Who is brewing today?

[jeffpn]

It's part of a park here. You buy the membership for that. If you pay a few extra bucks, they give you a brewery membership too. Entitles you to brew once with them, and a 10% discount on food, and a large beer for the price of a small. I've always liked this park. It was free when I was a kid. I don't mind supporting them.

 

[Thurston Brewer]

I have the opportunity to help brew here, with the membership I bought. They brew 19th century style. If you like sour beers, this is your place! The food is really good.

http://www.carillonbrewingco.org/

Very nice! Let me know if they're in the market to open a Southern California branch!

 

[Mark D Pirate]

Interesting place Jeff , how's the beer ?
(other than the sours !)

 

[jeffpn]

Other than the sours, they have no beer! The brewmaster is insistent on brewing period correct beers. They make a good root beer and a good cream soda. The cream soda comes with a little tub of cream, like coffee cream. Grosses my kids out, but it tastes good!

 

[Mark D Pirate]

So he thinks all 19th century beers were sours ?
i had thought they were only made by accident

 

[jeffpn]

She, yes (as someone else told me.) I don't know my beer history too well. I'd think they'd like to make a couple beers that could sell well. I had a squash beer once. I think I'd like it if it wasn't sour.

 

[Mark D Pirate]

Hmmm there's plenty of euro breweries been making lagers much longer than that , might be true for that part of the US though as Brett is literally everywhere

 

[Wood House Hall]

Brewing a German Pilsner this afternoon.

 

[Mark D Pirate]

2 weeks ahead of you there ! just starting the ramp down after testing a very clean sample a few minutes ago , think this will turn out a cracker ! Balance between bitterness is about spot on

What recipe you using ?

 

[Wood House Hall]

Excellent Mark. It's a recipe I concocted. it's off style a bit, though, with a targeted 6.95% ABV (FG 1.023).

Should be interesting.

 

[Mark D Pirate]

That's a lot of carapils , interesting to see how this turns out
I used Munich and carapils in the opposite % rates

 

[GFHomebrew]

Last pils I just did was 500g Munich light and I think 200g carapils.

But wood house I'm not sure if caramel Pilsner malt is the same as carapils?

 

[jeffpn]

I'm not sure if caramel Pilsner malt is the same as carapils?

Not the same.

 

[Thurston Brewer]

I had the same question.

 

[ChuckGViolin]

Bottled today!

 

[Mark D Pirate]

I started out keeping all my beers in plastic tubs just in case 1 blew up .....braver / more comfortable these days .
With any luck you'll be enjoying those in a few weeks Chuck assuming you can keep them above 18°C

 

[Mark D Pirate]

Not the same.

What's the specs on the caramel pils then ? I can't find any reference from my suppliers
I understand that Cara-Pils is a trademark in the US so curious as to what it is now

 

[Ozarks Mountain Brewery]

it depends on what country and brand your talking about

http://www.bestmalz.de/en/malts/best-caramel-pils/

 

[jeffpn]

What's the specs on the caramel pils then ? I can't find any reference from my suppliers
I understand that Cara-Pils is a trademark in the US so curious as to what it is now

I found this for you.

http://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=280201

http://blog.brewingwithbriess.com/understanding-carapils/

 

[Mark D Pirate]

hmmm so i learned something today !
so it's not a dextrine malt but is a caramel / Crystal
That FG is well out of style for a pils though ,thinking it may well end up very sweet tasting but still be interesting to hear how it goes