[69franx]

Just ordered some brewtan B also through Jon's link. Thanks to all who have tried it already for posting your thoughts

[Wort-H.O.G.]

Agreed.  The other point (that I have mentioned before) is that we all have different systems and we all introduce varying amounts of O2 and brewtan may help some people more than it helps others.  My setup is old and very manual... lots of pouring, splashing, stirring, recircing, racking, etc.  If the GBF guys are saying that O2-pickup on brewday can instantly rob your beer of deep malt character, that suggests that there is a very nice short-term benefit to the brewtan as well.  Now we just need a North American supplier to make it easier for us to get our hands on it! 

No joke! And my process is old school homebrewing, too - ie., pouring splashing, etc.

Same here. Guess I will have to order some and give it a try.


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[beersk]

Agreed.  The other point (that I have mentioned before) is that we all have different systems and we all introduce varying amounts of O2 and brewtan may help some people more than it helps others.  My setup is old and very manual... lots of pouring, splashing, stirring, recircing, racking, etc.  If the GBF guys are saying that O2-pickup on brewday can instantly rob your beer of deep malt character, that suggests that there is a very nice short-term benefit to the brewtan as well.  Now we just need a North American supplier to make it easier for us to get our hands on it! 

No joke! And my process is old school homebrewing, too - ie., pouring splashing, etc.

Same here. Guess I will have to order some and give it a try.


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I've since started siphoning my strike and sparge water as gently as possible. Got a helles with Brewtan B about to go into the kegerator. Samples, as of yet, don't seem to be much different than my other beers. Difficult to say when they're not cold and carbonated. This one I actually did my old method of pouring strike and sparge water in the mashtun. I was cringing as I dumped...

[brewinhard]

Agreed.  The other point (that I have mentioned before) is that we all have different systems and we all introduce varying amounts of O2 and brewtan may help some people more than it helps others.  My setup is old and very manual... lots of pouring, splashing, stirring, recircing, racking, etc.  If the GBF guys are saying that O2-pickup on brewday can instantly rob your beer of deep malt character, that suggests that there is a very nice short-term benefit to the brewtan as well.  Now we just need a North American supplier to make it easier for us to get our hands on it! 

No joke! And my process is old school homebrewing, too - ie., pouring splashing, etc.

Same here. Guess I will have to order some and give it a try.


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I've since started siphoning my strike and sparge water as gently as possible.

You must have lost some degrees of heat by doing that?  How did you account for that?

[HoosierBrew]

Just posting this to show the difference in lighting. Same Ofest, same glass, different light. It comes in at just under 8 SRM (I was a tad more light on dark Munich than I thought, so it ended up 7.8 SRM). Real color is probably right in the middle.


Today, plenty of light.





Last week, overcast. Same beer looks like the darker end of the spectrum. Who cares, it's damn good.

[Village Taphouse]

Just posting this to show the difference in lighting. Same Ofest, same glass, different light. It comes in at just under 8 SRM (I was a tad more light on dark Munich than I thought, so it ended up 7.8 SRM). Real color is probably right in the middle.


Today, plenty of light.





Last week, overcast. Same beer looks like the darker end of the spectrum. Who cares, it's damn good.

Wait, I thought you were going to stop drinking it!    Stop drinking it!  Oktoberfest is still about 2 weeks away!!

FTR, my keg of Oktoberfest is already gone.  Helles will have to do.  Cheers and beautiful shot of your beer.  I'm a brewer but I'm not a photographer.  One thing that I *do* know is that natural light will usually help your pics of beer.  I think I may have that glass too. 

[HoosierBrew]

Wait, I thought you were going to stop drinking it!    Stop drinking it!  Oktoberfest is still about 2 weeks away!!

Yeah, off the Ofest now. There is ~ 3/4 left   Just irritated me that the first pic looked so different than the real thing (though today's is a little light). I'm definitely no photographer either. It's all about the lighting, for sure.


Edit -  And cheers !

[DukeBeefhorn]

Vanilla porter for me.  It. Is. Wonderful.

[tonyccopeland]

Pils for me this evening, it just keeps getting better.

-Tony

[brewinhard]

Just posting this to show the difference in lighting. Same Ofest, same glass, different light. It comes in at just under 8 SRM (I was a tad more light on dark Munich than I thought, so it ended up 7.8 SRM). Real color is probably right in the middle.


Today, plenty of light.





Last week, overcast. Same beer looks like the darker end of the spectrum. Who cares, it's damn good.

And still looking like it is going to fall off that ledge!

[HoosierBrew]

Yeah, has to be the camera angle. The base is almost entirely on the ledge. Weirdness.

[brewinhard]

Yeah, has to be the camera angle. The base is almost entirely on the ledge. Weirdness.

It barely looks like its even on there. I thought that from the very first time too!

[blatz]

Cali common - Scottish style - Golden Promise/C45/cascades

[HoosierBrew]

Looks (and sounds) good, man.

[Village Taphouse]

Amber Lager in the backyard this afternoon...  Click to Enlarge.