Lawn Darts...an in experiment sugars. how very scientific.
Mine isn't carbonating worth a squat.
really, brewski? no carbonation? intersting...
methinks a bit now on this experiment, if brewchez gets low carbonation, we may have found us something. i figured my carbonation issues were of my own making, insufficient blending of the priming sugar or inadequate tightness witht he caps. mayhap it is a result of the yeast or an unexpected bi-product of the malt-to-sugar ratio?
brewchez, i did a regualr 5-gallon batch with primary in a glass carboy (i can't help but want to watch, voyeur i guess). the initial stages of fermentation would best be described as vigorous. it was quite a thing to see. i lost the most amount due to blow off with this batch then i had ever previously. i am interested to hear how high your krausen line went in the bucket with that half batch.
K, I have achieved a descent level of carbonation. At least descent enough to chill and drink one.
Drum roll please.
No bananas, first of all. So I think Krauses corn sugar is the root of his evils. It weighs in on the Lovibond at I'd say around a 7. Mild hoppy aroma but the molasses is the front and center sent. Very crisp taste. But I think you'd have to know that molasses was used in order to peg the flavor. I think the Saaz gave the brew just enough zing to compliment the molasseses zang. All in all I say 2 thumbs up. I may just have to use molasses in a more complex recipe and I think I'll brew this again with maybe a slightly stronger hop.
Mine is bottled and carbonating.
At first pass the beer tasts crisp and the brown sugar notes are there. If I didn't know it was brown sugar, I would maybe suspect it as an off flavor. I suspect is sort of a muted molasses type flavor that brewskinewbski is getting.
We'll see how the flavor lifts when its carbed up.
As fro krausen line, so I filled the carboy to the 2.5 gallon mark, and my krasen rose to just above 4.5 gallon mark, not bad. I suppose that was a vigorous ferment then.
so maybe my banana lament is due to temperature of conditioning or the corn sugar in the recipe.
i am going to brew this again using the molasses and see how it develops.
I think I am gonna try a half batch with honey and a half batch with maple.
i was waiting to see when you were going to try the honey....
I wasn't going to say anything, but it was only a matter of time.
I LIKE HONEY................. OK!?!?!?!
I may even split a batch and try one with a light clover honey and one with a dark buckwheat honey.
Personally, I think its great. Its great to know that this board has someone with so much honey experience, and someone that is actually experimenting with different honeys too.
Definately an asset to the board.