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Beerbelly said:
n an effort to build up a bunch of kveik that I can harvest & dry, I'm fermenting a hefeweizen on the kveik yeast cake, which took off hugely after 90 min. Just for fun, I also made a yeast log, dipping it in the kraeusen and hanging it to dry.
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That looks like a standard 2x4. My concern there would be is it food-grade? By that I mean if it's pressure treated wood then it will have nasty chemicals injected into it. If it's not pressure treated then who knows. Maybe get a scrap piece of 4x4 and slice about an inch off all sides?
 
BarbarianBrewer said:
That looks like a standard 2x4. My concern there would be is it food-grade? By that I mean if it's pressure treated wood then it will have nasty chemicals injected into it. If it's not pressure treated then who knows. Maybe get a scrap piece of 4x4 and slice about an inch off all sides?
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Just go out in the woods and cut yourself a 2" branch from the tree of your choice and let it dry. Boil it, let it dry again and you have your beer log, no risk of pressure treatment chemicals.
 
A pint of my C&C (Crisp & Clean) IPA and a double shot of Evan. Been out vacuuming leaves and blowing crap out into the alley. After the meds, time to clean the grills and smoker. No rest for the wicked !

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Nosybear said:
Just go out in the woods and cut yourself a 2" branch from the tree of your choice and let it dry. Boil it, let it dry again and you have your beer log, no risk of pressure treatment chemicals.
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Well I've been giving it a bit of thought and settled upon a similar approach for sanitation boiling/steaming the log in my HLT either that or a bake in the Webber would work too but I'm guessing boiling would be better to really soak into the wood.
 
Sunfire96 said:
Breckenridge Brewery vanilla porter. Really tasty, but certainly very roasty
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Big fan of Breckenridge but hard to get a hold of here in the Northeast. Can usually find the vanilla porter, other varieties are tougher. I really like the Avalanche Ale though. Also like their agave wheat. Has me wanting to play around with agave but not sure how that'll go.
 
Sunfire96 said:
Breckenridge Brewery vanilla porter. Really tasty, but certainly very roasty
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I just finished a few of those as well. I really had to squint to find the vanilla. I thought it was ok, but I was hoping for better from Breckinridge.
 
Megary said:
I just finished a few of those as well. I really had to squint to find the vanilla. I thought it was ok, but I was hoping for better from Breckinridge.
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Yea the vanilla is more of an essence, rather than punch in the nose flavor. My local Safeway has had this in stock pretty consistently lately, so I thought I'd try it.
 
Breckenridge vanilla porter used to be a much better beer. I don't want to blame AB Inbev, but I remember enjoying it at the original brewery and at the downtown Denver brewery many times. Up until maybe 3 or 4 years ago, even the bottled version was good, now the vanilla and depth are lacking.
 
thunderwagn said:
Breckenridge vanilla porter used to be a much better beer. I don't want to blame AB Inbev, but I remember enjoying it at the original brewery and at the downtown Denver brewery many times. Up until maybe 3 or 4 years ago, even the bottled version was good, now the vanilla and depth are lacking.
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It's been probably atleast that long since I've had the porter. Hope their other beers aren't suffering too
 
SabreSteve said:
It's been probably atleast that long since I've had the porter. Hope their other beers aren't suffering too
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We still buy their beer on a regular basis, and while I don't drink them as much, my wife and kids enjoy them. They're good, easy drinking beers.
 
@CausticWolf I'm slurping some goat ipa inspired by a post from you and because I'm on a brief holiday and the beer technically free:D
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Very tasty indeed a step up from their Hornet.

The beer is more pale yellow not orange.
Hops Mosaic- Amarillo- Eldorado

Will have to have a crack at brewing one of their beers next year their all on here...
Hops dont line up though:rolleyes:
https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/976012/goat-hazy-ipa-23l
 
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Any tasting notes? Any info on the bottle? Curious as to what SA adds to make it a “Holiday” Porter and whether or not those additions show up in the finished beer.
I have to admit that I really haven’t ever found a Holiday/Christmas/Spiced beer that I’m willing to buy a second time. I usually find them a muddled mess, or tasting like the cloves from a dinner ham. Because of this I usually avoid them, but I trust SA and I love Porters, so I might be willing to give this a shot.
 
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