My apologies in advance. I suspect the answers to my questions are somewhere in the 151 prior pages (about 50 of which I have been through).
Which Caramunich does the original recipe use: I (31-38L), II (42-49L) or III (53-60.5)? Does any maltster make "caramunich" other than Weyermann? I understand that Wyermann has a trademark on Caramunich and every maltster is different. But, are there others that make a something very similar? I have read that C-60 is similar, but not really a substitute. It appears that Dingemans may make something similar.
I have my starter of 3711 going and I look forward to brewing Saturday!
Thank you.
My apologies in advance. I suspect the answers to my questions are somewhere in the 151 prior pages (about 50 of which I have been through).
Which Caramunich does the original recipe use: I (31-38L), II (42-49L) or III (53-60.5)? Does any maltster make "caramunich" other than Weyermann? I understand that Wyermann has a trademark on Caramunich and every maltster is different. But, are there others that make a something very similar? I have read that C-60 is similar, but not really a substitute. It appears that Dingemans may make something similar.
I have my starter of 3711 going and I look forward to brewing Saturday!
Thank you.
Yea, 60 min with Pilsner isn't a problem with how its malted nowadays.
If you did 90 min you'd add the hops at 60, although it might be a little harsher bitterness since FWH smooths it out somewhat.
If I decide to do 90 minutes, I probably could just lessen the addition at FWH as long as it calculates the same IBUs, right? Or would it not really achieve the same thing?
When I put this recipe in beer smith its estimating 45.2 IBUs. Almost 10 points higher than the recipe. I made sure the %AA for each are correct addition. Any thoughts?
I'm going to brew this again in October. Was wondering if anyone tried this with Champagne yeast? I'm going to split my batch into 3 gallon fermenters. Do one with the Saison yeast and experiment with the other half. Any thoughts?
My current batch of this is sitting in secondary and I used Belle Saison. It fermented very fast. I prefer dry yeasts at the current time. No need for starters. Just buy more or less yeast and it's cheaper.
Wow, that's a crappy turn if events! I never use my refractometer for post fermentation because I've never gotten reliable results when compared with a hydrometer. The conversion calculators I've tried could be the culprit but I've relegated the refractometer to preboil and post boil readings.Brewed this two weeks ago (tomorrow) with much excitement. Unfortunately, I discovered the day after brew day that my old thermometer was reading incorrectly. It was off in the range of 20-30 degrees above.....which means I could have been mashing around 128 instead of 148. I did a few calibration tests and found that it was hit or miss in it's accuracy. So it could have been 148 or it could have been 128 or lower. I do remember in doing the iodine test, the mash took 90 to 110 minutes to get a successful conversion (which hasn't happened to me before). This had to have only happened for this brew since everything prior had been fine.
Fermentation went off great however around 70 degrees (peaked at 74). I did a refractometer test today and it hit 5 Brix which is way too high. Perhaps fermentation isn't done but I'm a little concerned that I might have mashed too low.
My OG was around 1.055 which I know is low. We'll see what happens. Of course I immediately purchased a new thermometer.
I've now moved 2.5 gallons of the batch to secondary to avoid autolysis. After another month or two I'll move to keg and start drinking it!
Wow, that's a crappy turn if events! I never use my refractometer for post fermentation because I've never gotten reliable results when compared with a hydrometer. The conversion calculators I've tried could be the culprit but I've relegated the refractometer to preboil and post boil readings.
With an iodine test chewing complete conversion I'd bet the beer will finish just fine, possibly super dry, but it should do ok.
What yeast did you go with?
I made a batch of this a couple of weeks ago after a hiatus of about 9 months from homebrewing. I've made about 12 recipes, so far, over the course of nearly 3 years (yeah, I'm a slacker). Only one or two so far have been better than just "ok" in my opinion. This one still has a week or two left on it before I keg it but I pulled a sample this weekend to check gravity and try a sneak peek taste. It was chilled and force carbed before tasting it, though. I think this may crush my previous homebrewing attempts and come through as the best beer I've ever made. I'm waiting until it's actually finished to get too excited but, initial impressions are that I'd be excited to be able to even buy this beer. I kind of can't believe I made it. Thanks, OP!
3711 in the mid-60s worked great for me. That's the one that, if I remember the phrase right, "will ferment an old gym sock down to 1.000."
3711 in the mid-60s worked great for me. That's the one that, if I remember the phrase right, "will ferment an old gym sock down to 1.000."
3711 both times I brewed this in mid 60s. It's a champ!!
oh--and wasn't sure if i needed pilsner or the 2-row per the OP since it said both, so ended up with 2 row--i think it should be fine though
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