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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Dry-hopping with Saaz

« on: Today at 09:59:40 am »

Denny, in a Blonde or another style?  I've dry-hopped many a BoPils with Saaz with excellent results.

Dave

A pseudo pils made with WY1007.

Yea, that's a really clean strain.  I use 2001, 2124 or 2278 for my BoPils.  They all stand up to the flavor very well.  It may change  your mind!  I'll bring one to NHC for ya.....

Dave

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Dry-hopping with Saaz

« on: Today at 09:40:45 am »

I brewed a honey blonde ale in Febrewary using 1# of honey post boil, .5 ounce hallertau fwh, 1 ounce tettnang at 30 minutes and .5 ounce hallertau at 10 minutes. OG was 1.060 and FG was 1.006. I used wlp060 and fermented at 60f. After 14 weeks of lagering I finally tapped it and it tasted good, but not great. Clean beer, nice honey character, but missing something. Well I had just opened a pound of saaz and thought why not dry hop? So 3 ounces in 5 gallons and 5 days later, it tastes terrible! It has an overpowering floral/medicinal flavor. Has anyone else experienced this dry-hopping with saaz? Any suggestions to fix it? Dump it?

Yep.  Years ago, I was warned not to dry hop with Saaz.  I did it anyway with the same results as you.

Denny, in a Blonde or another style?  I've dry-hopped many a BoPils with Saaz with excellent results.

Dave

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Dry-hopping with Saaz

« on: Today at 05:57:28 am »

IMO you just overpowered the beer with too much hops.  A half ounce to one would have been plenty in that beer.  Only thing to do now is let it sit some more and wait for the dry hop to come out some.  Maybe others have a different take.

Dave

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Wrong?

« on: May 22, 2013, 04:32:34 pm »

Why not a dozen clams on the half-shell rinsed down with the Pilsner Urquell?  Or a bucket of steamers?

I agree Clamato is some foul stuff......

Dave

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Kegging and Bottling / Re: SS Bottles

« on: May 22, 2013, 06:36:52 am »

$50!   

That's crazy....

Dave

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Equipment and Software / Re: Those little red cans of Oxygen

« on: May 22, 2013, 05:40:39 am »

Hooray!  Do I get a sticker or something? But seriously, on a homebrew level I just don't see the point of pure O2.

Agree. No need for pure O2.

Well crap. Spent the weekend in Buffalo (lost a bet) so I brought a couple home with me to see what all the fuss was about and now I'm hearing it was a waste of money. Plus the damn things are threaded backwards so I don't have anything to screw them onto anyway.

What was the bet?  Buffalo huh?  It will cost you $55 plus shipping to find out if you like it or not!

http://www.williamsbrewing.com/WILLIAMS-OXYGEN-AERATION-SYSTEM-P699.aspx

Dave

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Beer Recipes / Re: Amarillo IPA

« on: May 22, 2013, 05:34:48 am »

Please report back on how you like it.  I liked mine, somewhat....

Hopsshack out of Amarillo but thanks for posting.  Always good to have another source for bulk hops.

Dave

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Beer Recipes / Re: ESB suggestion - Victory or no?

« on: May 22, 2013, 05:30:30 am »

I agree with the above too!

Dave

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: My Water Report

« on: May 22, 2013, 05:28:58 am »

The HCO3 jumped out to me.

That is a bit high......but will still make a fine BoPils.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Any Hope?? Not much fermentation

« on: May 22, 2013, 05:24:18 am »

My advice is just let go and dump it! Life's too short to suffer though bad beer. Id rather drink bud than suffer though a screwed up batch you made obvious mistakes on that "smells awful". Dump that crap and move on! You won't get better advice than that. Trust me, it's way more work to save than to re brew.

+1000!

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Yeast and Fermentation / Re: Re pitching chico/1056 from local brewery

« on: May 22, 2013, 05:06:24 am »

I go by Sean's 25% viability loss per month for slurry and it works well for me.  Mr. Malty seems a little drastic.  But a month is a good barometer for making a starter IMO.

Dave

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: My Water Report

« on: May 21, 2013, 06:28:12 am »

Yes, use the Pale Ale profile and brew away.  You will probably want to get your sulfate up so the hops will pop.  Looks like Pilsen water!

Dave

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Equipment and Software / Re: New MT ordered

« on: May 21, 2013, 05:28:02 am »

Was just perusing the rest of this topic and found this below.  Maybe this will cement your decision to go with an IC......

http://www.homebrewersassociation.org/forum/index.php?topic=15661.0

Dave

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Equipment and Software / Re: New MT ordered

« on: May 21, 2013, 05:05:40 am »

I love my IC.  Gets me to pitching temps in 15-20 minutes depending upon the season.  I've recommended these guys to a few buddies now.  They always seem to be the cheapest and I've had zero problems with mine.  Not sure of your set-up but the garden hose fittings are key for me.

http://www.nybrewsupply.com/beer-home-brewing-equipment/wort-chillers/copper-wort-chiller-garden-hose-fittings-12-x-50.html

Dave

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Equipment and Software / Re: Those little red cans of Oxygen

« on: May 21, 2013, 04:58:58 am »

Or just stay away from oxygen all together.

By doing what?

I gave up on the PITA of oxygen and use a Mix Stir now.

Amanda, you get today's pragmatism award!  My experience is that a MixStir works as well as an O2 setup.

Hooray!  Do I get a sticker or something? But seriously, on a homebrew level I just don't see the point of pure O2.

I think a mix-stir is just fine for medium gravity ales.  I was always a fan of the old whisk until I started getting whisk-elbow.... 

But I like using O2 for high gravity ales and lagers.  It was also a Christmas present so if it didn't come from Santa I would probably still be using the mix-stir.

I put my canisters in with the recyclables.  Asked and was told it was not a problem if empty.

Dave