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Michael
Member
Username: Michaelg
Post Number: 140
Registered: 02-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, January 01, 2005 - 10:28 pm: | 
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I'm making a stout based fairly closely on the recipe for Usher's 1885 stout in Brewing Old British Beers. I'm making a somewhat larger batch than I normally do (i.e., 6 gallons) to simplify the conversion from the recipe.
Anyway, what do I do when I transfer the wort into the kettle? I leave the damn spigot open. At least two gallons of wort on the floor. |
Graham Cox
Junior Member
Username: T2driver
Post Number: 26
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, January 01, 2005 - 11:01 pm: |
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Don't be so hard on yourself, Michael! You are not an idiot, you are merely a bumbling oaf.
I once left the ball valve open on my mash/lauter tun after collecting the first runnings. The sparge water gave my kitchen floor a nice, sweet wort bath when I poured it in. The spousal unit was not amused. |
Michael
Member
Username: Michaelg
Post Number: 141
Registered: 02-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, January 01, 2005 - 11:17 pm: |
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The irony is that my efficiency was better than expected and I was trying to figure out what to do with the extra wort. I did it as a no sparge recipe, and my efficiency tends to be more variable.
The good news is that I should hit my OG and have a normal 5-gallon batch left over, and after I mopped it the floor is now very clean.
--Everyone's Favorite Bumbling Oaf |
Jim O'Conner
Intermediate Member
Username: Roguejim
Post Number: 398
Registered: 06-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, January 02, 2005 - 12:32 am: |
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That's one of the recipes that was recommended to me by one the Durden Park bunch. But, after seeing that it calls for 5oz of black patent for 1 Imperial gallon, I balked. Did you make your own pale amber malt?
Jim
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Michael
Member
Username: Michaelg
Post Number: 142
Registered: 02-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, January 02, 2005 - 12:57 am: |
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I made pale amber, amber and brown malt.
5 ounces of black patent malt works out to be 30 ounces in a six gallon batch and 25 in a 5 gallon batch. That's more than I'd use otherwise, but there is no chocolate malt or roasted barley. Also, I didn't sparge so I think that should lower the effects somewhat. (It doesn't look to me like this recipe used sparging.)
I imagine it might need a fair amount of aging; the Durden Park folks recommend 2-3 months. We'll see how it turns out. |
robert rulmyr
Intermediate Member
Username: Wacobob
Post Number: 442
Registered: 02-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, January 02, 2005 - 01:01 am: |
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That's a tiny mistake, let me tell you about my first wife...
WacoBob |
Jim O'Conner
Intermediate Member
Username: Roguejim
Post Number: 399
Registered: 06-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, January 02, 2005 - 10:32 am: |
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I was told that the combination of a lot of black patent with brown malt for some reason works really well. I hope you can remember to post back in a few months on the results.
Jim
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Michael
Member
Username: Michaelg
Post Number: 144
Registered: 02-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, January 02, 2005 - 06:15 pm: |
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If I don't remember, just remind me. There are a number of recipes in the book I want to try.
Of course, bumbling oaf that I am, now I can't find the book. |
David Woods
Intermediate Member
Username: Beericon
Post Number: 465
Registered: 02-2003
| | Posted on Monday, January 03, 2005 - 05:35 pm: |
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Hmmm...Bumbling Oaf Brewery...Could make a cool looking label with a name like that! 
David |
Busted Still Brewery
Advanced Member
Username: Brewlabs
Post Number: 581
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Monday, January 03, 2005 - 06:15 pm: |
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i once was draining from mash to boil and left the boil valve open...ironically, i had left my prechiller bucket (full of ice right under the valve. On top of that, the valve has 2 outputs to facilitate filling 2 carboys at the same time...and the wort STILL made it into the bucket without spilling on the floor.
this was for my burbon vanilla porter, i can only imagine how good it would of tasted had the wort not been diluted. That's right, i still poured it into the kettle and sparged and got a pretty damn good beer.
oh yeah...I live in Virginia too
(Message edited by brewlabs on January 03, 2005) |
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