crescentfresh
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I brewed a black donut IPA this Monday. Can't wait to see how it turns out!
I brewed a black donut IPA this Monday. Can't wait to see how it turns out!
I was gonna say that is a Krispy Kreme, not a Dunkin' Donut.
On a related topic, I saw a brewer in CLT put two chocolate cakes (store bought chocolate Bundt variety) in the boil for a 5.5 gallon stout. I didn't try it since it was just being brewed that day, but folks said previous batches he had made with the recipe were actually pretty tasty. Not sure about that, but its their story, not mine.
Maybe he heard of Westbrook's Mexican Cake stout and took the meaning literally.
Are you on the city system in Columbia? If so, feel free to use this. I had gotten a few reports from the city engineer that I was not confident in so I sent my water off to Ward for analysis. These are the results (as of November 2016)...I have a question for those of you that are all-grain brewers. The water analysis that the city of Columbia provides doesn't directly address the main issue of alkalinity. Do you use RO water with appropriate modifications or do you filter Columbia water. If you use filtered Columbia water, what if any modifications are you making?
I filter Columbia water (carbon filter) but do not otherwise modify it. My mash pH is typically between 5.25 and 5.45 for Pale Ales and IPAs resulting is very good mash efficiency. I plan on brewing a stout soon and I'm curious as to other people's experience with our water in that regard.
Are you on the city system in Columbia? If so, feel free to use this. I had gotten a few reports from the city engineer that I was not confident in so I sent my water off to Ward for analysis. These are the results (as of November 2016)...
Fantastic! Yes, I am on the city system in Columbia.
Thanks TravelingLight.
Yes, the Krispy Kreme was intentional. I like to break from tradition to see what I get on the other side of my fermenter. I used a 2liter starter of WLP 090 and it's hard at work still fermenting strong. I plan to dry hop with Summit hops.
Hi ya'll! Just stopping in and waving a quick hello from Scumter! Where are ya'll located (if you don't mind me asking)? I posted a hello to the whole forum on the intro page, but since I was sent a request to join you guys in here, I thought I would stop in real quick.
~Alli
Hi ya'll! Just stopping in and waving a quick hello from Scumter! Where are ya'll located (if you don't mind me asking)? I posted a hello to the whole forum on the intro page, but since I was sent a request to join you guys in here, I thought I would stop in real quick.
~Alli
How fortuitous! I am in Sumter currently, just getting off of work. Getting a late lunch at the Yucatan mexican place across from Golden Corral. I live near Camden though. Getting ready to head to the lhbs to get ingredients for a saison to brew Sunday.
Glad to have you on the board!
Hi ya'll! Just stopping in and waving a quick hello from Scumter! Where are ya'll located (if you don't mind me asking)? I posted a hello to the whole forum on the intro page, but since I was sent a request to join you guys in here, I thought I would stop in real quick.
~Alli
What brew stores do ya'll use? As far as I know there is only one in the area (Bet-Mar in Columbia). I would be interested in visiting others if there are any, not that there is anything wrong with Bet-Mar, they are incredibly helpful and super kind about answering any and all of my questions. Just love visiting them and seeing what they have to offer.
~Alli
What brew stores do ya'll use? As far as I know there is only one in the area (Bet-Mar in Columbia). I would be interested in visiting others if there are any, not that there is anything wrong with Bet-Mar, they are incredibly helpful and super kind about answering any and all of my questions. Just love visiting them and seeing what they have to offer.
~Alli
The July PSB meeting was last night, lots of people showed up and there was some real good beer going around. Anyone else make it out to the meeting?
There wasn't a formal topic last night, he just talked about the fantasy draft competition some of the members are participating in. There was an 8 round draft for grain/hops/spices etc like in fantasy football where once an ingredient is selected no one else can use it. Then the last round was yeast which was at random pulled out of a hat. The draft was this past Saturday with the judging being sometime either near the end of the year or early next year.
I was at Random Tap (next door to DIY Brewhouse) when they began the draft. Sat and drank a couple of summer ales as the guys picked ingredients. Couldn't stay to the end but it looked like fun. I may have to be a contestant on the next one!
Yeah, I definitely want to get in on that next year. Kevin was explaining it to me and it sounds super fun.
It was fun, glad I didn't get screwed by the yeast selection, not sure how others fared since we were told to not divulge what yeast we ended up with. Should have some interesting beers towards the end of the year.
Oh damn so you did it?? Can you tell us your ingredients?? I don't think anyone else in this thread was in that draft. I'm super interested in what you got!
Here's my ingredients
For grains:
English 2 row
flake barley
roasted barley
dark munich
pale chocolate
Hops:
Galena
US Goldings
Misc:
Hazelnut
The rules are we have to use at least 1 base malt, 1 specialty malt, 1 adjunct and 2 hops. We have to use 7 of the 8 ingredients we picked so I picked hazelnut at the end since I think it could be interesting in a stout which is what I was planning for. I figured I'd be fine as long as I didn't get heff, belgian, saison or wit yeast, which I didn't. I won't say exactly what I got for yeast in case someone from the competition comes across this thread.
I wouldn't know award winning from good from garbage. LOL
~Alli
Awesome! Kevin told me about this challenge and it is really cool. Yeah, I figured with my luck I'd draw some off the wall yeast that would be hard to use...but your luck spunds better than mine. Will y'all have a "reveal" party or tasting after the judging?
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