I do! And I have rhizomes from the plant so I can perhaps plant them if they are good :) I have about 70 grams or so left! And yeah I agree it's so fascinating to see these old relics in action! If its not too exiting I might look for other local plants and try to grow them. I will probably...

Can be any of those really! I did use a whole pack (intended for ~ 23L) in a 10L batch. I was using my temp controlled fermenter for something else so I just left it to ferment at room temp, the temp seemed to stay in range but you never quite know. Thanks for the tips, this was my first...

After a bit of lagering I believe the tart-green apple taste to be coming from acetaldehyde unfortunately. It's not that pleasant to drink.

This is the snapshot of what I ended up brewing! It fermented to 0.999! I only kegged it yesterday but I had to sample it today and it's the best beer I have brewed so far I think. It's got a nice tropical-starfruit nose and it tastes dry and fruity, it's extremely refreshing and has a real...

You building a brewing system? :)

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This is what I use for the grainfather, keep in mind tho, I haven't refined this very far yet, not a lot of brews with this equipment profile.

Default equipment profile? Or just default mash thickness?

Another user on the forum made this formula for calculating a good mash thickness for granfather: Thickness = 2.7 + (3.5/grains weight in kg) Then I use this in brewers friend mash water calculator: 2.7 + ( 3.5/ 4.2 ) = 3.53333 thickness Feel free to modify this formula to suit your needs...

Sorry for hijacking your thread @Korpi how's your tests going? I just tried my test today, very early on for sure as the beer is about as cloudy as the autumn day I held it up against. But the hops I brewed with have an interesting green-apple-grape like aroma toward the white wine direction...

I just switched my recipe to Kettle instead and suddenly the numbers look a lot closer to reality! Big thanks for making me aware that it complicates things. Super, thanks! :)

Ahh that would make sense! Because I was very confused as to how I could have only 40% efficiency. Thanks! I suppose this means the total mash volume that goes into the efficiency calculation will in my case be (7,8+8,7)-Grain Absorb if I don't let brewers friend do it for me?

Hi everyone! I got a quick question, about conversion efficiency. I brew with a grainfather, and for a 10L batch you often have something like 7,8 L of mash water and then 8.7 L of sparge water. When calculating conversion efficiency, should the gravity be measured before or after the sparge...

So I brewed a small 10L batch today with a super simple grain bill and some local hops my mom picked for me! (The ale & pilsner malt was just what I had left over to make it work, but I'd have gone for either.) I will let you know how it turned out :)

Thanks 4Bentley! I don't have any Centennial but I do have a bit of Cascade, I altered the recipie and I will throw it into the boil at 60 mins. I feel like a small baseline bitterness is probably a good idea! Thanks again.

Makes sense! I currently got it at 10~ % flaked corn and 10~% Flaked rice and hoping that will work out. (Also 5% wheat malt which I'm unsure of still)

I might balance in some flaked rice and flaked corn with the wheat, I do like a good foamy head so I'd love to see how the wheat holds up thru the enzyme. Flaked corn is supposedly also a good thing for mouth feel and adds a tiny bit of flavour too.

Awesome feedback! I will probably adjust with some flaked rice, and pull the wheat down, I'm kinda hoping to get a tiny bit of extra head retention from the wheat but maybe it's going to ruin more than it adds. Yeah I read that keeping the IBUs low is important and something most pro...

I'm actually really excited to see where I can take this, I see most people using flaked rice/wheat but I'm curious to try and see how a bit of regular wheat malt holds up (but comparatively larger chunk of pilsner malt). I'm hoping to get a lot of hop aroma, I love whirlpooling hops, and with...

I'm going to be trying out some more similar experiments with locally grown hops from Sweden (Which had similar laws to Finland). I don't have a chemical analysis of them sadly. So far I made one beer with them. It was a very simple ale, with pale ale malt and some wheat a tiny tiny bit of cara...