[brewinhard]

I asked the same question and was told that they couldn't do anything about it. I'd assume that is Reinheisgebot related.

PS: I'm holding a Fruhlingsfest party tonight at my house and also celebrating the 500th anny. Put on your Lederhosen and Dirndls and make it to my house!

No Lederhosen here, but I do have one of those construction helmets with tubes and spots to hold beers on them...See you around 8?   

[AmandaK]

Curious....what is a density meter used for in the brewery?

I think they're talking about a dissolved oxygen meter.

No. Density.

Instant readings of gravity, at all points in the brewing process.

Like this:

[HoosierBrew]

Now that's a nice toy. Pretty sure I'll never part with that amount of $$. Very cool though.

[AmandaK]

Any insight into their mash schedule? Do they step mash?

Do you know what base malt(s) they use?

Yes and yes. From memory on the mash schedule. If I screw it up, I'll update ya.

55C for 20'. 62C for 60'. 78C for 10'. Transfer 2/3 of mash to lauter tun, decoct the remaining 1/3, then transfer and lauter.

Malt is exclusively Ireks, outside of Weyermann Carafa.

[AmandaK]

Nice!  Was there any acid malt in the grist?

With the Schwarz, no. I did see acid malt on the shelves though.

[AmandaK]

And Jeff: 7 generations on the lager yeast. Only 1 for the weizen yeast.

BTW, sorry for so many posts. On mobile in den Biergarten.

Jon: yeah, they told me 2.5k for the density meter and the DO meter runs about $24k. I wanted the density meter real bad until I heard the price! Haha.

[denny]

No. Density.

Instant readings of gravity, at all points in the brewing process.

Like this:

Ah, one of those...we use one at Oakshire, too.  I just refer to it as "the electronic hydrometer"! 

[denny]

Now that's a nice toy. Pretty sure I'll never part with that amount of $$. Very cool though.

Hey, only $2500!

[HoosierBrew]

Now that's a nice toy. Pretty sure I'll never part with that amount of $$. Very cool though.

Hey, only $2500!

That'll be a lottery winner purchase if nothing else.   

[hopfenundmalz]

And Jeff: 7 generations on the lager yeast. Only 1 for the weizen yeast.

BTW, sorry for so many posts. On mobile in den Biergarten.

Jon: yeah, they told me 2.5k for the density meter and the DO meter runs about $24k. I wanted the density meter real bad until I heard the price! Haha.

Thanks. 5 is what many say for lager yeast, 7 is not too much more.

[brewinhard]

And Jeff: 7 generations on the lager yeast. Only 1 for the weizen yeast.

Interesting. 

I just took my latest lager strain out to 5 repitches with my best results in my last 3. The last two lagers (Helles and Pre-prohibition) each took BOS at separate comps a week apart. I feel that the strain could easily have gone a couple more rounds as well.

[narcout]

There are DO meters and digital refractometers available that are not outside the range of a homebrewer's budget.

[AmandaK]

There are DO meters and digital refractometers available that are not outside the range of a homebrewer's budget.

Oh yeah?

[HoosierBrew]

I knew there were affordable digital refractometers (gonna have one eventually), but I wasn't sure that the brewery's density meter qualified as the same. Maybe it does.

[narcout]

There are DO meters and digital refractometers available that are not outside the range of a homebrewer's budget.

Oh yeah?

Some of the folks on the German Brewing forum recommended this DO meter (it's $250):

http://www.tequipment.net/ExtechDO600.asp?Source=googleshopping&gclid=CLaKi7D6pcwCFYkCaQodV8cDpA

Morebeer sells a digital refractometer for $199, and there other models available I've seen people using.

I don't have personal experience with any of these, but I've been thinking about the DO meter.