Hi Guys,
So I'll be moving to Tokyo in Feb and plans of building a kegerator here have been permanently put on hold.
I bought this corny keg a little while ago - it was used when I bought it, but I haven't touched it. It's made by the Cornelius Co - 18.9litres
Looking for...
I can't remember off the top of my head, but from cold water I think it takes about half an hour or so. We have a massive gas hob in the middle which works pretty well.
How long does it take on your burner?
I made a 2 litre starter. Can't remember the quantity of DME I used to get to a gravity of 1040 (easily found on google). I had it in a mason jar with some tin foil on top. Shake the jar every so often to aerate it, but the leave it for a few hours before you pitch so that the yeast settles to...
Hey, I meant to post an update. Up until last weekend (2 weeks after bottling) the carbonation still wasn't quite there yet. It didn't quite have as much of a hoppy nose as I was expecting (I'm too used to Cloudwater's insanely delicious DIPAs), and I guess it was a bit much to expect to nail it...
I upped the temperature to 20C on the 22nd and then again to 21C shortly after the second dry hop as per instructions I've read on dealing with this yeast strain.
Second dry hop went as planned on Tuesday 26th. I was meant to cold crash it on the Friday night to be ready for bottling on Sunday...
Dry hopped earlier this week on Tuesday. Tried taking a gravity reading from the tap at the bottom of my FV and the sample still looked as "sludgy" as it did when I racked to the FV.
I put the sample in the fridge to see if cold crashing would cause whatever's was floating around to drop, and...
The socks / flip flops was actually my friend who was helping me that day (I swear! :whistle:). I opted for flip flops and no socks :)
Expecting FG to end up at 1.016 ish
Hey Everyone,
So I had my brew day on Saturday, hoping to make a clone of one of my favourite beers (Cloudwaterââ¬â¢s v13 DIPA). This was done via the BIAB method, which admittedly was a tall order as it was also my first time at BIAB, but I figured go big or go home!
I posted the original...
Ok, so I've bought all the ingredients (full disclosure....not cheap!) and I'm looking to brew this weekend.
Looking into adjusting my water and having found my water report from Thames Water and tested my tap water's alkalinity with a salifert test kit, I think I'm on the right lines in terms...
I've edited the first post to reflect the use of flaked oats now :)
As for the dry hop - definitely pellets all the way! I've got a few 5 gallon paint strainer bags that I've used before that I'll be using.
Planning on brewing this either next weekend or the weekend after so I'll make a...
I think I'll change it to flaked oats based on what I've been reading about both this beer and the NE style in general. There's going to be a lot coming from the hops as well as the yeast!
I'm thinking of doing just that! Splitting my ingredients in half and doing half a brew first to see how it turns out, then making any necessary adjustments before doing the second.