I'll be doing this either Thursday or Friday.
Interesting! I love a good Dunkel. Have you pitched two lager strains before? What does that give you in terms of the flavor of the final beer?I'll be doing this either Thursday or Friday.View attachment 19019
Yes I have, mostly because I didn't have enough of either one by itself.Interesting! I love a good Dunkel. Have you pitched two lager strains before? What does that give you in terms of the flavor of the final beer?
To get the base grain amount up to 6.5 gallons and I figured what the heck, why not?Curious: Why are you putting wheat into it? I'm working on one myself, similar, but Carafa III instead of Midnight Wheat....
OOOOOOOOPS. I spaced on the fact that the shop I got my last batch of ingredients from was out of melanoiden and I got aromatic instead.I'll be doing this either Thursday or Friday.View attachment 19019
That's fairTo get the base grain amount up to 6.5 gallons and I figured what the heck, why not?
I have been putting a little white wheat in all my brew lately. Seems to help head retention. Just don't go overboard or it will haze up on yaTo get the base grain amount up to 6.5 gallons and I figured what the heck, why not?
I cheeped out using more two row and added some aromatic malt to somewhat compensate. Dunkel or Schwartzbier it's going to be good.Looks more like a schwarzbier to me. If I was doing a dunkel, the majority of the base malt would be munich.
A man after my own heart!Brewday is done: 1.063.
I read about doing that and it worked fine on the first BIAB I did.Yeah, just looking at that
So just cling wtap to secure a good seal of the pot. Why didn't I think of that
On my first BIAB I only gave the bag a bit of a squeeze. On this one I did some sparging which made a big difference.Any idea why you overshot your OG by so much?
I did that on my first BIAB and got okay efficiency. On this one I also poured water over the grain bag three times and got way better efficiency.I always give the grain bag a squeeze. After holding the bag above the kettle until the flow slows to a trickle, I put the bag in a colander over a smaller pot. Using my mash spoon, I press (squeeze) on the grain bag, working all around. Usually the sound of drops is the indicator. When I hear no regular drips, then it’s game over. Usually, I recover 20+ ounces of sweet wort, which goes in the boil kettle. It only takes a few more minutes, and adds just that little bit more.