Homebrewers - Whats in the fermenter? - Page 2

Shaerza · 05-11-2009, 12:32 PM

Ive got a nut brown kit batch in the secondary right now. I managed to ruin my second batch so I figured I better keep it cheap till i get another batch I dont ruin. My first batch ever tho, was a pretty awesome IPA. Excited to keep going with this.

bigswol2 · 05-11-2009, 02:51 PM

I've made a blackbery cabernet but I haven't tried beer.

kenstogie · 07-13-2009, 07:41 PM

in the past month I've brewed a American Style Pale Ale, a Hefe and a Dunkelweizen. Not sure but What do you think should be next??

SeanGAR · 07-13-2009, 07:47 PM

Kegged an American Brown and APA today.

07-14-2009, 03:51 PM

Waiting to empty a keg so I can free up a fermenter. Any DFW people up for drinking a IIPA, Double Stout, or (not mine) fruit flavored ale?

BeerAdvocate · 07-15-2009, 07:13 AM

I put an American Wheat in the fermenter last night. Im going to transfer to Secondary in a few weeks and add a can of Oregon Raspberry puree, to make a Raspberry Wheat.

kenstogie · 07-15-2009, 09:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BeerAdvocate

I put an American Wheat in the fermenter last night. Im going to transfer to Secondary in a few weeks and add a can of Oregon Raspberry puree, to make a Raspberry Wheat.

Good Choice with the Hefe. Not sure as I am no expert, but aren't the "extras" added in the initial boil?

SeanGAR · 07-15-2009, 11:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kenstogie

Good Choice with the Hefe. Not sure as I am no expert, but aren't the "extras" added in the initial boil?

No, you want to have the flavor remain as intact as possible so you add the fruit after the main fermentation is completed. The canned fruit doesn't need to be boiled as it is already hot filled.

kenstogie · 07-15-2009, 12:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SeanGAR

No, you want to have the flavor remain as intact as possible so you add the fruit after the main fermentation is completed. The canned fruit doesn't need to be boiled as it is already hot filled.

Again I am no expert but am trying to understand. So the canned fruit wouldn't add germs or bacteria and ruin the beer?

SeanGAR · 07-15-2009, 12:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kenstogie

Again I am no expert but am trying to understand. So the canned fruit wouldn't add germs or bacteria and ruin the beer?

Canned fruit is thermally processed in the can to kill anything that could spoil it. It is not as clean as commercially processed green beans, say, because you don't need as long/hot a process because the fruits has low pH, but you still don't need to worry about bacteria or wild yeast in the canned fruit products.

I just clean off the top with soap and water, rinse, open, and pour in.

The processing of the canned fruit can be done 2 ways. One would be to heat up the fruit to 83C or so, can it, seal it, then invert the cans. We call this hot fill. The heat from the hot fruit will kill microorganisms in the can.

The second would be to fill the cans cold, then after heat them so the internal temperature reaches 83 or so. This is similar to the Pasteurization process that they use for beer.

In either case, the fruit is clean enough to use directly even though it has not received a 12D commercial sterilization process.

07-26-2009, 08:31 PM

Bottled a Sierra Nevada Pale Ale clone last weekend, and now trying my first attempt at culturing yeast from this batch and some real deal Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. Kitchen looks like a lab at this point. Was going to just "wash the yeast" in the ferminter but decided to just try and go all out. And since I decided to do that, figured I would try to culture from the real thing too.

Will brew again next weekend if I can get the yeast up and going

. Should be interesting to see how the yeast has adapted to my brewing environment and how far it might stray.

BeerAdvocate · 08-10-2009, 07:12 AM

I started my HopHead IPA this weekend. Its bubbling away in the fermenter and smelling great, I cant wait to dry hop this sucker and bottle it!!

08-13-2009, 01:19 AM

Got an American Bock, conditioning in bottle for one more week.
And a German Celabrator on deck.

Cant wait to start developing my own recipes.

BeerAdvocate · 08-16-2009, 05:33 PM

I dryhopped my IPA today with 2oz of Cascade Leaf Hops!!
I cant wait to drink this sucker in another month!

okieRob · 08-16-2009, 05:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BeerAdvocate

I dryhopped my IPA today with 2oz of Cascade Leaf Hops!!
I cant wait to drink this sucker in another month!

That is some good looking stuff there man

I've only dry hopped with Cascade once but I was really happy with the result. Let us know how it turns out.

- Rob

kaisersozei · 08-17-2009, 12:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BeerAdvocate

I dryhopped my IPA today with 2oz of Cascade Leaf Hops!!
I cant wait to drink this sucker in another month!

Can't wait to hear how this turns out!

FYI, I've found that dry-hopping with pellets works better than whole hops. The outcome of the beer is about the same, but it's a lot easier to get them in & out of the carboy, and to siphon off the beer.

kenstogie · 10-23-2009, 11:06 AM

Havn't seen much love for the Homebrewer thread soooo
Bought all the stuff for a Chocolate Porter. It's a recipe not a kit as I am getting board with off the shelf kits

soooo bought all the stuff.

