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[Craigerrr]

Sounds like a great Halloween beer! Do you add the bloody finger post fermentation for color and visual effects?

Yes, of course, and careful not to over do it! Too much of a good thing you know

 

[Semper Sitientum]

Amber Ale day. Haven’t brewed one of these in over a year and I’m not sure why. New recipe. Supposed to be 17 SRM, but seems darker.

 

[BarbarianBrewer]

Brewed a Scottish Wee Heavy Saturday. Hence the double boil. The BK on the grill is for reducing 1.25 gallons down 0.5 gallons. It really adds a wonderful caramel flavor.

 

[GFHomebrew]

Brewed a Scottish Wee Heavy Saturday. Hence the double boil. The BK on the grill is for reducing 1.25 gallons down 0.5 gallons. It really adds a wonderful caramel flavor.
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Very nice I'll have to try that !

 

[BarbarianBrewer]

Very nice I'll have to try that !

This is the recipe I use: https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/239213/traquair-house-style-wee-heavy. Only thing I have to remember for next time is to lower the efficiency due to the high OG. I undershot expected OG by 7 points.

Forgot to mention that you take first runnings for the reduction. The gravity of that portion went from 1.080 (hydrometer) to 1.200 (calculated).

 

[GFHomebrew]

Boils up boil over or no boil over what do you think?

 

[Semper Sitientum]

I’m going with no.

 

[Craigerrr]

Boils up boil over or no boil over what do you think?
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Lots of room there bud!

 

[thunderwagn]

Oh my!

 

[BOB357]

Boils up boil over or no boil over what do you think?
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Time to do some stirring or skimming.

 

[GFHomebrew]

Lots of room there bud!

It's a bit of a novelty for me to see the kettle so full yep I could fit another liter in there !
Maybe that's why I was down on volume...

 

[Tim Bulin]

Dirty Bohemian

 

[Ward Chillington]

Boils up boil over or no boil over what do you think?
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Get a spoon over that thing! The power of the magic wand keeps the bubbles in the kettle!

 

[Craigerrr]

Christmas Ale, two cinnamon sticks crumbled, and 1 oz of fresh ginger added late in the boil, sample tasted real good. Garage smells like Christmas!

 

[Sunfire96]

Halfway through the boil for a munich amber ale (basically a mocktoberfest). I was trying a batch sparge with my BIAB mash today and hit my OG before the boil... oops

 

[GFHomebrew]

Halfway through the boil for a munich amber ale (basically a mocktoberfest). I was trying a batch sparge with my BIAB mash today and hit my OG before the boil... oops
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Big reward for little effort might sold you on sparging eh?

 

[Sunfire96]

Big reward for little effort might sold you on sparging eh?

Haha gotta find that sweet spot between efficiency and easy. I'm glad I switched to BIAB, but only 55% was bumming me out

 

[GFHomebrew]

Haha gotta find that sweet spot between efficiency and easy. I'm glad I switched to BIAB, but only 55% was bumming me out

Yeah I sparge every brew regardless I can count on 83% give or take a point or two brew house. Might as well do something while the wort is comming to the boil too.

 

[Herm brews]

Janet’s Brown Ale is boiling. Based on a lower than expected pre-boil gravity, along with a slightly high pre-boil volume, I am electing to extend my boil time by 10 minutes. I will boil for 70 minutes, starting my hops additions at 60 minutes.

 

[Sunfire96]

Sorry your numbers were out of whack, but sounds like you made a solid plan