WillBrewing up a batch of Kölsch-inspired ale, right now!
Usually, I let the wort cool down on its own (which takes forever). For this batch, I am doing an ice bath to speed it up a little. It felt very strange carrying the wort outdoors. (Though, I will eventually be doing most of my brewing outdoors.)
There's one new variable I discovered -- bugs.
Has this ever happened to you? I pitched the yeast yesterday. This morning, there is a Kräusen but it is thick on part of the beer's surface but almost non-existent on the other part of the surface.
Carsten@scandigonian @brudibrau It's a left wing yeast, the yeast America needs!
This country has definitely been contaminated with that far-right yeast. Hopefully, we can save this batch and don't have to start over.😬
@scandigonian well, if you ask the French they think it's a little funny that you're still on your first constitution. They're at 5 and probably gearing up for a sixth sometime in the next decade.
@CarstenBoll
At minimum, we need a few big tweaks.
It astounds me how seldom any tweaks happen, at all. The last serious attempt was the Equal Rights Amendment in the 1970s.