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  1. pinchegil

    Headspace in 100% Brett IPA??

    I have a pack of FunkWeapon#2 that I am going to make a NEIPA out of no sach. Outside of pitching bottle dregs into 1 gallon secondary bottles of beer, I have never used bret as a single fermentation source. I don't have any carboys but I do have a couple of SS Brewtech Brew Buckets I plan on...
  2. pinchegil

    Wild Yeast harvest from bees

    I am trying my first attempt at harvesting wild yeast. My neighbor has bees with access to apples, pears, wildflowers and large stands of russian sage. Has anyone else ever tried to harvest like this? I am hoping to gather cleaner yeast, however, I have also streaked a plate with one of the...
  3. pinchegil

    Hazy Viking IPA

    Hazy Viking IPA 12Gal. 1.065OG finish 6.3 ABV 7.0 SRM (orange brown) 20 lb Patagonia Xtra Pale 3 lb Dark Wheat 2 lb Flaked Oats 8 ozs Caragold (120l) for color Mash 60 min @ 150 Hops: First wort: .3 oz citra .3 eldorado .3 azacca 40 min Whirpool @ flameout .4 oz citra @ 40 .4 eldorado @ 40...
  4. pinchegil

    Really Bad Brew Day

    What a screwed up brew day, and I screwed it up before cracking a single beer. I wasn't paying attention and poured the wlp001 (american ale yeast) into the 4.8 noble hopped wheat wort. I did catch it before the boil of the IPA wort so I was able to at least change the hops. No telling how the...
  5. pinchegil

    Can you have too many hops in your freezer?? (show us your hop stash)

    I can't pass up hops when they go on sale, nor can I brew fast enough to use the hops I have before the next sale. (currently have 25 lbs) Does anyone else have this issue??
  6. pinchegil

    WY3787 or WLP550 in search of an easy basement yeast

    Not sure why but i had the idea to find a good Belgian yeast to ferment in a basement with no temp control other than a fan. I brewed a 19 gallon batch of a piloncillo tripel, I split it into two conicals and pitched one with wy3787 and wlp550. I know one is a trappist, and one is for a golden...
  7. pinchegil

    Polaris Thin Mint Oatmeal stout

    Thinking about yet anothetr "thin mint stout" just throwing this out there: 10 gal (11 before trub loss) 24 lbs Great western pale 1.5 lb carafa special 1 1.5 lb Carmel 120 1 lb chocolate malt .5 lb Roasted Barley 1 lb flaked oats .5 biscuit malt 90 min boil 1 oz columbus at 60 3 oz polaris...
  8. pinchegil

    First time HERMS Builder Dos and Dont's

    Ok, I will begin with my setup, and then give my opinion on where I went right, bur more importantly where I went wrong. Note, all my Kettles and hardware are stainless steel HLT: keggle with site guage, single bottom valve with center pickup tube, 50 ft Stainless 10" herms coil, thermometer...
  9. pinchegil

    Hop Dilema

    I have been given 3lbs of fresh, dried leaf hops, the problem is they are a mix of Magnum and Cascade have absolutely no idea of the ratio I have mixed them very well to make sure I have even distribution so at least I can repeat something if it works, my problem is what do I do with them...
  10. pinchegil

    YABFC (yet another brewer from colorado)

    I have been brewing for 2 years over this time I have pulled much knowledge from this site. I am finally comfortable enough with my skills to actually participate in discussions. The first beer I brewed was an all grain, and I have never looked back, i have began to make full boil extract beer...
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