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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: What's Brewing This Weekend - 8/24 Edition

« on: September 03, 2012, 11:48:36 AM »

brewing a rye IPA, It'll be the third time I've made this yet tweaking the recipe every time.

Picking out color from what I have on hand (left to right, a tea of: Caramunich 45, Carared, Crystal 60, Roasted Barley)

Blending roasted barley into each makes them very close.   Going with the Carared + Roasted Barley based on color and flavor, targeting 14 Lovibond.

What did you come up with as your grain bill? I've got an Amber in the fermenter right now using CaraMunich with a pinch of Carafa III that is looking more like a Brown Ale right now, although I'm hoping it will look lighter in the glass.

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The Pub / Re: Glass Shape Affects Drinking Speed

« on: September 02, 2012, 08:08:10 PM »

I wonder where the "Red Solo Cup" glass shape falls in comparison to others?

I'd be willing to be that beer is consumed even faster when there is either a ping pong ball or a shot glass inside the beer.

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The Pub / Re: Are you a beer snob?

« on: September 02, 2012, 08:02:11 PM »

I still giggle like a child when I'm talking about getting great head from a beer. That's usually followed by something along the lines of "just like your mom!".

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Yeast and Fermentation / Re: Phenolic Contamination??? Not sure

« on: September 01, 2012, 05:59:05 PM »

I can't say for sure whether or not it would help to mask the phenols, but if you want to try a light dry hop I'd go with Tett or Czech Saaz. Ultra would be another option as well. I wouldn't go much more than 1/4 oz per gallon for a dry hop rate if you want to keep it close to style.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: White House Brew Recipe

« on: September 01, 2012, 12:00:11 PM »

I guess I'll have to brew one of these prior to the election just to try it out. I'm leaning towards the Honey Ale. May take some liberties with the grain bill, though. Wonder where I can get some White House honey...

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All Things Food / Re: New Hottest Chile...Carolina Reaper?

« on: September 01, 2012, 05:24:09 AM »

I like habaneros myself, but even they are so potent that it's not worth my while to grow them. I just can't effectively use the full yield from a plant of them. Serranos are typically my go-to heat source.

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The Pub / Re: song title game

« on: August 31, 2012, 04:14:38 PM »

Spiral Architect - Black Sabbath

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Other Fermentables / Re: Re: First cider and some questions

« on: August 31, 2012, 04:11:29 PM »

Using an ale yeast is the easiest way to keep it from getting too dry. I've bottle-carbed ciders with T-58 that finished at about 1.010. No bottle bombs yet, knock on wood.

When you've done this have you let the yeast finish out and then added back priming sugar? Or do you just wait till it gets to 1.012 or so and bottle then?

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Schwarzbier - love it - how did I miss this style for this long?

« on: August 30, 2012, 12:22:53 PM »

+1 to Xingu

It's been too long since I've had one, and this thread has given me a craving. I'll have to grab one next time I mix a six.

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The Pub / Re: Re: Cell-phone woes

« on: August 28, 2012, 06:20:04 AM »

Man I hope mine doesn't fail since I have unlimited data still.  I have the iPhone 4S.  If I have to get a new one, I'll need to sign up on the stupid new plans that Verizon Wireless has with the shared data.  Basically the same as I have now, but with a data limit and more money.  I wish I didn't rely on this thing so much becuase I'd tell them all to take a hike.

You sure about that? I'm grandfathered in to unlimited data as long as I don't change my plan. The wife and I upgraded to DROID Bionics last year with no issues.

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Beer Recipes / Re: Recipe suggestions for wet-hop Cascades

« on: August 25, 2012, 08:50:54 AM »

Turns out we only had 3 ounces of wet hops to work with so I had to tweak the recipe a bit. Ended up using Nugget for fwh and bittering, then added all the wet hops at flameout. Did a hot hop stand for 30 minutes then chilled. Won't be dry hopping either. Will keep you posted on how this turns out.

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The Pub / Re: Cell-phone woes

« on: August 25, 2012, 04:33:43 AM »

I have to admit that I'm a technology junkie myself. I start researching my next phone about 3 or 4 months before I'm due for an upgrade.

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Beer Recipes / Re: OK, don't laugh too hard

« on: August 24, 2012, 03:35:08 PM »

That's funny, I had a thought today about brewing a sushi lager with nori and sake. The thought of adding crab to make a California roll beer crossed my mind, but I just can't bring myself to add meat to my beer...

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The Pub / Re: song title game

« on: August 24, 2012, 11:28:15 AM »

Hole in the Sky - Black Sabbath

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Beer Recipes / Re: Recipe suggestions for wet-hop Cascades

« on: August 24, 2012, 08:26:30 AM »

So I'm leaning towards an Amber. Any thoughts on the following recipe? I'm going to give FWH a try, but I'm going to bag the hops and pull them once it gets to a boil to minimize the extraction of grassiness. The -30 minute hop addition means I'm going to hot hop stand for half an hour, then add more hops and chill immediately.

Title: Fresh Hop Amber

Brew Method: BIAB
Style Name: American Amber Ale
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 3 gallons
Boil Size: 3.5 gallons
Efficiency: 80%

STATS:
Original Gravity: 1.065
Final Gravity: 1.018
ABV (standard): 6.16%
IBU (tinseth): 61.88
SRM (morey): 17.84

FERMENTABLES:
5 lb - Maris Otter Pale (76.2%)
0.5 lb - Munich Light (7.6%)
0.5 lb - CaraMunich I (7.6%)
0.25 lb - Caramel / Crystal 120L (3.8%)
0.25 lb - Victory (3.8%)
0.0625 lb - Carafa III (1%)

HOPS:
0.5 oz - Nugget (AA 14) for 60 min, Type: Pellet, Use: Boil
3 oz - Cascade (Fresh) (AA 1.5), Type: Leaf/Whole, Use: First Wort
3 oz - Cascade (Fresh) (AA 1.5) for 5 min, Type: Leaf/Whole, Use: Boil
5 oz - Cascade (Fresh) (AA 1.5) for 0 min, Type: Leaf/Whole, Use: Boil
5 oz - Cascade (Fresh) (AA 1.5) for -30 min, Type: Leaf/Whole, Use: Boil
2 oz - Cascade (AA 7) for 10 days, Type: Leaf/Whole, Use: Dry Hop

MASH STEPS:
1) Infusion, Temp: 154 F, Time: 60 min, Amount: 15 qt, Sacc Rest

OTHER INGREDIENTS:
1 each - Whirlfloc, Time: 15 min, Type: Fining, Use: Boil
6 each - Fermcap-S, Time: 60 min, Type: Water Agt, Use: Boil

YEAST:
Fermentis / Safale - Safale - American Ale Yeast US-05