I'll be pressure canning some quarts of starter wort and sterilizing some glycerin on Thursday along with getting my starter going for a Friday or Saturday brew day.
Finally last weekend 31st is when I emptied and filled my mead 5 gal fermenter. I'll be doing the kombucha today/tomorrow.Well what can I say, it was $2.25 for 2.5 gal last time I bought it. Gal jugs are now 1.08. However Harris teeter and publix were both over $3 for the 2.5 gal. Sadly, I'm going to have to buy that, or try aldi.
This one's looking good. Nice vigorous yeast activity and my workshop smells like a tropical fruit punch.Brewed an Amarillo/Simcoe/Sabro cryo double hazy yesterday. Hit my numbers and then some (1.076 target, 1.082 achieved). Split base of pilsner and MO with 15% wheat, 6% golden naked oats and 4% CaraGold. 10 minute additions of 15g Amarillo and Simcoe cryo. 25g each of Amarillo and Simcoe cryo in the whirlpool with 15g Incognito Sabro extract. Fermenting slightly warm (22°C) with WLP644 and had taken off like a rocket this morning.
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/threads/raging-red-irish-red-ale.239188/post-9064497Our brewing group (not really a club, just friends who brew) are having another group brewday this weekend; going to do an Irish Red. Had a couple in Boston, and another at a little place in Enumclaw on Sunday. Forgot how much I like them. Trying to keep costs down, so will go with grain I already have, will have to buy some hops from LHBS, and going to ferment it on some proven Lutra slurry. I've used it with great success in my blondes, want to see what it does in a red.
Hmm. Might have to switch the yeast to fresh Notty. What exactly was 'off', in your opinion?https://www.homebrewtalk.com/threads/raging-red-irish-red-ale.239188/post-9064497
Mine took a long time to come around. It just tasted off for a couple months or more. Eventually it tasted fine though. I didn't have that issue with WLP001. Can't say for sure the Lutra was behind the off taste, but I won't use it again on my Irish Red Ale.
It just had a weird taste that I can’t describe. Eventually it started tasting a bit better, like a generic red ale. Then finally weeks, if not months later it tasted like the Irish Red Ale I expected it to. I suppose I could have done something wrong while brewing, but I’ve made that IRA many times before without issue. Though this was the only time I used Lutra in it. I’ve used Lutra in other beers without this problem so maybe I had an old or bad batch?Hmm. Might have to switch the yeast to fresh Notty. What exactly was 'off', in your opinion?
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