After purchasing I noticed the biggest expense in the brew was the DME and the LME.
Any suggestions on the best place (ie cheapest) place for such things?

kenstogie · 10-23-2009, 11:07 AM

TAX Trick in NY

Also I was told (in NY anyway or maybe just my county not sure) that....

--If you buy a kit with bottle caps in it you get taxed on the whole kit.
--If you buy a kit without them or just the ingredients you don't. Who knew?

So buy buying the ingredients I saved rouglly 6 bucks, can taylor the brew to my taste and still have leftover grains for the next batch.

kenstogie · 10-23-2009, 11:48 AM

So did some searching on Homebrewtalk.com and found the following info for DME and LME

http://dmemart.com/ cheap and free shipping 11.99-12.99 per 3lb bag DME
www.austinhomebrew.com has good prices generally and has 7.99 flat rate shipping
www.morebeer.com free ship over 59

Here's a more complete list of online stores. I have not ordered from any of them but many form homebrewtalk have.

Online Homebrew Suppliers
Annapolis Homebrew Supply
Annapolis, MD

Austin Homebrew Supply
Austin, TX
Large selection of recipe kits available in extract, mini-mash, and all-grain versions, including many commercial clone kits. Equipment and ingredients also available. Flat shipping.

Beer-Wine.com
Woburn, Massachusetts
I used Beer-Wine.com this week and was very happy with the service and speed of the delivery. I put in a order for some liquid malt extract to test them out and 2 hours after I put in my order online I received a email that it had been shipped, received it on thursday. All this was with the cheapest shipping option. ~ crum

DeFalco's Home Wine & Beer Supply
Houston, TX

Freshops
Philomath, OR
"Purveyor of fine hops, hop oil, and hop rhizomes"

Homebrew Adventures
Charlotte, NC

Homebrewer's Outpost
Flagstaff, AZ

HopTech
Dublin, CA
Hop supplier recommended by HomeBrewTalk users

Michigan Brewing Company
Webbersville, MI

MoreBeer
Concord, CA
Free shipping for orders $59 and over

Midwest Supplies
Minneapolis, MN

Northern Brewer
St. Paul, MN

Williams Brewing Supply
San Leandro, CA

SvilleKid · 03-23-2012, 05:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kenstogie

So did some searching on Homebrewtalk.com and found the following info for DME and LME

http://dmemart.com/ cheap and free shipping 11.99-12.99 per 3lb bag DME
www.austinhomebrew.com has good prices generally and has 7.99 flat rate shipping
www.morebeer.com free ship over 59

Here's a more complete list of online stores. I have not ordered from any of them but many form homebrewtalk have.

Online Homebrew Suppliers
Annapolis Homebrew Supply
Annapolis, MD

Austin Homebrew Supply
Austin, TX
Large selection of recipe kits available in extract, mini-mash, and all-grain versions, including many commercial clone kits. Equipment and ingredients also available. Flat shipping.

Beer-Wine.com
Woburn, Massachusetts
I used Beer-Wine.com this week and was very happy with the service and speed of the delivery. I put in a order for some liquid malt extract to test them out and 2 hours after I put in my order online I received a email that it had been shipped, received it on thursday. All this was with the cheapest shipping option. ~ crum

DeFalco's Home Wine & Beer Supply
Houston, TX

Freshops
Philomath, OR
"Purveyor of fine hops, hop oil, and hop rhizomes"

Homebrew Adventures
Charlotte, NC

Homebrewer's Outpost
Flagstaff, AZ

HopTech
Dublin, CA
Hop supplier recommended by HomeBrewTalk users

Michigan Brewing Company
Webbersville, MI

MoreBeer
Concord, CA
Free shipping for orders $59 and over

Midwest Supplies
Minneapolis, MN

Northern Brewer
St. Paul, MN

Williams Brewing Supply
San Leandro, CA

Anybody have any updates on mail-order and online suppliers for the ingredients? I have access to the equipment, but the local supplier is a 50 mile trip (one-way). At the price of gas and the mileage my old truck gets, that's a good $30 in gas costs alone. I'm thinking I can get the ingredients through the web cheaper and at less shipping costs than $30!

Thanks

05-11-2009, 12:32 PM	#1
Shaerza Weasel Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Dan Location: Toledo Ohio Posts: 201 Trading: (0)	Re: Homebrewers - Whats in the fermeter? Ive got a nut brown kit batch in the secondary right now. I managed to ruin my second batch so I figured I better keep it cheap till i get another batch I dont ruin. My first batch ever tho, was a pretty awesome IPA. Excited to keep going with this.

05-11-2009, 02:51 PM	#2
bigswol2 Feeling at Home Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 534 Trading: (7)	Re: Homebrewers - Whats in the fermeter? I've made a blackbery cabernet but I haven't tried beer.

07-13-2009, 07:41 PM	#3
kenstogie following the whiterabbit Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Albany, NY Posts: 1,325 Trading: (3)	Re: Homebrewers - Whats in the fermeter? in the past month I've brewed a American Style Pale Ale, a Hefe and a Dunkelweizen. Not sure but What do you think should be next??

