donald_trub

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LHBS gave me bag of Saaz and wrote 7.9% AA on it (proper labels weren't ready). That seems awfully high for Saaz... can anyone confirm? 18/11/17

donald_trub was last seen:: 26/9/18 at 9:28 AM

1. Brewman_
  Saaz T-45 can be that high. The stuff we have at the moment is around 6%
  
  30/11/17
2. DU99
  b saaz is that high (Motueka)
  
  18/11/17
  2. donald_trub
    Thanks, that stacks up. Making a BoPils. While it won't be fully traditional, looks like it'll still work.
    
    18/11/17
3. donald_trub
  LHBS gave me bag of Saaz and wrote 7.9% AA on it (proper labels weren't ready). That seems awfully high for Saaz... can anyone confirm?
  
  18/11/17
  2. Mardoo
    I saw that Brewman has Hersbrucker at 6%, so maybe it was a high alpha year in Germany. Packing hops with Hopdealz when they were around, alpha percentages could vary widely from year to year. Not always, but definitely sometimes.
    
    28/11/17
    
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4. donald_trub
  Hop bursting Fuggles today... anyone do this?
  
  3/9/16
  2. Brownsworthy
    Not specifically with fuggles but I do with most of my IPAs with great results.
    
    4/9/16
  3. donald_trub
    I'm curious to see how the earthiness comes out when it's used this way. I typically use Fuggles at the more traditional times.
    
    4/9/16
5. donald_trub
  Homebrew shops, would it kill you to keep online inventories up to date, before I make the trek into your store?
  
  6/8/16
  2. MartinOC
    As they say in the classcs "La merda succede". Gremlins get into even the best inventory systems. Just accept that nothing is perfect.
    
    6/8/16
  3. JPS
    You could shop at Woolies or Coles, they have trillions. The local HBS owner is lucky to pay himself a wage plus super plus leave etc
    
    6/8/16
  4. idzy
    Are you talking about KK Yeast Inventory? LOL...never up-to-date.
    
    7/8/16
6. donald_trub
  Stuffed up... doing my first lager and chucked in 1 x Saflager S-23 into 20 litres. Reading the packet says I should've used 2 or 3 sachets. Should I pop into LHBS tomorrow for a couple of packs and chuck more in tomorrow arvo?
  
  20/12/15
  2. DJ_L3ThAL
    Beer will turn out OK, but if you want to give it every best chance to be an excellent beer then yes get the additional yeast. Being your first lager might be worth leaving it with 1 sachet so next time make the same brew and use 2-3 packs so you can taste the difference.
    
    20/12/15
  3. Topher
    What temp did you pitch at?
    
    21/12/15
  4. donald_trub
    11 degrees. Raise it or let it be?
    
    21/12/15
7. donald_trub
  Am I crazy, or do I get a whiff of truffles off Northern Brewer hops?
  
  5/12/15
  2. Mardoo
    I get all kinds of crazy aromas from hops. I assume many of them are more about my nose than the hops.
    
    6/12/15
  3. Adr_0
    Depends on your malts. I always get tea with US NB.
    
    9/12/15
8. donald_trub
  My keg fridge can't get delivered quick enough!
  
  6/10/15
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  3. Diesel80
    Got beer to keg? Nothing worse than a keg fridge with nothing in it!
    
    8/10/15
  4. pist
    you wont look back. I dont know why I didnt go to kegs sooner
    
    8/10/15
  5. Yob
    We all say that to ourselves
    
    9/10/15
9. donald_trub
  1st runnings into my Sunday morning coffee sounded good in my head, doesn't really change the coffee all that much.
  
  30/8/15
  2. Bribie G
    jigger of Scotch into some first runnings hits the spot.
    
    31/8/15
10. donald_trub
  A riveting article on how to go camping... why do I still have a subscription to Beer & Brewer?
  
  26/11/14
  2. TimT
    Would you prefer a camp article on how to do riveting?
    
    27/11/14
  3. Bribie G
    Maybe it's a plug for Aldi's Rivet lager.
    
    30/11/14
11. donald_trub
  Just smashed my glass hydrometer :-(
  
  10/9/14
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  3. 431neb
    Yeah, so down to the refractometer which is a PITA for finishing gravities. Never really trusted it in general.
    
    11/9/14
  4. Bribie G
    What is this hydrometer you speak of?
    
    11/9/14
  5. SimoB
    I did that last week...
    
    11/9/14
12. donald_trub
  What time of morning is too early for your first hydrometer sample?
  
  20/6/14
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  3. Camo6
    Hydro samples aren't alcoholic, silly!
    
    20/6/14
  4. MastersBrewery
    anything before 3am I count as the night before
    
    22/6/14
  5. dicko
    Any time before breakfast is fine...at least you know what you are bottling/ kegging later in the day
    
    22/6/14
13. donald_trub
  Forgot to put the falsie in the eksy before adding hit water and ALL the grain :-( Used a rubber glove to add the falsie but there's a lot of grain sitting under it.
  
  7/6/14
  2. SimoB
    ouch
    
    8/6/14
  3. elcarter
    It'll come out when you crash chill :D
    
    8/6/14
  4. donald_trub
    Things seemed to work out OK in the end. The first turn of the tap resulted in a stick sparge. Cleared that and it was fine after that.
    
    9/6/14
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