[Andy Farke]

Kegged a festbier and a Czech dark lager yesterday. Will hopefully keg an American IPA today.

[jeffy]

I am as close to being out of beer as ever right now. I brewed a Belgian Pale Ale last week and today an English Bitter.
I also put together a passion fruit mead and put an Orval wanna be into bottles with brett a couple weeks ago, so soon I will be back to beer wealth.

[fredthecat]

I am as close to being out of beer as ever right now. I brewed a Belgian Pale Ale last week and today an English Bitter.
I also put together a passion fruit mead and put an Orval wanna be into bottles with brett a couple weeks ago, so soon I will be back to beer wealth.

the past two years ive had this thing where i do one very big beer out of every 3 or 4 batches. im improving it procedurally nowadays since they take longer to get good and you sort of dont get the payback as quickly as a 5% strength beer, but it is better "value" for active time put in in a way.

im also at the stage of learning not to make them "BIG" just for the sake of being big, and that at least in my experience - the higher the alcohol the slower the effect of oak on the beer over time(?). at least thats what i perceived, the big (over 10% ABV) beers being less oaky than i had expected

[purduekenn]

I'm gearing up to brew 11 gal of Denny Kong this week. Hops alone cost over $100, so hope I don't dickchimp it.

That's a lot for hops but it should be a great beer! I'm planning on brewing a Denny Kong soon with a smaller batch and I'll probably won't do the dip hoping from the recipe.

[denny]

I'm gearing up to brew 11 gal of Denny Kong this week. Hops alone cost over $100, so hope I don't dickchimp it.

That's a lot for hops but it should be a great beer! I'm planning on brewing a Denny Kong soon with a smaller batch and I'll probably won't do the dip hoping from the recipe.

I doubt I'll do the dip hopping. Probably use WP instead.

[purduekenn]

I'm gearing up to brew 11 gal of Denny Kong this week. Hops alone cost over $100, so hope I don't dickchimp it.

That's a lot for hops but it should be a great beer! I'm planning on brewing a Denny Kong soon with a smaller batch and I'll probably won't do the dip hoping from the recipe.

I doubt I'll do the dip hopping. Probably use WP instead.
Whirlpool for me too!

[chinaski]

I'm gearing up to brew 11 gal of Denny Kong this week. Hops alone cost over $100, so hope I don't dickchimp it.

That's a lot for hops but it should be a great beer! I'm planning on brewing a Denny Kong soon with a smaller batch and I'll probably won't do the dip hoping from the recipe.

Remind me about dip hopping- it that putting hops into the wort for some period of time and then removing them?  Done during the boil or a hop stand or during fermentation?

[denny]

I'm gearing up to brew 11 gal of Denny Kong this week. Hops alone cost over $100, so hope I don't dickchimp it.

That's a lot for hops but it should be a great beer! I'm planning on brewing a Denny Kong soon with a smaller batch and I'll probably won't do the dip hoping from the recipe.

Remind me about dip hopping- it that putting hops into the wort for some period of time and then removing them?  Done during the boil or a hop stand or during fermentation?

You can use either wort or water. About 170F. Add hops to make a slurry, steep for a while, add to fermenter.

[ynotbrusum]

I'm gearing up to brew 11 gal of Denny Kong this week. Hops alone cost over $100, so hope I don't dickchimp it.

That's a lot for hops but it should be a great beer! I'm planning on brewing a Denny Kong soon with a smaller batch and I'll probably won't do the dip hoping from the recipe.

Remind me about dip hopping- it that putting hops into the wort for some period of time and then removing them?  Done during the boil or a hop stand or during fermentation?

  And at the homebrew level - don't remove them (as I understand it, though commercial brewers may differ in their practices, since the dip hopping is done with hot wort that then goes to the fermenter and may be filtered).

[fredthecat]

https://byo.com/article/dip-hopping/

japan has really made some interesting advances in food science people have forgotten about. lol including HFCS for better or worse its a fascinating thing

[chinaski]

I'm gearing up to brew 11 gal of Denny Kong this week. Hops alone cost over $100, so hope I don't dickchimp it.

That's a lot for hops but it should be a great beer! I'm planning on brewing a Denny Kong soon with a smaller batch and I'll probably won't do the dip hoping from the recipe.

Remind me about dip hopping- it that putting hops into the wort for some period of time and then removing them?  Done during the boil or a hop stand or during fermentation?

You can use either wort or water. About 170F. Add hops to make a slurry, steep for a while, add to fermenter.

Thanks Denny.  I'm guessing that this is done on brew day before fermentation starts?  I'm also guessing that a hop stand in the same temp range might yield the same results at the homebrew scale?

[HopDen]

Vienna Lager 2.0
48.4% Best Malz Vienna Pils
25.6% Bonlander Munich 10
25.6% Munich 20
0.3% Midnight Wheat
Hallertauer Mitt. 60/25/5 26IBU
S-189 @52*

Trying Brewtan B for the first time. Boil Addition.

[goose]

Gonna be brewing my Kolsch on Monday.  Haven't made this beer in a long time.  I modified the recipe and am interested in how it will turn out.

[fredthecat]

tomorrow making a porter

67% 2row
10% DME
9% cane sugar
6% simpsons chocolate malt
5% simp brown malt
3% crystal 120

1.071OG
escarpment irish ale yeast
40 IBU

putting it on used barrel pieces for a while then preparing it for about christmas time

[HopDen]

tomorrow making a porter

67% 2row
10% DME
9% cane sugar
6% simpsons chocolate malt
5% simp brown malt
3% crystal 120

1.071OG
escarpment irish ale yeast
40 IBU

putting it on used barrel pieces for a while then preparing it for about christmas time

Are these the barrel pieces that you were going to toast? IIRC you had posted a few weeks(?) back about toasting barrel pieces. If so def let us know how they worked for you.