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07-09-2017, 06:21 AM | #1 |
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Since I brew indoors and my a/c is still out, I've had to push my brewday to next weekend. It's already warm enough in here without kicking on a burner for an hour plus. #condobrewing
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07-09-2017, 02:06 PM | #2 | |
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I'm adding the Raspberries and Blackberries to their respective beers today, which will create another small fermentation. I need to keep those beers in their current cooling buckets for the next few days during that, then I'll be able to have them free for the IPA. I'm in an apartment on the 2nd floor, so keeping temps down is very tough as it is. I feel like my Fall/Winter beers will come out great due to being able to control the temps better by then. |
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07-10-2017, 06:28 PM | #3 |
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What is taking them so long to fix this!?!?!
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07-11-2017, 02:57 PM | #4 |
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Sweet Jesus the part is in and they'll be here at 8:00am tomorrow to do the install. I may tweak my recipe and add a little swamp ass drippings to the boil to set it off. Seriously though, I'll never complain about the ability to work from home, but I've been ****ing dying in here through this. Can't wait to brew this weekend.
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07-10-2017, 03:10 PM | #5 |
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Just added my dry hop additions. Plan to cold crash the 17th, keg on the 31st, and tap on the 12th.
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07-10-2017, 04:44 PM | #6 | |
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Gelatin is super easy, sanitize a glass and put a cup of water in it. Microwave it for about 2 minutes, pull out the glass and cover with foil and let sit until its about 110 or 120 degress, basically really warm. Stir in a tablespoon of gelatin then dump it into your fermenter. Thats as clear as you are going to get. |
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07-10-2017, 06:22 PM | #7 | |
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I've also noticed that my beers seem to taste better about 5-6 weeks out. There's a pretty significant flavor change if I wait more than 4 weeks before tapping. 2 weeks room temp, 2 weeks cold crash, 1-2 weeks in the keg gets me right to that perfect (to me) flavor balance.
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07-11-2017, 06:15 PM | #8 |
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Don't know if anyone else was looking for one, but there is a refractometer on Prime Now for $18.39.
https://www.amazon.com/Compensation-...=refractometer
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07-12-2017, 07:41 AM | #9 |
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Added my dry hops last night, about 2 weeks away from the first pour.
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07-14-2017, 02:54 PM | #10 |
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Finally got a chance to brew this today. My vision for this beer is an east to west, hybrid IPA. New England water profile. Higher mash temp. West Coast yeast. Dry hopping prior to terminal gravity and massive amounts of post-fermentation dry hops. Striving for a medium body, low perceived bitterness, unfiltered IPA with big hop flavors/aromas.
Water: Ca 131, Mg 13, Na 9, Cl 151, SO4 66 Mash: 60 mins @ 154F OG: 1.060 Notes: I cooled my wort to 170F before I added my whirlpool/steep hop additions I steeped for 30 minutes with occasional stirring with immersion chiller After 30 minutes, my wort was at 150F, I brought it down to 68F with my chiller before pitching Fermenting at 68F controlled 3.5 gallon in the fermenter #condobrewing That Asian Slow Cooker recipe book is highly recommended for Fall/Winter Enjoying an after brewing brew. Fittingly enough, a NEIPA brewed in San Diego. |
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07-14-2017, 05:31 PM | #11 |
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Audible fermentation at 3 hours.
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07-15-2017, 01:05 PM | #12 |
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Awesome stuff. I'm about to do mine in a couple hours. I'm making this my first ever BIAB, but I decided to do split batches with this as well.
I'm doing a 2.5 Gal batch of this today, then I'll have a reason to brew it up again next week and use the other 2.5 Gal, but I'll move a couple hops around on the second one and see which one turns out more interesting ( I just wanted an excuse to brew again next week) |
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07-16-2017, 03:29 AM | #13 |
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Well I totally forgot to take pictures until halfway through, but it would just be of my caveman set up for brewing. Nothing fancy.
It came out alright. 1.058 OG using 6lbs of grains, and I'm saving the other 6lbs for the next brew. I just got a new wort chiller, but of course didn't have the correct faucet adapter with it, so my chill down took forever. Just did the ice bath instead. |
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07-16-2017, 07:17 AM | #14 |
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I'm sitting at 1.020 after 40 hours of fermentation. I went ahead and added my biotransformation hop addition. I'll add the rest of my dry hops in the keg after fermentation is complete.
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07-16-2017, 07:51 AM | #15 |
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I'm always interested in the infinite ways people dry hop their beers. I used to go commando into the fermenter, but was getting too much debris. I use a weighted muslin bag these days.
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