Finally got around to putting my brown ale from Big Brew into a keg. The extra time on the yeast seems to have done well for this one, and the clarity is great!
Gotta get brewing; all my fermenters are empty.
Gives you an excuse to brew up some more !! New Years in JulyInventoried my beer fridge, and discovered my Another New Year's APA is gone... kaput... no more... an ex-beer.
So I whipped up a cap-key-code list and posted that on the front so I can keep up with my consumption.
Hey, I found a small amount, say a .25-.5 cup per 5 gallons, of black treacle aided head retention, produced superior dense bubbles, better mouth feel, but didn't end up affecting the taste (according to my not great palate). So, my suggestion is you try adding this almost token amount of treacle and see if you think it adds anything. Of course, your mileage may vary.Baked a parkin and a treacle flapjack, research on a recipes to use up a tin of black treacle(molasses). Thinking a treacle flapjack oatmeal stout and parkin robust spiced porter.
Also kegged my galaxy golden ale.
Thanks for the info. I will be adding oats to both beers so maybe the treacle with counter act any effects the oats might have on head retention. I am hoping to get some molasses flavor but not too much. I have about half pound left and was thinking that might be enough for two 2.5gal batches but by your experience that might not be enough for both if I want some molasses flavor to make it to the finished beers.Hey, I found a small amount, say a .25-.5 cup per 5 gallons, of black treacle aided head retention, produced superior dense bubbles, better mouth feel, but didn't end up affecting the taste (according to my not great palate). So, my suggestion is you try adding this almost token amount of treacle and see if you think it adds anything. Of course, your mileage may vary.
Nothing wrong with lawnmower ! I just didn't want my Czech to be lawnmower...its my 1st premium Czech lager. Actually it's my 2nd..i tried one about 7 years ago and it wasn't my proudest brewing moment. About 9% and had to be about 100 IBUs. I snuck to the garage like a thief in the night and ashamedly dumped it all.Kegged the Altbier I brewed a couple of weeks ago. Finished at 4.5%. Now I’m brewing a Lawnmower Beer. View attachment 732796
Be more secretive with employment post! Never know who in your corporate chain of command might be a HBT member! Good luck on your build! I bought my 10 gallon igloo 7 years ago over $100 and unlit my own 5 gal igloo last year and for about $35 all together. Caught the igloo cooler on sale at Lowe's and got my false bottom low cost at Wally-World. Pays to search around and compare prices and do it yourself. Save at least 50% of beer supply sold mash tun.Brewing up a Manny's clone today, and have finally had it with the old mash tun; just not holding heat well enough. I'm too lazy to run a heat exchanger, so after a quick online search found that our local Home Depot has the 10g igloo coolers back in stock. I'll take my false bottom with me to make sure it fits (if it doesn't, I guess mama is getting a new angle grinder too); the only issue I can see is the sparge arm. Current mash tun (16g extract barrel) has one built into the lid, made of PEX pipe with several holes drilled into it; hoping I can incorporate it into the new one. Never so excited when I know I've got macgyvering in my near future! Work? I was supposed to go in today? Oh darn, sorry, I'm not feeling well. Har!!! I'm salary so no overtime to miss out on anyway. Can't wait!!
I'm good there, my real name isn't in my profile and nobody at work even makes wine, let alone beer! Going in was more of a voluntary thing anyway to catch up.Be more secretive with employment post! Never know who in your corporate chain of command might be a HBT member! Good luck on your build! I bought my 10 gallon igloo 7 years ago over $100 and unlit my own 5 gal igloo last year and for about $35 all together. Caught the igloo cooler on sale at Lowe's and got my false bottom low cost at Wally-World. Pays to search around and compare prices and do it yourself. Save at least 50% of beer supply sold mash tun.
ETA: Also prepped a package for shipping to my Pop. This will be the first of my beer that he'll taste.
Irish Dry Stout
Irish Extra Stout
Wee Heavy
Wee Heavy Graf
Strong Bitter
Old Ale
English Barleywine (to be enjoyed in just a week or two when I call to give news of his new grandson)
Shipped it.
Clerk at UPS Store: "What's in the box?"
Me: "Food."
Toddler at my feet: "Beer for Grandpa."
Clerk with raised eyebrow: "Is it packed well?"
Be more secretive with employment post! Never know who in your corporate chain of command might be a HBT member!
Shipped it.
Clerk at UPS Store: "What's in the box?"
Me: "Food."
Toddler at my feet: "Beer for Grandpa."
Clerk with raised eyebrow: "Is it packed well?"
While I've never used real fruit in my beer (I've kicked the idea around a time or 2) you could probably make a killer summer Shandy wheat beer or a hard lemonade. I've really thought of using real lemons in a wheat beer or even a dark bock. I add sweet lemonade to 80% of my beers anyway! Habit I picked up in Schweinfurt Germany decades ago. Sounds crazy I know and I thought the same thing as a 19 year old soldier. I was like Germans are crazy! Who on God's Earth puts lemon in their beer?!? I tried it...been hooked ever since. It's basically just a Shandy which I been drinking since 1984 that didn't catch on over here till decades later. Just a thought . I'm sure you will find good use for your lemon gold mine.Decided to finish cleaning the lemon tree of lemons. Low acid at this point, very concentrated juice. So I am asking the community for help in what I can do with the bounty: 6# of lemon zest (in the freezer) and 2 1/2 gallons of juice (in the fridge). Rather than burden this thread, here is where I posted my question.
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/threads/when-life-gives-you-lemons.693471/
Peace,
Reevesie
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