coffee-tea tea homebrew

ok so i used 11.5L of pu-erh oolong and genmaicha brewed strong 2KG of sugar and lalvin EC-1118 yeast

the must
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the easy way of cooling let mother nature do it
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and my "carboy" (saves me spending $30 on one)
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ill keep you guys posted on it

cant wait to hear "bloop bloop" of the air lock.
 
yea I definitely would not have just tossed that uncovered outside, that just screams come contaminate the shit out of me
 
wow ok yea thats freakin cold, i would hate living where you are at, I can barely stand the temps right now here
 
wow ok yea thats freakin cold, i would hate living where you are at, I can barely stand the temps right now here

thats average temp in winter here. coldest with wind-chill i'v been in is -56c

anyways just waiting for the sounds of fermentaiton! cant wait to hear bloop bloop of the air lock!
 
This batch will likely have sake to beer like flavor. Mind you it's hard to tell, since when I've done I never used that yeast strain, and I never mixed in puer-eh tea. I've also never used genmaicha, the toasted rice in it should have quiet an interesting effect. My best guess is it will smell a lot like beer, and have the sake tones. Please note that when I say that the Cha Hao(Fermented Tea) has a taste all it's own, and saying "like beer" or "like sake" is just tones of the flavor. Much in the way it is with peppers.
 
thats average temp in winter here. coldest with wind-chill i'v been in is -56c
what the f! thats crazy man... we finally have lows below freezing here in houston, but were supposed to get highs back into the 70's later this week.

i just go to the grocery store and buy a bag of ice when i brew beer.
what temp do you ferment this at? im not familiar with champagne yeast.
 
same temperatures as ale yeast

champagne yeast tends to dry stuff out, so you really have to be careful with it if you are brewing beer
 
what the f! thats crazy man... we finally have lows below freezing here in houston, but were supposed to get highs back into the 70's later this week.

i just go to the grocery store and buy a bag of ice when i brew beer.
what temp do you ferment this at? im not familiar with champagne yeast.

10-30c is the use of this yeast

but make sure to check the yeast you are using.
 
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bottles with no labels are going to be more carbonated than the rest. i added about a teaspoon of dextrose to those bottles the glass one is carbed also.
 
Keep a close eye on the glass bottle during carbing.

EDIT: also you may want to have less air sapce in the heads of the plastic bottles too. The less "extra" space in the bottle the better.
 
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