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Other Fermentables / Re: Cider ressurection?
« on: March 23, 2010, 11:38:14 PM »
Ooooh! Now that is interesting indeed!
Great idea. ++1
Great idea. ++1
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Yeast and Fermentation / Re: Mystery yeast.
« on: March 23, 2010, 11:36:01 PM »
Yeah if it was labeled I'd feel more comfy about it. I really don't want any more 530. My long affair with Belgian styles is over. While I may do a little sumpin sumpin with a saison now and again I won't be brewing any more dubbels tripels or abbeys.
If it was 001 that would kickass.
If it was 001 that would kickass.
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Equipment and Software / Re: plastic carboys
« on: March 23, 2010, 12:24:44 PM »i have several large water bottles that i can use and throw away. i am just not sure if they will or will not be impermeable to oxygen. is there an easy way to tell
They should have "PP, LDPE or HDPE" on the bottom. I would use HDPE for fermentation.
My guess is that they are "Polypropylene"
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Other Fermentables / Cider ressurection?
« on: March 23, 2010, 11:36:35 AM »
I whipped up 20 gallons last year. Used the cold-pasteurized stuff. Not ideal for "cider" but it has made decent enough in the past.
Flash-forward eight months
Popped one in the kegerator last week. Mmmmm. Perfect clarity. But otherwise not all that special.
Lackluster come to mind.
So I poured two cans of frozen concentrate (apple) and mixed it up some. Much better!
Ideas for the second keg?
Flash-forward eight months
Popped one in the kegerator last week. Mmmmm. Perfect clarity. But otherwise not all that special.
Lackluster come to mind.So I poured two cans of frozen concentrate (apple) and mixed it up some. Much better!
Ideas for the second keg?
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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Higher SG than OG?
« on: March 23, 2010, 11:04:18 AM »
Nothing wrong with a 1.030 beer. On the weak side and watery? Depends on perspective. Sure. Got ya a lawnmower beer. Drink one too many of these 2.6 -3.0 ABV babies and you might just find yourself drunk.
I'll be brewing several of these this Spring and Summer.
I'll be brewing several of these this Spring and Summer.
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All Things Food / Re: Hard boiled eggs...what is your secret?
« on: March 23, 2010, 10:52:45 AM »
Always found that a good thorough chill in ice-water makes them easy to peel not the age of the egg.
I've done them in the pressure cooker too. Raised up on a trivet they are steamed.
I've done them in the pressure cooker too. Raised up on a trivet they are steamed.
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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: FYI: blind taste test
« on: March 22, 2010, 10:24:33 PM »The 8% steel reserve wasn't bad, especially if someone presented it to you as a maibock.
Interesting...
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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Higher SG than OG?
« on: March 22, 2010, 10:21:00 PM »How hot was the wort when you first measured it? Hot liquids are thinner than cool ones.
Oh yes +1 !!
That can certainly throw things off. Buy a refractometer cheap and easy off ebay.
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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: When is it cheating?
« on: March 22, 2010, 12:05:00 PM »
And the magic dust he sprinkles on everything... 
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All Things Food / Re: Hard boiled eggs...what is your secret?
« on: March 22, 2010, 12:03:53 PM »
LOL 
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Yeast and Fermentation / Mystery yeast.
« on: March 22, 2010, 12:03:11 PM »
Found eight 8oz PET bottles of harvested yeast in a box in the back of my fridge. Been there since last summer? Could be WLP001 or it could be WLP530 but there's nothing to indicate what they are.
Is it even any good at this late date?!
Is it even any good at this late date?!
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Yeast and Fermentation / Re: Best yeast for "American" Tripel
« on: March 22, 2010, 12:00:03 PM »
Used the 530 extensively. Experimented with it several times in the lower ranges sub 65F. Didn't like results. Not at all. Keep it a little warmer LOL.
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Yeast and Fermentation / Re: How long in primary
« on: March 22, 2010, 11:51:25 AM »
But it can and does happen.
Having learned through experimentation (code for the hard-way) it's better to get the brew off the yeast sooner than later.
Having learned through experimentation (code for the hard-way) it's better to get the brew off the yeast sooner than later.
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The Pub / Re: House cat jumps claim to zymurgy collection
« on: March 22, 2010, 11:30:39 AM »
That's funny.
My old cat would invariably find the most important thing in the room at the time and lay on it. Like a freshly starched shirt on the bed...
My old cat would invariably find the most important thing in the room at the time and lay on it. Like a freshly starched shirt on the bed...
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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: When is it cheating?
« on: March 22, 2010, 11:28:15 AM »
I'd love to know what this guy's secret is.
All sorts of ideas going through my head. Doesn't the Widmer Brewery produce lagers in only a few days as well?
All sorts of ideas going through my head. Doesn't the Widmer Brewery produce lagers in only a few days as well?