Homebrew Report #250983

[HomeBrewerDude]

Alright, did something a little different today.


Didn't have much time so I just did a partial mash.


1 # Carapils
1 # Special B
1 # 120 Crystal
-steeped at 155 F for 30 minutes
10 # LME Amber

1 ounce Galena 60 minutes
1 ounce Saaz 15 minutes
1 ounce Hallertauer 3 minutes

2 tspns corriander
2 tspns ginger
2 sticks of cinnamon

1/2 gallon freshly squeezed concord grape juice (from about 12#'s grapes...grown in the backyard )

White Labs WLP023 (Burton Ale Yeast - From the famous brewing town of Burton upon Trent, England, this yeast is packed with character. It provides delicious subtle fruity flavors like apple, clover honey and pear. Great for all English styles, IPA's, bitters, and pales. )

Cheers and Beers!

 

[Zim Hosein]

Cheers HomeBrewerDude :beer:

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

bump for the morning crew

 

[iamwiz82]

How do you control the temp. of your fermentation? I've been stuck this summer since we don't have a basement and I don't have anywhere that could stay cool enough.

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82
How do you control the temp. of your fermentation? I've been stuck this summer since we don't have a basement and I don't have anywhere that could stay cool enough.

i have a basement.


you could try setting the carboy in a large bin of water and draping a t-shirt over the carboy so that water is drawn up the sides and evaporates... I've heard that can help stabilize temps so that you don't get spikes up above 75F

 

[avatar08]

I relied on this method for quite awhile till I picked another dedicated fermenting fridge. It works particularly well if you live in a dry climate like I do. I could keep it around 65-68 fairly consistently in my bathtub. If you need to drop it a few more degrees you can keep several plastic soda bottles frozen full of water and change them out every day or so to keep it down a bit.

Looking forward to this weekend I'm going to go pick up 250lbs of pale malt and 150lbs of Marris Otter from the local brewpub. Well local being 120 miles from here its as close as I get to a LHBS since the one in Lubbock closed. They through a few more sacks in with their orders and I can get 50lb sacks for $30 each.
Will be a fun winters brewing coming up.

PROST!!

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

wow, thats a lot of grain!

I'll probably buy a couple of bags of grain this winter, as soon as a set up my mashtun and figure out some storage system. what do you do about hops? mail order?

 

[avatar08]

For hops I usually go with Hopsunion or another direct supplier I can't remember their name right now. The good thing is if you only order a few pounds of hops they tend to double what they actually send you. Last order I placed I ordered 3# of Cascade and 4# of Fuggles(my favoritist hop in the world) and ended up with 18# total. That was a little hard to cram them all in the freezer.

The best method I have found for grain storage is the large plastic storage bins. Most important is having a good sealing lid. Uncrushed grain will store fine for quite some time ie.. a few years at least. If you are ever worried pop a few grains in your mouth and taste them if they are still crunchy and flavorful you are fine. If they are a bit mushy or just somekind of stale tasting toss em/. Too much work to be messing around with stale grain.