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Ingredients / Mosaic Hops?
« on: October 28, 2012, 04:44:18 PM »
Where can I buy the new Mosaic hops? I've looked around on-line and have yet to find anyone selling them.
Anyone?
Anyone?
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General Homebrew Discussion / CO2 bottle in the fridge?
« on: September 22, 2012, 01:35:30 PM »
Can I keep my CO2 bottle in the fridge with my cornies at 40F or so? Any problems with this?
I don't want to drill holes yet - the fridge is still new - don't have the guts to pop holes in it quite yet...
I don't want to drill holes yet - the fridge is still new - don't have the guts to pop holes in it quite yet...
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General Homebrew Discussion / Whirlfloc and Fluffy Trub
« on: September 16, 2012, 01:02:27 PM »
Anybody else have really fluffy trub as a result of using Whirlfloc? I used a half tablet today in a 5-gallon batch of IPA and could only get a little over 4 gallons in my fermenter - the rest was trub - very fluffy trub!
My batches have a 6.75 gallon boil, 1 hour scrubs about a gallon, and I'm used to loosing about a half a gallon to trub which normally leaves me 5.25 or so in the carboy.
This is the second time this has happened - I was thinking the first time it was something I was doing wrong, but the only thing I had changed was to add the Whirlfloc; a half tablet at T-10 minutes - same as this time.
Anyone?
My batches have a 6.75 gallon boil, 1 hour scrubs about a gallon, and I'm used to loosing about a half a gallon to trub which normally leaves me 5.25 or so in the carboy.
This is the second time this has happened - I was thinking the first time it was something I was doing wrong, but the only thing I had changed was to add the Whirlfloc; a half tablet at T-10 minutes - same as this time.
Anyone?
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Extract/Partial Mash Brewing / Water Profile for IPA
« on: September 14, 2012, 07:58:23 AM »
Doing a partial mash American IPA this weekend and was wondering if there was anything special I should look for in my water profile - anything that I could or should change to make it optimal for an IPA. Currently my water report shows the following (I included only what I thought were the most relevant properties):
Chlorides are 8.3 ppm
Sulfate is 3.2 ppm
pH is 7.30
Total Hardness is 23 mg/L
Ca Hardness is 17 ppm
Alkalinity is 21 ppm
I've also seen suggestions that where a substantial portion of the fermentables is Extract, it is advisable to use a 50/50 blend of Distilled to Spring Water (I use only bottled Spring Water for my brews currently). Does this sound sensible?
Chlorides are 8.3 ppm
Sulfate is 3.2 ppm
pH is 7.30
Total Hardness is 23 mg/L
Ca Hardness is 17 ppm
Alkalinity is 21 ppm
I've also seen suggestions that where a substantial portion of the fermentables is Extract, it is advisable to use a 50/50 blend of Distilled to Spring Water (I use only bottled Spring Water for my brews currently). Does this sound sensible?
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Extract/Partial Mash Brewing / Dry-Hopping with Pellets - Cold-Crashing?
« on: September 09, 2012, 03:44:44 PM »
Can I cold-crash my IPA to get the dry-hop pellets (bits and pieces) to drop out without dropping too much yeast (I may bottle-condition this one)?
I plan on racking to secondary after a couple of weeks in on the cake where I'll add a couple of ounces of hop pellets and let 'em sit for a week before bottling. Question is; can I drop the temp low enough to get the hops to settle out without causing too much yeast to also drop out? Is so, what is a good temperature to shoot for here?
I plan on racking to secondary after a couple of weeks in on the cake where I'll add a couple of ounces of hop pellets and let 'em sit for a week before bottling. Question is; can I drop the temp low enough to get the hops to settle out without causing too much yeast to also drop out? Is so, what is a good temperature to shoot for here?
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