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   1. First wort hopping experiments

      by Jamato, 8 years ago in Hopping

      

      My First Wort Hopping experiments
      
      If you ar following the FWH thread you see I have doen some experiments in this system, It highly interest me as I do like hops, but I do not like hash hops.
      
      I am not a scientist, I do not even know how to measure how harsh hops can be except blind testing.
      
      So I am doing just that, I have 4 friends who are trying to identify which beers are what, how I brew is I make 5 gallons of wort, divide that and do one FWH and the other I add at the onset of the boil....
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      Jamato
      8 years ago
   2. Hallertau Family of hops

      by Jamato, 8 years ago in Hops

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      I am in the time of year I like to make light Lagers, it is hot around here in summer so I like to be prepared.
      One of my favorite hops for this style is Mount Hood, however it seems this year that the AAU percentage of the Mount Hood hops I have seen are notoriously low, down in the 2.2% range.
      That can rack up fast when using them for bittering.
      Being a member of the Hallertau family I see that this years crystal has a Higher AAU% but then I have really never used Crystal before and have...

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      Scott
      I have a friend that does a Rauch that is out of this world
      he has 2 rocks that are about 6 inches in diameter. he puts them on a charcoal fire and when the boil starts he puts one in, every ten minutes or so he switches them out till the end of the boil
      that beer has a smoke taste that is so good and it has a great caramel taste from the rocks hitting the wort at an elevate temp. lightly hopped just to balance the taste.
      You need to experiment with the process.
      :thumbs:
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      Jamato
      8 years ago
   3. second batch on new system

      by Jamato, 8 years ago in Brew Day Stories and/or Pics

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      ok, I am new to BIAB, been along time 3 vessel, but when designing my new tower I embraced BIAB
      
      here is the problem, I missed my OG goal by >006 points, five gallon batch, that with a 5.2 ph
      
      using 9 pounds of 2 row, and 2 pounds of rye malt, I expected a 1.056 after boil gravity
      
      I mashed at 122 for 15, then t0 150 for 60
      
      ok it is a blonde rye for summer lawn mower days drinking, I lifted the bag, sparged and then did a good squeeze
      
      but still left >006 in the grain bag. 2 points I can live...

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      Yep, if your kettle isn't large enough to full-volume mash then you will have to sparge or top up the kettle pre-boil*. Your kettle wasn't large enough so, it wasn't your decision to sparge that worried me, it was your decision to sparge until your Volume into Boil matched the BIABacus estimate in Section K.
      
      While we don't have your pre brew day BIABacus, I'm pretty sure that you either didn't fill out Section W before brew day or, if you did, then you did not use the same volume of water that...
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      PistolPatch
      8 years ago
   4. well it happened again

      by Jamato, 8 years ago in General Chit-Chat, Nonsense & Rambles

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      we all know that we take meticulous notes when we brew
      
      we know this because when we do not, it never fails, but, we brew a fantastic beer we cannot relicate.
      
      So for her birthday, every year my wife has me brew up what I call a Desert Honey Ale.
      
      it is just a normal american style red ale with Honey I source locally, usually I help a few neighbors get rid of a wild bee hive or two each spring (spelled killer bee) face it if it is my area they have been Africanized. European honey bees have a...

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      Oh I plan on finding out the right recipe, like i said IT WAS REALLY GOOD.
      I will take better notes next time, I also plan on converting over to metric as it seems a lot of guys here do metric
      Being American, I am used to our system, but I have spent a career having to convert in my mind so it will be rather easy to tweak them up to metric.
      As mentioned I do remember he additions, but just not exact amount. I think it is just a matter of doing a few brews to nail it.
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      Jamato
      8 years ago
   5. craft master keg cleaner

      by Jamato, 8 years ago in Cleaning and Sanitisation

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      so I saw this at my local HBS, it was new to me,
      I was wondering about the chemical content
      
      Chemical Name CAS No. Concentration % by Weight
      Sodium carbonate peroxyhydrate 15630-89-4 30-40%
      Trisodium Phosphate 7601-54-9 10-20%
      Sodium Metasilicate 6834-92-0 ≤ 5%
      Benzenesulfonic acid, mono-C10-13-alkyl
      derivs., sodium salt
      
      is any of that reactive with stainless Steel?
      
      they recommend mixing up solution and letting sit in the container for a hour.
      was wondering just how it reacts with metal.

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      I used the stuff today
      put it in and one hour later it had done an amazing job just sitting there, I finished the cleaning with a brush and sponge having to add no new cleaner.
      I then rinsed twice and then used starsan as a no rinse sanitizer. It came out nice.
      
      Next time I am just buying the oxicleaner everyone posted about, this was a bit pricey. I have to say it is worth it, but if I can get the same stuff for a lot less then I will.
      
      What amazed me was I grabbed a keg I had gotten years...
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      Jamato
      8 years ago
   6. Corney Kegs

      by Jamato, 8 years ago in U.S.A.

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      I found this add on craigslist
      
      looks like this guy has a lot of corney kegs
      I am going pick up 3 of the parts missing one and use parts I have to rebuild them
      
      I know everyone is always looking for these and his are cheap

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      Jamato - There was earlier discussion of welds inside corny kegs on the forum.
      
      I put welds in the search box in the upper right corner.
      
      Are the welds in these kegs the good ones? :dunno:
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      ShorePoints
      8 years ago

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