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[HVB]

Doh! Wish I lived closer. No Homebrewing people near by that could help you out?

My dad but walking through trouble shooting would not be fun.. Lol

[positiveContact]

finally stopped seeing the pressure go up today so I started the chilling process.  I'm probably going to have to vent these kegs for a bit to get them into reasonable carbonation territory.

[neddles]

What pressure does 40psi @70F convert to at serving temp?

[positiveContact]

What pressure does 40psi @70F convert to at serving temp?

 

plenty!  I'll be able to vent it off though.  I've learned my lesson for next time!

[HVB]

So found my issue... Leaky spunding valve... SOB!

[positiveContact]

So found my issue... Leaky spunding valve... SOB!

 

it was just way better at spunding than you thought

[HVB]

it was just way better at spunding than you thought

LOL.. yes I guess it was.  At least I found the issue tho!

 

After hitting Von Trapp, Alchemist and Hill Farmstead yesterday I guess I have some beer to hold me over till I get the next batch done.

[positiveContact]

LOL.. yes I guess it was.  At least I found the issue tho!

 

After hitting Von Trapp, Alchemist and Hill Farmstead yesterday I guess I have some beer to hold me over till I get the next batch done.

 

quite the day!  did you tour any of them?

[HVB]

quite the day!  did you tour any of them?

No, Von trapp only offers tours on specific days and I am not sure the others even have tours.  I did see John Kimmich and Sean Hill hanging out up at Hill Farmstead yesteday so that was cool.  Also, Memoria ,  Single decocted, Old World German-style helles; lagered in wood for 3 months, and gently carbonated naturally via krausen, was a treat to drink.  Even my wife, not a huge beer drinker, could pick out differences from the Von Trapp helles she had earlier.  Going to a place like that really gets the brewing engine fired up.

[positiveContact]

No, Von trapp only offers tours on specific days and I am not sure the others even have tours.  I did see John Kimmich and Sean Hill hanging out up at Hill Farmstead yesteday so that was cool.  Also, Memoria ,  Single decocted, Old World German-style helles; lagered in wood for 3 months, and gently carbonated naturally via krausen, was a treat to drink.  Even my wife, not a huge beer drinker, could pick out differences from the Von Trapp helles she had earlier.  Going to a place like that really gets the brewing engine fired up.

 

who makes memoria?  von trapp or HF?  sounds really cool.  did you try that natur helles or whatever from von trapp that I'm seeing on their website?

[HVB]

Memoria is Hill. I got two packs of the nature. Had it side by side with the regular and minor differences but that was at dinner so want to try them again.

[positiveContact]

Memoria is Hill. I got two packs of the nature. Had it side by side with the regular and minor differences but that was at dinner so want to try them again.

 

I don't really get why it would be cloudy if they lager it.  my very non-pro beers clear up completely when I lager them.

[HVB]

I don't really get why it would be cloudy if they lager it.  my very non-pro beers clear up completely when I lager them.

If I said cloudy that was a mistake because none of these beers were cloudy.

[positiveContact]

If I said cloudy that was a mistake because none of these beers were cloudy.

 

no you didn't.  I was kind of thinking it was implied by the von trapp website.  The picture looks more hazy/cloudy compared to the other beers:

 

 

https://www.vontrapp...s-and-beers.htm

 

This is Helles in its most natural form. We use colder fermentation and longer lagering times to give this unfiltered lager bready aromatics, a crisp and peppery finish, while maintaining the complexity of our traditional Helles style.

compare the above picture to their normal helles:

 

[HVB]

Odd... The one that I was poured did not look like that but i will have to see what the cans are like.

[positiveContact]

Odd... The one that I was poured did not look like that but i will have to see what the cans are like.

 

I wonder if there will be sediment in the cans.

so back to this thread but this beer is definitely way overcarbed

 

not surprised of course.  I'm going to put spunding valves on both of the kegs now that I have the beer level below the gas tube.

[positiveContact]

powering through some of the settled yeast and trub and the beer is getting nicer by the pint

[HVB]

Nice!!  Power Through!!

 

So the Natur I had last night was hazy, not as bad as that picture but not clear!

[positiveContact]

Nice!!  Power Through!!

 

So the Natur I had last night was hazy, not as bad as that picture but not clear!

 

how was the taste?  my brother recently discovered their vienna lager (he usually enjoys mine) which is another one of my favs from them.

[HVB]

how was the taste?  my brother recently discovered their vienna lager (he usually enjoys mine) which is another one of my favs from them.

Good. A bit softer and more rounded than the regular helles they offer. The Vienna was the other beer I had at their beirhall, so good!!