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Post by Seven on Sept 3, 2020 8:57:12 GMT -6
I definitely need to brew more often...I took a while off waiting for the Anvil system to come in and got a bit behind. I also have a Belgian Pale that I brewed specifically for contests that I've been trying not to drink...maybe I should just bottle some up and move on with something else.
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Post by Ken on Sept 3, 2020 9:28:36 GMT -6
I'm about to fire up some WL001 here and I have some pale ales and maybe blonde ales, red ales, amber ales, etc. planned which I don't mind drinking younger. It would make sense to have lagers and ales going at the same time so you could allow the lagers to sit for a bit before they reach the taps and drink the ales in the meantime. I mentioned in another thread that I have made TWO ales in 2020 and that was back in January. Everything else has been lager here. Some of those lagered only 2-3 weeks before being thrown into service.
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Post by Seven on Sept 3, 2020 16:32:06 GMT -6
The Italian Pils keg is tapped! Still a bit cloudy (Italian Kellerpils???) and not fully carbonated but oh so yummy! I'm a bit surprised that the FWH addition of 24 IBUs isn't more prominent. I'm not complaining but it's less bitter than I was expecting. The aroma and flavor of Edelweiss hops is so good...some Saaz, some Hallertau, some "other". These were from the 2018 harvest so maybe I needed to account for more lost AA's? Ted's hops are top notch and these have been vacuum sealed and frozen since I got them.
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Post by Ken on Oct 21, 2020 21:07:37 GMT -6
A keg of pilsner went down tonight so the Tipopils is in the draft fridge. I pulled some of the yeast off and then tapped a glass. Very pale. I was drinking the prior beer so my tastebuds are probably not right but I'll have some tomorrow and report back. Looks like just about 8 weeks of lagering. Brewed 8/12, kegged 8/22 and tomorrow is 10/22.
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Post by Ken on Oct 22, 2020 16:06:28 GMT -6
Okay... Tipopils: That's just the second glass tapped from the keg so the clarity [which I consider 'good'] should be excellent once a few more glasses are tapped. The late hops add a nice dryness to the beer but it does not feel "overly hopped" or "too dry", etc. It doesn't even seem out of style to me. I did not use Saphir, I had a 30m boil, I probably added ZERO addition sulfate and my replacement for the Saphir was Hersbrucker so overall it may be a kinder, gentler Tipopils. It's not nearly as hoppy as Pivo Pils seemed to me the last time I had it.
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Post by Seven on Oct 27, 2020 8:14:10 GMT -6
Looks great, Ken! I've not been drinking my Italian Pils much lately but would love to pick up some Tipo or Pivo to compare it to. My DH are noticeable but definitely not prominent.
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Post by Ken on Nov 9, 2020 18:44:19 GMT -6
One more:
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Post by Ken on Nov 12, 2020 21:22:03 GMT -6
My keg of Tipopils is gone. Please bow your heads. I like the concept of the beer and plan to make it again when I have 2124 running. In observance of the keg passing, I present this stylized photo of the last full glass that I pulled from the keg...
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Post by Seven on Nov 13, 2020 7:52:06 GMT -6
Wow, you drink fast! Mine is still tapped but running pretty low if I had to guess. I will definitely make this again but with more DH and likely a little more bittering.
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Post by Ken on Nov 13, 2020 8:27:54 GMT -6
Wow, you drink fast! Mine is still tapped but running pretty low if I had to guess. I will definitely make this again but with more DH and likely a little more bittering. Last Friday we had some people over and had a fire outside because the weather was so nice. This was the most popular beer that night so it took a hit.
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Post by drez on Nov 13, 2020 9:19:14 GMT -6
Wow, that looks so good!
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Post by brewbama on Nov 13, 2020 9:29:07 GMT -6
I was stationed in Italy for three yrs. (about an hour N of Venice)
The local was Moretti. It was an Austrian influenced Pils if that makes any sense. After I left I heard Heineken bought the brewery.
It was a decent beer.
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Post by Ken on Nov 13, 2020 9:32:41 GMT -6
Denny posted the pilsner recipe from Eric Toft of Schonramer brewery in Bavaria and it appears to be similar in that it has high hopping. The grain bill is only pilsner and there is a decoction which I would probably work around but I'm going to noodle with that and also take Tipopils and Pivo Pils into consideration and find a combination that works.
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Post by Ken on Dec 5, 2020 12:24:57 GMT -6
Somewhere in this sprawling thread there was a comment made by the brewer of Tipopils about how much he loved Spalt hops. I happen to have a gold lager on tap right now that has just one hop addition of Spalt at the start of the boil and only for 21+ IBUs. These Spalts are really shining. Maybe they're just good, fresh hops but they are REALLY up front and I feel like I do not get this character from Hallertau, Tettnanger, Saaz, etc. Tipolis and Pivo Pils both employ Spalt along with some Saphir. I did use some Spalt in mine but I did not have Saphir so I used Hersbrucker. I feel like another attempt at Tipopils (or Pivo Pils) with a bunch of Spalt both late and in the DH could improve the character and bring out that late hop goodness. I would also probably adjust the grain bill because I don't think the pilsner plus just 1.4 ounces of CM II is enough to handle that level of hops. I would consider adding some Copper Malt to offset the hops. I could see that working really well.
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Post by poptop on Dec 8, 2020 11:12:30 GMT -6
Great, now I gotta find Spalt. Just great
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