[BrewBama]

Of the two vittles vaults I use for bulk base malt one is always full of Briess brewers malt. It is what I use most consistently and I've never had an issue with any strange flavors.

The issue very well could be elsewhere. I hope so (if I can pinpoint and fix it).


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[majorvices]

Agree - I wouldn't call it strange. Maybe one dimensional.

[majorvices]

Of the two vittles vaults I use for bulk base malt one is always full of Briess brewers malt. It is what I use most consistently and I've never had an issue with any strange flavors.

The issue very well could be elsewhere. I hope so (if I can pinpoint and fix it).


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Is it possible you are overthinking the water? Our water is actually pretty good here. I'll brew with it with only minor adjustments for most styles. Like I said somewhere else for pale beers I might dilute it 50/50 with RO or distilled and add some calcium chloride or sulphate and a bit of lactic.

[BrewBama]

Me? Overthink something?  Never! 


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[rburrelli]

Me? Overthink something?  Never! 

I think brewers have to overthink to be good brewers. 

[denny]

Me? Overthink something?  Never! 

I think brewers have to overthink to be good brewers. 

I don't think so.....

[ynotbrusum]

Me? Overthink something?  Never! 

I think brewers have to overthink to be good brewers. 

I don't think so.....

I think that the overthinking happens as the brewer develops an understanding of brewing and starts to apply that understanding it to his system and process...then at some point it becomes like riding a bike (maybe blindfolded) on a well worn, fairly straight path.... until the next big thing comes along and the overthinking comes up again.  For me lately, that has been re-designing my recipes with some of the new base malts that are available.

[fredthecat]

i am trying to no longer label my brews as "bitter/ESB/bock" etc, even stout/porter. it gets ridiculous when i think more about what style the beer should be labelled as and resultantly adjust ingredients to support that.

im thinking of a rough system that goes like "yeast/roast=1,0/Target OG-FG/IBU/Colour" as a name ie.

s05/0/52-10/40/5           

or maybe that is overthinking this as well?

[ynotbrusum]

i am trying to no longer label my brews as "bitter/ESB/bock" etc, even stout/porter. it gets ridiculous when i think more about what style the beer should be labelled as and resultantly adjust ingredients to support that.

im thinking of a rough system that goes like "yeast/roast=1,0/Target OG-FG/IBU/Colour" as a name ie.

s05/0/52-10/40/5           

or maybe that is overthinking this as well?

I like it - kinda like a Dewey Decimal System for homebrew...a lot of data in a short, easy to process sequence.

[fredthecat]

i am trying to no longer label my brews as "bitter/ESB/bock" etc, even stout/porter. it gets ridiculous when i think more about what style the beer should be labelled as and resultantly adjust ingredients to support that.

im thinking of a rough system that goes like "yeast/roast=1,0/Target OG-FG/IBU/Colour" as a name ie.

s05/0/52-10/40/5           

or maybe that is overthinking this as well?

I like it - kinda like a Dewey Decimal System for homebrew...a lot of data in a short, easy to process sequence.

i think the key thing is i was being really stupid and finnicky about "ok its a ESB no its an amber ale, no its an ESB" when... really these names are meaningless.

could make numbers for the most common yeasts i use as well or shorten them = 05/04/58/189/530/ etc so its purely numerical

[BrewBama]

... when... really these names are meaningless.

The BJCP styles are just a way for judges to speak a common language with contestants.

The language is adopted by non-contestants to aid in communication.

If you’re not entering a contest your beer really doesn’t have to fit in a box.


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[BrewBama]

Is it possible you are overthinking the water? Our water is actually pretty good here. I'll brew with it with only minor adjustments for most styles. Like I said somewhere else for pale beers I might dilute it 50/50 with RO or distilled and add some calcium chloride or sulphate and a bit of lactic.

I figure if I am buying half the water I might as well get it all so I don’t have to treat for chlorine.

Bicarbonate computed = alkalinity * 61/50:




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[dmtaylor]

i am trying to no longer label my brews as "bitter/ESB/bock" etc, even stout/porter. it gets ridiculous when i think more about what style the beer should be labelled as and resultantly adjust ingredients to support that.

im thinking of a rough system that goes like "yeast/roast=1,0/Target OG-FG/IBU/Colour" as a name ie.

s05/0/52-10/40/5           

or maybe that is overthinking this as well?

This is the best friggin idea I ever heard!   

[tommymorris]

i am trying to no longer label my brews as "bitter/ESB/bock" etc, even stout/porter. it gets ridiculous when i think more about what style the beer should be labelled as and resultantly adjust ingredients to support that.

im thinking of a rough system that goes like "yeast/roast=1,0/Target OG-FG/IBU/Colour" as a name ie.

s05/0/52-10/40/5           

or maybe that is overthinking this as well?

I like it - kinda like a Dewey Decimal System for homebrew...a lot of data in a short, easy to process sequence.

i think the key thing is i was being really stupid and finnicky about "ok its a ESB no its an amber ale, no its an ESB" when... really these names are meaningless.

could make numbers for the most common yeasts i use as well or shorten them = 05/04/58/189/530/ etc so its purely numerical

I never really revisit recipes older than a few months. I have a base recipe written for several styles. I use those as a starting place but rarely do the exact same thing twice. My brew names are mostly meaningless. Often I just name them the style name with no indicator of the fact that this might be the 43rd APA, etc. Sometimes I name by style and a unique characteristic; like “APA Mosaic + Simcoe”.

That said, your system is interesting. What I think you might miss is info about hop flavor and aroma.

[ynotbrusum]

If anything, I might add the date of brewing and date of racking, just because I would otherwise have to go back to a main log for that (I have anywhere between a half dozen and a dozen or more beers on tap at any given time....but again, I like the Beery Decimal system you came up with and might start to implement it going forward!  Well done, indeed.