Reinhardt brew #2

Herr_Reinhardt 2017-01-20 22:49:21 UTC #1

Hello again fellow brewers,

I have the Honey Kolsch in the primary!!! Now that I have a temp control, this has been much better than the last. I have ordered the Karma Citra IPA for my next one.

voodoo_donut 2017-01-21 00:36:40 UTC #2

Temp control is the bomb!

loopie_beer 2017-01-21 03:38:03 UTC #3

1 thing you can do. You can have the best equipment, top quality ingredients, pristine water. Doesn't mean anything if you can't control fermentation temps.

porkchop 2017-01-21 04:18:41 UTC #4

Yeesh, you don't have to yell at us, eh!

loopie_beer 2017-01-21 04:36:54 UTC #5

Yeah not sure what happened there! Seems I'm on fire tonight!

loopie_beer 2017-01-21 04:37:35 UTC #6

Aww I figured it out. I started the three with the # sign which must have done that!

hd4mark 2017-01-21 13:44:52 UTC #7

I just discovered yesterday that with the Kveik yeast, temperature control is not a big deal. Pulled first pint and WOW (yes yelling) for being fermented in about the high 70's or more, it sure is clean.

I'll try to post a photo later. A bit early to start now.

Herr_Reinhardt 2017-03-06 22:03:15 UTC #8

Well the Honey Kolsch is in the Bottles for 2 weeks now. Chilled and pop a few, but they were low on carb. I guess I need to wait a little longer. My closet was only 65 deg. I have bumped it up to 73 with a small heater. Would have done that earlier, but I had the Irish Red just starting in the primary.

Herr_Reinhardt 2017-03-08 21:08:46 UTC #9

I'm wondering why my Honey Kolsch is so dark. I expected it to be lighter.

uberculture 2017-03-08 21:11:22 UTC #10

Anything in bulk will look shockingly dark. If you were to pull a sample in a hydrometer jar, it would look much lighter than that.

Herr_Reinhardt 2017-03-08 21:16:38 UTC #11

I agree, but even the bottles I tried look more like the Irish Red than a Bud Light.

flars 2017-03-08 21:40:03 UTC #12

You can get a lighter colored finished beer by not adding all the extract at the beginning of the boil. Add enough extract for about a 1.040 wort. This is/has been thought to be an optimum SG for bittering hop oil isomerization. Adding most of the extract with 10 to 15 minutes remaining in the boil reduces darkening of the wort.

Herr_Reinhardt 2017-03-09 18:24:37 UTC #13

Ok, Thanks. I don't mind that its dark. I was just wondering if I was doing something wrong.

wilcolandzaat 2017-03-10 07:37:40 UTC #14

Yes. Indeed. The kveik. Awesome stuff.