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  1. Daniel Parshley

    Pina Colata

    How many questions can I get into one post? I'm going to do this 3.5 gallon pina colata brew and have a lot of questions. Coconut flavor has been allusive. I plan on 11 oz of toasted coconut in the last 15 minutes of the boil and 22 oz fresh sweetened coconut "dry hop" for 5 days before...
  2. Daniel Parshley

    Cashmere Hops

    Am I alone in liking Cashmere hops? I tried some with a Mosaic recipe and really liked them. I tried the Cashmere for bittering and liked them even more and have done my last 5 batches with them, including 2 with only Cashmere. Yeast - I made the same Cashmere only recipe with Safale 04 and 05...
  3. Daniel Parshley

    Happy New Year

    A Blessed New Year to all my fellow brewers! Made a batch and pitch yeast at 11:00 AM. No better way to start the new year. 2023 should be promising and tasty.
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    Voss Kviek Bottle Conditioning

    What temperature do you bottle condition when Voss Kviek yeast was used? Can you condition/carbonate at room temperature or do you need to keep the bottles in the 95-104 F range? Thanks ahead of time for anyone responding who has used Voss Kviek and bottled.
  5. Daniel Parshley

    Bottling From the Fermenter

    This post is inspired by the "Plaato V2 Valve Introduces O2" and the discussion of cold crashing and carbonation. I boiled up 5.5 oz of dextrose in 550 ml of distilled water, and put 10 ml in my 12 oz bottles and 20 ml in the 22 oz bottles, and filed directly from the fermenter to avoid O2 from...
  6. Daniel Parshley

    Table Sugar - Yes or No?

    I asked my brew mentor if I should add some table sugar and the prompt reply was a quick, "Never use table sugar". The reason explained was 12 carbons in table sugar vs 6 in dextrose (In science terms, a different molecule). Also, different different byproducts. The moonshiners around here use...
  7. Daniel Parshley

    Mango - Fresh Frozen

    Have any of you tried using fresh frozen mango? I'm thinking of putting 3 pounds in the blender and adding in the last 5 minutes of the boil, bring to a boil, and shut off. Just enough boil to kill off any unwanted bacteria and yeast. The plan is to strain out the pulp on the way into the...
  8. Daniel Parshley

    Distilled Water and Dextrose

    One observation and one question, and then dextrose. Observation - Using distilled water for DME brewing has been mentioned several times in recent forum posts. I have hard water and been using it right along but look forward to making this change to distilled water and maybe improve my brew...
  9. Daniel Parshley

    Fresh Hop Cones vs. Pellets

    What is the straight stuff on the comparable amount/weight of fresh whole hop cones to pellets? I have a nice pound of this year's hop harvest and there is no shortage of conflicting information on the web. Some say 5 oz. fresh cone is equal to 1 oz. pellets. Other say 10 to 1. Then there is...
  10. Daniel Parshley

    Bio-Film and PBW

    I was sure I could break down all my equipment and keep it clean since I have worked in a microbiology lab. Wrong. After 36 batches, I had a visible film in my clear tubing and a sure sign I was headed for an infection. Wort will surely grow a bio-film quicker and better than anything I've seen...
  11. Daniel Parshley

    Cashmere Hops - Good Surprise

    It was a rainy day so what for you do? Brew! A very pleasant surprise from a recipe I whipped together on a whim here at BF with some Cashmere hops I've been wanting to try. Really like this and it came out much better than expected...
  12. Daniel Parshley

    Hops from Boil to Primary

    I have seen people post that they pour everything from the boil into their fermenter. I was initially horrified and tasting grass as I read it. Question - Has anyone taken their bagged hops like Citra added in the last 5 minutes or -0- minutes from the boil into the primary fermenter? I have...
  13. Daniel Parshley

    Yeast in the SE USA

    I'm a newer brewer that has taken 29 batches to figure out hops/malt and now venturing into yeast options. The "C" hops have gotten my attention and now looking for a yeast that can take the summer in SE Georgia/N Florida humid summers without killing the AC bill. I'm looking at Omega Yeast...
  14. Daniel Parshley

    Vaseline & Duct Tape

    After visiting many micro-brewery operations and drooling over all the stainless and copper, I return home to my plastic buckets and secondary fementer "brewery" tucked away in an unused bathroom. Like other home "plastic bucket brewers", I have struggled with leaky lids. I thought back to...
  15. Daniel Parshley

    Tyramine Prevention in Brewing

    Does anyone have information about preventing or reducing tyramine production during brewing? My understanding is tyramine is produced by Lactobacillis brevis and perhaps some other bacterium. Is this an unavoidable contaminant in brewing beer or the result of bad sanitation? Tyramine is also...
  16. Daniel Parshley

    Just and Extract Brewer Having Fun

    Retired and needed something to do, like Brew! A beginners plastic bucket brew kit and a year later, I've managed to brew 24 batches. Friends a family love the brew and we have a great time making flights of the four most recent brews and sitting around with good food. Cheers to you all!

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