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Re: There's a sign on my back that says 'Kick Me!'
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2014 11:14 am
by monsteroyd
Football weekend coming up. Perfect time to brew and watch a little. You can do it! You've always impressed me with your brewing, now gitter done!
Monty
Re: There's a sign on my back that says 'Kick Me!'
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2014 11:28 am
by gwcr
Re: There's a sign on my back that says 'Kick Me!'
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2014 4:54 pm
by teutonic terror
Brewbirds, when the pipeline crashed after the daughter's wedding, I reverted to the 30 packs of Busch for 15.00 at the local grocer!
PapaG, let's make a deal, I'll brew it if you bottle!
I've got about 12 gallons of beer to bottle right now and NO desire to even attempt it!
12 hr workdays five-six days a week suck!
Good luck PapaG! Hope you get your mojo back soon!
Re: There's a sign on my back that says 'Kick Me!'
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2014 6:11 pm
by BigPapaG
Ok, ok...
First, I want to thank all my Borg Bretheren [ EDIT: and Sistren].... All good suggestions and encouragement, mixed with just the right amount of butt kicks, shame and dominance? (Beerlord... We gotta talk... LOL!)
And TT... I now remember that the grass is never greener on the other side... But at least you are workimg... That's a good thing... As far as your bottling dilema, we may need another thread!
So, since...
Here's the proof! I ended up doing an extract with steep Abbaye Dubbel...
(1) Can MB Bewitched Amber (added at flameout)
3.3 lbs Briess CBW Pils LME
1.1 lbs Briess CBW Munich LME
.25 lb Amber Candi Sugar
Steeped:
3.5 ounces CaraFoam Malt
1.5 ounces Extra Special Malt (this is 2-row, not crystal so I held 153°F on the steep for 45 minutes)
1.5 ounces Aromatic Malt
3.0 ounces Special B
.5 tsp Powdered Yeast Nutrient (added with the MB malt at T-10)
1.5 ounces Saaz hops (i added them while the wort was heating and boiled for about 15 min... Sé la vie)
1 package SafBrew Abbaye Dry Belgian Yeast
Taking inventory of specialty grains:
Grinding specialty grains:
The Steep:
Mise en place:
The Boil:
The cool down:
The transfer:
The pitch:
We are
Re: There's a sign on my back that says 'Kick Me!'
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2014 7:11 pm
by Yankeedag
nice way to jump back on the wagon...
Re: There's a sign on my back that says 'Kick Me!'
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2014 7:28 pm
by BigPapaG
Yankeedag wrote:nice way to jump back on the wagon...
Thanks YD, I figured an easy one would get the ball rolling...
And I did get a lot of encouragement!
Plus I wanted to try that Dry Abbaye yeast...
Re: There's a sign on my back that says 'Kick Me!'
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2014 8:09 pm
by Kealia
Another satisfied customer!
Re: There's a sign on my back that says 'Kick Me!'
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2014 10:06 pm
by mashani
Hey send me that grain if you are too lazy to brew more stuff. I'm running low....
Re: There's a sign on my back that says 'Kick Me!'
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2014 9:00 am
by BigPapaG
mashani wrote:Hey send me that grain if you are too lazy to brew more stuff. I'm running low....
You know what? I didn't even realize I had that many different varieties...
Glad I ran an inventory... Now to design some beers around them...
Should be interesting because I have a fair amount of NZ hops that I have to use up as well!
Re: There's a sign on my back that says 'Kick Me!'
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2014 9:15 am
by BigPapaG
BTW: So I pitched at 5:30pm eastern yesterday, and this was happening at 3 am...
Been this way since...
Clue? Perhaps...
Seems to be a top cropper...
But seems to smell a bit sweeter than 3787...
Doesn't seem like Chimay...
Re: There's a sign on my back that says 'Kick Me!'
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2014 1:04 pm
by John Sand
Well, I was inspired too. Brewing a Pumpkin Ale right now.
Re: There's a sign on my back that says 'Kick Me!'
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2014 1:11 pm
by BigPapaG
John Sand wrote:Well, I was inspired too. Brewing a Pumpkin Ale right now.
... And it spreads through the single
mind... Awesome!
Re: There's a sign on my back that says 'Kick Me!'
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2014 3:38 pm
by mashani
Clue? Perhaps...
Maybe it's the mutated Westmalle strain that Westvleteren uses. We can hope right?
Re: There's a sign on my back that says 'Kick Me!'
Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2014 4:40 pm
by BigPapaG
mashani wrote:
Clue? Perhaps...
Maybe it's the mutated Westmalle strain that Westvleteren uses. We can hope right?
That would be very cool!
So, now it has been 24 hours, no change in smell but the yeast have settled own and 'seem' to be done with the blwoff tube!
But I'm not done with it yet... They might be rallying the troops for another assault!
