yes a blow off tube is a must for this recipe i believe! lol
Has anyone brewed this with a clean yeast strain? I know this beer is built on that spice and I really enjoy it, but sometime the spicy yeast gets to me.
Its been six days and it is still bubbling away. I am doing 2 weeks primary and 2 in the secondary with cherries, then 2 more for bottle conditioning.
So what do you brew after you brew this?
how exactly would the choc malt give a ruby red color though? you have to get some of the red from the cherries to get the correct color...at least that's my thinking...
seckert said:Ok then..maybe it will be red from the Choc then...haha
It didnt look like it would be when brewing it, but then again the beer will change as it ferments so i guess i will see here in a month or so...
What level of carbonation are you guys shooting for? I'm planning on bottling (and sampling!) in a few days.
Ok its been two weeks in the primary and I'm suppose to rack it on top of the cherries today. But it is still blowing bubbles out of the airlock. Is this a problem ? Should I wait or proceed to the secondary?
ok nice...I guess I will prob force carb at 30 for 1.5-2 days then drop to 12psi...and try it out...I was thinking it was less carbed than that. like I said though it has been so long since I had one though...haha
WissaBrewGuy said:Only way to know is to take a gravity reading. A bubbling airlock only means CO2 is escaping not that it is still fermenting.
Thanks for the input on carbonation. I had a taste of my batch yesterday and all the rocket fuel taste is gone and it is dangerously smooth. Ready for the snow now.
seckert said:How long did it take for the rocket fuel taste to go away? I am running short on time and I hope that it will have mellowed by the time this beer is put out to drink...
seckert said:2 months in the bottle? or 2 months since you brewed it? I will be putting into secondary next weekend and hoping to keg it Dec 1st and serve it on the 12th. do you think it will be mellowed out by then? I am leaving in primary for 3 weeks first. so will be about just shy of 8 weeks from brew day to serve day.
Sorry, almost two months since I brewed. I just bottled it a few days ago. I think you'll be able to make it, especially if you're kegging. Another reason I took so long was I moved it to a third fermentor to clear more of the fruit particles out before bottling. I used a shorter primary, just a week and let the fruit sit for about ten days in secondary. I usually just put the fruit in the primary, but I had a ton of trub.
Haven't had a chance to listen to it yet. It's an interview with a brewer from Troeg's specifically about Mad Elf. It was on the radio, so it might be a 30,000 foot overview, but I hope it's worthwhile.
http://www.radio1045.com/pages/craftology.html?feed=478189&article=11823301
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