HopHead420
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I can probably answer this for you: they grow their kveik up from a few Omega homebrew pitches, so it's not likely to be something they ever really have on hand. You could give it a try though.
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I have the farmhouse stuff. Made a starter with some stout wort and it tasted decent. Will have to do a dj full next time i brew to see what its like. The frisr time i used it I did not close the FV lid properly and so the beer was dumped and I thought I had lost the sample.
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Thanks for the tip. Others are saying lots of nutrient needed so I'll bear that in mind.
On a general note, can kveiks be used to brew anything, eg, lager, golden, best bitter, or are they all a bit funky?
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Today I'm making a brown ale with voss and will be bottling my hornindal pale ale. I've made a lemon and lime extract I might put in the latter, but I made the extract after I designed and brewed the beer to will need to see if it goes. If not I'll make another lemon & lime pale ale.
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I have read that low OG beers can stall without nutrients which i always use as there are none in my water. I made a bitter which was good and drinking David Heaths English porter now which is great. There is a strain for lagers called Oslo by Bootleg Biology if you can get it or i think HBC sell one.
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Well, I waited for you as long as I could, in the end *I just had to press the trigger.
MyQul
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The HBC lager Kviek is called ubbe. Maltmiller sell it too
https://www.themaltmiller.co.uk/product/whc-ubbe-kveik/
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Stranda is available on ebay in dried form. Link here.
I did a mixed pitch of Voss and Framgarden on Saturday. Top cropped the yeast yesterday and fermentation seemed to have finished.
I did a mixed pitch of Voss and Framgarden on Saturday. Top cropped the yeast yesterday and fermentation seemed to have finished.
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As @BeerCat says low og brews can stall which I've experienced. I've made 3 kveiks and they all took ages to ferment. They were low - med OG and I pitched a lot of yeast. Yesterday I made my 4th, used yeast nutrient and underpitched, hoping this will work. I checked on progress today and it's bubbling away at 40c, but as it's in stainless steel I can't see if there is krausen.
Kveik does seem to be (sometimes) a nutrient hog!
My amber ale (pimped Coopers Bewitched kit) was OG 1.070 and two teaspoons of yeast nutrient in a 8.5L batch and it STILL stalled at 1.050 despite being pitched low (about a teaspoon of top cropped goo).
Bizarrely, by DME pale which was a lower OG, half the nutrient and massively overpit ched (the whole pouch went in!) fermented fine.
Go figure.
My amber ale (pimped Coopers Bewitched kit) was OG 1.070 and two teaspoons of yeast nutrient in a 8.5L batch and it STILL stalled at 1.050 despite being pitched low (about a teaspoon of top cropped goo).
Bizarrely, by DME pale which was a lower OG, half the nutrient and massively overpit ched (the whole pouch went in!) fermented fine.
Go figure.
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Looking for some general advice...
I'm going to brew a variant of the Black Forest Porter from Vibrant Forest Brewery and wanted to do a split batch, one with the recipe's yeast (Safale S-04 from memory) and the other with Voss Kveik. Can anyone recommend where to get the Kveik from and how much I should pitch, from reading this thread it looks like people pitch a teaspoon?
I'd be brewing around a 40 litre batch so 20 litres in each FV.
I'm going to brew a variant of the Black Forest Porter from Vibrant Forest Brewery and wanted to do a split batch, one with the recipe's yeast (Safale S-04 from memory) and the other with Voss Kveik. Can anyone recommend where to get the Kveik from and how much I should pitch, from reading this thread it looks like people pitch a teaspoon?
I'd be brewing around a 40 litre batch so 20 litres in each FV.
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Interseting and note they also do Hornidal, ( farmhouse stuff if they talk of the ' mushroom flavour'.) might be worth trying a fresh supply, thanks.
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Nice one they were out of stock yesterday. Ordered.
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@David Heath I am going to brew your English porter again soon and have some Bestmalz Special X which i would like to use. Do you have any suggestions how much i should use? I was thinking of subbing 5% of the crystal for it. Beer is very very drinkable even though i chilled for 10 minutes without attaching the hose! Thanks again.
I'm thinking of using Hornidal or Bjorn for my low abv beer (3.5%) OG 1.033 https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/877109/creatures-great-or-small-kviek Do you think I would need some yeast nutrients to help it? if so how much. I always use Tesco Ashbeck water.
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I see St Austell have just done a small batch with kveik. Hopefully some make their way into Tesco!
That's weird. I've made a lot of low OG batches with Voss Kveik and they've fermented almost too low. Last one finished at 1008. One tspoon of nutrients 15 min before end of boil. I love the stuff. My beers have never been this good. I ferment under pressure in a fermentasaurus. A lot of pressure. 28 psi the last time.
I've actually tasted quite a few here in Norway. Not really impressed with the juniper stuff. NØGNE Ø also made a hoppy Kveik beer which was OK but not fantastic. There is one though, its called Heksebrygg. If you're ever in Norway or see it, buy it. It's awesome. It's a no boil beer.
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Im not sure St Austell would distribute their small batch brews to Tesco. I think they just send them out to their tied pubs all over cornwall. I go to Cornwall every couple of months or so as I have relatives who live in newquay. I once had a mild/lactose mild which was a st austell small batch brew. It was lovely
