To update this blog more often! We are still brewing, just getting lazy writing about it :/. Some good news: we've discovered a way to curb the extreme beer blowoff. There is this super nifty liquid stuff called Fermcap which is used to keep the boil under control as well as over foaming during fermentation. It's amazing how well it works. And it doesn't seem to produce any off tastes or anything either.
For today, we are brewing a Belgian Wit recipe we got from a homebrew website called El Segundo Grado Witbier. It calls for orange marmalade and grapefruit rind among other things, which is new for us! Should be fun!
The brewing went off without a hitch. I did spill a little of the yeast at the end; good thing they reproduce! The beer was set to ferment in the shower in case of any blowoffs, even with the Fermcap. After a week and a couple days we secondary fermented. And in another week it should be ready to bottle! We'll see what the gravity is, but our original was a little lower than target for some reason. That has become a frequent occurrence the last few times we brewed. Hopefully a fix for that will be found soon!
Next we'll be brewing a Belgian Tripel for a home brewing competition. So we will need to find a way to make a recipe our own! Good thing we have a few Belgian brewing books lying around to use as reference. My next post will be about that brew (fingers crossed). Hopefully this week!
