Try using fermentation C02 it's even purer.
What are you drinking right now?
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Attach blow off tube to liquid out side of kegCripes, something else to lug around the house?
open PRV or clip a gas disconnect on.
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Yeah I add like 1/8th tsp into my kegs too. It seems to work fairly well. I'm paranoid about overfilling my kegs and making a huge mess if I don't watch them so I tend to fill with the lid off.
You know I filled that latest keg with the SMB all the way up out the gas port so absolutely no head space just beer and SMB.
Makes sense to me can't be no o2 in the headspace If their ain't no headspace lol
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I’ll digress...So what what is the amount of SMB for a gallon and a half?
Back to beer. I finished off the Vienna lager while I grilled some burgers and wings. Got it cleaned and sanitized waiting on more beer.
Back to beer. I finished off the Vienna lager while I grilled some burgers and wings. Got it cleaned and sanitized waiting on more beer.
Just a wee sprinkle like putting salt on ya chips type sprinkle
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Good deal. I’ll try this when I keg the batch fermenting Now.Just a wee sprinkle like putting salt on ya chips type sprinkle
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More hops! I like it!American Amber. It's a good beer, but would be better with an additional 15-20 IBUs
Beautiful colour though!American Amber. It's a good beer, but would be better with an additional 15-20 IBUs
Well, now that I've seen that, I'm not quite as disappointed in the color of my Leffe Abbey Blonde. Drinking a very flat sample at the moment. Wasn't enough to fill a bottle, so that's normally where I grab my pre-carb taste sample. It's nice, but now I'm anxious for the finished product.
I started the Leffe Blonde before I joined BF, so haven't posted the recipe for it. There may already be one, dunno.
This one was all-grain, and I typically have pretty good luck with all-grain batches. Can't really say I've had bad luck with any of them, though, all-grain or extract. Maybe just a shade more bitter than I expected for a 26 IBU, but 30's pretty much my breaking point on bitter. I'm a bitter old man and need all the sweetening I can get. No point in making it worse by drinking bitter beer. OG was 1.062, FG was 1.012, target original was 1.068, +/- that last digit thing. So, my extra sparging (just because the recipe said so) probably diluted the wort a bit too much. Probably closer to 1.011 FG, but my hydrometer is graduated in 2 point scale marks. I have to guess at the odd numbers because the meniscus around the bulb tends to distort what I'm' trying to see. I normally just look at the last mark above the meniscus and call it quits. Pretty pleased with the outcome because I really enjoyed the store-bought version the missus brought home for me. Photo attached of the original carton and the pre-carb version in a glass. Interestngly, my measured ABV is pretty much identical to the advertized ABV of the store-bought version. My calculations say 6.563 Survey said!?! (see photo). I even put the tailings of the home-brew back into the original bottles with Leffe embossed on them.
Just bottled 57 bottles, and probably left at least 6 in the fermenter because I let the racking cane slip and stir up the trub. This is the one I over filled, so no real biggie on losing a little. Hardly any krausen inside the fermenter. I think most of it burped out through the air-lock and turned into yeast sludge on the lid.
I sampled the batch before the priming, and it was just a wee bit tart, but pretty sure it isn't spoilt. Post prime sample is much better. I taste everything along the way, dry grain, mash, wort, pre-carb, and LOTS of tasting after conditioning.
It's how I know I'm doing it right or if got the wrong recipe for my consumption.
Hmm, think I can oblige. Let me get my phone .....
This one wasn't really chilled yet, so I put it in a frozen 20 oz mug, which makes it look like I've already drank half of it. You can see what the head did when it hit the frozen glass. This was probably at least 5 minutes after pour, just 5 days after bottling. It's a 36 IBU, a little outside my range, but still very yummy. I like to try the first one un-chilled so that I can tell which way I'll enjoy it most. I let the mug chill it a bit so it isn't quite like it just came out of a hot warehouse, but it isn't like sitting in the fridge overnight. As the malts condition, I may move back to higher temps for drinking it. I prefer a really malty beer at a temperature that doesn't give me brain freeze. If it's super hoppy, though, I prefer a temperature that leaves frost in my mustache. The colder the better when the beer is bitter, at least for my tastes. Just not a bitter beer drinker.
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Thank you?Well, now that I've seen that, I'm not quite as disappointed in the color of my Leffe Abbey Blonde. Drinking a very flat sample at the moment. Wasn't enough to fill a bottle, so that's normally where I grab my pre-carb taste sample. It's nice, but now I'm anxious for the finished product.
I started the Leffe Blonde before I joined BF, so haven't posted the recipe for it. There may already be one, dunno.
This one was all-grain, and I typically have pretty good luck with all-grain batches. Can't really say I've had bad luck with any of them, though, all-grain or extract. Maybe just a shade more bitter than I expected for a 26 IBU, but 30's pretty much my breaking point on bitter. I'm a bitter old man and need all the sweetening I can get. No point in making it worse by drinking bitter beer. OG was 1.062, FG was 1.012, target original was 1.068, +/- that last digit thing. So, my extra sparging (just because the recipe said so) probably diluted the wort a bit too much. Probably closer to 1.011 FG, but my hydrometer is graduated in 2 point scale marks. I have to guess at the odd numbers because the meniscus around the bulb tends to distort what I'm' trying to see. I normally just look at the last mark above the meniscus and call it quits. Pretty pleased with the outcome because I really enjoyed the store-bought version the missus brought home for me. Photo attached of the original carton and the pre-carb version in a glass. Interestngly, my measured ABV is pretty much identical to the advertized ABV of the store-bought version. My calculations say 6.563 Survey said!?! (see photo). I even put the tailings of the home-brew back into the original bottles with Leffe embossed on them.
Just bottled 57 bottles, and probably left at least 6 in the fermenter because I let the racking cane slip and stir up the trub. This is the one I over filled, so no real biggie on losing a little. Hardly any krausen inside the fermenter. I think most of it burped out through the air-lock and turned into yeast sludge on the lid.
I sampled the batch before the priming, and it was just a wee bit tart, but pretty sure it isn't spoilt. Post prime sample is much better. I taste everything along the way, dry grain, mash, wort, pre-carb, and LOTS of tasting after conditioning.
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You're absolutely welcome, actually. That came out wrong in type, LOL. I meant that mine doesn't look like what's on the box, but neither really did what came in the bottles. I'm relieved that mine actually matches up better with someone else's homebrew blonde. What's on the box looks VERY clear. The purchased contents, and my brew, are NOT. The color advertised is a much paler blonde than what was actually in the bottles, as well as my brew, but I think mine is still slightly darker than what we bought. I'm less disappointed that mine isn't as lightly colored as the misnomer on the box is what I meant, especially after seeing another blonde with the slightly red/brown tint to it. I don't know how it wouldn't have that tint with the caramel malts in it, so, that was actually a compliment to your beer as a standard to measure my own. That make better sense? I'd never insult anyone's beer. It's all about what we like or are trying for. I'm pretty sure what I made will be as flavorful as the store-bought craft. I knew it was going to be darker when I pulled the mash and sparged, so thought I'd made an error somewhere along the way. May get to try one this weekend if I get 'em in the dark hiding spot tonite.Thank you?
Nice
Milk stout. Rest of it is in bottles since I made the batch for a buddy. I kept a few back.
Dark and opaque. Looks good.
