Hi Mally, yeah I saw that post, pretty scary stuff! That's why I made buiscuits from this batch, zero hops in the boil at all, only cube hopped. Thanks for checking though mate!mally wrote:Nice commentary Nicko.
Just thought I would say something as nobody else has acknowledged yet!
BTW - Be careful you don't leave any hops in your spent grain. You may already know but just have a read of this.
, .Haha, I'm glad you didn't comment too much this time Pat, I'm waiting for you to tell me off for cube hopping! I did a lot of reading into it though, and I'm chasing an easy session beer with low(ish) bitterness, so see how this one goes and I'll definitely share the results. I know that IBUs will be harder to estimate, but I found a calculation somewhere that I'll find and share sometime. I know some think cube hopping is from the devil, but there's a lot of converts it seems...so I'll suck it and see, then Do the next batch as per the BIABacus hop additions times and compare my thoughts on both brews. Hmmm I almost need a second kettle so I could brew them both at the same timePistolPatch wrote:Working backwards through active topics here, you are first cab off the rank Nicko. Great post and pics and the only two corrections I can see are the warning on Dog Biscuits which mally has already corrected and the correct attribution of who first came up with the 'paint stirrer'/'mash paddle'.
Let's pretend it was me (which it was, 7/8 years ago), my question is why has it taken you so long to find that info? I can't believe people are still using spoons and paddles.
PP
P.S. Lots more to comment on in this thread but am out of time. All I can say is great job Nick
Absolutely! I find this site a bit hard to navigate sometimes, I will read that thread to death tomorrow, thanks!
I put 2 vanilla beans and 2oz of oak cubes into the fermenter. It tastes pretty decent. I think next time I'll try 3 beans and 1oz oak. I think the vanilla added a smoothness but not a lot of flavor.nicko wrote:Absolutely! I find this site a bit hard to navigate sometimes, I will read that thread to death tomorrow, thanks!
How much vanilla is in your stout and how does it taste?
Cool thanks mate, I've seen a vanilla concentrate for cake making, but that could possibly be too pungent as I find it smells pretty full on and a bit synthetic compared to the real deal...Lumpy5oh wrote:I put 2 vanilla beans and 2oz of oak cubes into the fermenter. It tastes pretty decent. I think next time I'll try 3 beans and 1oz oak. I think the vanilla added a smoothness but not a lot of flavor.nicko wrote:Absolutely! I find this site a bit hard to navigate sometimes, I will read that thread to death tomorrow, thanks!
How much vanilla is in your stout and how does it taste?
.Hi Pat,PistolPatch wrote:I better make this the last post for now but Nick, I'm wondering what made you decide on fermenting in the cube? There are some advantages and some disadvantages and I just want to make sure that you are aware of these.
Been enjoying the reads
well I can absolutely see why this is a haus ale for some aussie home brewers, what an easy to drink and very tasty brew, the NC and all hops in the cube trial was a success, next brew though I'm doing this again with the recommended addition times, comparing the difference and will let you know. I'm CC the other cube and will try to put away the summer ale over the next couple weeks and put the galaxy version (the original recipe hops) into a keg, bottling is overrated! I did bottle three tallies, so about 19L into the keg and 2L into bottles, very happy with that!Return to “Brew Day Stories and/or Pics”
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