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[Big Nake]

Nothing like being outside.  Occasionally you get a day in the fall when it's maybe 60° and sitting in the sun feels damn nice.  Beer and wings added... oh, hell yeah! 

[pkrone]

Helles

 

[LeftyMPfrmDE]

Lefty, just curious how much dark malt was in this beer... what percentage and which grain? Sorry if it was posted... I didn't see it. Doobah was asking about the U FLEKU dark lager which has a very similar color and opaqueness to it. I think it's like a "Czech Dunkel" but my Munich Dunkels don't end up with quite that much color. It would be helpful to have a read on it. Cheers.

There wasn't too much dark malts added to this beer; I believe there was some pale chocolate malt for a small roasty note, and carafa 3 for color. I'll look at the recipe when I get home. The base malt was a spilt of domestic two row and Maris Otter- a favorite combo of mine for hop forward beers.

[HVB]

I will take a couple tall pours of that!

[LeftyMPfrmDE]

Lefty, just curious how much dark malt was in this beer... what percentage and which grain? Sorry if it was posted... I didn't see it. Doobah was asking about the U FLEKU dark lager which has a very similar color and opaqueness to it. I think it's like a "Czech Dunkel" but my Munich Dunkels don't end up with quite that much color. It would be helpful to have a read on it. Cheers.

Just worked the percentages, hope this clarifies your question. Grain bill works out to be: 46% Two Row, 43% maris otter, 4% carafa 3, 4% wheat, 3% caramel 60.

[Big Nake]

Just worked the percentages, hope this clarifies your question. Grain bill works out to be: 46% Two Row, 43% maris otter, 4% carafa 3, 4% wheat, 3% caramel 60.

Thanks for that. I just went and checked my latest Munich Dunkel recipe and the Carafa III was 2% so your recipe is double that. Makes sense.

Helles
 

Nice. I have a Munich Helles waiting in the "on-deck" fridge and I also have a house full of people staying with us this weekend... it's gonna be drained!

[Poptop]

I really want to make a Helles, I really do.

[LeftyMPfrmDE]

For those who pumpkin ale..

 

Finally decided to do a pumpkin ale with pumpkin in the mash; roasted 2 cans of puree til it was nice and caramelized, with the help of some honey. tossed it in the mash, with a pound of rice hulls, and it ran without a hitch. After hearing so many horror stories mashing with pumpkin, was expecting the worst. base wort was 2 row, special roast, and a dash of C-150. Used Horizon for bittering and Sterling at 10 minutes. last 5 minutes of the boil had cinnamon sticks, nutmeg, clove and allspice. at the start of the boil, Dermea cane sugar,light brown sugar and fresh ginger added.

 

at packaging, added a tincture of two scrapped vanilla beans soaked in vodka. (which came at a primo price- two fresh beans for a cool $14. had to ask for them behind the counter at a international farmer's market). 

 

what came out was a 9.1% pumpkin pie style beer; full bodied, not cloying, and will be a nice desert at thanksgiving. this was one of the more extreme beers I made this year, and it was well worth the wait. 

 

[HVB]

 

at packaging, added a tincture of two scrapped vanilla beans soaked in vodka. (which came at a primo price- two fresh beans for a cool $14. had to ask for them behind the counter at a international farmer's market). 

 

 

I found 2 packages of vanilla beans over the weekend.  I think about 20 beans total .. I felt rich!

[LeftyMPfrmDE]

I found 2 packages of vanilla beans over the weekend.  I think about 20 beans total .. I felt rich!

lucky you! the ones i got were individually wrapped in a glass vile; super oily, and filled the room once the package was opened; felt like scoring drugs. lol 

[Bklmt2000]

Doppelbock:  8% and quite tasty, especially on a cold day like today. 

 

Pardon the condensate (beer is actually quite clear).

 

[pkrone]

Looks legit.  Nice color.

[pkrone]

Belgian Golden Strong.   

 

[jayb151]

Damn PK, that looks AWESOME!

 

Edit: recipe?

Edited by jayb151, 14 November 2018 - 08:54 PM.

[Bklmt2000]

Red IPL:  (Not quite as red as I'd intended, but tasty AF)

 

[Big Nake]

Nice looking beers gentlemen.  

[positiveContact]

artificially back lit with a flashlight so you can see the color.  2 week old dark czech lager:

 

[pkrone]

Looks great!

[pkrone]

Damn PK, that looks AWESOME!

 

Edit: recipe?

 

 

Here ya go!

 

68% pil

4% sauer

6% aromatic

6% flaked oats

16 % clear candi sugar

 

OG 1.075

 

EK Goldings at 60 , 27 IBU

St Celeia at 15, 4 IBU

 

Wyeast Ardennes    pitched at 65, ramped up to 74,   spunded at 1.013.   FG  1.008.   

 

It's really nice

[positiveContact]

the first staro-prague lager is pretty much crystal clear now.  I had to wipe the condensation off the glass: