I probably have time to make it into a lager. instead of an ale. what do you think?
Cream Ale/Red Lager
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Very funny and I agree wholeheartedly
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I've done that many time's, I agree
hell in 2 weeks you will be able to try the Hefe(packaged today), Blueberry, Red Lager(ale??), and the new ipa that i am dryhopping on friday! i will have rotated all 4 of my tanks close to twice in 3 weeks! including 3 batches of Lager!
and you are more then welcome! just keep me posted!
I think that this Hefe is more of a balance between banana and spice. I wanted heavier on the banana, i think that the next time i brew it i wont oxygenate the wort.
The yeast was opened back in January and vac sealed, but i think that it is not improving. I have 1 more pitch left of it...I may order a different cheap hefe yeast??? I saw some other dry options from WHC yeast? i have never heard of them. I could also try something from fermentis(i think they have a hefe yeast) or maybe i switch to belgian wit???? options!
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Depends of whether you have the wheat or not.
See if you can get the (dry) Weihenstefaner strain, I can find the manufacturer if you need. A full pitch for 70 gallons might be 14 packs, but underpitch is fine, maybe 7? At $5 each maybe…
But a blue-moon-ish wit, served with fruit, would probably do well at the beach. And they’re not as temperamental.
See if you can get the (dry) Weihenstefaner strain, I can find the manufacturer if you need. A full pitch for 70 gallons might be 14 packs, but underpitch is fine, maybe 7? At $5 each maybe…
But a blue-moon-ish wit, served with fruit, would probably do well at the beach. And they’re not as temperamental.
fucking chaos today. came in and the AC was ALL turned off. inside of the restaurant was 94f.
mashed in and then was told to dump the batch so that we could try to salvage the day(temp wise). Not the end of the world, frustrating and a waste of about 60lbs of grain, but so it goes.
BUT i lost a full day on the batch i was brewing today and i will be loosing 3 days on the batch i was supposed to brew tomorrow.
Spent the whole morning working with the HVAC guy and owner to get the room cool enough to be open....turns out the previous HVAC guys epicly failed and the AC was blowing mostly into the attic....
i guess tomorrow is another day.
mashed in and then was told to dump the batch so that we could try to salvage the day(temp wise). Not the end of the world, frustrating and a waste of about 60lbs of grain, but so it goes.
BUT i lost a full day on the batch i was brewing today and i will be loosing 3 days on the batch i was supposed to brew tomorrow.
Spent the whole morning working with the HVAC guy and owner to get the room cool enough to be open....turns out the previous HVAC guys epicly failed and the AC was blowing mostly into the attic....
i guess tomorrow is another day.
they got the AC atleast blowing into the dining area. ordered a bunch of metal ducting(exposed) and they are gonna run it this coming week once it is built. going to clean and service the mini split that feeds the brew area.
restaurant was at 70 today when i came in so that is a win.
got my lager kegged off and the IPA dryhopped this morning. Brewing the blueberry kolsch today! ill brew the red on monday and then my session ipa on tuesday. maybe if i have the fucks next week the double lager will slip into the later half of the week.
restaurant was at 70 today when i came in so that is a win.
got my lager kegged off and the IPA dryhopped this morning. Brewing the blueberry kolsch today! ill brew the red on monday and then my session ipa on tuesday. maybe if i have the fucks next week the double lager will slip into the later half of the week.
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My Cream Ale is my flagship beer. My first recipe I used equal parts flaked corn and equal parts flaked rice. I thought it was too sweet, so on the second batch, I reduced the corn and increased the rice significantly and it turned out perfect and has been replicated many times over the years. I'd stick with the 2-row and add some flaked rice for the crispness a cream ale, US-S05 is what I use, but last week when I brewed it, I didn't pay attention to my inventory and has no S-05. I use two brewbucket fermenters, so I decided to pitch one with BRY-97 (West Coast Ale) and one with Diamond Lager yeast. We'll see how they turn out.
