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Something I finally paid attention to these last two batches is fermentation temperature. I've always just stuck my bucket/carboy in the cool basement (typically 65 degrees) and thought, that's good enough, but after more reading I was convinced that something a bit more active was necessary. Essentially, the inside of one's fermentation vessel can be as much as 10+ degress F higher than the ambient temp during active fermentation (which lasts around 3 days), which can lead to off flavors in one's beer.
My solution is to put my carboy into a large plastic tub, and then filled it halfway with cold water, and placed a t-shirt over the top of the carboy. The shirt wicks (soaks up) water into it and cools via evaporation. Placing a water bottle that is filled with water and frozen preemptively is also suggested. You can get TOO cold and get a stuck fermentation, so don't go ape shit.
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kingnat
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Ran into brabbit at the tables last night made me think of this thread and the double batch I'm brewing in two days. As per fat b's request, I'm going to attempt more pictures and maybe a few videos to post.
I'm not selecting the recipes this time around so idk what we're even brewing yet. Hope everyone's home brew is tasting great!
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kingnat
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I've been brewing like mad... 12 batches since May. My latest attempt was a Two Hearted Ale Clone with loads and loads of Centennial hops. It's dry-hopping in a secondary right now.
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What is the story with your avatar? What brewery, and is it good? My favt ipa is hopslam from bells or my own.
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What is the story with your avatar? What brewery, and is it good? My favt ipa is hopslam from bells or my own.
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Straight
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I've been brewing like mad... 12 batches since May. My latest attempt was a Two Hearted Ale Clone with loads and loads of Centennial hops. It's dry-hopping in a secondary right now.
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All-Grain - Bell's Two Hearted Ale Clone (close as they come) - Home Brew Forums
we were just talking about this last month.....
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kingnat
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What is the story with your avatar? What brewery, and is it good? My favt ipa is hopslam from bells or my own.
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It's from Misty's Steakhouse in Lincoln, NE. I only had it once and wasn't impressed... but it's the awesome combo of the restaurant name (a Nebraska Legend), Hops, and Led Zeppelin. How fucking win is that?
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can we get pics of beers or at least hot wife?
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kingnat
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can we get pics of beers or at least hot wife?
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You bet, I've been meaning to do this for sometime. I took a bunch for fatb awhile back and never posted them.
Update on the Two-Hearted Clone... we used 8 oz of Centennial hops in all.. 6.5 oz during brewing and 1.5 oz for dry hopping. During the boil we the hops were disproportionately added late in the boil in order to get the floral and flavor notes in the hops, had we dumped it all at the beginning we'd have an over-the-top bitter IPA without the floral balance.
We left it for 2 weeks in the primary and 4 weeks in the secondary for dry hopping. The length of time sounds like we were REALLY patient but the truth is we were all busy as hell. It's been bottled for a week and a half and I'll probably let it sit a full month before I try the first bottle.
P.S. I fucking love beer.
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I still haven't posted all the pics and vids.. hopefully sometime soon. But the weather is improving, and I got beer on teh fucking mind. I'm hoping to expand to all-grain this spring... and really getting an eff-ton of brew going for the summer!
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Originally Posted by kingnat
Something I finally paid attention to these last two batches is fermentation temperature. I've always just stuck my bucket/carboy in the cool basement (typically 65 degrees) and thought, that's good enough, but after more reading I was convinced that something a bit more active was necessary. Essentially, the inside of one's fermentation vessel can be as much as 10+ degress F higher than the ambient temp during active fermentation (which lasts around 3 days), which can lead to off flavors in one's beer.
My solution is to put my carboy into a large plastic tub, and then filled it halfway with cold water, and placed a t-shirt over the top of the carboy. The shirt wicks (soaks up) water into it and cools via evaporation. Placing a water bottle that is filled with water and frozen preemptively is also suggested. You can get TOO cold and get a stuck fermentation, so don't go ape shit.
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Have you noticed a difference since trying this? Something I had never heard of (yeah, you posted this a year ago, so what, wanna fight about it?)
Bought 12lbs of honey a month ago at a farmer's market. Made a light honey that we kegged for a party and was a resounding success. Have a brown honey ready to bottle, and brewed two more batches today, one more light honey, and a honey oktoberfest (super experimental)
We have added 1.5 lbs to the boil, and 1.5 lbs boiled in 1 gallon of water a couple days later.
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