Helms
Well-Known Member
Six gallons of all Nugget IPA tomorrow.
I use the water for pale ales with no problem (west chicago burbs). I just leave it sit out overnight for the chlorine to off gas.
Even though I have one nasty cold, I decided to brew anyways :rockin:.
I am about 45mins in the 90min boil of Evil Twin (Alesmith's Evil Dead Red Clone). Got to use my new Barley Crusher and got 90%eff into boiler! This is going to be a bigger beer that I planned.
This is my second, third, and fourth batches, and each one seemed to go smoother and quicker than the prior. Maybe time for me to try AG.
I actually think the wort production on that beer is pretty simple, the fermentation requires a little attention though.
The lame thing about some of the belgian yeasts (coughWYEAST3787cough) is that you'll hit your attenuation like a champ but the flavor is so dependent on pitching somewhat cool and slowly raising the temp. If your trip is like my first tripel, when you look at your numbers and the yeasts specs you'll feel really confident. If the fermentation doesn't go well you've got 5 gallons of bubblegum brew, rocket fuel or barley-banana smoothie.
just my .02
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