Need Recipe.........winner gets some
Sounds like a deal. I'm sure you can figure out what to do with them.
I've been getting the 1/2 & 1# deals at Midwest. Half a pound of 12.2% Columbus goes a long way.
thats a pretty good deal on that much hops. I wouldnt need that much at one time, but if you can brew that much it would be a good cash saver
I'll be freezing it and if I decide to sell some a there's a local homebrew club I'm sure I can see some to. I thought of selling half of it. Maybe.
DC
DC, 48oz is only 16 - 5-1/2gal batches, w/ 3oz/batch.
At $1/oz, I'd put them in the freezer.
Or, in your case, just put 'em in a steel box & leave them on the deck until, oh say, June. 
Well Day two of fermentation of grizzly ale resulted in aorlock getting blown off of carboy, beer filling bottom of fridge and actually dripping into puddle onto floor. I used fermcap or whatever it's called but it didn't keep the krausen down. looked at airlock and nice layer of trub plugged botton hole. Beer was all over the side wall of fridge. Most likely it is ruined now. It happened overnight and no action when I found it like that. Replace airlock and it is still fermenting but I expect it to be a dumped batch. Will make again if needed but only a 4 gallon batch. Pissed me off as I was really looking forward to this one.
Those of you who have used fermcap, when did you add it? I used it on a stout and it worked fine. only difference this time is I added it before krausen had formed while in stout I added it when krausen had already formed. Does adding it too soon negate the fermcap?
I used 2 drops per gallon.
DC
I dont quite understand why this batch is ruined? You may have lost a little volume, but exposed beer overnight is not the end of the world. A blowoff tube would probably be a good idea, but even just sanitized foil is OK for the rest of your violent ferm. Within a couple days when it dies down, then put your airlock back on. The batch should be fine though. Taste it.
Let it ride. Even if you tasted it now I think it would be too soon to know if it was ruined or not.
I add my Fermcap to the kettle just as my wort is starting to boil and usually that's all I need.
I just though exposed openy to room air usually results in spoiled beer. maybe not. Fermentation has slowed so will check flavor when I transfer to secondary in a week. thanks for the replys.
DC
Hey, SafAle S-04 is one of the fastest on the git go out there.
Blow off tube mandatory, over 1.050.
It'll be fine. RDWHAHB
If it makes any difference, I'll forgo my sixpack, due to the blowoff.
Brewski wrote:
Hey, SafAle S-04 is one of the fastest on the git go out there.
Blow off tube mandatory, over 1.050.
It'll be fine. RDWHAHB
If it makes any difference, I'll forgo my sixpack, due to the blowoff.
No, you're getting some but I want to be sure it's good. I put level at 5.5 gallons in a 6 gallon carboy. Did the same for a stout I made and didn't have a problem with it. So going down to 4 gallons from now on. I'll be making a Dunkleweizen today or tomorrow:
recipe:
3 pds wheat DME
.25 pds 40L Crystal
.25 pds caraf special type 1
.5 pds munich
.5 pds wheat malt
.25 pds sugar
.4 oz mt hood hops
WLP 300 yeast
1.050
1.012
14 IBU
Wanted hallerteau hops but they wanted 8 bucks for an ounce. No way.
mt hood is a replacement on charts.
Also wanted type 2 caraf but they didn't have it.
recipe didn't call for additional wheat malt but the DME was only 55% wheat so I added the extra wheat.don't know if it will make a difference.
recipe is for 3 gallons. never had a dunkle before.
DC