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[Gusso]

Kegged it up today. Just waiting for my replacement kegerator to arrive tomorrow.

[Gusso]

Damn, that recipe is so good. Been hitting the keg hard tonight. Brewed 2 weeks ago and smooth as silk.

[positiveContact]

Damn, that recipe is so good. Been hitting the keg hard tonight. Brewed 2 weeks ago and smooth as silk.

 

yeah, it's danger lol!

[positiveContact]

Need to make this again but I'll need to determine which if my hops are the best option.

Saaz? Hallertau?

I don't really have anything English like I don't think. Belma? Zappa? I have some nugget but I mostly just use that for bittering so I'm not sure how it would be towards the end of the boil.

[Gusso]

Another Baltic Porter is my next brew. I'm way overdue, haven't brewed since December. But I haven't been drinking much beer, just gummies and some 8% hard seltzers to lose weight!

[Gusso]

Need to make this again but I'll need to determine which if my hops are the best option.

Saaz? Hallertau?

I don't really have anything English like I don't think. Belma? Zappa? I have some nugget but I mostly just use that for bittering so I'm not sure how it would be towards the end of the boil.

I believe I only used Magnum in my BPs. Zappa and Belma? Nah.

[positiveContact]

Yeah, I figured about in those. So no late hops in your bp?

Edited by positiveContact, 10 March 2023 - 03:06 PM.

[Gusso]

I haven't done so yet.

[positiveContact]

I haven't done so yet.

I've thrown a few ounces in at flameout.

[positiveContact]

Alright, going for it today. Measuring/heating water right now.

I decided to use nugget both for bittering and a little hip aroma at flameout. Doing a rare 60 minute boil today.

[positiveContact]

this was one of those brew days where I wonder why I still brew.  tons of crap went wrong, mostly due to lack of being prepared ahead of time like I normally am.  I guess I was brewing on autopilot a lot before and changing a few things threw me off.  in the end everything is fine though.  gravity ended up being 1.090 and I pitched in a lot of recently active diamond lager yeast so it's already fermenting this morning.

[positiveContact]

I really threw some yeast at it this time.  went from 1.09 down to 1.018.  pretty good!

[HVB]

Nice! That will do the trick!

[Gusso]

I'll do a normal ABV lager first then use the cake for the BP. At least that's how I remember doing it in the past.

[positiveContact]

I'll do a normal ABV lager first then use the cake for the BP. At least that's how I remember doing it in the past.

 

I've done that before (in general) but I was worried the extra crud in the fermentor might contribute to off flavors.  Then again it could always be fine.

 

In this case I harvested 3 mason jars worth of trub after the previous lager (5% range) finished up.  After settling for a day or so it was probably about 1.5 qt of yeast cake.

[positiveContact]

hot damn this beer is danger.  in terms of dark beers this is my strongest recipe for sure.  absolutely zero complaints.

[Gusso]

I just ran the grain through my mill for a Baltic Porter brewday tomorrow!

[positiveContact]

I just ran the grain through my mill for a Baltic Porter brewday tomorrow!

 

w00t!

[Gusso]

Whoa, the BP fermentation got a bit out of hand. I had roughly 5 1/4 gallons in a 6 gallon corny. It was under pressure but still managed to blow off! It wasn't A huge mess - maybe a few ounce but I now need to clean my SpundIt!

[positiveContact]

Whoa, the BP fermentation got a bit out of hand. I had roughly 5 1/4 gallons in a 6 gallon corny. It was under pressure but still managed to blow off! It wasn't A huge mess - maybe a few ounce but I now need to clean my SpundIt!

 

bummer!  hopefully yours is easier to clean than mine.