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Express Brewing
« on: May 13, 2015, 12:16:09 pm »
Just a brief primer on getting grain to glass in less than 10 days.

http://www.maltosefalcons.com/tech/express-brewing-speed-brewing-grain-glass-less-10-days-0
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Re: Express Brewing
« Reply #1 on: May 13, 2015, 06:29:56 pm »
Awesome, Drew. Thanks!
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Re: Express Brewing
« Reply #2 on: May 13, 2015, 07:35:32 pm »
Nice article, Drew.  For the IPA, couldn't you do a whipping siphon hop tincture in lieu of dry hopping (as mentioned on page 75 of the Experimtal Homebrewing book) or use a draft infuser in a keg to keg transfer (page 77).  If one has the equipment, why not, right?
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Re: Express Brewing
« Reply #3 on: May 14, 2015, 09:09:56 am »
Nice article, Drew.  For the IPA, couldn't you do a whipping siphon hop tincture in lieu of dry hopping (as mentioned on page 75 of the Experimtal Homebrewing book) or use a draft infuser in a keg to keg transfer (page 77).  If one has the equipment, why not, right?

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Re: Express Brewing
« Reply #4 on: May 14, 2015, 09:22:51 am »
Very cool! Luckily I never need to turnaround beer very quickly but if I ever do I know where to turn. The one time I rushed a beer I got diacetyl from removing it from the yeast too soon. It was the result of being impatient vs. being in a hurry.
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Re: Express Brewing
« Reply #5 on: May 14, 2015, 09:32:02 am »
Hefeweizen is a great style to turn around quickly and the hefe yeast strains are such aggressive yeast that there should be no problem with fermentation wrapping up in under three days. I once brewed a hefe and had it in the bottle, fully carbonated, in ten days.

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Re: Express Brewing
« Reply #6 on: May 14, 2015, 09:51:17 am »
Very cool! Luckily I never need to turnaround beer very quickly but if I ever do I know where to turn. The one time I rushed a beer I got diacetyl from removing it from the yeast too soon. It was the result of being impatient vs. being in a hurry.

Being able to tightly control my fermentation temp seems to have made a huge difference in the speed with which I can turn beers around.
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Re: Express Brewing
« Reply #7 on: May 14, 2015, 10:01:09 am »
Very cool! Luckily I never need to turnaround beer very quickly but if I ever do I know where to turn. The one time I rushed a beer I got diacetyl from removing it from the yeast too soon. It was the result of being impatient vs. being in a hurry.

Being able to tightly control my fermentation temp seems to have made a huge difference in the speed with which I can turn beers around.

Yes that was back when I had very limited temp control...
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Re: Express Brewing
« Reply #8 on: May 14, 2015, 10:07:34 am »
Nice article, Drew.  For the IPA, couldn't you do a whipping siphon hop tincture in lieu of dry hopping (as mentioned on page 75 of the Experimtal Homebrewing book) or use a draft infuser in a keg to keg transfer (page 77).  If one has the equipment, why not, right?

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Goddammit. Why did we not think of this? Perhaps we should now keep quick infused hop tinctures around like we apparently do with habenaros (husband has a woozy bottle with a clear liquid in it that just says "Habenaro" - kind of scares me a bit)... wonder how long you could let something like that sit in a woozy bottle without it getting weird. Huh.
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Re: Express Brewing
« Reply #9 on: May 14, 2015, 10:30:48 am »

Goddammit. Why did we not think of this? Perhaps we should now keep quick infused hop tinctures around like we apparently do with habenaros (husband has a woozy bottle with a clear liquid in it that just says "Habenaro" - kind of scares me a bit)... wonder how long you could let something like that sit in a woozy bottle without it getting weird. Huh.

Looks like you've got an experiment on your hands!
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Re: Express Brewing
« Reply #10 on: May 14, 2015, 10:33:01 am »

Goddammit. Why did we not think of this? Perhaps we should now keep quick infused hop tinctures around like we apparently do with habenaros (husband has a woozy bottle with a clear liquid in it that just says "Habenaro" - kind of scares me a bit)... wonder how long you could let something like that sit in a woozy bottle without it getting weird. Huh.

Looks like you've got an experiment on your hands!

Need to buy more vodka first.  8)
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Re: Express Brewing
« Reply #11 on: May 14, 2015, 11:16:29 am »
Sorry, a woozy bottle is...?
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Re: Express Brewing
« Reply #12 on: May 14, 2015, 11:19:32 am »
Drew, we need to know more about the grain mishap... if nothing more than to mock you. A session beer goes from a OG of 48 points out to 91ish points? :)
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Re: Express Brewing
« Reply #13 on: May 14, 2015, 12:00:38 pm »
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Re: Express Brewing
« Reply #14 on: May 14, 2015, 12:05:22 pm »
Thanks Amanda, forgot about how to Google momentarily
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