Might want to keep those bottles in closed boxes in case whatever that bug is keeps eating 
Tapped the Flash-Brewing Blonde today. I think it would do well with a BMC drinker, as it has no character. Of course, Blondes are designed to be easy-drinkers and nothing to offend, and this 1 fits the bill. If you want a beer for the general masses, it's a good choice. If you want a beer with a little character... not so much.I've been wondering about the Flash Brewing kits at Morebeer because my time is really tight right now. I just went to the site and saw they have them 25% off for Black Friday, and I had a code for an additional 10%. I got 3 kits: a Blonde, a Citra Session, and an SNPA clone for cheap, and I have more hops for dry-hopping already. I'll try to remember to comment and rate them here as I brew them.
Checked gravity on the stout, already down to 1.029 after just 3 days! My basement office smells fantastically chocolatey. It expect it to drop a few more points over the next 10 days, then I'll bottle, and let 'em age until next winter.Bottled 2.5 gallons of a pretty basic Cascade/Centenniel IPA that even flat, tastes quite nice.
Brewed 3 gallons of 1.101 imperial stout for next winter, and dumped it on top of the IPA's yeast cake.
Those elements are basically the same as HLT and BK elements. I simply use used Star San that was mixed at a ratio of 1 ounce to 5 gallons of water. I say used but I'm talking about slightly used.I need to descale my hotrod heating elements, what strength Starsan did you use?
I'll have to change the evaluation a little. After it got chilled and fully carbed, it's a decent blonde. Nothing to write home about, but has a little citrus twang in the front and a decent feel. The carbonic bite gives this 1 some character. It would go over well in a crowd, I think. Or I am, therefore I drink... or I drink, therefore I am... something like that.Tapped the Flash-Brewing Blonde today. I think it would do well with a BMC drinker, as it has no character. Of course, Blondes are designed to be easy-drinkers and nothing to offend, and this 1 fits the bill. If you want a beer for the general masses, it's a good choice. If you want a beer with a little character... not so much.
Checked gravity on my 1.101 imperial stout that I brewed just 5 days ago (and fermented on top of a full us-05 ipa yeast-cake)... I think it's done at 1.022, which means this should be either 10.37% abv or 11.48% abv, depending on which abv equation you trust more. Tasted a drop, and it's very nice! Gonna set it out in the garage to cold-crash for a few days, then bottle with some bourbon and ec-1118.
Munich Dunkel "Dünkl"
27l, 12.3°P, 25 IBU
5.0kg Munich I
0.2kg CaraAroma
0.2kg Melanoidin
14.0l + 5.5l mash water
14.0l sparge water
Mash in: 14.0l @ 57°C => 51°C for 10min
Infusion: 5.5l @ 98°C => 63°C for 30min
Decoct thick mash: 6.0l => heat to 72°C for 10min, then 10min to boiling temp => 72°C for 30min
Decoct thin mash: 5.0l => boil for 10 min => 77°C mash out
Boil for t-70min
15g Tettnanger (5.5a) + 15g Tradition (6.7a)+ 5g Lilly (7.5a) @ t-60min
10g Lilly (7.5a) @ t-0min / flameout whirlpool
2l chilled water for dilution (this time I used 5l)
20g MJ M-76 Bavarian Lager yeast
Okay, I gotta ask...what was the build???? did you sell your soul for one of the new Nvidia 50 series?Been elbow deep building a new computer for the Spousal Unit and migrating her digital life from her 13 year old systembut came up for air long enough to swap out a kicked keg of my beloved ~12% chocolate stout, tap a fresh keg of the same beer, and run the kick through the venerable Mark II (even older than said computer) whose little bendy plastic tabs that used to hold it together have gone off to Plastic Heaven, leaving only gravity and inertia
Cheers! (Still, got 'er done)
OMG, did you use Kona coffee for a beer ingredient?Busy morning - just finished kegging Kona The Beerbarian, from 2 SS brewbuckets into 2 ready for business cornies.
Went to Hawaii last year - great time. But no Kona in the beer. A play on Conan the Barbarian... Oh my. Dad joke?OMG, did you use Kona coffee for a beer ingredient?
I’m getting some entries ready and stocking some beer into the fridge for the game tonight.
Went to Hawaii last year - great time. But no Kona in the beer. A play on Conan the Barbarian... Oh my. Dad joke?