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RoadRoach said:
That looks pretty good, albeit, perhaps a little bitter for my tastes. I like hoppy, but not bitter, if that makes any sense.
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Makes complete sense. In fact at the beginning of the craft beer boom I thought I didn't like hoppy beers because all the hoppy IPAs I had were very bitter, very dry beers. It wasn't until I tried New Glarus Moon Man (low bitterness and tons of floral hops) did I realize the wide range there is to hoppy beers.
 
Trialben said:
I'm no chilling so I extend the boil for an extra 30mins to account for the extra hop issomerization past when i turn the heat off.
I imagine it takes roughtly half an hour for the boiling wort to drop below 80c a threshold where supposed hop issomerization is reduced meaning less bittering is going on. ;);)
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I read that wrong thinking degrees F while reading Degrees C. I was going to say you have some pretty sweet magic to get wort from 100C (212F) down to 27C (80F). Then I realized that was 80C (176F) and smacked my forehead for nearly jumping that gun and asking a realIy silly question. Then again, your water does go down the drain backward. Every time I've been Down Under, I feel like I'm standing on my head, the sun's coming up in the west, and the water seems to be unscrewing itself to try to come back out of the drain. It's totally bizarre to me to go north to get to warmer climes. Apparently, Coriolis affects humans, too. The missus still gets turned around after living here for 16+ years. Do you stir your wort backward just to utilize coriolis to keep it turning while you add things? o_O

Please stay on the soap box. I learn lots.
 
BarbarianBrewer said:
Makes complete sense. In fact at the beginning of the craft beer boom I thought I didn't like hoppy beers because all the hoppy IPAs I had were very bitter, very dry beers. It wasn't until I tried New Glarus Moon Man (low bitterness and tons of floral hops) did I realize the wide range there is to hoppy beers.
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New Glarus Moon Man? Never had it. Is that similar to Blue Moon? I do like their Spotted Cow, and have done a few batches of a clone of that. Me and the missus call it Stoopid Cow, 'cause it'll make ya pretty stoopid after just a few of them.

I keep trying to sneak up on the bitterness scales to expand my palate to try different things, but when it tastes like a wad of ear wax, no, can't drink that. The first IPA I had turned me completely off on them, and a Guiness Stout at their brewery in Dublin did little to make me want any more of it, regardless of which side of the pond I was on. But am I learning that IBU really isn't just bitterness, but more like a complete measurement of hops flavor as well as bitterness? I became an instant fan of Kona Big Wave. Very hoppy, but not bitter at all. I had a decent success with a knock off, but feel I could have put a little more dry hop in. That used Citra for bittering, Galaxy for aroma, and Galaxy again for dry hop. That was my first foray into dry hopping. I thought I did pretty good but may have misunderstood the way I needed to do the dry hop. I may have left them in too long, reading 5 days as the time at which to add them rather than the time to add them before packaging. Still tasted pretty darn good, though I think the dry hop lost a little of its magic. Did I get that wrong?
 
RoadRoach said:
the sun's coming up in the west
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Indeed, we walk upside down here in the Southern hemisphere, but our sun still rises in the East, and sets in the West.
But it goes via North, instead of South.
So, if you want a sunny garden, you want it facing North :)

I suppose this should actually be in the "random thought" thread, but I couldn't resist
 
RoadRoach said:
I read that wrong thinking degrees F while reading Degrees C. I was going to say you have some pretty sweet magic to get wort from 100C (212F) down to 27C (80F). Then I realized that was 80C (176F) and smacked my forehead for nearly jumping that gun and asking a realIy silly question. Then again, your water does go down the drain backward. Every time I've been Down Under, I feel like I'm standing on my head, the sun's coming up in the west, and the water seems to be unscrewing itself to try to come back out of the drain. It's totally bizarre to me to go north to get to warmer climes. Apparently, Coriolis affects humans, too. The missus still gets turned around after living here for 16+ years. Do you stir your wort backward just to utilize coriolis to keep it turning while you add things? o_O

Please stay on the soap box. I learn lots.
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As long as the sun don't shoot out your backside when your here your half human then lol:D.
Clockwise mate it's all Clockwise actually pretty important for installing your return/Whirlpool arm:).
 
Yeah, nah, she'll be 'right mate. Bob's yer uncle. (said with my best South Alabama/Australian accent). Struth, me missus is tryin' ta make an Aussie of me. But I think she's findin' her efforts are as useful as a chocolate teapot. But she stays flat out like a lizard drinkin trying.

