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Tim C.
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Username: Timc
Post Number: 227
Registered: 03-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, July 03, 2011 - 12:08 am: | 
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(Message edited by TimC on July 03, 2011) |
Tim C.
Member
Username: Timc
Post Number: 228
Registered: 03-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, July 03, 2011 - 01:30 pm: |
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Camping this last week at PJ Hofmaster State Park near Muskegon, MI. I had to brew a batch of beer.
The only equipment I had room for was an 8 gallon kettle (also was a primary fermenter), a 3 gallon kettle for water heating, a grain bag, and a 5 gallon keg. I made a saison:
Quantity Ingredient
5.0 lbs Briess Pilsen Malt
4.0 lbs Briess White Wheat Malt
1.0 lb Briess Insta Grains® Soft Red Wheat Flakes
0.25 lb Briess Insta Grains® Oat Flakes
2 lbs sweet potato peeled and chopped
1 oz. Hallertau (4.5 AA) 60 min boil time
yeast: 1 quart slurry Bells Oberon harvested from bottles.
Yes this is an ugly mess. There is a product I found at the dollar store called "Simply Awesome" that takes this off with little to no scrubbing.
Here is the mash. I could have smashed the sweet potato up better. I did not measure gravity as a hydrometer is something that would break.
Here is the boil. I simply covered it and let it cool overnight. I pitched yeast and racked into the keg after 5 days. |
Tim C.
Member
Username: Timc
Post Number: 231
Registered: 03-2003
| | Posted on Monday, July 25, 2011 - 11:40 pm: |
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As a follow up: The beer turned out quite light as I expected. There was a pleasing note of bananna and clove with some citrus after taste. Overall quite refreshing. If I do it over agian I will use a false bottom in the mash tun/BK/fermenter to get slightly better efficiency. |
Nephalist
Advanced Member
Username: Nephi
Post Number: 514
Registered: 12-2005
| | Posted on Friday, August 05, 2011 - 04:36 am: |
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That is awesome. You make it look easy. Were the grains crushed before the vacation? |
Dan Listermann
Senior Member
Username: Listermann
Post Number: 7796
Registered: 03-2004
| | Posted on Friday, August 05, 2011 - 02:22 pm: |
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A friend used to always brew over a charcoal fire. His beers had a smokeyness to them, even with non smoked malt. Let us know how your brew tastes. |
davidwaite
Senior Member
Username: Davidw
Post Number: 2185
Registered: 03-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, August 06, 2011 - 04:52 am: |
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"As a follow up: The beer turned out quite light as I expected. There was a pleasing note of bananna and clove with some citrus after taste. Overall quite refreshing." |
Tim C.
Member
Username: Timc
Post Number: 236
Registered: 03-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 28, 2011 - 01:06 am: |
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You have to be a minimalist to camp and brew if the whole family is coming. I have done this 4 times now and no smoke flavor has made it into the beer. The brew in bag method did not have the efficiency to be an all grain brew. It did save me from having to cart along a mash tun. I have a false bottom for the BK now and could use it for mashing. Crushing grain prior to leaving as well as a good quart of yeast is also important. Chilling is the one task I find a challenge unless there is a beach or stream close by. |
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