What are you drinking now?

[finsfan]

Tell me about it! Ever try making 31lbs of dark candi sugar for a 5bbl batch of Dubbel? Good times as long as you aren't on clean up...

Haha that sounds terrible. I normally make a few pounds at a time and I have to take a razor blade to the stove after to clean all that junk off. Sugar somehow manages to get everywhere.

 

[BreezyBrew]

2nd pour of twisted hop.

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[mcbaumannerb]

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[DisturbdChemist]

Yo @remmy what does "hello'ing" one self entail?

Man, my damn head hurts. I really should take it easy.

I believe it knowing that you need to stop but dont. So last nights 4+ nightcaps lol

 

[finsfan]

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300 degrees or bust! :rockin:

 

[BreezyBrew]

I believe it knowing that you need to stop but dont. So last nights 4+ nightcaps lol

Yup. And no water in between. It was Nugget Nectar, who can stop at one or two or three?

 

[DisturbdChemist]

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I'm always rock hard when making candy sugar.. Wait its the other way around


I'm definitely making my own next time. the liquid is not cheap

 

[mcbaumannerb]

I believe it knowing that you need to stop but dont. So last nights 4+ nightcaps lol

Yeah, but @Remmy always has at least 6 nightcaps ... before sunset! ipe:

 

[BGBC]

A little late to the party but I will chime in. Clear candi sugar is ablsolutely pointless, no different than corn or table sugar in how it will contribute to the beer but the malliard reactions that occur as you boil down the sugar in the process to get dark candi is what will give you the flavors. I use sugar in the raw for my dark candi sugar and use a pinch of acid blend (I also use this when making random wines). I boil mine for at least 2 hours between 260-275f making sure it gets a nice deep amber color and it makes all the difference for Dubbels and Quads IMO.

This would be for a quad, so also interested in the dark candi. So nobody here has tried the DAP method? It's a long thread, I'll have to keep reading I guess. The biggest appeal so far is that it sounds like it speeds up the process a lot.

Not in any rush, so I might try making a batch of each and taste testing the results. Won't really be the same as side-by-side in the same beer recipe, but should be interesting anyway.

EDIT: for anyone who really cares:
"DAP provides Nitrogen for mailard reactions (non enzymatic browning) to occur. These occur between ~270F and ~320F. Another source of nitrogen is ammonium bicarbonate. It is a leaven used by professional bakers.

As DAP breaks down around ~270F it separates into two molecules of ammonium and dehydrate-phosphoric acid. So it provides both the nitrogen for browning and the acid for inversion."

 

[DisturbdChemist]

Yeah, but @Remmy always has at least 6 nightcaps ... before sunset! ipe:

That is my goal before the show tonight Gotta walk a half a mile so I hope i can make it

 

[Hello]

I believe it knowing that you need to stop but dont. So last nights 4+ nightcaps lol

Yeah but when you get to be my age, hangovers don't go away so easily.

 

[BeerMeDuffMan]

Yeah but when you get to be my age, hangovers don't go away so easily.

It's all down hill after 22, at least it was for me.

 

[DisturbdChemist]

Yeah but when you get to be my age, hangovers don't go away so easily.

I'm getting there. Though I do not drink like i did in college but if i over do it, all day headache but the hair of the dog works

 

[Fuzzymittenbrewing]

Free day today! Hitting the hard Mt Dew to start

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[wobrien]

First gose I've had. Pretty good
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[finsfan]

First gose I've had. Pretty good
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One of the better ones out there IMO.

 

[wobrien]

One of the better ones out there IMO.

Guess I need to try the Westbrook version. Sounds like the top example

 

[mcbaumannerb]

Any truth to this @TheCADJockey ? or @Remmy ? or maybe even @finsfan ?

 

[finsfan]

Guess I need to try the Westbrook version. Sounds like the top example

O yeah. Its been awhile since I had one but it was a great example of how salty a gose should be without being overpowering.

 

[DisturbdChemist]

One of the better ones out there IMO.

My Gose is the best

Any truth to this @TheCADJockey ? or @Remmy ? or maybe even @finsfan ?

Amen. Mine is going to end soon and finally get some beer. Been 4 days since I had that sweet necter

 

[finsfan]

My Gose is the best

I will be the judge of that! Send me one

 

[wobrien]

My Gose is the best

Yeah, but that one is tough to get

 

[Ridire]

I do not believe I have ever had a gose.

 

[jeff62217]

having a hydro sample of my drake's draconic imperial stout clone.
Fermentation temps got away from me and up to the low 70s by accident during peak fermentation.. it's at 8.9%abv and tastes good, but a little hot and green still. Needs age.

 

[Psylocide]

I do not believe I have ever had a gose.

Personally, I think they're horrid, but I may not have had a "good" one yet.

Think thick and salty liquid... in your mouth. If you meet a girl that loves them, she's a keeper.

 

[finsfan]

Personally, I think they're horrid, but I may not have had a "good" one yet.

Think thick and salty liquid... in your mouth. If you meet a girl that loves them, she's a keeper.

thick? That shouldnt be the case. Sounds like you got one that may have been "sick" possibly? I didnt think that could happen with just lacto.

 

[BrewinHooligan]

Where you been?! How's the brewery coming?

I've been lurking... Stepped away from the brewery. Sometimes a partnership sounds better in theory than it is in reality. I wish them success though if they ever manage to open. I know quite a few people and will find a better opportunity elsewhere. In the meantime I am going to brew a bunch of experiments I have been planning. Things are gonna get a little weird, just how Billy likes it.

 

[wobrien]

Personally, I think they're horrid, but I may not have had a "good" one yet.



Think thick and salty liquid... in your mouth. If you meet a girl that loves them, she's a keeper.

That's pretty funny, but the one I just had, I'd hardly consider it thick. In fact it was pretty light and refreshing

 

[drainbamage]

thick? That shouldnt be the case. Sounds like you got one that may have been "sick" possibly? I didnt think that could happen with just lacto.

+1. I've only tried a few goses, but they've all been very light in body.

 

[thatjonguy]

Personally, I think they're horrid, but I may not have had a "good" one yet.

Think thick and salty liquid... in your mouth. If you meet a girl that loves them, she's a keeper.

I lol'd.

I think @finsfan missed it.


Edit: apparently a few others missed it?

But Gose is extremely thin.