Recent content by BeastofWotan

My Centennial/Galaxy/Azacca Brut turned out drinkable, but I wasn't super pleased with it so I'm going a different route. I had a great Brut IPA from 2SP Brewing co. that had Eukanot, Huell Melon, and Mittelfruh, so I'm taking some inspiration from that. I'm leaving out any flaked adjuncts. I...

Hmm, so maybe I'll up my DH to 8 oz total. Thanks!

Good to know about the minute rice, thanks. I'd go and get some for tomorrow and save the flaked oats for another batch, but alas they are mixed in the bag with the pils malt. Looking forward to having this done!

I'm doing a brut tomorrow. My LHBS didn't have any flaked maize or rice unfortunately, so I'm using flaked oats instead. Here's my plan, what do you guys think? 8# Pils 2# Flaked Oats Mash 146-148 Boil: 0.5 oz Centennial 5 min WP: 1 oz Centennial 1 oz Azacca 1 oz Galaxy Imperial Yeast A30...

My first few BIABs taught me that a good crush and a bag large enough to properly fit your pot (so that your mash isn't super thick) will get you at least 65-70% efficiency, without any sparge or mashout. Do those and you can get a bit more, or be lazy and just add a couple more pounds of base...

Thanks for the input, everyone! I may have found my new favorite yeast. Really looking forward to a pint of this!

You're probably right, though i just checked my notes and i see that i wrote down myOG at 72 degrees and it likely cooled off a couple degrees before the yeast got going, 74 was what i saw maybe 12 hours later when a healthy krausen was already going. so maybe it won't be that bad. The sample i...

So I recently did my first all-grain batch, it was BIAB. My target OG was 1.060, and i got to 1.056, which I was pretty pleased with for a first try. The grist was almost entirely belgian pils, with a bit of torrefied wheat. No adjuncts or simple sugars added. I did mash pretty low (started at...

Gentlemen! After an epic conflict... A struggle to remembered for ages... I have wrestled the gas line valve from the CO2 regulator! It is free! RDWHAanotherHB!

Yup!

Lefty Loosey!

I have a ridiculous issue that I could use some help with. I kegged a strong BPA that I brewed for a friends party. I am going to bottle the batch using a Blichmann beer gun. Now, I need to switch out the current gas line with a Y adapter so that I can use the beer gun. Here enters my...

I have a slightly different issue that I wonder if this could fix it. I put together my first cider/apfelwein yesterday using two gallons of fresh unpasteurized cider from a local farmer's market, pitched S-04 into it. It wasn't until earlier today, after fermentation had already started, that...