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Ingredients / Re: Coffee and Stout

« on: August 01, 2012, 01:47:42 PM »

ok cool. I am doing a 3 gallon batch later this month.

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Ingredients / Re: Hot peppers in an IPA

« on: August 01, 2012, 01:40:56 PM »

Thanks for the replies. Looks like the secondary is the time to throw in the pepper!

I wrote a "Habanero Cookbook" book a while back and everyone I know now expects a habanero beer. hehe

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Ingredients / Hot peppers in an IPA

« on: August 01, 2012, 12:40:49 PM »

I plan on making a 3 gallon batch of Habanero IPA.


When would you add hot peppers?

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Ingredients / Coffee and Stout

« on: August 01, 2012, 12:38:55 PM »

I read a few posts on other sites, but felt asking here would give me the answer I would prefer.



At what point do you add the coffee? 

Do you just brew coffee or just use ground coffee?


Is Chocolate similar timing? Use those "nibs"?

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Extract/Partial Mash Brewing / Re: Using Ice to cool wort?

« on: July 31, 2012, 11:37:59 AM »

i fell your pain bro (original poster).  i took the temp of the water coming out of my hose solidly for over 5 minutes and it "got down" to 102.

HAHA exactly. I think it would be almost pointless to get an Immersion Chiller.....

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Extract/Partial Mash Brewing / Re: Using Ice to cool wort?

« on: July 31, 2012, 09:56:48 AM »

thanks for the replies. I figured it was ok if I was a gambling man with contamination. I get my ice from the Publix grocery store ice freezer. I never felt it tasted chlorinated, but I never taste tested it for off flavors.

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Extract/Partial Mash Brewing / Re: Using Ice to cool wort?

« on: July 31, 2012, 09:40:03 AM »

I do put it in water with some ice, but I would not call it an ice bath. My water is not very cold being in south FL. With the 10lb bag of ice, I get go from 200s to the 60s in about 5-10 minutes. I spray the unopened bag with StarSan and use a lid for the pot. I was just making sure there is not a weird chemical reaction from being too fast.

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Extract/Partial Mash Brewing / Using Ice to cool wort?

« on: July 31, 2012, 08:43:07 AM »

Simple question.


Besides contamination..... is there any other negative reason of adding a 10lb of ice to the 3gallon boiling wort to get it to pitching temps in under 5 minutes?

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Beer Recipes / PHAT ???? Ale

« on: July 31, 2012, 08:39:23 AM »

I brewed this beer last night. I thought it would be fun to make beer names using the first letter of the hops/additions used. This one is PHAT. My question is.... what beer type this would fall into?

Pale? Blonde? Golden?

Not sure what it technically would be. It was not as light colored as I had hoped. So, I would assume Pale Ale.


Recipe -

OG – 1.052
IBUs ~26

Steeping -
1 lbs Briess Carapils

60 Minute Boil -
6lbs NB Organic Light LME
1lbs Honey

Hops/Additions -
.25oz Apollo – 60min
.5oz Tettnang – 20min
1tsp Irish Moss – 15min
.5oz Sweet Orange Peel – 10min
.5oz Palisade – 5min
.5oz Horizon – 1min

Yeast -
1pkg Safale US-05

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Beer Recipes / Re: IPA recipe help

« on: July 24, 2012, 02:29:56 PM »

I just re-read the message I quoted and I did read it wrong, but I swear I have seen recipes with daily hops as the recipe.

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Beer Recipes / Re: IPA recipe help

« on: July 24, 2012, 12:27:30 PM »

I'd go with a big flameout addition and at least an ounce of each for dry hops.

What is the difference in doing say 7x1oz daily additions do over one large 7oz addition at the start?

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Beer Recipes / Re: Dark Ale - My first recipe

« on: July 23, 2012, 10:23:59 AM »

Thanks for all the input guys. I did end up brewing it this weekend. I replaced the Caramel 60L with 8oz of table sugar(~5%). I do think the points about using light extracts and steeping grains for color(and flavors?) makes a TON of sense and will be doing that from now on I think. Its more interactive too I think I understand correctly now. Basically, the darker LME/DME basically already have the steeping part done for you.

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Yeast and Fermentation / Two yeasts for one split 5gallon batch?

« on: July 20, 2012, 02:27:16 PM »

Simple question.

If I make a 5 gallon 1.060 batch, split to 2.5 x2, and money is not an concern, would using a full "smack pack" be too much yeast in each?

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Beer Recipes / Re: Dark Ale - My first recipe

« on: July 20, 2012, 12:58:26 PM »

Now, I bet you are sorry you asked.

HAHA! Not at all! This was exactly what I was hoping someone would say. What you said makes total sense. I think am going to save those 2 ingredients for lighter hoppy brew I am thinking of.

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Beer Recipes / Dark Ale - My first recipe

« on: July 20, 2012, 12:20:36 PM »

        I purchased all this stuff and am planning on making the beer tomorrow. Just wondering if anyone sees any blaring issue that would make this suck.


Slick Dark Ale 1
   Style: Brown Ale   OG: 1.065   
   Type: Extract   FG: 1.015   
   Rating: 0.0   ABV: 6.55 %   
   Calories: 218   IBU's: 53.36   
   Efficiency: 40 %   Boil Size: 5.57 Gal   
   Color:   18.1 SRM     Batch Size: 5.00 Gal   
   Preboil OG: 1.063   Boil Time: 60 minutes   
 
Fermentation Steps
Name   Days / Temp
Primary   21 days @ 68.0°F

 
Grains & Adjuncts
Amount   Percentage      Name   Time   Gravity
3.15 lbs   31.03 %      Dark Liquid Extract   60 mins   1.036
1.00 lbs   9.85 %      Briess Caramel 60L   60 mins   1.034
6.00 lbs   59.11 %      Amber Liquid Extract   60 mins   1.036
 
Hops
Amount   IBU's      Name   Time   AA %
1.00 ozs   45.95      Warrior   60 mins   15.00
1.00 ozs   4.78      Liberty   10 mins   4.30
1.00 ozs   2.75      Fuggles   5 mins   4.50
1.00 ozs         Cascade   14 days   5.50
 
Yeasts
Amount   Name   Laboratory / ID
1.00 pkg   California Ale   White Labs 0001
 
Additions
Amount   Name   Time   Stage
1.00 tsp   Irish Moss   15 mins   Boil