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#1 Bklmt2000

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Posted 30 September 2017 - 03:49 PM

Grist:

 

10 lbs Pils (50/50 Weyermann/Avangard)

 

1lb roasted barley

 

1lb crystal (50/50 C-40/C-60)

 

1lb flaked barley

 

Hops:

 

2 oz Pilgrim (bittering) to ~50 IBUs

 

2 oz First Gold: 1 oz (20 min boil) and 1 oz (5 min boil), to ~18 IBUs

 

US-05 is handling the heavy lifting in the primary. 

 

And, thanks to Bru'n water, I added some chalk to this batch, and I think it did something nice.  When I took a taste of the first runnings, they tasted fantastic; much better than other stouts i've made in recent years.

 

This one will go on nitro in a month, and I've got high hopes for it.



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Posted 30 September 2017 - 08:23 PM

nice looking stout

 

doing a big fat stout stout soon too



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Posted 01 October 2017 - 03:53 AM

Grist:

 

10 lbs Pils (50/50 Weyermann/Avangard)

 

1lb roasted barley

 

1lb crystal (50/50 C-40/C-60)

 

1lb flaked barley

 

Hops:

 

2 oz Pilgrim (bittering) to ~50 IBUs

 

2 oz First Gold: 1 oz (20 min boil) and 1 oz (5 min boil), to ~18 IBUs

 

US-05 is handling the heavy lifting in the primary. 

 

And, thanks to Bru'n water, I added some chalk to this batch, and I think it did something nice.  When I took a taste of the first runnings, they tasted fantastic; much better than other stouts i've made in recent years.

 

This one will go on nitro in a month, and I've got high hopes for it.

 

I stopped using chalk b/c I was told it was not effective at raising pH.  is there some new information here?  or maybe you just like the taste it added to the beer?  when I need to raise pH I use baking soda now.  adds some sodium but it is very effective at doing its job.



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Posted 01 October 2017 - 01:16 PM

I stopped using chalk b/c I was told it was not effective at raising pH.  is there some new information here?  or maybe you just like the taste it added to the beer?  when I need to raise pH I use baking soda now.  adds some sodium but it is very effective at doing its job.

 

I've used chalk to various extents over my time as a homebrewer (16+ years), and always for porters/stouts.

 

Bru'n water calculated what I needed to add, and I used a jeweler's scale to weigh out what I needed to within 0.001 g of what I needed.

 

I weighed out the chalk in large pieces, then ground them to a fine powder, and added the ground chalk to the mashtun on brewday before adding my strike water.

 

When I mashed in, the mash looked and smelled terrific, and as I mentioned in the OP, the wort tasted better than most other stout worts i've made: malt sweetness, some caramel, and the roast was definitely noticeable, but smoother/not as harsh as I've noticed in other non-chalked stouts.

 

I will post back with results/tasting notes when this one gets kegged and tapped.




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