07-13-2009, 07:47 PM	#4
SeanGAR Crotchety Geezer Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Radford VA Posts: 911 Trading: (3)	Re: Homebrewers - Whats in the fermeter? Kegged an American Brown and APA today. __________________ How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?

07-14-2009, 03:51 PM	#5
SchizoFilly Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Homebrewers - Whats in the fermeter? Waiting to empty a keg so I can free up a fermenter. Any DFW people up for drinking a IIPA, Double Stout, or (not mine) fruit flavored ale?

07-15-2009, 07:13 AM	#6
BeerAdvocate BeerHunter Join Date: Mar 2009 First Name: Travis Location: Topeka, KS Posts: 1,912 Trading: (45)	Re: Homebrewers - Whats in the fermeter? I put an American Wheat in the fermenter last night. Im going to transfer to Secondary in a few weeks and add a can of Oregon Raspberry puree, to make a Raspberry Wheat. __________________ *I Brew the Beer I Drink*

07-26-2009, 08:31 PM	#11
Yote Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Homebrewers - Whats in the fermeter? Bottled a Sierra Nevada Pale Ale clone last weekend, and now trying my first attempt at culturing yeast from this batch and some real deal Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. Kitchen looks like a lab at this point. Was going to just "wash the yeast" in the ferminter but decided to just try and go all out. And since I decided to do that, figured I would try to culture from the real thing too. Will brew again next weekend if I can get the yeast up and going . Should be interesting to see how the yeast has adapted to my brewing environment and how far it might stray.

08-10-2009, 07:12 AM	#12
BeerAdvocate BeerHunter Join Date: Mar 2009 First Name: Travis Location: Topeka, KS Posts: 1,912 Trading: (45)	Re: Homebrewers - Whats in the fermeter? I started my HopHead IPA this weekend. Its bubbling away in the fermenter and smelling great, I cant wait to dry hop this sucker and bottle it!! __________________ *I Brew the Beer I Drink*

08-13-2009, 01:19 AM	#13
Bluce Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Homebrewers - Whats in the fermeter? Got an American Bock, conditioning in bottle for one more week. And a German Celabrator on deck. Cant wait to start developing my own recipes.

10-23-2009, 11:06 AM	#17
kenstogie following the whiterabbit Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Albany, NY Posts: 1,325 Trading: (3)	Re: Homebrewers - Whats in the fermeter? Havn't seen much love for the Homebrewer thread soooo Bought all the stuff for a Chocolate Porter. It's a recipe not a kit as I am getting board with off the shelf kits soooo bought all the stuff. After purchasing I noticed the biggest expense in the brew was the DME and the LME. Any suggestions on the best place (ie cheapest) place for such things? __________________ I intend to live forever. So far, so good.

10-23-2009, 11:07 AM	#18
kenstogie following the whiterabbit Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Albany, NY Posts: 1,325 Trading: (3)	Re: Homebrewers - Whats in the fermeter? TAX Trick in NY Also I was told (in NY anyway or maybe just my county not sure) that.... --If you buy a kit with bottle caps in it you get taxed on the whole kit. --If you buy a kit without them or just the ingredients you don't. Who knew? So buy buying the ingredients I saved rouglly 6 bucks, can taylor the brew to my taste and still have leftover grains for the next batch. __________________ I intend to live forever. So far, so good.

10-23-2009, 11:48 AM	#19
kenstogie following the whiterabbit Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Albany, NY Posts: 1,325 Trading: (3)	Re: Homebrewers - Whats in the fermeter? So did some searching on Homebrewtalk.com and found the following info for DME and LME http://dmemart.com/ cheap and free shipping 11.99-12.99 per 3lb bag DME www.austinhomebrew.com has good prices generally and has 7.99 flat rate shipping www.morebeer.com free ship over 59 Here's a more complete list of online stores. I have not ordered from any of them but many form homebrewtalk have. Online Homebrew Suppliers Annapolis Homebrew Supply Annapolis, MD Austin Homebrew Supply Austin, TX Large selection of recipe kits available in extract, mini-mash, and all-grain versions, including many commercial clone kits. Equipment and ingredients also available. Flat shipping. Beer-Wine.com Woburn, Massachusetts I used Beer-Wine.com this week and was very happy with the service and speed of the delivery. I put in a order for some liquid malt extract to test them out and 2 hours after I put in my order online I received a email that it had been shipped, received it on thursday. All this was with the cheapest shipping option. ~ crum DeFalco's Home Wine & Beer Supply Houston, TX Freshops Philomath, OR "Purveyor of fine hops, hop oil, and hop rhizomes" Homebrew Adventures Charlotte, NC Homebrewer's Outpost Flagstaff, AZ HopTech Dublin, CA Hop supplier recommended by HomeBrewTalk users Michigan Brewing Company Webbersville, MI MoreBeer Concord, CA Free shipping for orders $59 and over Midwest Supplies Minneapolis, MN Northern Brewer St. Paul, MN Williams Brewing Supply San Leandro, CA __________________ I intend to live forever. So far, so good.