What are you drinking now?

[WesleyS]

Coca Cola and hating being awake.

 

[DisturbdChemist]

Did you post that the the HBT stogie thread?

Nope. Did not think about it

 

[DisturbdChemist]

Had the best night sleep. I havent slept that well in a while

 

[CliffMongoloid]

My farts smell extra bad today

 

[Hello]

A quick sample of my stuck toasted coconut stout. Or right now it is just a stout and water.

I re-pitched again, US-05, added 33 g of Calcium Carbonate to hopefully increase the chances of the yeast surviving. 1.067 to 1.030 is not what I wanted. I guess if it doesn't move I can still rack to secondary over coconut, bottle it and just it a low gravity stout, right? I mean, it's not ruined. I did a taste test with chalk. 8 oz sample with a gram of chalk seemed odd. I used less than 1/2 gram to approximately 512 ounces of beer. I gave way for trub and such.

Anyway, I am crossing my fingers. I hugged the bucket, patted it on it's top and said goodnight.

 

[Fuzzymittenbrewing]

A quick sample of my stuck toasted coconut stout. Or right now it is just a stout and water.

I re-pitched again, US-05, added 33 g of Calcium Carbonate to hopefully increase the chances of the yeast surviving. 1.067 to 1.030 is not what I wanted. I guess if it doesn't move I can still rack to secondary over coconut, bottle it and just it a low gravity stout, right? I mean, it's not ruined. I did a taste test with chalk. 8 oz sample with a gram of chalk seemed odd. I used less than 1/2 gram to approximately 512 ounces of beer. I gave way for trub and such.

Anyway, I am crossing my fingers. I hugged the bucket, patted it on it's top and said goodnight.

Have you tried nutrient or energiser?

 

[tyzippers]

My farts smell extra bad today

Thank you for that. My day is complete.

 

[CliffMongoloid]

Thank you for that. My day is complete.

I'm here to help

 

[NIZZLE]

My farts smell extra bad today

Like burnt rubber that ain't right brah!

 

[BrewinHooligan]

On the coffee trying to recover from the weekend. Drank way more than I can remember

 

[Hello]

Have you tried nutrient or energiser?

In short, it is believed that my recipe had too many grains that created a highly acidic stout. It's an extract recipe with most of the specialty grains that are acidic (dark mostly). So yeast nutrient wouldn't work and they said not to bother with energizer. I brewed this on 10/12. Anyway, the chalk should help with the pH. If it doesn't then I need to either just accept it or dump it. I don't think it's a dumper. My calculations said 36.5 g of chalk, I went with 33 g just in case I was wrong about the total amount of liquid.

Drinking more water.

 

[BGBC]

In short, it is believed that my recipe had too many grains that created a highly acidic stout. It's an extract recipe with most of the specialty grains that are acidic (dark mostly). So yeast nutrient wouldn't work and they said not to bother with energizer. I brewed this on 10/12. Anyway, the chalk should help with the pH. If it doesn't then I need to either just accept it or dump it. I don't think it's a dumper. My calculations said 36.5 g of chalk, I went with 33 g just in case I was wrong about the total amount of liquid.

Drinking more water.

Was this your own recipe? Or from a kit?

 

[CliffMongoloid]

Ive never wanted to go home more than right now

 

[finsfan]

drinking water, wishing I was sitting at a brewery somewhere

 

[nukebrewer]

In short, it is believed that my recipe had too many grains that created a highly acidic stout. It's an extract recipe with most of the specialty grains that are acidic (dark mostly). So yeast nutrient wouldn't work and they said not to bother with energizer. I brewed this on 10/12. Anyway, the chalk should help with the pH. If it doesn't then I need to either just accept it or dump it. I don't think it's a dumper. My calculations said 36.5 g of chalk, I went with 33 g just in case I was wrong about the total amount of liquid.

Drinking more water.

I've never used chalk, but I've heard that it is really, really hard to dissolve so the case might be that a large portion of the chalk you added didn't even make it into solution. I would look into alternative means of increasing pH, such as baking soda.

 

[Remmy]

Having a glass of coconut rum with cranberry

 

[MrNickVT]

In short, it is believed that my recipe had too many grains that created a highly acidic stout. It's an extract recipe with most of the specialty grains that are acidic (dark mostly). So yeast nutrient wouldn't work and they said not to bother with energizer. I brewed this on 10/12. Anyway, the chalk should help with the pH. If it doesn't then I need to either just accept it or dump it. I don't think it's a dumper. My calculations said 36.5 g of chalk, I went with 33 g just in case I was wrong about the total amount of liquid. Drinking more water.

It may be more of an effort then you want, but if you make a starter and build it up by adding small amounts of the stout and pitch it that should do the trick! I had the same problem with a stout extract and specialty grain recipe. Though I just racked it into a secondary on top of cocoa nibs and left it for a month.

 

[speeddemon190]

Having a glass of coconut rum with cranberry

I never thought about trying that...sounds delicious, I might have to hit the liquor store on the way home from work tonight

 

[ja09]

One of these pretty soon! PM me if you'd like to trade Darkness for something I'm looking for

 

[Remmy]

I never thought about trying that...sounds delicious, I might have to hit the liquor store on the way home from work tonight

It's like candy.

