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by Wonkydonkey
Fri Apr 13, 2018 9:01 pm
Forum: Grain Brewing
Topic: Adding coffee to a porter
Replies: 11
Views: 3499

Re: Adding coffee to a porter

I too brewed a breakfast stout, I put in 50 g (ground stuff) right at the end of the boil, I also put some cold steeped 40g in 1/2 lt in the Fr. As a well as coco nibs. I’d say it was a bit to coffeefide, but after the first one it taste good @ 8.5% abv Cold steeping is meant to be a smoother taste/...
by Wonkydonkey
Sat Apr 07, 2018 7:56 am
Forum: Grain Brewing
Topic: Melanoidin malt
Replies: 4
Views: 1640

Re: Melanoidin malt

Not that I’ve heard of. Like most special malts its all about percentages in a beer

https://bsgcraftbrewing.com/weyermann-melanoidin-25-kg
by Wonkydonkey
Fri Mar 23, 2018 7:08 pm
Forum: Extract Brewing
Topic: Out of date LME
Replies: 8
Views: 4532

Re: Out of date LME

Bit late replying, but beer is beer when times are hard. Good or bad..I’m not the person throw or chuck just cos of a bbe date.. anyhow, I’d use it in what ever I was brewing as a use it up thing, but I would make sure it gets to a boiling point.. just to kill off any clingers.
by Wonkydonkey
Mon Mar 05, 2018 8:57 pm
Forum: Hops
Topic: Hop Growing Advice
Replies: 6
Views: 3689

Re: Hop Growing Advice

Yes they are invasive, but some peeps grow them in big planters, or dustbins
by Wonkydonkey
Sun Mar 04, 2018 11:36 pm
Forum: Grain Brewing
Topic: how to add peaches ?
Replies: 10
Views: 5584

Re: how to add peaches ?

Yep, your still here John Luc

We all love a tickle of that cyanide, can you send a few stones in the post, I prefer to smoke,um.
by Wonkydonkey
Thu Mar 01, 2018 2:41 am
Forum: Malts and Grits
Topic: Oats
Replies: 11
Views: 7354

Re: Oats

by Wonkydonkey
Fri Feb 16, 2018 10:08 am
Forum: Hops
Topic: Santiam Hops
Replies: 5
Views: 2864

Re: Santiam Hops

Took some time to get going, not the quickest or the strongest grower, and on some yrs not every yr thou, it get some sort of wilt, where the leaves go brown and crispy, it really stunts it. Other than that, it makes a nice single hop brew. And last yr the wind blew my hops stand over, :shock: I hav...
by Wonkydonkey
Fri Feb 16, 2018 10:05 am
Forum: Hops
Topic: Santiam Hops
Replies: 5
Views: 2864

Re: Santiam Hops

I've got one, I've had it 3 or 4 yrs
by Wonkydonkey
Fri Feb 16, 2018 6:17 am
Forum: Brewing Liquor
Topic: Another Salifert question
Replies: 27
Views: 8713

Re: Another Salifert question

What have I stumbled on here..two different guys who understand water but in different ways, err I think this is brewing school, But, like maths, there can be more than one way to get the same answer. And I think it has been said somewhere before on more than one occasion,KISS. even if you think kis...
by Wonkydonkey
Sun Feb 11, 2018 10:31 pm
Forum: Grain Brewing
Topic: hops in mash
Replies: 7
Views: 2493

Re: hops in mash

Good read on the link wolfenrock, it explains it better than the guy in the shop did.
by Wonkydonkey
Sun Feb 11, 2018 10:24 pm
Forum: Grain Brewing
Topic: hops in mash
Replies: 7
Views: 2493

Re: hops in mash

Lee1, I think we are on the same page. :wink: It was like a bag of crushed grain and all these like flakes of hops in, I asked about the bag (the bag had a name like bills big ale) the guy replied all you do is mash the grain @65/66c drain and boil wort, or if you do brewin baggy type thing. Mash pu...
by Wonkydonkey
Thu Feb 08, 2018 8:11 pm
Forum: Grain Brewing
Topic: hops in mash
Replies: 7
Views: 2493

Re: hops in mash

I've seen it in a bag in a homebrew shop, asked the guy and he said, it's all the all you have to do is mash the grain and the boil the wort... I thought wtf..and that's it. I to would like to know the benefits of mash hops. I understand first wort hops and it works nicely..
Cheers
by Wonkydonkey
Mon Feb 05, 2018 9:12 pm
Forum: Brewing Equipment
Topic: Immersion chiller, think ill go back to no chill
Replies: 29
Views: 8398

Re: Immersion chiller, think ill go back to no chill

I do slow flow at first, it gets me hot water into a cooler for later cleaning duties. Then faster into the fv, for warmer water to wash the fv with oxi/washing soda. Then just turn it up and allow wort to cool, with the added agitation of wort with the IC (stoping stratification) it works ok for me...
by Wonkydonkey
Mon Feb 05, 2018 9:01 pm
Forum: Hops
Topic: Can I use old hops stored in the garage for dry hopping?
Replies: 14
Views: 5294

Re: Can I use old hops stored in the garage for dry hopping?

Or you could split off a gallon or less in to a DJ and dry hop that, then you will wish you had done the whole batch or glad you only done a gallon
by Wonkydonkey
Mon Feb 05, 2018 8:49 pm
Forum: Brewing Equipment
Topic: What makes wort corrosive?
Replies: 4
Views: 1542

Re: What makes wort corrosive?

Depending on your brewing methods, it can have an effect if and when you add acids IE, hard water,, crs= sulphuric and hydrochlorice acid, I was half asleep early one mornin,,,,, forgot to add acid in the plastic bucket and added to the kettle while heating.....the said sulphuric did not care what i...