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by ingo
Sun Jun 21, 2020 10:01 am
Forum: Beer Recipes
Topic: The marmalade in Fullers
Replies: 35
Views: 16531

Re: The marmalade in Fullers

Recently made a strong pale ale:

OG 1.065
50/50 TF mild malt/ pale malt 75 min, 2.75 l/kg @67°C
45 IBU EKG @ FWH (~3g/l)
13 IBU EKG @ Whirlpool (~5 g/l)
1 g/l EKG in the fermenter @ start
WLP026
It's still fermenting, now at 73%
It tastes, it smells, it's all marmelade.

Ingo
by ingo
Thu Jun 04, 2020 11:16 am
Forum: Hops
Topic: Dry hopping, terminology confusion.
Replies: 10
Views: 4811

Re: Dry hopping, terminology confusion.

Which sets me to wondering whether you'd get the same behaviour with T90s? Yes. Hop is dried carefully and the dryer they (and also malts) are the less the influence of temperature is on enzymes/proteins. 60°C would not denaturate the enzymes. Simple test, cold wort & yeast with added pellets ferme...
by ingo
Sat May 16, 2020 11:45 am
Forum: Hops
Topic: Dry hopping, terminology confusion.
Replies: 10
Views: 4811

Re: Dry hopping, terminology confusion.

McMullan wrote:
Sat May 16, 2020 11:00 am
relatively dry beer vs sweet wort, if you see what I mean.
I see.

Ingo
by ingo
Sat May 16, 2020 7:31 am
Forum: Hops
Topic: Dry hopping, terminology confusion.
Replies: 10
Views: 4811

Re: Dry hopping, terminology confusion.

The wet hops, fresh hops or indeed green hops are not the problem. In my first brew ever in the late seventies I used fresh hops as that was what I could get, from mom's garden :) It's more about the dry part. I thought dry in dry hopping comes from drying out a beer by adding hops near the end of f...
by ingo
Fri May 15, 2020 12:05 pm
Forum: Hops
Topic: Dry hopping, terminology confusion.
Replies: 10
Views: 4811

Dry hopping, terminology confusion.

Dry hopping. Recently I read a blog by Allegash brewing where they explained dry vs. wet hopping. Using older dried hops vs. fresh wet hops. It got me confused as I'm under the impression that the meaning of dry hopping is completely different. Dry hopping is adding hops, regardless of their state, ...
by ingo
Mon Apr 27, 2020 10:20 am
Forum: Brewdays
Topic: SEYMOUR MERIDIAN HOP TRIAL
Replies: 10
Views: 5646

Re: SEYMOUR MERIDIAN HOP TRIAL

Decoction always gives a little bit higher efficiency, but the bigger difference you see may be due to the rising of the gelatinization temperature of the starches in barley over the last couple of years. At least that is what we see in Europe. It is probably caused by the rise in temperature and th...
by ingo
Fri Nov 15, 2019 8:15 am
Forum: Yeast
Topic: Brewing alcohol free
Replies: 125
Views: 37873

Re: Brewing alcohol free

… One thing I've been looking for but have not found yet is what is the sugar composition of a cold extracted wort. … Doesn't go down to "cold" but does go down to 45C. May be not what you're looking for (and you may have it?), but I do know you like this sort of stuff and I'm finding it pretty int...
by ingo
Wed Oct 23, 2019 7:23 am
Forum: Yeast
Topic: Brewing alcohol free
Replies: 125
Views: 37873

Re: Brewing alcohol free

saccharomycodes lugwigii is every now and then made available to home brewers by Weihenstephan through the German hobby brewing forum. One thing I've been looking for but have not found yet is what is the sugar composition of a cold extracted wort. Malting is not the same as a hot mash? How about sa...
by ingo
Mon Oct 07, 2019 1:34 pm
Forum: Beer Recipes
Topic: 'Hot Summer' Porter
Replies: 0
Views: 2719

'Hot Summer' Porter

Brewn for autumn in a hot summer week in August, uncontrolled fermentation with Kveik, temperatures during the days where in the thirty+°C range and didn't drop below 25°C at night. Fermentation was done in three days, keged it on day 5. OG 1060 IBU 43 EBC 82 Mash 75 min @67°C 62,5% Pale malt (Holla...
by ingo
Fri Oct 04, 2019 10:19 am
Forum: Kit Brewing
Topic: Experimenting With Cheap Kits
Replies: 9
Views: 3703

Re: Experimenting With Cheap Kits

Are you suggesting that I could get 2kg of liquid malt extract add some hops and choose a yeast and potentially make a nice brew? Yes. It gets as good as the quality of the LME, or DME. Tot create these both, quite a lot of energy is put in the starting wort so the products will get darker than a b...
by ingo
Wed Oct 02, 2019 11:03 am
Forum: Kit Brewing
Topic: Experimenting With Cheap Kits
Replies: 9
Views: 3703

Re: Experimenting With Cheap Kits

If you want to double the kit, with the same amount of water I assume, use the double amount of yeast. As you are thinking about LME, why start with a kit and not mix your own with LME? Easy variations are, dry hopping, different yeasts, maybe add a candy syrup instead of plain sugar (turn a pale la...
by ingo
Wed Oct 02, 2019 10:52 am
Forum: Cleaning, Sanitation and Sterilisation
Topic: Clean-in-place Spray Ball - ANY Fermenter/Keg
Replies: 54
Views: 20173

Re: Clean-in-place Spray Ball - ANY Fermenter/Keg

I use cold water + NaOH, while in use the temperature slowly rises to about 50°C, in about half an hour, due to the pump and the friction in the spray ball. So I give it some rest after two cornies.
by ingo
Tue Oct 01, 2019 9:55 pm
Forum: Cleaning, Sanitation and Sterilisation
Topic: Starsan Discontinued ?
Replies: 36
Views: 16830

Re: Starsan Discontinued ?

I know. There's an interesting paper from 2010 that describes the EU guidelines versus reality.

If everything was as bad as 'advertised' there would have been no humanity.