The "Waiting for the Next Giveaway" Speakeasy

[DemonsRun]

Tapped the 1885 Thomas Usher stout

Is very good. - a little tweaking and I'd brew it again. Might pick a different yeast to get it a bit drier or mash lower.

FG was 1.018 instead of 1.014 but I overshot the OG so the ABV is the same, Tad sweeter than the original descriptors but it is classified as a sweet stout. thankfully with all the hops it's not cloying.

 

[kenoglass]

Nice sounds goof Peyton.

 

[applescrap]

I normally brew the founders kbs stout. Its just sooo hard to get away from. Chocolate, oatmeal, and coffee.

 

[kenoglass]

Brewing the blonde ale today with citra and galaxy. From the book great beers I think?

 

[kenoglass]

I decided I needed a less high octane beer around. Currently all the beers I got are about 8 %

 

[kenoglass]

Here's the recipe. I won't do a starter but may not sure yet since I will brew today but I can always pitch tomorrow.


http://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/340323/new-world-blonde

 

[kenoglass]

started my beer late today but got it into fermentor and made up a starter and will most likely pitch that tomorrow. I am using wlp 051 so figured a starter I could save some for the future batches

 

[kenoglass]

Peyton did you ever take apart the spigot on the speidel? I figure if I get the norcal stuff I just bust it out or does it disassemble? Didnt want to mess with it too much today since I was brewing.

 

[kenoglass]

I think I figured it out. After research it seems like just a gasket holds the spigot in so it should pop right out.

 

[kenoglass]

Supposed to get about 3 inches of rain in next few days

 

[kenoglass]

I wish that was snow....I hope we get some snow soon

 

[DemonsRun]

I think I figured it out. After research it seems like just a gasket holds the spigot in so it should pop right out.

yes it just pops out. sorry was distracted by Life, and marches with my daughters.

 

[DemonsRun]

I do miss snow.
50F and raining in Va. at the end of January.

 

[kenoglass]

yes it just pops out. sorry was distracted by Life, and marches with my daughters.

My wife was at DC all day so I brewed with the kids...of course they told her right away this am what we did yesterday

 

[kenoglass]

we go on a snowboard trip Feb 1 I hope theres snow in the poconos

 

[kenoglass]

Made a bread with so spent grains. I should have let it rise a little more.

 

[DemonsRun]

I have not made bread yet with my spent grains, I have been tempted by some recipes for dog biscuits.

 

[kenoglass]

Working at fedex I made biscuits once. All the dogs seemed to like them.

 

[DemonsRun]

Posted this link in the brew science section, https://hopsteiner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/TQ-53-3-0808-01.pdf

I like how it shows how the IBU test will show higher IBUs yet the perceived bitterness will be less after Dry-hopping.

 

[allanmorgan]

Rain, rain, go away. Come back some other day!

 

[kenoglass]

Yea Allan too bad this isn't snow, but I do know we could use the rain.

 

[applescrap]

Need to brew. Love beer, but not brewing. Drinking one or two a night no need to make ten gallons i think. It wont be to hardcore, ill buy 50 pounds in bulk, and have it cracked in 10 pound bags. I will use that as the base for beers. I modify recipes as i go because the grain is 34$ for the bag and i like that deal. I will use Willamette or something like that for hops because its versatile. At a dollar an ounce its hard to pass up. If the beer is going to last a little longer though i will try some better hop recipes.

 

[kenoglass]

During the black friday deals I picked up a bunch of hops. I got a mix of a pound in 4 oz each of a blend, citra, galaxy, one more then another pound each of 2 other varieties, loral and jarryllo. Then I also got a few ounces of other stuff from last winter.

 

[kenoglass]

Supposedly as long as they are vacuum sealed in a freezer they shouldn't loose much of the alpha acids in a year or 5

 

[DemonsRun]

I've used 2 year old pellets with only a 5% increase in Qty and they worked out fine.
Not sure if it was because AA% had decreased or my love of Bitter increases.

 

[DemonsRun]

I think an exBeeriment is in order for Dry hopping Pellets vs. whole hop. as I have learned the humumlinone content is almost double in pellets.

https://hopsteiner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/TQ-53-1-0227-01.pdf

 

[DemonsRun]

Workday over, and 50 cent wing night at Cowboy Cafe.

 

[allanmorgan]

I think an exBeeriment is in order for Dry hopping Pellets vs. whole hop.

I've always used pellets when dry hopping. Works out quite well.

 

[DemonsRun]

I have always used pellets as well.

But the two articles from MBAA show that during dry hopping the iso-alpha-acids are reduced and humulinones are absorbed.
humulinones are less bitter. this is not a bad thing but it shows that dry hopping actually reduces bitterness.

Humulinones are in higher concentration in pellet hops as they naturally form when alpha-acids oxidize when the Lupulin glands are crushed.

what I am not sure about is if the humulinones are in part responsible for the stripping away of iso-alpha-acids or are just being absorbed and replacing some of the lost bitterness.

whole hops have less humulinones so dry hopping with them not as much of the bitterness would be replaced.

It would just be a perception test unless I could find a Lab that does HPLC testing cheap.

 

[allanmorgan]

Peyton,

I have nothing to offer on this subject. I've only used pellets to hop/dry hop my beers. However, I'm about to do a Belgian Double that uses whole hops only. It will be interesting to "taste" the difference between pellet vs whole hops.

Allan