I've never used Melanoidin before but I misread the recipe and a buddy told me to try it out since he used it in his pilsner. I actually really like the taste of it so far... We shall see how it ends up though! As for the WLP800... That was the only available yeast at my LHBS. I also didn't know...
I'm just about done with my single tier electric brewery with a HERMS setup. Does anyone have a plan for a wood stand for this kind of setup using 20 gallon pots and a 20 gallon SSbrewtech MT? I'm thinking about a 6' x 24" stand with a bottom shelf...
First time brewing a lager! I stumbled upon this thread and it seemed to be the most straight forward for a first timer so I gave it a shot. I use Brewer's Friend for all of my recipes so I dropped this into my recipe builder and for 11 Gallons it called for 20lbs of Pilsner malt and I also...
Yeah it just took awhile to get to it heh. It seems to be doing something in the bottle though so I'm not worried. Its also cider so if they do end up under-carbed its like drinking wine :)
I have a cider that I bottled 3 weeks ago that was 7 months old and it had very little carbonation (almost none but you could see the bubbles). I think it it will carb up but its just going slower than normal...
I almost mashed my hops this time. First batch had 2 oz saaz @ 5 min and the second had 1 oz aged saaz and .5 oz crystal @ 5 min.
I though maybe by fermenting at a higher ferm temp the wild yeats's would take over more but I guess we shall see... I'll post an update in about a week or so when...
I have one going right now that's been in primary for about a month and its all fruit forward with a slight tartness. Tastes great... Just moved that to secondary and put a new batch on to the cake of the first batch. Wondering if i should add dregs now or wait it out for a few months.