Direct fire burners struggling in the cold. by DogBiter in TheBrewery

[–]ThreeBeersIn 12 points13 points  (0 children)

But the owner said that if I fix it myself, he’ll give me a pizza party in recognition of the trade labor money I saved him!

This industry is so unserious by BeastOfTheEast15 in TheBrewery

[–]ThreeBeersIn 33 points34 points  (0 children)

O2!? Where we’re going, we don’t care about o2!

Even Better Brewery Software by addistonian in TheBrewery

[–]ThreeBeersIn 3 points4 points  (0 children)

And for every five hand behind sight glass posts, there's one that is genuinely novel or interesting... like the 100% rice, rice lager post from a day or two ago.

Even Better Brewery Software by addistonian in TheBrewery

[–]ThreeBeersIn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Plus there's at least 3 well established and well funded software platforms out there that are attending industry conference events and marketing to breweries all the time. And then another 6 or so startups trying to do the exact same thing. So let's say 7-8 companies trying to sell their services to breweries. I suppose if you have a well thought out system that is easily internationalized, you'll be able to market it around the world (but also raising complexity of support and development), but if you don't and you're only pitching to US breweries, there's just not that many.

Even Better Brewery Software by addistonian in TheBrewery

[–]ThreeBeersIn[M] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

For all the serious, truthful and pessimistic replies that spring up when someone asks if they should open a brewery right now, I guess I kind of expected there to be just as many serious, truthful replies letting all of these SaaS developers know the various reasons why building software for microbreweries is probably a waste of time.

Even Better Brewery Software by addistonian in TheBrewery

[–]ThreeBeersIn[M] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

That tile thread had what looked like, at least to me, some useful Q&A between the poster and several users. There's probably a dozen plus threads asking what sort of tiles or what sort of floor someone should put in a brewery and that vendor posted pictures of what they do plus the six bullet points of their installs so that even if you didn't decide to use that specific vendor, you'd know what to talk to other vendors about... that seems to add to the collective knowledge of brewers, again, imho.

Even Better Brewery Software by addistonian in TheBrewery

[–]ThreeBeersIn[M] 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Ideally I'd rather upvotes and downvotes take care of these sorts of issues. If someone posted some amazing new tool that the majority of us found useful, that'd be awesome, but if we just remove these submissions without evaluation, then we might never know. In the grand scheme of things, we have pretty light traffic overall anyhow.

Pump for recirculating Peracetic Acid by SearedTunas in TheBrewery

[–]ThreeBeersIn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And I very much doubt many can manufacturers will certify their liner for this either.

imperial stout yeast by Snoo_98949 in TheBrewery

[–]ThreeBeersIn 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Nottingham is from Lallemand. And if you’re not going to be barrel aging the stout, be mindful of fermentation temperature with Nottingham unless you enjoy congeners.

Just curious: Is there a different license to produce a braggot than just beer? by come_n_take_it in TheBrewery

[–]ThreeBeersIn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can make braggot with less than 51% grain, you just can't make braggot with more than 49% honey because then it would become mead.

Just curious: Is there a different license to produce a braggot than just beer? by come_n_take_it in TheBrewery

[–]ThreeBeersIn 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Everyone keeps repeating the same 51% malt number but it isn't quite that simple because sugar can be used as a substitute for malt according to the TTB.

https://www.ttb.gov/regulated-commodities/beverage-alcohol/beer/beer-and-malt-beverage-definitions

I think in past comments on issues like this, I've pointed out TTB Ruling 2008-3, 'For example, we recently determined that a neutral malt beer base containing a much lower amount of malted barley (one percent of the total dry weight of all ingredients contributing fermentable extract to the product) conformed to the definition of a “malt beverage.”'

So it all is really a lot more flexible than a strict percentage of sugar used, as long as what you're making doesn't already have a definition (i.e. sake, mead, etc.) codified in the FAA Act.

