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[Deerslyr]

So we are going to Reno to visit some family... as I said in another thread, the cousin doesn't get much time what with 1 year old twin boys and a 7 year old.Here's what I'm throwing together.6.5 pounds of Pilsner LME1/4 pound of Crystal 10Llightly hopped with whatever I've got in the freezer (probably cascade or something)5 gallons split between two Mr. Beer fermenters. Pitch one with Nottingham and the other with SafLager.Thoughts? Comments??? What the hell am I making?

[CaptRon]

So we are going to Reno to visit some family... as I said in another thread, the cousin doesn't get much time what with 1 year old twin boys and a 7 year old. Here's what I'm throwing together. 6.5 pounds of Pilsner LME 1/4 pound of Crystal 10L lightly hopped with whatever I've got in the freezer (probably cascade or something) 5 gallons split between two Mr. Beer fermenters. Pitch one with Nottingham and the other with SafLager. Thoughts? Comments??? What the hell am I making?

Really spice one of them up with a Belgian strain.

[Deerslyr]

Really spice one of them up with a Belgian strain.

Time constraints and desire for simplicity require dry yeast!

[passlaku]

I will argue for some late hops.

[Deerslyr]

I will argue for some late hops.

I think you are right... going to take plenty of non-descript hops from my dad's garden. He just "threw em all together" in a ziploc, so not really sure what it is but is smells great.

[positiveContact]

So we are going to Reno to visit some family... as I said in another thread, the cousin doesn't get much time what with 1 year old twin boys and a 7 year old. Here's what I'm throwing together. 6.5 pounds of Pilsner LME 1/4 pound of Crystal 10L lightly hopped with whatever I've got in the freezer (probably cascade or something) 5 gallons split between two Mr. Beer fermenters. Pitch one with Nottingham and the other with SafLager. Thoughts? Comments??? What the hell am I making?

I'd say they are both some kind of american amber lager where one is a faux-lager. If you ferment the nottingham cold it would be interesting to see how close they are.

[ChicagoWaterGuy]

With nottingham, it looks like a cream ale. There really isn't a pilsner lager style with cascade, kinda like a bohemian pils with cascade instead of saaz. It should be interesting to compare the two.

[Mynameisluka]

the nottingham version is very close to the blonde ale that i make.

[BlKtRe]

Id save the DME for building starters

[Deerslyr]

Id save the DME for building starters

Thats a very intersting point you make there Blktre... I'll have to... oh wait... I didn't buy DME... I bought LME! On an unrelated note, I want to buy a pressure canner so that I can mash and can my own starters. The DME at the shop is just too damn expensive when I've got over 100 pounds of bulk grain at the house.

[Deerslyr]

the nottingham version is very close to the blonde ale that i make.

Thats funny because when I put it through BeerSmith last night and had to pick a style, I went ahead and picked Blonde Ale.

[Deerslyr]

I'd say they are both some kind of american amber lager where one is a faux-lager. If you ferment the nottingham cold it would be interesting to see how close they are.

Amber??? The projected SRM on this thing is very low. I'll have to make sure he hangs onto a couple bottles for when we visit in the summer.

[Mynameisluka]

Thats funny because when I put it through BeerSmith last night and had to pick a style, I went ahead and picked Blonde Ale.

yeah, it should fall right into the style guidelines. i usually do 2/3 oz cascade for 60 and 1/3 oz for 5, or 1oz, 1 oz with a late extract addition (remove the kettle from the flame while adding extract) to help keep the srm low and extract twang to a minimum due to scorching / excess caramelization.

[BlKtRe]

Thats a very intersting point you make there Blktre... I'll have to... oh wait... I didn't buy DME... I bought LME! On an unrelated note, I want to buy a pressure canner so that I can mash and can my own starters. The DME at the shop is just too damn expensive when I've got over 100 pounds of bulk grain at the house.

Its probably in a can too Keep a look out at some garage sales. Canners can be had dirt cheap. Once you can starters there is no going back. Kinda like going to AG

[ChicagoWaterGuy]

Thats funny because when I put it through BeerSmith last night and had to pick a style, I went ahead and picked Blonde Ale.

Blond ale works too. I thought cream ale if you get some dms from using almost all pilsner malt extract. You won't know for sure until its done.

[Deerslyr]

I forgot how easy Extract was! Next time I'll take my Turke Fryer stand for an easier go at getting teh boil going. Had a small 25 foot IC that got the beer down to 65 degrees in about 8 minutes. Split the batch between two fermenters. Should go fine for him. I did most of the brewing as he was helping tend to the one year old twins!

[Augie1991]

Sounds awesome. I would think Notty would cause a Mr. Beer to explode Is there some kinda blow off on those?

[Deerslyr]

Sounds awesome. I would think Notty would cause a Mr. Beer to explode Is there some kinda blow off on those?

The lids are "vented" and there's enough headspace. Oh... and when I looked in the bag, the LHBS ended up giving me Coopers instead. No biggie. So one fermenter is going with Coopers inside the house and the other is in the nice cold Reno garage with Saflager.

[positiveContact]

Amber??? The projected SRM on this thing is very low. I'll have to make sure he hangs onto a couple bottles for when we visit in the summer.

must have read something wrong when I posted that. pretty light color for sure