Hannah!
Hannah's back!
Brewed the first all-grain version of her this afternoon. Efficiency was a bit low, and I'm worried about some astringency issues from possibly too high mash temperatures (I need a new thermometer and a little more patience), but hopefully all will turn out well and result in a comparable version of Dk's summer beer.
Wheat beers being best enjoyed young, I'll plan on a week of fermentation and a week of settling in secondary until bottling, if not a bit longer, depending largely on time/finances.
That goes for the Tripel as well. Strange fermentation characteristics from that beer have calmed down; I had worried of an infection when the beer began to foam heavily in secondary. Hoping I had merely racked into secondary before primary had fully completed, I raised the ambient temperature surrounding the cooler to promote and last minute yeast activity, then moved to another secondary vessel. The same issue there, but much smaller in scale. As soon as I feel fermentation is complete, I'll make the move to bottles. By the way, the Tripel tastes very, very good. As does the Amarillo IPA, which is nearly fully carbonated and now mellowing out in the bottle. I'll have to put some restrictions on myself or else I'm bound to finish them before I know it.
Anyway, look for Rachel next. Until then...
Sam
Brewed the first all-grain version of her this afternoon. Efficiency was a bit low, and I'm worried about some astringency issues from possibly too high mash temperatures (I need a new thermometer and a little more patience), but hopefully all will turn out well and result in a comparable version of Dk's summer beer.
Wheat beers being best enjoyed young, I'll plan on a week of fermentation and a week of settling in secondary until bottling, if not a bit longer, depending largely on time/finances.
That goes for the Tripel as well. Strange fermentation characteristics from that beer have calmed down; I had worried of an infection when the beer began to foam heavily in secondary. Hoping I had merely racked into secondary before primary had fully completed, I raised the ambient temperature surrounding the cooler to promote and last minute yeast activity, then moved to another secondary vessel. The same issue there, but much smaller in scale. As soon as I feel fermentation is complete, I'll make the move to bottles. By the way, the Tripel tastes very, very good. As does the Amarillo IPA, which is nearly fully carbonated and now mellowing out in the bottle. I'll have to put some restrictions on myself or else I'm bound to finish them before I know it.
Anyway, look for Rachel next. Until then...
Sam
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