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All Grain Brewing / Re: build water from distilled

« on: March 28, 2013, 03:57:37 AM »

Are there published standard formulas for water additions for each style of beer?

 I've had the same question. Seems to me if R/O water is all the same , it would be easy to come up with standard additions for different beer styles ?
  If two people use BrunWater to design a water for a stout using 100% R/O water, won't they get the same results?
  So why not just say make a list of additions to R/O water for different beer styles?

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Commercial Beer Reviews / Re: Full Sail Session Lager

« on: March 19, 2013, 05:19:42 AM »

I am pretty sure the bottles are twist off?

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: prefered fining agent

« on: March 07, 2013, 04:47:43 AM »

I just started using whirl-floc, and it works pretty good for me.
I have only used issenglass a couple of times , and I was really impressed with it, I would use it more often if my local store sold it. If you haven't tried it and can get your hands on some I'd say give a try.
Usually I do the geletin thing.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: What is your favorite music to listen to while homebrewing?

« on: March 02, 2013, 04:40:48 AM »

Classic Rock....Pink Floyd, Led Zep, The Beatles, The Who......My classic rock has no boundaries...Pearl Jam, Metallica, Buddy Holly....It's all great!

I'm a huge NPR fan, so it's often that these days.  But when I'm in the mood for music, I'm right there with you on the old fart stuff...marathons of Procol Harum's 13 albums, , Steely Dan, the Fabs, and the first three or four Jethro Tull albums.

To mix things up though, sometimes I'll tune into Princeton University's FM station for an eclectic taste of more contemporary fare.  I've discovered some great new stuff there.

Rock-a-Billy Roadhouse, Tues. afternoons on PRB is great.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Dry hopping with top cropping yeast?

« on: March 01, 2013, 04:03:01 PM »

  I fermented a beer using Wyeast 1318 London Ale III.  When it came time to dry hop there was still a nice layer of yeast on top of the beer.
  I racked from the Better Bottle to 5 gallon carboy, and added the hop pellets. I kept the carboy at room temp. around 67°f. By the next day there was a new layer of yeast on top of the beer. I let it sit for a week cold crashed it with gelatin for a few days and then kegged it up. The beer is good but I did'nt get a lot of the dry hop aroma I was expecting. I think maybe the hop pellets mixing with the yeast might have something to do with this.
  I have another beer ready to dry hop using the same yeast.
  Should I transfer it, cold crash and keep it cold while the dry hops are in there? I have read that that dry hopping at colder temps. isn't the best way? Or maybe dry hop in the keg?

Dan

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Kegging and Bottling / Re: Mini-Keg Stainless Steel 2L Growler

« on: February 27, 2013, 02:21:59 PM »

This isn't mine. I am not anywhere near that creative.
http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/mini-mini-keg-keg-pump-384036/
I thought it was pretty cool though.

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Yeast and Fermentation / Re: Can I vacuum seal yeast?

« on: February 19, 2013, 03:28:30 AM »

Thanks for the info.
My daughter gave me her FoodSaver because she didn't use it, so I have been on a vacuum sealing kick lately.
I just figured if it helps to preserve a pound of chicken, it might help preserve a half liter of yeast.

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Accurate thermometer

« on: February 18, 2013, 04:41:48 AM »

If anyone else is curious, I was wondering what a "traceable" thermometer was, and found this:
http://www.epa.gov/hg/traceability.htm
On the website it states "user sends the thermometer back to the manufacturer for recalibration after manufacturer's recomended interval"
Do any of you with traceable thermometers send them back for recalibration?

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Yeast and Fermentation / Re: Can I vacuum seal yeast?

« on: February 18, 2013, 04:20:54 AM »

Do you mean a yeast slurry?

Yea, the yeast I pour off from the bottom of the fermentor, to use on the next batch.

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Yeast and Fermentation / Can I vacuum seal yeast?

« on: February 17, 2013, 05:40:45 PM »

Just another one of my wacky ideas.
Can I vacuum seal yeast?

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Extract/Partial Mash Brewing / Hop adjustment for a partial boil.

« on: February 15, 2013, 03:28:16 PM »

I was thinking of brewing a 6 gallon batch of beer with an OG of 1.070, and then topping it off with water to yield 11 gallons of a 1.038 session beer.
When I brew this recipe as a 6 gallon batch without top off water my hop additions are:
1 oz of 7.1% aa challenger @ 60 mins.
.5 oz of 6.1% aa Mt. Hood @ 10 mins.
At about 30 ibu's
I am not sure how to adjust the hops for the concentrated boil?
I know I will get less bitterness from the higher gravity boil.
I am assuming I need to adjust for the lower hop utiization from the higher gravity wort, and also increase amount of hops by the % water that I am adding?
If I use brewing software and set it up for a 6 gallon batch @ 1.070 and adjust the hops for 30 ibu's. And then increase that by the 45% top off water will I be close?
Thanks
 Dan

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Beer Recipes / scaling down recipe gravity and late dry hop additions?

« on: January 23, 2013, 05:01:27 PM »

  I took this Red Velvet recipe http://www.homebrewersassociation.org/pages/community/blog/show?title=beer-recipe-of-the-week-red-velvet and scaled it down to an OG of 1.051.
  I scaled down the 60, 30, and 10 minute additions to keep the BU/GU the same as the original recipe.
My question is regarding the 0 minute and dry hops, should they get scaled back or since they don't contribute any bitterness should I leave as the original recipe says?

Dan

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General Homebrew Discussion / Re: Brew ruined??? Vodka drip in wort....

« on: January 23, 2013, 04:47:04 PM »

 I have one of those 3 piece airlocks. Once I forgot to put the little hat thing on the inside and tried to fill it with vodka. It didn't work. 
But the beer turned out fine.
Lately I haven't even bothered with an airlock, just a piece a foil, no problems so far.

Dan

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Kegging and Bottling / Re: Yet another keg line balancing question.

« on: December 29, 2012, 02:29:24 PM »

I have everything all hooked up.
I put 12' of line on , and set the regulator to 10 psi.
I might shorten them up a bit, but for now it seems to work well.
Thanks for the help.

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Beer Recipes / Re: Re: What to brew next

« on: December 29, 2012, 12:52:36 PM »

Maybe a little of topic, but what the hell does a "dank" beer taste like? 

Ever been to a Phish concert?

I use dank in reference to resinous, pungent, cannabis type flavors. Good Columbus has loads of this.

No, but I've been to quite a few Dead shows.