Brewed another batch of Rye Table Beer. Earmarked 6gal for another round of Freestone Prince to serve this fall at the Pride of Southside and will see how 3 does with 5# diced mangoes.
Also excited to test out my house culture project in this beer! Used the smaller of the two starters as the direct pitch into primary. Had good mineral/acidity/funk aromas so hopjng that all goes well.
Not too many pictures of the brewing process, as I was multitasking for most of it....
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Some definite aroma differences coming off these two primaries:
Omega Star Party has ripe passionfruit, guava, sweet orange and mango. Almost sherbert-like.
SafAle US-05 is still fruit forward from the Calypso hops, but more papaya, green mango/amchor, lime leaf and lychee.
Planning to add the Brettanomyces and Funk Weapon 2 culture tonight. Can't wait!
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Brewed a SMaSH beer with TexMalt San Jacinto 2-Row and Calypso hops.
This is my first experiment with Mash Hoppjng. After reading Scott Janish's article I'm starting out with a rest at 112f before boosting up to 149f for rhe remainder of the mash.
Will be splitting this batch of beer into two different primary fermentors - one with Omega Star Party and one with US-05 for a few days before adding in Brettanomyces Lambicus and Bootleg Biology Funk Weapon 2.
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Sour2th Panther w/ foraged pears. 6.6% abv, ~3.2 IBUs.
Wet stone, moss, yeast, pear & cut straw aromas. Has some ginger and vanilla behind.
Starts with a bold acidity followed by ginger & lemon custard flavors. Middle gives moss, lime juice and moderate funk. Brisk finish has herbal & pear flavors w/ an apple cider undertone. Some acetic acid, but not too high.
Good layers of fruit & spice though may be a little too acid-forward for my tastes. We’ll see how this one ages.
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Label design for the "Freestone Prince", my Table Beer with Texas Peaches.
Really happy with the way the label turned out! Provides a nice backdrop for the beer in pic 2 (photo by Chris from @brewhoundfw ). The QR code works, if you're interested in the ingredients used for the beer.
Cannot wait to get another batch of this going so that I'll be ready to rest it on this years' crop!
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Starting on a House Culture using some DME for an easy low gravity wort and~14 IBUs of hops to slow the lacto down a wee bit.
Inoculated the wort with a bottle from my 2019 Community Garden wild capture (cultured up from microbes on pears, rose hops and a peach), yeast from a Witbier made w/ my 2022 spontaneous capture (Gen 2) and some Gen 3 of that capture that was used to ferment a Spelt Saison.
Eventually I will have the microbes from two spontaneous beers that can be added as well.