Birth of a Beer...

I never would've thought to use plastic bottles with screw on caps until I heard about Cooper's bottles (as seen above). They are dark colored (important because beer doesn't like bright light) and they work great. I see zero difference between standard glass and these bottles - beer carbs perfectly in them, you can reuse them, they won't break - just all around superior. They also come in 25 oz (740ml) bottles so you cut your bottling time in half, and no need to use caps and cappers which are a pain in the ass imho. And the plastic bottles are a cinch to apply labels to - I just print them on laserjet paper, cut them out, and apply with milk which is a perfect natural glue. Really a great product.
 
No - bottled just like you would with glass bottles - leave a little head space and put on the screw on caps. I seriously would never use bottles again. So much easier.
 
making the white house honey porter and the hopiness is an ipa today.
 
Couple of things
1 - White House released a video on their brewing

l o l. why are they topping off their beer after fermentation with water in the conditioning phase?

2 - the whole transfer to condition phase
If you remember I said I was experimenting with leaving in the fermentor? Yeah that experiment is over. 5 days and straight to the conditioning car boys. It puts **** in the beer that gives me terrible gas and also makes it really cloudy no matter what, so forget that. Maybe I was doing something wrong, otherwise those people that advised that don't know wtf they're talking about.
 
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Most extract recipes call for adding water in the primary after the boil, but I've never heard of doing it later on. Kind of odd but don't guess it would effect the quality or taste...
 
Thanks for the edit Boone :)

I've never seen a 5 gallon carboy fill up that high on a 5 gallon batch, so it would appear to me they're watering it down.
 
The blood orange hefeweisen is frekin awesome! And ready just in time for the family bbq tomorrow :)
 
That sounds outrageously good - it's a lot of fun sharing your creations with family and friends, isn't it? Have fun!
 
Brewing some White Nipple Wit today...
 
Hoppy IPA Day, fellow hop-heads! I think I'm going to celebrate tonight with a Dogfishhead 90-Minute Imperial, my all-time favorite. :)
 
McD5 said:
The 120 doesn't suck either Lanky.
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I appreciate the 120 for what it is, but the 90 is much better IMO. The 120 is thick and syrupy - definitely a sipping beer. Also, there is so much hops in it, its actually sweet! Not my style, but I'll drink it if I can find it.
 
Bottling 5 gallons of White Nipple Wit tonight. Now just have to make a label for it. ;)
 
Today is National Drink Beer Day.

Like any of you needed a reason. :biggrin2:
 
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