 90+ minutes bc I can't stop listening.

 

[Snarf1]

My dog loves these days. He gets to walk for 90+ minutes bc I can't stop listening.

I need to go back to only listening to podcasts while running. I could drink a lot more then without worrying about it.

 

[axeman91821]

I usually listen to Brew Strong during my morning commute, but I'm almost caught up on episodes. I'll have to check out Sour Hour.

 

[Snarf1]

I usually listen to Brew Strong during my morning commute, but I'm almost caught up on episodes. I'll have to check out Sour Hour.

Jamil makes me feel like a genius, especially brewing with style. The fruit lambic episode and really any of the belgian shows are laughable. Wanted to try SARA until i heard Tim talking about Jamil and using puree in Westley. Now I'm not so sure.

 

[Beerontwowheels]

Jamil makes me feel like a genius, especially brewing with style. The fruit lambic episode and really any of the belgian shows are laughable. Wanted to try SARA until i heard Tim talking about Jamil and using puree in Westley. Now I'm not so sure.

I find it very interesting that Jamil, the most award-winning homebrewer ever, hasn't put a beer out yet that beer geeks give a **** about.

 

[axeman91821]

I've always found his discussions around process, and most clean styles, to be helpful. Not so much when it comes to sour/wild ales.

 

[Snarf1]

Trub experiment. One got all, the other got none.

The one on left had the trub.

I didnt keep temp up & 3726 quit at 1.010. Time for dregs to the rescue!

 

[drgarage1]

Any way to get rid of smoky compounds from poorly performing yeast? I'm assuming not, but I'd love to not dump without cause...

 

[Five28 hz]

Put it back in your mashtun and dump that **** with purpose.

 

[Snarf1]

Any way to get rid of smoky compounds from poorly performing yeast? I'm assuming not, but I'd love to not dump without cause...

Yup. Put your autosiphon in the carboy and the hose in the sink.

 

[TomTwanks1]

Trub experiment. One got all, the other got none.

The one on left had the trub.

I didnt keep temp up & 3726 quit at 1.010. Time for dregs to the rescue!

I got a batch with 3726 going and its almost 90 degrees. Hoping it goes around 1.005 but who knows. Never used this yeast but I got high hopes

 

[Snarf1]

I got a batch with 3726 going and its almost 90 degrees. Hoping it goes around 1.005 but who knows. Never used this yeast but I got high hopes

Depending on grist/mash it can hit 1.000, 1.004 is more common. I should have put more effort into temp control.

 

[TomTwanks1]

Depending on grist/mash it can hit 1.000, 1.004 is more common. I should have put more effort into temp control.

70/30 pils & wheat. Mashed at 150. Does it usually take a while to get that low? Was gonna check it at the 2 week marker with hopes of transferring to secondary to some critters..

 

[Snarf1]

A good ferment with that will finish out in a few days.

 

[drgarage1]

Yup. Put your autosiphon in the carboy and the hose in the sink.

I figured. Damn it. I had one batch that developed it temporarily in bottle that later fixed itself, but I've never had it pre-bottling before. Ah, well. That's what I get for brewing a batch using a gift certificate to cover all ingredient costs. There is no free beer.

 

[doobiegoobie]

Trub experiment. One got all, the other got none.

The one on left had the trub.

I didnt keep temp up & 3726 quit at 1.010. Time for dregs to the rescue!

This is wild. Any differences other than clarity?

 

[Snarf1]

This is wild. Any differences other than clarity?

Trub in the kettle trub version was chunky and full of protein. Trub in the no kettle trub version was pretty much just yeast and tastes less finished.

 

[TheMurdawg]

would 3726 stall out on my in a 70 degree room with a sleeping bag wrapped around or do I need to add a heating pad? Not even sure what temp the heating pad would bring it to.

 

[quirkzoo1]

I find it very interesting that Jamil, the most award-winning homebrewer ever, hasn't put a beer out yet that beer geeks give a **** about.

Yeah, I really want to try their beers for this reason.

 

[axeman91821]

Well to be fair, there are probably plenty of beers that at least some of us go nuts over that wouldn't do well in competition, especially as far as clean beers go.

 

[Snarf1]

would 3726 stall out on my in a 70 degree room with a sleeping bag wrapped around or do I need to add a heating pad? Not even sure what temp the heating pad would bring it to.

Probably. It really needs temp ramped. Problem with heating pad is that they only stay on for so long. I've used a seedling mat and that gets 5 gallons around 85.

 

[FTowne1]

Probably. It really needs temp ramped. Problem with heating pad is that they only stay on for so long. I've used a seedling mat and that gets 5 gallons around 85.

I used an older heating pad that didn't have an auto shutoff for my last batch of saison. I worked for about a week and then it ended up popping the circuit in the fuse panel and killed various outlets in the house. Luckily I discovered this before my wife did, because she said it was dangerous. Right now I've got a batch in the fermenter wrapped in a heavy towel sitting next to the fridge on the kitchen counter. I might have to invest in a seedling mat.

 

[Snarf1]

I used an older heating pad that didn't have an auto shutoff for my last batch of saison. I worked for about a week and then it ended up popping the circuit in the fuse panel and killed various outlets in the house. Luckily I discovered this before my wife did, because she said it was dangerous. Right now I've got a batch in the fermenter wrapped in a heavy towel sitting next to the fridge on the kitchen counter. I might have to invest in a seedling mat.

Unless you plan on using seedling mat for plants, think about something like a brew belt instead. I think it's less expensive.

 

[FTowne1]

Unless you plan on using seedling mat for plants, think about something like a brew belt instead. I think it's less expensive.

Gotcha. Haven't priced either of them out yet.

 

[TheMurdawg]

for some reason I think my brew belt warns against using on Better Bottle and that's what I'm working with.

 

[TheMurdawg]

maybe I can pitch 3726 and wait a week and then 3711 to dry it out