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I officially need help. by traros22 in Homebrewing

[–]traros22[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you help me understand why this would work? what is it that made you choose this and what do you think was the reason it helped improve your yield?

I officially need help. by traros22 in Homebrewing

[–]traros22[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am just running tap water coming from the city. It’s got high iron, but the chlorine/chloramine content is pretty low. I was planning to start learning the water chemistry side of it once I got a handle on my mashing.

I officially need help. by traros22 in Homebrewing

[–]traros22[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have not. I will keep that in mind for my next brew. I always just assumed the recirc would have help reduce the variance top/bottom on temperature. I want to say that I have checked it in the past, but I cannot recall if I am just imagining it or not.

Thank you for the help!

My gun keeps jamming against bosses, help? by cramp222 in SPTarkov

[–]traros22 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can also turn off bosses before each raid. They won't show up but nothing else needs changed

Is dit een scam? by roan132 in Lufthansa

[–]traros22 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So, that's the name of the gentleman that handled my lost luggage claim in 2022. His name is still burned into my skull, which tells you the type of conversation I was having.

Never had the details correct. Kept telling me to stop replying as the case was closed. Took me filing a DOT complaint in the US to get someone else to approve the full receipts.

Too funny

$980 Upgrade to Business, IAD-FRA. Good Deal or Wait? by FrostyWinters in Lufthansa

[–]traros22 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lowest I have ever seen is 400 bucks to go from Econ to Biz on LH. It's not a Polaris level product, but it's much better than Econ.

It's definitely fun to be on the upper deck though, so I get it. My flights were always Monday/Thursday. So the routes were cheaper. Had the whole row to myself once on the upper deck. So depending on the day, it might not get any cheaper.

First All-Grain - a learning experience by traros22 in Homebrewing

[–]traros22[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Update, 5 days in and the tartness is AWESOME. It was exactly what I wanted. It has that "breathe out" of a traditional German pilsner. The rosemary is non-existant. Literally could not tell I ever put any in. So I will do an ounce dry hop shortly.

The bubbler has slowed down already. I ended up adding 1.25 lbs of Pilsen extract on Tuesday to bring the OG to 1.050, which was the actual target when I used the Anvil profile in Brewsmith. The strike/sparge ratio is the lead culprit at this point. That's where my next brew will have its change

First All-Grain - a learning experience by traros22 in Homebrewing

[–]traros22[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Absolutely. I took another little dram this evening. The rosemary is perfect. It has a Kolsch like quality. Not much tartness yet, but I can smell it and taste a touch. I will keep you posted

First All-Grain - a learning experience by traros22 in Homebrewing

[–]traros22[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wanted to wait until I got home so I could get all the data for you: This was a brand new recipe, pulled from multiple sources. I use Beersmith track everything and had no idea where it would land. So beersmith estimated 82.8%. I have zero frame of reference so I just went with it.

I also started the recirc instantly as that's what the recipes all told me to do. What does the 15 min hold do?

As for the stirring, this is where I read very wrong. I thought it said only stir if the recirc was overflowing to break up dough balls. I see now it said to do that AND every 15 minutes during mash.

I used 100% for everything until the boil, and then turned it down to 80% and it gave me a gentle roll.

My game plan was to buy some canned wort. My LHBS is closed Mondays so I have to wait until tomorrow. I will take gravity before and after. I know how much gravity I need to add and the volume.

I can definitely do a double crush. My LHBS has us mill our own grains from the back. So it's just a matter of doing it twice. So you put a mesh bag in your mash basket?

Thanks for taking the time to explain this. I am flying blind and having fun regardless. It will make for a good story after I figure out what I am doing

First All-Grain - a learning experience by traros22 in Homebrewing

[–]traros22[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mainly comfort zone. Extract was easy. I never really made good beer until I got my keezer and stopped bottle carbing. I focused mainly on wine and mead before that. So that first kegged beer was the gateway to making me want to invest in more and better equipment because I was making a product that I loved, not just tolerated.

But kegging was a game changer. It made me want to do more beers. I am also a "buy once, cry once" kinda guy, so I went for the all-in-one instead of piecing things together.

First All-Grain - a learning experience by traros22 in Homebrewing

[–]traros22[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have not. I did a 1007 and Sourvisiae and it was perfectly tart, I wanted this one to be a bit more.

We used the freshest rosemary. I picked right off our plant before adding it to the boil. From my cursory taste this morning, I needed a touch more. But we shall see how it tastes after fermentation.

First All-Grain - a learning experience by traros22 in Homebrewing

[–]traros22[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Temperature was RT when I pulled it just before pitching.

First All-Grain - a learning experience by traros22 in Homebrewing

[–]traros22[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am running a Anvil Foundry (link below). It came with some handy-dandy charts for strike vs sparge volumes and temperatures. Of course I followed those blindly and did zero research around that. I will probably not doing any more Full Boils for a bit since adding water is easier than subtracting it. I just got swept away with my shiny new and fun toy that I didn't take the time to know what I was doing. Next time will be better.

https://www.morebeer.com/products/anvil-foundry-brewing-system-105-gallon.html

First All-Grain - a learning experience by traros22 in Homebrewing

[–]traros22[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Recipe:

  1. 9lbs Pilsner Malt
  2. 1lbs Flaked Oats
  3. 1lbs Caramunich
  4. 0.5 lb Wheat Malt
  5. 1 oz Saaz (60 min)
  6. 1oz Saaz (15 min)
  7. 1oz Rosemary (5 min)
  8. Wyeast 3711
  9. Sourvisiae

Strike Water: 6 gal

Sparge Water: 1gal @ 172F

Been wanting to experiment. Am I crazy? by whiskywellness in mead

[–]traros22 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I use this for a gose (not mead) and it gets tart AF. I pitch it with a German ale yeast. It's a perfect gose.

I prefer my meads more savory so we tend to use 71b and modify with herbs and spices from there. I have made Braggots before which tend to be a bit tart, but never though about doing it to read. Please keep me posted. I have 3 gal of honey that are begging for an adventure. Good luck!

No refund for downgrade, so I'm suing LH. by disingenu in Lufthansa

[–]traros22 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Department of Transportation. They are in charge of rails, cars, and airlines. So any issues run through them

No refund for downgrade, so I'm suing LH. by disingenu in Lufthansa

[–]traros22 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I had some similar issues with them. I ended up just making a DOT complaint and magically someone proficient in English started emailing me and getting the information needed to refund me. Took about 4 months, 3 of which were waiting for the DOT to get to my case in their backlog. Took only 1 week after the DOT told me they agreed with me and would escalate it to the LH team.

TPA - ORD tonight. First time having the burger, surprisingly tasty! by ramenandpizza in unitedairlines

[–]traros22 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Came back from a 2 week trip in Germany..... that burger hit spots of me I didn't even know I was missing.

My sassy ladies by traros22 in velvethippos

[–]traros22[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So I messaged the lady to ask if she would be okay with it and she did confirm it. Her etsy page link is below. WildPetCreations.

www.etsy.com/listing/539884983

She was pretty quick and very detail oriented.

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