Homebrewers - Whats in the fermenter?

[Salvelinus]

Originally Posted by rack04

I will cold crash at 38 degrees F for 2 days prior to kegging. It usually takes about 3-4 hours for my wort temp to drop from 65 degrees F to 38 degrees F. I feel this helps settle all of the solid particles and provide a clearer beer.

Quick drop. I think I can achieve that pretty well in my fridge. Giving it a shot with the next batch to hit the keg.

Recipe for that Citra Pale? Trying to get my hands on a pound of Citra in a couple of days.

[Mikes]

Originally Posted by Salvelinus

Quick drop. I think I can achieve that pretty well in my fridge. Giving it a shot with the next batch to hit the keg.

Recipe for that Citra Pale? Trying to get my hands on a pound of Citra in a couple of days.

I will post it up asap. I do mini-mash kits....so if you do AG you might have to convert it. Also do a dry hop that the recipe does not call for ;o).

[rack04]

Originally Posted by Salvelinus

Quick drop. I think I can achieve that pretty well in my fridge. Giving it a shot with the next batch to hit the keg.

Recipe for that Citra Pale? Trying to get my hands on a pound of Citra in a couple of days.

Beware of suck back from the airlock or blowoff. Dropping temp creates a vacuum and for those people who have an elevated blowoff this could create a siphon. I use a S-style airlock and I noticed last night that the sanitizer solution froze before the wort reached 38 degrees.

[Mikes]

Originally Posted by rack04

Beware of suck back from the airlock or blowoff. Dropping temp creates a vacuum and for those people who have an elevated blowoff this could create a siphon. I use a S-style airlock and I noticed last night that the sanitizer solution froze before the wort reached 38 degrees.

How bout using vodka and not the san solution so there is no worries about freezing? ;o)

[rack04]

Originally Posted by Mikes

How bout using vodka and not the san solution so there is no worries about freezing? ;o)

I don't usually have vodka on hand but I'm not too worried because once the wort reaches the temperature set point the freezer turns off and the sanitizer thaws.

[Mikes]

Originally Posted by Salvelinus

Quick drop. I think I can achieve that pretty well in my fridge. Giving it a shot with the next batch to hit the keg.

Recipe for that Citra Pale? Trying to get my hands on a pound of Citra in a couple of days.

Better late than never. Went over today to keg and remembered to pick up the recipe sheet:

Mini mash:

1/2 lb Crystal 75L Malt
2 Lb 2-Row Malt
1/2 Lb Munich Malt
1/2 Lb Cara Pils Malt

You know the drill...155 deg for 45 min then sparge with 170 deg water. Approx 1 qt of sparge water for every 2 Lb of grain

5 Lb of Extra Pale ALe Extract

Bittering hops 1 oz Citra 60 min

Flavor hops 1 oz Citra 15 min

Aroma hops 1 oz Citra 5 min

White Labs California Ale V 051 or Weast American AleII (I use WL)

Final Gravity should be appx 1.013

I dry hop after the primary in the keg with another 1 oz of Citra. This time one keg had the pellet Citra the other had 1 oz of whole leaf Simco hops. We will see what a difference it makes ;o). One thing is for sure the whole leaf hops float like a mother....I thought I used enough marbles to weig them down but it was only enough to make the hop bag look like a bobber lmao.

[RWhisenand]

Started drinking a porter we brewed about three monthe ago. Now that it has some age one it it is flat out wonderful!

[Salvelinus]

Originally Posted by Mikes

Better late than never. Went over today to keg and remembered to pick up the recipe sheet:

Mini mash:

1/2 lb Crystal 75L Malt
2 Lb 2-Row Malt
1/2 Lb Munich Malt
1/2 Lb Cara Pils Malt

You know the drill...155 deg for 45 min then sparge with 170 deg water. Approx 1 qt of sparge water for every 2 Lb of grain

5 Lb of Extra Pale ALe Extract

Bittering hops 1 oz Citra 60 min

Flavor hops 1 oz Citra 15 min

Aroma hops 1 oz Citra 5 min

White Labs California Ale V 051 or Weast American AleII (I use WL)

Final Gravity should be appx 1.013

I dry hop after the primary in the keg with another 1 oz of Citra. This time one keg had the pellet Citra the other had 1 oz of whole leaf Simco hops. We will see what a difference it makes ;o). One thing is for sure the whole leaf hops float like a mother....I thought I used enough marbles to weig them down but it was only enough to make the hop bag look like a bobber lmao.

Thanks! My pound of citra should be in this week. Some citra single hops are definitely in the works.