Beer thread - Page 18

Aadill · #1 07-20-2011, 10:54 AM

^ lol

I think that wholly depends on the yeast and the amount in the bottle. I usually pour my cream ale into a glass (I love the way the beer looks). There's a small ring of yeast even after it's been filtered that does come out and it makes a noticeably metallic flavor in it. Maybe it depends on the yeast, but I didn't enjoy it in the ale. I couldn't tell with the stout since it was all but Guiness in terms of heaviness so it may have been chock full of the stuff. If it were treated with Nitrogen instead of natural carbonation I'm sure I would've had a contender for a damn fine Guiness replacement.

quellren · #2 07-20-2011, 10:58 AM

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^ lol

I think that wholly depends on the yeast and the amount in the bottle. I usually pour my cream ale into a glass (I love the way the beer looks). There's a small ring of yeast even after it's been filtered that does come out and it makes a noticeably metallic flavor in it. Maybe it depends on the yeast, but I didn't enjoy it in the ale. I couldn't tell with the stout since it was all but Guiness in terms of heaviness so it may have been chock full of the stuff. If it were treated with Nitrogen instead of natural carbonation I'm sure I would've had a contender for a damn fine Guiness replacement.

I'm super picky about yeast sediment. I usually ferment in one carboy, then once the SG stops dropping I very gently, by siphon, rack to a 2nd carboy for clarification. Once its time to bottle I siphon it back to the first carboy and add in the mason jar of wort for priming. That generally leaves me less than 1/16th of an inch of sediment in the bottles.

quellren · #3 07-20-2011, 10:54 AM

Well played, good sir. Well played.

Aadill · #4 07-20-2011, 11:00 AM

I single stage it so I have a lot more filtering to worry about :/

Also: lolololololol

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quellren · #5 07-20-2011, 11:05 AM

LoL. Clever, but still a shame because Miller is such crap.

quellren · #6 07-20-2011, 01:30 PM

Not sure it'd work that well for azeth in Mass.
Hops are rather temperamental to grow. My cousin did that, but he lives in San Diego, and even then he said with all the work and stress it was much better to just buy them.
Having a whole backyard full of one kind of hops would be.....limiting.

Aadill · #7 07-20-2011, 01:43 PM

Apparently there's a few places over in Asheville, NC that have successfully grown all organic hops. Other than that, I don't know of many places on the east coast that grow it, at all.

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Having a whole backyard full of one kind of hops would be.....limiting.

I imagine that if you wanted enough harvestable hops to actually brew beer you're taking up a lot of space. Being in Mass, if you were to invest in grow-house equipment then you could create the correct environment to grow small amounts of different strains making sure to keep them separate (or hybridize them if you're crazy) and piss off the DEA in the process.

That's definitely for advanced brewers only. That's about the point where you have a few 10-25 gallon tanks sitting in your basement or something. Just buy the stuff because it's cheap.

azeth · #8 07-20-2011, 01:58 PM

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Being in Mass, if you were to invest in grow-house equipment then you could create the correct environment to grow small amounts of different strains making sure to keep them separate (or hybridize them if you're crazy).

wait what are we talking about again?

Aadill · #9 07-20-2011, 02:08 PM

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wait what are we talking about again?

I don't even know anymore.

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quellren · #10 07-20-2011, 02:19 PM

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wait what are we talking about again?

Hops, Man...

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