Random Brewing Thoughts

[doobiegoobie]

I used brew belts with my better bottles. They are generally no problem unless the belt is touching the top part of the better bottle (where it starts to slope up).

 

[Snarf1]

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

 

[TheMurdawg]

HAHA ...OR BRETT

 

[Snarf1]

HAHA ...OR BRETT

 

[SirDickButts]

i think i may have undershot my IBU's (IIPA) on yesterday's brew.
i only used 1oz of magnum @ 60mins and 3oz of nelson sauvin @ 5mins...
the complete boil was 65 mins. i didn't even bother reading the OG. (im guessing somewhere in the mid 70s)
im fermenting with san diego super yeast...think i will just dry hop it on simcoe. YOLO.

 

[axeman91821]

Probably a little low, but not too much. When I worked out the recipe for the IIPA I'll be brewing soon I think I needed ~1.5 oz of Magnum at 60 minutes, along with 2oz of Galaxy at 15 minutes and then again at 5 minutes get my IBUs where I wanted them.

 

[SirDickButts]

i guess i can label it an American IPA...since its well within range. lol

 

[ncaudle]

c'mon guys, brew what you want, not for a competition style guideline

 

[SirDickButts]

c'mon guys, brew what you want, not for a competition style guideline

as long as it tastes good! im guilty of being my hardest critic.

 

[axeman91821]

i guess i can label it an American IPA...since its well within range. lol

Might well still end up in IIPA range, especially if your grain bill is light on specialty malts. The IBUs that those formulas spit out are largely worthless as an accurate predictor of bitterness anyway. They're really only good for helping you brew with consistency, assuming you pick one formula and stick with it.

 

[SirDickButts]

i keep my grain bills really simple. this bill was 11lbs maris/8oz. crystal 40/4oz special b/1lbs cane sugar.
i will be dry hopping it on 2oz of simcoe. wondering if simcoe pairs well with nelson sauvin. i usually pair simcoe with amarillo.

 

[drgarage1]

i keep my grain bills really simple. this bill was 11lbs maris/8oz. crystal 40/4oz special b/1lbs cane sugar.
i will be dry hopping it on 2oz of simcoe. wondering if simcoe pairs well with nelson sauvin. i usually pair simcoe with amarillo.

Should be fine, though that Nelson would have been a better flameout addition -- 5 is a neither/nor addition for the most part.

As to the overall IBUs, this might come out a little on the sweet side, given the crystal and special B, but it will really depend on your yeast strain and mash temperature and fermenting temp.

 

[SirDickButts]

mashed @ 152, fermenting @ 65 degrees. im giving the san diego super yeast another go.
it didn't ferment too well the last time i tried it. i read its a bit finnicky on temps.
hope its not too sweet. only one way to find out.

 

[Snarf1]

After unsuccessfully trying to find french oak cubes at several LHBS, I gave up and bought medium toast french chips. I feel dirty.

 

[Five28 hz]

All I've been able to find recently is Hungarian oak cubes.

 

[Snarf1]

Anyone tried a dry stout with saison yeast? It sounds terrible, but…

…I might be drunk.

 

[axeman91821]

Anyone tried a dry stout with saison yeast? It sounds terrible, but…

…I might be drunk.

No...

... Yes.

 

[Beerontwowheels]

Red currants are available at whole foods. I've be lying if I said I wasn't interest using them. Tannic as ****.

 

[Snarf1]

Red currants are available at whole foods. I've be lying if I said I wasn't interest using them. Tannic as ****.

Is it Kumquat season yet?

 

[Beerontwowheels]

Is it Kumquat season yet?

Yup! Tons of those tasty fuckers all over MD.

 

[Snarf1]

Yup! Tons of those tasty fuckers all over MD.

Well I guess I know what I'm brewing this week.

 

[Beerontwowheels]

Well I guess I know what I'm brewing this week.

Well we didn't want to know anyway...

 

[TheMurdawg]

what do you guys do with said Kumquats? process? primary? secondary? amount?

 

[Beerontwowheels]

what do you guys do with said Kumquats? process? primary? secondary? amount?

I used kumquats once in a berliner. I halved them, removed what seeds I could, and then just racked over them. Sat on the fruit about 1 month and then kegged. Probably the best berliner I've ever made.

 

[Snarf1]

what do you guys do with said Kumquats? process? primary? secondary? amount?

Chop up and throw in bag with whirpool hops. Could do other things, but that's what my buddy got from Anchorage for Galaxy clone.

 

[axeman91821]

Anybody ever used dried fruit for a sour? Was thinking of picking up http://www.brownwoodacres.com/1-lb-bag-montmorency-dried-tart-cherries-no-sugar-added.html

 

[Five28 hz]

You mostly want the fruit juice when your refermenting fruit in a beer. Dried fruit has lost that juicyness and it's gritty.

 

[axeman91821]

That's what I thought. Having a hard time deciding on a fruit to rack last year's lambic onto.

 

[More Betterness]

You mostly want the fruit juice when your refermenting fruit in a beer. Dried fruit has lost that juicyness and it's gritty.

Agree from experiences i've had homebrewing, but commercially I know that RR uses dried cherries for supplication.

 

[Snarf1]

That's what I thought. Having a hard time deciding on a fruit to rack last year's lambic onto.

Let the beer tell you what to do.