4 Dog Brewery

No ball today, so a great time to make beer. Conical this time. Using my slurry from the last batch. I did taste an off taste, but now it seems to be okay. Adding gelatin today to clear it for the Big Six coming here on Aug. 16. Ingredients 24 lbs. UCM 75 g Hallertauer - 60 min. - Was supposed to be 82 g. Escarpment Kolsch slurry - 6 days old. 500 ml, pitching it all after decanting a bit of beer on top.                                              BF says I need to make a starter, but I disagree. We will see who is right.                                              I think BF was right. O.G. - 1.051 F.G. - % - SRM - 3.3 BU - 16.4 I found 4 ozs. of hops at 60 was too much, even though I have done it for many years with no problems. No ide...

Mr. Robobrew 5.5 gallons 11 lbs. UCM 1 lb. Vienna Malt 8 ozs. CaraMunich I - 35 L 1 oz. UK Choc Malt 20 g Columbus at 60 min. 2 ozs. Cascade at 0 min. 2 ozs. Cascade dry hop 5 days before kegging. US-05 Using a carboy because I bought a carboy cleaner so we will see how clean it gets it in 2 weeks. O.G. - 1.043 - 70% efficiency. I assume my mill is getting worn and I will turn it up a notch. F.G. - % - SRM - 6.3 BU - 40 First thing I have to do is to see if Mr. Robobrew works. I knocked it over in the garage watering my flowers. After all, it is a cheap PC board installed in a coffee urn. Yes, it still works.                                                             BREW DAY NOTES Weather is nice, so get r done. May try to set the timer in the Robobrew to get hot water in the morning when I wake up. Nope, d...