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[HVB]

Looks great Drez.

Thanks.  As does yours!

[Big Nake]

Here's another low-O2, spunded and unfined beer.  I know I posted the recipe for this and it's a bit unusual... Golden Promise, some CaraMunich 2 and British C90 and wheat along with Horizon to bitter and then an ounce of Northern Brewer and Loral added at flameout (heat turned off, lid on to steep for about 20 minutes) all fermented with 2112.  The pic was taken in unfortunate lighting but it's clear (credit to the 2112) and delicious.

 

[Poptop]

That looks mighty delicious

[positiveContact]

NHIPA.  it's too bad there is no way for me to post smells.  tropical/citrus/cannabis   some of my favorite things.

 

[HVB]

I have been waiting for a picture of this one.  Looks nice and the description sounds good to me!

[positiveContact]

I have been waiting for a picture of this one.  Looks nice and the description sounds good to me!

 

this is the galaxy/strata dry hop.  I haven't really tried the other one yet.  I probably need to declog it first

[Big Nake]

Whoopsie-doodle... the beer in that last pic I posted was not spunded.  It was force-carbed.  It was "lower-O2" and it was not fined but the beer fermented fully in the fermenter and was then transferred and force-carbed.  The point of this exercise (make 6 spunded beers and then 4 force-carbed beers) was to see if I could skip the spund and end up with beer I was happy with and I guess I just found my answer.  I went back and checked my notes and see that this beer was indeed force-carbed.  

[Big Nake]

This is the same gold lager I posted recently (in the Bavaria glass).  It has just hit the 8-week mark and it's now as clear as any beer I have made and it was not fined.  It tells me that the low-O2 & spunded beer are good at 6 weeks but great at 8 weeks.  Truly a delicious beer.

 

 

 

[positiveContact]

that last pic is great.  making me thirsty!

[Big Nake]

Here we go again.  This time it's a low-O2, spunded and unfined West Coast Lager with Northern Brewer and 2112.  Very happy with this beer.

 

 

 

[HVB]

Great color on that beer Ken... Very nice!

[Big Nake]

Great color on that beer Ken... Very nice!

Cheers Drez.  That's 90% Maris Otter, 5% C40 and 5% CaraMunich 2.  

[pkrone]

I like that malt profile.     I could see a 50/50 MO/GP working for me in a beer like that.   Hop schedule, por favor, mi hermano?

[Big Nake]

I like that malt profile.     I could see a 50/50 MO/GP working for me in a beer like that.   Hop schedule, por favor, mi hermano?

On this beer I had about 16 IBUs of Northern Brewer at the start of the boil (which came to about a half-ounce) and then I used the other ½ ounce at 10 minues, another ounce at 2 minutes and then 2 ounces into the 170° whirlpool and allowed to steep for about 15 minutes and then I continued the chill.  

[Big Nake]

#4 in my recent series of low-O2 beers:  A gold beer made with some small amounts of Rahr Pale Ale, MO, GP and Vienna.  Nugget to bitter and a late dose of Loral, 2112.

 

 

[HVB]

Back to basics... Brown ale and it tastes excellent!

[positiveContact]

smokey brown?

[HVB]

smokey brown?

No, this one.  Just a regular old Brown Ale.  

 

https://brews-bros.c...25236-brown-ale

[Big Nake]

That looks great, Drez.  Was this "all low-O2 except for the force carbing"?  Cheers.

[HVB]

That looks great, Drez. Was this "all low-O2 except for the force carbing"? Cheers.

No. It was biab that I partially spunded , missed the window. One of the beers I did trying to enjoy the brewday and get back to enjoying brewing again.