Tastes better with pineapple juice.

 

[speeddemon190]

It's like candy.

Tastes better with pineapple juice.

have you tried it with coke? wonder how that would taste

 

[WesleyS]

It's like candy.

Tastes better with pineapple juice.

I drink it mainly with pineapple juice as well.
Good stuff.

 

[Hello]

I've never used chalk, but I've heard that it is really, really hard to dissolve so the case might be that a large portion of the chalk you added didn't even make it into solution. I would look into alternative means of increasing pH, such as baking soda.

I was given the choice between the chalk and the baking soda but I did boil water, mix the chalk up as well as I could then pitched that and yeast and did a little swirl.

It may be more of an effort then you want, but if you make a starter and build it up by adding small amounts of the stout and pitch it that should do the trick! I had the same problem with a stout extract and specialty grain recipe. Though I just racked it into a secondary on top of cocoa nibs and left it for a month.

I could do that. I think now that with adding chalk and re-pitching, I will likely not do anything more. Eventually I am going to take a beer that seems to taste good (though a bit green) and foc it all up. Right now I feel like I can at least pretend it was all okay and I didn't really intend for it to hit FG below 1.030. Then again, I could be wrong and someone can yell at me and say to never bottle beer at 1.030.

Drinking Pepsi...just to stay on topic.

 

[Remmy]

have you tried it with coke? wonder how that would taste

Nah, I haven't.

I like it better with juice.

Doesn't even taste like an alcoholic drink. Just tastes like candy. Super dangerous. I drank half a bottle on a boat in the Bahamas 2 yrs ago and it was so good I had to bring some bottles of it back to the States. I also haver Mango rum which is outstanding.

 

[speeddemon190]

has anyone had leinenkugels red lager? i have a sixer at home in the fridge and ive never had it. it sits next to winter ale and a belgian wit

 

[NormPeterson]

have you tried it with coke? wonder how that would taste

It works well with coke or sprite as well. I love it with cranberry though. Or you can have a sex in the beach sub coconut rum (pineapple and cranberry).

 

[TNGabe]

LotM b2, finally rebrewing BdC.



LotM b3 was dry hopped Friday late and will probably get bottled later this week.

 

[Channel66]

LotM b2, finally rebrewing BdC.

LotM b3 was dry hopped Friday late and will probably get bottled later this week.

Cool picture.

I'm trying to figure out what I'm making for supper tonight so I can hit the store before heading home.

My sister texted me and said she wants to brew a batch of stout to fill my whiskey barrel. Ambitious of her, I don't think she's ever made more than a 10 gallon batch. 36 gallons is a lot of beer. I'll have to go over recipes with her tonight.

Drinking an iced coff.

 

[TNGabe]

Cool picture.

I'm trying to figure out what I'm making for supper tonight so I can hit the store before heading home.

My sister texted me and said she wants to brew a batch of stout to fill my whiskey barrel. Ambitious of her, I don't think she's ever made more than a 10 gallon batch. 36 gallons is a lot of beer. I'll have to go over recipes with her tonight.

Drinking an iced coff.

Thanks. Installed the Pixlr Express App Nuke mentioned.

36 gallons ain't scheet when you got Blingmann!

Got the vanilla stout bottled, including a liter in a Tired Hands growler , cold crashing more brett to send out, and now have 9 cases of beer in the 'warm room' aka bedroom closet. Good beer day here!

Also put myself down for 20 gallons of fresh pressed cider for this Sunday. New cidery (is that the right term?) in Asheville is hosting the homebrew club there for pressing. I've been meaning to join as $20 comes with a lot of cool events like this one where the first 5 gallons is on the club for members. Should be $1-$1.50 a gallon after that. Doing 6 gallons wild, 4 are going in the fridge to drink, and then doing two 5 gallon batches for a friend with Celiac's. Probably splitting those between an English ale yeast and some other clean strain. First time making cider, should be fun.

 

[Channel66]

Thanks. Installed the Pixlr Express App Nuke mentioned.

36 gallons ain't scheet when you got Blingmann!

Got the vanilla stout bottled, including a liter in a Tired Hands growler , cold crashing more brett to send out, and now have 9 cases of beer in the 'warm room' aka bedroom closet. Good beer day here!

Also put myself down for 20 gallons of fresh pressed cider for this Sunday. New cidery (is that the right term?) in Asheville is hosting the homebrew club there for pressing. I've been meaning to join as $20 comes with a lot of cool events like this one where the first 5 gallons is on the club for members. Should be $1-$1.50 a gallon after that. Doing 6 gallons wild, 4 are going in the fridge to drink, and then doing two 5 gallon batches for a friend with Celiac's. Probably splitting those between an English ale yeast and some other clean strain. First time making cider, should be fun

Screw that she won't brew the first batch with those bad boys! Haha, she can use my keggles. I still have to go pick up the 3rd blingmann on Thursday too.

Add some cran to the wild batch you won't regret it.

I love notty for cider but everyone is different. My next cider adventure will be a dry hop I think.