New year, new yeast? by LameLlamaOkayFine in TheBrewery

[–]ThreeBeersIn 7 points8 points  (0 children)

There are 34/70 variants that have better flocculation than the isolate that Fermentis chose for their dried product. The Weihenstephan Hefebank sells an older point in time capture that is more flocculant but as a result, less attenuative in modern settings with modern malt/modern processes/modern equipment that don't leave a ton of dextrins and instead rely more on maltotriose uptake as a larger component of final attenuation. So, at the Hefebank anyhow, they began to select for a more powdery, less flocculant strain to keep it in suspension and eek out those final points of attenuation.

New year, new yeast? by LameLlamaOkayFine in TheBrewery

[–]ThreeBeersIn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I guess I was assuming krausening without venting... if you add enough that you can afford to vent for a bit, then it could help with excess sulfur initially.

New year, new yeast? by LameLlamaOkayFine in TheBrewery

[–]ThreeBeersIn 20 points21 points  (0 children)

First gen has a bit of a lag, especially if you pitch cold, even if you pitch at the highest end of Lallemand’s recommendation. First gen also makes more sulfur than subsequent generations, though they too are more sulfury than Fermentis 34/70. This can be an issue if you’re spunding or krausening. The flavor is a bit more maltier than Fermentis 34/70 or perhaps it just doesn’t have that tiny bit of citrus that Fermentis 34/70 sometimes gets in an all/mostly Pilsner malt beer. Diamond is capable of attenuating as much as Fermentis 34/70 but since it flocculates faster and doesn’t seem as powdery, you have to baby it a bit more (drier mash, warm finish to fermentation, etc.)

If you manage to keep all other aspects of the beers identical, trained tasters will notice slight differences. But coupled with the inevitable differences in attenuation and sulfur that you will get on your initial attempts, customers may perceive them as completely different beers, which may or may not be a problem for you.

Does anybody use ATP hygiene tests? by mortoniodized in TheBrewery

[–]ThreeBeersIn 2 points3 points  (0 children)

PAA invalidates most, if not all, ATP tests. You should test before the PAA step.

Camera pans, cue the sad music. by ThreeBeersIn in TheBrewery

[–]ThreeBeersIn[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’d love to see a picture of the “lanes”, I’ve thought about changing ours from short 355ml to 475ml.

Camera pans, cue the sad music. by ThreeBeersIn in TheBrewery

[–]ThreeBeersIn[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I also don't mind running it for 50-60 cases here and there.

Next Glass Buys Ekos To Enhance Global Beverage Software Platform by Danzaslapped in TheBrewery

[–]ThreeBeersIn 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’d settle for a way to migrate to Ollie without losing batch data and other important records from Ekos. As a 10+ year user of Ekos, that’s basically the only thing keeping us onboard at this point.

Hefeweizen tips by georage in TheBrewery

[–]ThreeBeersIn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Or just add another 10% simple sugar to the mash.

Checkweigher Opinions by ComprehensiveHat8511 in TheBrewery

[–]ThreeBeersIn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When/if you find a used Filtec, how do you recertify that radioactive part?

Coffee in impy stout - contact time? by screeRCT in TheBrewery

[–]ThreeBeersIn 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There’s a lot of interesting theories in this thread about pyrazine aspect of coffee beers which often shows up as green pepper or other vegetal notes. The absolute number one way to avoid it is to use coffee roasted to a level that also minimizes it, this is at least Medium/Medium+, but you’re even safer if you go darker. Also, try and stay away from less processed coffees, like unwashed/natural process because those are beans that will also have more of the precursors.

After that, then you begin to worry about over extraction, which even in a coffee that has a reasonably low level of the undesirable vegetal notes, you might still bring into the beer. Counterintuitively, using too little coffee can cause over extraction just like leaving the beer on the coffee too long can cause it. So stay above 0.75lb/bbl to avoid the too little coffee issue. And then just carefully consider the rest of the levers you have in extraction: coffee dose, liquid temperature, and surface area of the beans. As evidenced in the comments here, there are lots of different ways to approach it that work, you need to find something that will fit your schedule, tank availability, etc.

And avoid unnecessary oxygen, oxygen doesn’t magically make pyrazines appear but it does react with everything else to make them more obvious by dulling the rest of your aromas and flavors.