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  1. This is where a spray bottle of sanitizer comes in handy 🙂
  2. While not marketed as American noble, we have some citra debittered leaf at the brewery. Basically the same thing. I used it in a blonde ale for some low IBUs and a hint of citrus. We then added a medium roast coffee after fermentation. The coffee had notes of citrus as well. Combined these made what I think is a pretty darn good coffee blonde.
  3. I’ve sent my hops out for testing. It looks like the lab that I used doesn’t test anymore but here’s a link to another. https://www.aarlab.com/store/p27/hopshplc.html When I had mind tested I had harvested about 80oz of cascade. I sold them and wanted to provide a lab analysis so people knew what they were getting. Plus I’d know.
  4. Also if complying with Reinheitsgebot is what you are after, you will likely end up using LME/DME to carbonate your bottles. You can find calculators for that online as well.
  5. Yes it does break down otherwise unfernentable sugars. Beer yeast doesn’t always do well with long chain sugars. The beano contains a set of enzymes to help break these long chain sugars into shorter chains that are more easily digestible by the yeasts.
  6. According to Briess malt is ok to be stored at those temperatures. It even mentions pre-ground malt now that I read it again. Maybe if you have a recipe that you know well make it with the refrigerated grains one time and non-refrigerated grains another time to see if you notice a difference.
  7. @StretchNM, I store my grains in the basement (cool and dry) in an airtight container. Granted, none of mine are crushed, but even with your crushed grains I think the canning jar will do fine if that's what you have handy. Here is a link to storage recommendations from Briess. It includes their recommendation for LME/DME. Crushed grains will have a shorter shelf life than non-crushed grain. Most recommendations you find will tell you to use it within a few months. @Shrike, what's the reason behind storing the grains in the fridge? Also, since we are talking about crushed grains, I would imagine that all the powder could cause problems with a vacuum sealer.
  8. I’m near Hershey, PA. Most of them have grown that much in the last two weeks. We’ve had some warm weather and rain.
  9. I’m about ready to start stringing mine up. Tough to see in the picture but the ones that are on the far side of one picture are close to two feet.
  10. Can it be done? Sure. I've done it a couple times. It's not the best solution, but I did it in a pinch. You'll need to make sure that the bottling wand spring is depressed when you start the siphoning action. It might be easier with a second set of hands to do that. Then just make sure that you keep the bottling wand lower than the carboy. You'll want to make sure that you have pretty tight connections. If you start to get air in the line between bottle fills you will lose the siphon.
  11. I know of a couple people who have used this method. Just remember that the pellets will expand quite a bit. I only saw this used once and the person filled the ball about halfway. When it was removed the hops were packed solid inside. I had to wonder how much it hurt utilization if liquid wasn’t able to flow through. Give it a try and see if it works for you. Maybe start with only filling it 1/4 to 1/3 full of hops and see how that works.
  12. I don't want to hijack this thread too much, but I'll give you a short answer. I'd be happy to continue any conversation in another thread or PM me. Malt extracts (DME or LME) don't have any diastatic power. The process to make the extract is basically like brewing an all grain batch, but instead of fermenting the wort they evaporate most of the water. The boiling process denatures the enzymes that convert starches into sugars. What you have above are what most people would call "steeping malts." When you steep them in hot water, you extract color and flavor, but little (if any) fermentable sugars.
  13. Generally speaking, darker malts lack the diastatic power to convert to any remaining starches that they have to sugars. The process they go through to become those different types of malts kills that ability.
  14. I wouldn’t recommend brewing with Nutella. There is quite a bit of fat in it much like chocolate. There are other ways to get that flavor though. I recently brewed a Nutella style porter. I used hazelnut extract, cocoa nibs and added some lactose to try to simulate the creamyness. It turned out pretty good, but I’ll probably adjust the amounts of each if I do it again.
  15. Yep in the brüt IPA. I used them in the mash and in the fermenter. I put in in a secondary on sweet orange peels and it’s like a beermosa. I’ve been drinking it with a splash of OJ in it, too. Goes down way too easily. 😂
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