Looks like we're gonna have to forego the Australia Day festivities we had planned. The Germ screwed things up pretty good (again). We all seem to be getting it, one at a time, shots or nots. I think everyone except me has had the shot, but as far as protecting them, it isn't doing much. Half the family has had it now. Fortunately, no one's gone to hospital with it yet, and only one (my eldest step-son's wife) has had any significant difficulties. She said the fatigue was the worst part for her. My youngest granddaughter (who lives with us) had it last week, and it seems to be no worse than a medium range cold with her. She's been up and active and getting out to walk all the neighborhood dogs which she does for a little pocket change. She knows to stay away from other people, though. I think she has keys to half the houses in the neighborhood so she can get to the animals to take care of them. That child knows no strangers. If we let her go somewhere for a weekend, we start getting calls from all the neighbors asking if she's OK because they haven't seen her for a day.

Ennyhoo, pulled and emptied the slurry from the collection ball yesterday, and today, there's a beautiful white layer of yeast back in it about a half inch thick. Very good contrast in that and the stout, so I may be tossing the first slurry, and keeping this to make my next starter from. I'm thinking another chocolate oatmeal stout right behind this one, or maybe a porter of some sort. Something this dark stout won't disagree with, and that needs a good starter from Nottingham yeast. Time to study some recipes.
 
RoadRoach said:
New Glarus Moon Man? Never had it. Is that similar to Blue Moon? I do like their Spotted Cow, and have done a few batches of a clone of that. Me and the missus call it Stoopid Cow, 'cause it'll make ya pretty stoopid after just a few of them.
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According to the New Glarus website, Moon Man is a No-coast Pale Ale that is named after a cat of one of the brewers at New Glarus. So no connection to Blue Moon in origin or flavor. Although the head brewer Dan Carey, loves big IPAs, he says, "If big IPA's were a reaction to bland beer, Moon Man is a reaction to extremism.". They don't say what hops they use, but they do say:
"Finally utilizing 5 varieties of hops, of which three are not commonly used in American style ales. "Moon Man" is dry hopped 2 and a 1/2 times as much as is commonly practiced in dry hopped beer (2.25 pounds per barrel)." That's High Voltage Man and Craigerr territory!
Unfortunately, New Glarus only distributes inside Wisconsin.
 
Brewing a scaled down version of my pilsner
https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/1222957/21l-lager

Spinning up some 34/70 from yesterday's not so blond.
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I'll chill and decant this.
And do a RWS on brew day as a bit of an overnight vitality starter for pitch.
 
I'm kinda behind right now so...going to improvise a bit and brew my Irish Red with some tweaks inspired by @JA's Irish Fling, then recyle the yeast(Notty) for a batch of "Blonde On Blonde" Cream Ale. Trying to stick with ingrediants on hand as I seem to have aquired a bit more inventory than I really need at the moment. Hoping to squeeze in @TheBrewMentor's Amber after that.
 
Zambezi Special said:
Indeed, we walk upside down here in the Southern hemisphere, but our sun still rises in the East, and sets in the West.
But it goes via North, instead of South.
So, if you want a sunny garden, you want it facing North :)

I suppose this should actually be in the "random thought" thread, but I couldn't resist
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Don't fee bad I've been accused of being a bit too ADD to stay-Hey look a squirrel!
 
Up next are 2 easy peasy 15 minute extract recipes, a pale and a brown. Some friends have been asking about getting into brewing and I wanted something stupid easy to make and easy to find ingredients. Not even adding water minerals or irish moss, just campden for the chloramine. I'll be brewing these live on Friday on twitch. The beer names are from the game Fallout: New Vegas lol

https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/1241816/fishbrau-pale

https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/1241820/dirty-penster-brown-ale
 
My next brew I'm looking at brewing something UK origin I've not brewed much English style brew. @Josh Hughes I'm looking at you my man to steer me in the right direction well and @AHarper being a Native kilt wearer:rolleyes:.​
I'll do some homework and post a thread up...
 
Trialben said:
My next brew I'm looking at brewing something UK origin I've not brewed much English style brew. @Josh Hughes I'm looking at you my man to steer me in the right direction well and @AHarper being a Native kilt wearer:rolleyes:.​
I'll do some homework and post a thread up...
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I’ll be following that thread.
2 of my next 4 beers are going to be English styles as well. Bitter/Pale/Best Bitter…something along those lines. Not really sure what the difference is. A few gravity points? Regardless, I’m going to start rather simply: Maris Otter, a little something for color, and probably EKG. Malty and sessionable. Not the easiest thing to pull off if you ask me. I think the key is finding the right yeast and making them happy. I’ve had success with 1469 in the past, so I’ll probably start there. Or 1318.
 
Trialben said:
My next brew I'm looking at brewing something UK origin I've not brewed much English style brew. @Josh Hughes I'm looking at you my man to steer me in the right direction well and @AHarper being a Native kilt wearer:rolleyes:.​
I'll do some homework and post a thread up...
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Indeed
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